Taylor Hart Picks Up Third World Series Of Poker Circuit Gold Ring At Turning Stone

Taylor Hart emerged victorious within the newest World Series of Poker Circuit fundamental occasion, which was hosted at Turning Stone Casino and Resort in New York on March 24. The Oregon resident took residence the highest prize value $280,770 alongside together with his third gold ring. His profession earnings at the moment are above $950,000 with the current victory.

“I flew in from Portland last Wednesday to come here on my way to Florida for a few weeks and figured I play the main event here at Turning Stone because I’ve seen it growing a lot. I will probably be back. I really like the area and playing with the people around here. The floor, the staff, and everything else were top-notch,” Hart advised WSOP reporters on the scene after the win.

“It was an interesting dynamic for sure. I kind of was not trying to play too many big pots (with eventual runner-up Michael Aman), I was trying to target the three-four-five stack range and focus on them to put the pressure on,” mentioned Hart when requested about his method in the course of the ultimate phases of play.

He continued concerning the unprecedented 20-minute tank throughout a hand in heads-up play that peaked the poker world’s curiosity by way of a video posted on social media by Poker.org reporters on the scene. “It was pretty smooth sailing, but there were a few tough spots and then that one long tank – I have good advice: if someone is tanking for a long time, have a very good hand. It makes the tanking experience a lot easier if you have it. I’d love to go into a different universe and not have a good hand and experience that 20-minute tank. I think that would be very hard.”

“Making a run like this is very, very difficult, and you have to get extremely lucky. You can play a tournament and play your absolute best and play very well, but the result might not be great. You can also play sub-par, and the results are very good, and that’s the tricky part about this game. I think over the years, I have really tried my best to do what I need to do to feel comfortable almost always at the table. We are playing for a lot of money. Anxiety and regulating your emotions is a tough part of the game. I’m an emotional guy. Even if my actions don’t express how I’m feeling necessarily because of the context of the moment, I’m always feeling what I really feel, and that’s pretty important to me,” mentioned Hart to complete the well-said interview after the ultimate desk.

The $1,700 buy-in no-limit maintain’em match attracted a area of 1,183 runners, creating a complete prize pool of $1,792,770 to simply prime the hefty assure of $1 million. There have been 141 gamers that returned on Day 2 for an extended march right down to the ultimate desk.

The final day started with Hart holding a big chip result in begin the day amongst that ultimate 9. Aaron Gao (ninth) and Joseph Molitor (eight) have been the primary two gamers to fall with a good quantity of double ups happening in between.

Yuriy Kuorynskyy fell subsequent in seventh place, and Allen Krouth was out in sixth after that with but extra double-ups peppered in between the bustouts. Hart simply nonetheless held the chip lead regardless of taking out no opponents, and that development continued as Anthony Runza exited to the rail in fifth place.

Hart scored his first knockout when he busted Thomas Couture in fourth place. Michael Aman scored one in every of his many eliminations on the ultimate desk when he took out Charles Goelz in third place, and that gave him a fighter’s likelihood when the heads-up ultimate started with the chips at a 26:20 ratio towards Hart’s benefit.

Heads up with a $100k pay soar on the road… a MASSIVE resolution (a 20 MINUTE lengthy resolution to be exact), and a rising crowd watching each transfer! With your opponent froze like a statue, would you crack below the stress or make the decision of your life? …. (and sure… pic.twitter.com/huZ0JLxHcK

— Poker Org (@pokerorg) March 24, 2025

Michael Aman went into the tank for nearly 20 minutes in the course of the first main hand between the ultimate two gamers, and someway the clock was not known as by any events concerned. Aman folded on the river dealing with a shove on the tip with a board of 8529Q, sending the hefty pot to Hart. Despite that setback, Aman really took management of the ultimate skirmish for a short while not lengthy after his epic tank, however Hart pulled again out entrance once more earlier than the ultimate hand.

That hand noticed each gamers contribute 1.3 million to the pot preflop earlier than the primary three playing cards fell OkayQ6. Another 2.2 million went in from each gamers after the J hit on the flip with Aman pushing the motion as soon as once more, after which the river delivered the 4. Aman then moved all in holding pocket jacks, however he was behind the A10 of Hart that linked for a Broadway straight for the final word win. Aman took residence a rating value $187,172 to take his profession earnings above $215,000 because of his largest money ever.

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The subsequent WSOP Circuit match collection is already operating on the Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada with the primary occasion happening from Mar. 28 to Apr. 1.

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