Carol Porter Turns $250 Into $34,534 in Seniors Event
PokerNews is in town to live report the Main Event here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee, but that is just one of the gold ring events that will have played out by the end of the series.
One of them was the first $250 buy-in Seniors Event, which attracted a robust 1,006 runners. That meant the $201,200 prize pool was paid out to the top 151 entries including Kayla Pursley (10th - $2,804), Eddie Rayl (20th - $1,541), Paul Koenig (28th - $929), Alan Barefoot (36th - $699), Jimmy McQueen (46th - $549), Martin Poole (51st - $549), Gary Woods (65th - $451), Ricky Milton (74th - $416), and Seung Yang (79th - $416).
In the end, Carol Porter of Knoxville, Tennessee beat Doug Hutcheson in heads-up play to win the ring and a healthy $34,534 first-place prize.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carol Porter | Knoxville, Tennessee | $34,534 |
| 2 | Douglas Hutcheson | Council Bluffs, Iowa | $21,343 |
| 3 | Eric Couchman | Fayetteville, North Carolina | $16,018 |
| 4 | John Thorsen | Charlotte, North Carolina | $12,134 |
| 5 | Danny Wilson | Gastonia, North Carolina | $9,279 |
| 6 | Robert Hatton | Monroe, Georgia | $7,164 |
| 7 | Timothy Stone | Lawrenceville, Georgia | $5,584 |
| 8 | Troy Cunningham | N/A | $4,395 |
| 9 | Dale Menghe | Peoria, Arizona | $3,493 |