After two days of play at Harrah’s Cherokee, North Carolina, Event #4 $580 No-Limit Hold’em has concluded. It attracted a total of 277 entrants who accumulated a prize pool of $138,500. At the end, it was Christopher Fisher who emerged victorious to collect his first WSOP Circuit ring as well as the amount of $33,242.
Day 2 of the $580 No-Limit Hold’em Event started with 22 players and after 10 hours of play, Fisher was declared a winner. Fisher does not make a living participating in poker tournaments, though. He works as a Finance Manager for a local company.
Fisher has planned to participate in this event only as he was not at work during the weekend. He admitted he no longer engages in poker games as often as he used to because of his duties at work. He was even hesitating whether to take part in this event as he has never had a really profitable play at Harrah’s Cherokee. He admitted that was the only North Carolina-based casino where he never managed to turn a profit and promised himself to play one event each time and eventually make up for his losses.
Fisher attributed his victory to the fact that he did not make many mistakes. He also admitted he was not the best player at the Final Table, but the lack of mistakes helped him defeat tough opponents. He went on to say that he played poker for fun and added he had a lot of friends who played poker to make a living, but he was not among them as he was in the automotive business. He also said that he appreciated the support of his friends and family who encouraged him throughout the final table event and constantly kept in touch with him.
Fisher’s responsibilities at work do not allow him to participate in more events at Harrah’s Cherokee. He said that he can eventually be able to fit a one day or a turbo event into his hectic work schedule, but for now, his main intention was to buy his wife into the Main Event slated to kick off on Friday.
Fisher concluded that it felt amazing to be a winner, earn money, gain recognition, etc. He also shared that winning the event helped him gain confidence in his poker skills and added that even if a player fails in winning a tourney for a long time, it does not mean he was not skilled enough.
