Event #8 or the $365 Turbo No Limit Hold’em event, part of the 2015/2016 WSOPC attracted a total of 191 entrants who accumulated a prize pool of $57,300. This was the last event before the $1,675 Main Event that is to take place on Friday and Saturday.
It was William House who emerged victorious and captured the amount of $14,899 and the first gold ring in his poker career. The winner, who was declared after a 10-hour gameplay shared that he had never imagined he would win and admitted that this was the biggest cash out he has made since November 2015, when he retired. He went on to say the WSOP rings and bracelets were the greatest awards for every poker player.
House also added that as far as his professional poker career is concerned, he has participated mainly in Turbo events and shared that the best approach to making it to the final table in Turbo events was to avoid taking actions that are not well-thought-out and do your best to keep calm. In conclusion, the winner said that one should be armed with patience and never gives up even if they get short in chips during the event.
At the start of the heads-up play against Paul Lenkeit, House became the chip leader after his pocket jacks got him an important double up. After ten more minutes of play, the board ran [Qd,5c,3d,4h]. Lenkeit bet 80,000, House checked and then moved all in and Lenkeit called off. Although House was behind, the river gave him two-pair that beat Lenkeit’s sixes and House emerged as the lucky winner. Lenkeit was sent to the runner-up position and scooped $9,203 for his efforts.
The other players who made it to the final table were Christopher Walters who took the third place as well as $6,645 of the accumulated prize pool, John Creed and Ryan McKnight, who took the 4th and 5th place, respectively. Justin Liberto, who has made it to the final table of the tournament for the second time, bypassed the final table bubble and bowed out in 6th place. Scott Fitzhugh occupied the seventh place, followed by Benjamin Sears and Charles Ingram who were sent to the 8th and 9th place and captured the amount of $1,681 and $1,341, respectively.
As mentioned above, this was the last event of the WSOPC Horseshoe Baltimore stop. There are another seven gold ring events until April 4th when the WSOP Circuit wraps up.
