David Kluchman won the WSOPC Foxwoods Resort $1,675 Main Event on Sunday. It was the last one before the WSOP National Championship, which is set to start on July 29 and is to take place at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina.
Kluchman topped a field of 376 players in order to capture the amount of $124,370, a WSOPC ring, and a seat into the National Championship.
Of all 376 entries, only the top 45 ones received a portion of the entire prize pool, with Ryan Eriquezzo, who won the 2012 WSOP National Championship, and Chris Csik, who finished 1st in the WSOPC Baltimore Main Event, being among those to make it to the payouts.
Sunday, May 24, saw ten players returning to determine the event’s champion. The day started with Kluchman as the chip leader, holding 2,324,000 in chips. He was followed by Spencer Champlin with 1,286,000, and David Grandieri with 905,000.
The official final table started once Greg Himmelbrand busted Will Failla in 10th place. The latter took home $9,497. Failla was followed by Aaron Smith, who could not stand a chance against Seunghywan Lee. Smith was paid $11,775 for his 9th place.
John Lyons left the final table next. He was eliminated by Spencer Champlin and received $14,698 for his 8th place. Lyons was then followed by David Grandieri, who was defeated by Kluchman himself. His 7th place secured him with $18,656 of the entire prize pool.
Lee and Himmelbrand were the next to fall victims to the soon-to-be-champion. The first was paid the amount of $24,026 for his 6th place, and the latter received $31,431 for finishing 5th.
Champlin and Yasin Ahmady were the next to go. They, too, were busted by Kluchman. Champlin took home $41,777 and Ahmady got $56,531. Their elimination marked the beginning of the heads-up play between Kluchman and Michael Thibeau. Given the fact that the first eliminated half of his opponents at the final table, quite expectedly he started the heads-up as the chip leader.
The last hand occurred with Kluchman moving all-in with [3s][3c] against Thibeau’s [Ac][Qd]. The board ran out [Kd][Js][Jc][9s][7h] and the name of the champion was announced.
Thibeau received $76,883 for his runner-up finish. As for Kluchman, he was awarded a $124,370 first-place prize, his first ever WSOPC ring, and a seat into the WSOP National Championship.
The schedule for the 2015/2016 WSOPC has not been revealed yet, but an announcement will probably be made during the WSOP, which starts on May 27.
