Bonsack Looking for Third Ring & to Best Last Year's Final Table Finish
Did you know Mark Bonsack has made back-to-back final tables at the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs? It's true. He also has two rings. Read on to learn more.
Anyone can win a WSOP Circuit ring, but it takes a talented individual to win two. That’s what Mark Bonsack did in Event #6 $365 Limit Omaha 8 or Better when he topped a field of 134 players to win $11,254. The win gave Bonsack, who finished 12th in last year’s National Championship, his second non-hold’em ring—the other came in 2011 in a $365 H.O.R.S.E. event at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe for $7,484.
“Hopefully I’ll get back to [the National Championship] and have another chance at it,” said Bonsack, a 52-year-old contractor from Cle Elum, Washington. “I really want to get a bracelet. I probably still need a few more [points], but I’m close.”
The good news is that Bonsack will be back at the National Championship. Thanks to his deep run here in the Main Event, Bonsack will either win and earn a seat or capture the stop's Casino Championship. Either way, he's in. Now all Bonsack is focused on is improving over his finish here last year when he took fifth for $25,127.
Here's a look at the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs Ring Event #6 Limit Omaha Eight or Better final table:
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$65 | 134 | $40,200 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mark Bonsack | Cle Elum, WA | $11,254 |
| 2nd | Curtis Timperley | Battle Creek, NE | $6,957 |
| 3rd | Shawn Marley | Council Bluffs, IA | $5,022 |
| 4th | Yossi Azulay | Chicago, IL | $3,690 |
| 5th | Curt Aust | Omaha, NE | $2,759 |
| 6th | Andrue Gibbs | Council Bluffs, IA | $2,097 |
| 7th | Kirk Flom | Gulfport, MS | $1,621 |
| 8th | Allen Kessler | Huntingdon Valley, PA | $1,274 |
| 9th | Brian Brashaw | Papillion, NE | $1,017 |