Richard Perkins, an anesthesiologist from Milwaukee, took down last night a $400 No-Limit Hold’em at Horseshoe Tunica for his first gold ring from the series
WSOP Circuit events attract players of different levels of skill. But they have one thing in common – they all love the game of poker.
The latest tournament to be marked as complete took place Saturday as part of the ongoing WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica stop. The event was a single-day $400 buy-in one and drew 252 entries who gathered at the tables of the host casino to challenge their skills and hopefully scoop a payout from the tournament.
Once registration for the event was closed, organizers estimated that the overall prize pool amounted to $83,160. The money was distributed to the top 27 finishers, min-cashes worth $672. Benjamine Van Biljon from Palestine, Arkansas was the first player to leave with a payout from the tournament.
Each of the ten finalists who set at the unofficial final table was guaranteed a minimum payout of $1,514. But everyone was vying for the first-place prize of $20,374 and the accompanying gold ring.
It was eventually Richard Perkins, an anesthesiologist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who claimed the title and the piece of WSOP Circuit gold. The player’s road to victory met him with a number of more experienced contenders for the title, but the gold was his to capture.
First Gold Ring
Perkins claimed last night his first-ever piece of WSOP-related jewelry and his first-ever cash from the WSOP Circuit. The first-place prize $20,374 Perkins rightfully won after outwitting the tournament’s field represented his largest-ever payout from a poker tournament.
The eventual winner had to fight against Robert Lowry from Chesterfield, Virginia in a heads-up duel for the title. On what turned out to be the final hand of the night and of the tournament as a whole, Perkins tabled a winning [6c][5d] to send his final opponent to the rail and lock up the title, the top cash, and the gold ring. Lowry took home $12,589 for his runner-up finish.
Commenting on his run in the $400 buy-in single-day No-Limit Hold’em tournament at Horseshoe Tunica, Perkins said that he just got lucky. He went on to explain that, in his view, luck plays an important part in how action unfolds at the table.
The 52-year-old anesthesiologist also pointed out that he does not play the game for a living, although he is very passionate about it. Horseshoe Tunica is one of his favorite places to play the game he loves, it also became known from his interview last night.
The casino is set to play host to the WSOP Circuit all the way through January 28 when the $1,700 Main Event will be completed.
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