Luis Yepez is the most recent predominant occasion champion to be topped on the World Series of Poker Circuit. The California resident overcame a area of 338 entries within the 2024 WSOP Circuit Southern Indiana $1,700 buy-in no-limit maintain’em predominant occasion, incomes $111,979 and his first gold ring for the win.
This was the second-largest rating but for the Venezuelan-born participant. Back in 2015 he took down a Caribbean Poker Tour predominant occasion in Punta Cana for $185,615. Yepez has now surpassed $1 million in profession event earnings after his most up-to-date triumph within the circuit.
In addition to the cash and {hardware}, the victory additionally got here with 480 Card Player Player of the Year factors. Yepez now has 1,570 complete POY factors, sufficient to position him inside the highest 500 within the 2024 POY standings offered by Global Poker.
Yepez was one of the 52 gamers to money on this occasion, with different notables that ran deep together with bracelet winner Alan Percal (forty first), bracelet winner Jeremy Eyer (thirty first), bracelet winner Ronnie Day (twenty seventh), 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Rock’n’Roll Poker Open predominant occasion winner Jacob Bazeley (twenty second), two-time ring winner Trace Henderson (fifteenth), five-time ring winner Kurt Jewell (twelfth), ten-time ring winner Robert Hankins (eleventh), and two-time ring winner Bradley Butcher (sixth).
Yepez battled for a number of hours towards his heads-up opponent, Niles Lawless, however was finally in a position to shut out the win. Lawless earned a career-high rating of $74,244 for his second-place end.
Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the ultimate desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Luis Yepez | $111,979 | 480 |
| 2 | Niles Lawless | $74,244 | 400 |
| 3 | Abdul Amer | $50,323 | 320 |
| 4 | Daniel Hummer | $34,891 | 240 |
| 5 | Bradley Butcher | $24,759 | 200 |
| 6 | Derek Nold | $17,990 | 160 |
| 7 | Jason Blodgett | $13,394 | 120 |
| 8 | John Mcmurry | $10,223 | 80 |
| 9 | Gabi Habash | $8,005 | 40 |
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