A large discipline of 1,470 complete entries turned out for the 2023 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee $1,700 buy-in no-limit maintain’em most important occasion, making a prize pool value greater than $2.2 million. After two beginning flights and one other two days of match motion, it was Pittsburgh, PA resident Joseph Crowley who got here away with the title and the highest prize of $348,785.
Crowley overcame this 12 months’s WSOP most important occasion champion Daniel Weinman heads-up to safe the win, incomes his first WSOPC gold ring within the course of.
“I had to go through the reigning main event champ heads up to win, so that was a little intimidating. But I got through it,” Crowley instructed Poker.org reporters protecting the occasion.
Weinman, a two-time bracelet winner, fell simply quick of securing his second WSOPC most important occasion win at this venue. In 2015 he bested a discipline of 1,010 entries for his lone victory on the circuit. The two-time World Poker Tour champion was awarded $215,576 because the runner-up, rising his profession earnings to greater than $16 million.
Crowley elevated his lifetime complete to just about $909,000. Prior to this enormous win, his prime payout had been $78,263 for successful a $1,100 buy-in occasion on the 2021 Venetian DeepStack Championship II pageant.
Crowley has made 12 ultimate tables in 2023, with two titles gained alongside the best way. His 2,071 complete Card Player Player of the Year factors are sufficient to put him 193rd within the total POY standings introduced by Global Poker.
The ultimate day of this occasion started with 12 gamers remaining and Weinman within the lead. Weinman remained on prime after 15-time WSOPC ring winner Maurice Hawkins hit the rail in seventh place ($57,070), however quickly started to slip down the chip counts. Crowley doubled up by Weinman twice, transferring into the lead after the second. Weinman picked up pocket aces towards the pocket sixes of Tyler Phillips (4th – $123,261) and held to proper the ship a bit heading into three-handed motion.
Crowley’s pocket jacks gained a preflop race towards the Okay-Q of 2023 WSOPC Harvey’s Lake Tahoe most important occasion champion Jarod Minghini (third – $162,276) to arrange the ultimate showdown for the championship ring.
Crowley gained a giant pot proper out of the gate to take a large lead and shortly closed out the occasion when his 10-9 outran Weinman’s A-9 suited, making journeys to lock up the victory.
Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the ultimate desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Joseph Crowley | $348,785 | 960 |
| 2 | Daniel Weinman | $215,576 | 800 |
| 3 | Jarod Minghini | $162,276 | 640 |
| 4 | Tyler Phillips | $123,261 | 480 |
| 5 | Christopher Churchwell | $94,483 | 400 |
| 6 | Chad Varnas | $73,092 | 320 |
| 7 | Maurice Hawkins | $57,070 | 240 |
| 8 | Dale Roesel | $44,980 | 160 |
| 9 | Christopher Conrad | $35,787 | 80 |
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