After a year off from IP Biloxi in Biloxi, Mississippi, the WSOP Circuit included the casino in its 2016/17 season schedule. As usual, the stop features 12 gold ring events and several more opportunities for players to face fellow players and to receive a payout or two for their efforts.
As many as nine gold ring events on the 2016/17 WSOP Circuit IP Biloxi schedule have been completed so far and David Cossio from Las Vegas, Nevada has just emerged victorious in the latest one. Cossio took down the $580 No-Limit Hold’em’s field for his inaugural career gold ring and the amount of $17,639 in prize money.
The Las Vegas-based player has been a frequent entry into both WSOP and WSOP Circuit tournaments over the past several years. His overall WSOP-related winnings currently amount to almost $620,000, his latest triumph included. Over the course of his career, Cossio has cashed in a total of 16 WSOP events, scooping $233,493 in those. A third-place finish in the 2005 WSOP $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em event for $79,490 could be deemed his best tournament performance within the Series.
As for his WSOP Circuit experience, the player has 22 in-the-money finishes so far, with those bringing him more than $380,000 in tournament winnings. As mentioned above, Cossio has just scooped his first-ever gold ring, however, the player was really close to winning a WSOP Circuit Main Event several seasons ago.
In 2013, he finished runner-up to James Dorrance in the Horseshoe Hammond $1,675 Main Event with a guaranteed prize pool of $2 million to collect his largest WSOP Circuit cash of $260,100.
About his latest victory, Cossio took 1st place in the $580 No-Limit Hold’em or Event #9 on the IP Biloxi schedule. A total of 126 players entered the event to generate the overall prize pool of $63,000. The last 15 finishers left the event with a payout, min-cashes beginning from $1,063.
The tournament was a two-day one. The nine-handed final table was reached late on Day 1, with six-time gold ring winner, one-time gold bracelet winner, and WSOP and WSOP Circuit regular Kyle Cartwright as the chip leader. Strangely enough, the player was the first one to leave the final table, although he had a nice advantage over his opponents at the beginning.
Day 1 of the event was completed with five players left to contend for the gold ring. Cossio was second in chips at that point. The remaining hopefuls had a night to rest and consider their strategies for the next day. On Day 2 of the tournament, three players were eliminated in what could be described as quick succession. In other words, it did not take long before Cossio had only one opponent to play against. Michael Horchoff from River Ridge, Louisiana was the player he had to face heads-up.
Two-handed battle turned out to be longer than expected. The two players swung chips back and forth for a good three hours, until eventually Cossio found himself to be the last man standing. Horchoff took home $10,309 for his runner-up finish.
Rajappa Chidambaram finished 3rd in the event for $7,870. Melissa Poff took 4th place for $5,783. Robert Mariano collected $4,323 for taking 5th place. Joshua Lowing received a payout of $3,287 for his sixth-place finish.
James Beetz finished 7th, good for $2,541. Paul Hudspeth took 8th place for $1,996. Finally, as mentioned above, WSOP Circuit regular Kyle Cartwright left too early the battle for the gold ring. His ninth-place finish secured him with a payout of $1,593.
