The last blind level saw Nhut Nguyen run up his stack of 17,000 to 84,00. It started when an early position player opened for 3,600 and action on the table folded to Nguyen who three-bet all in for his last 17,000 from late position.
Action folded back to the initial raiser who went into the tank before ultimately making the call.
Nhut Nguyen:
Opponent:
Nguyen was ahead and saw a seven in the window as the flop fell .
The flop was one to remember with Nguyen flopping a set as his opponent held the royal flush draw, but it was the turn that made the hand unforgettable.
Nguyen turned quads but still had to sweat the river as he could still be eliminated with a diamond king.
The dealer then dropped the on the river and Nguyen took his seat as he got a much needed double up with quad sevens.
The player under the gun opened for 3,200, Nolan Timon called on the button and action was on the big blind player who three-bet to 13,000. The initial raiser folded while Timon came along to see the flop.
Both players checked to the turn and the big blind player lead out with an 11,000 bet and Timon called.
The river came the and Timon moved all in for 49,300 after his opponent bet 13,000 and was called.
Nolan Timon:
Oppoennt:
Nolan flopped the world and got maximum value from his opponent with a full double up.
The World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant $1,700 Main Event is just one of a dozen gold ring events at the stop. One man, 48-year-old poker pro David Larson from Appleton, Wisconsin, managed to claim two titles back-to-back within a 24-hour period.
Larson was making the trek to Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina for the Global Casino Championship – which he qualified for by finishing as Casino Champ at the WSOPC Horseshoe Hammond last October – when he decided to stop at Choctaw and play Event #7: $400 No-Limit Hold’em, a tournament that attracted 123 entries and created a $40,590 prize pool. Larson bagged the Day 1 chip lead, which he took into the final table before winning it all for $11,057 and his third career ring.
With the first win, the former software engineer became the 132nd player to win three or more WSOP Circuit rings.
Event #7: $400 NLH Final Table Results
Place
Player
Hometown
Prize
1
David Larson
Appleton, WI
$11,057
2
Larry Green
Houston, Texas
$6,834
3
Khoi Lang
McKinney, Texas
$4,754
4
Lauren Bunch
Tulsa, Oklahoma
$3,390
5
Trent Trinidad
Big Spring, Texas
$2,480
6
Lisa Schuessler
Durant, Oklahoma
$1,862
7
Gary Harbison
Addison, Texas
$1,435
8
Bernard Morrow
Grand Island, Nebraska
$1,138
9
Lisa Smith
Spring, Texas
$928
He didn’t stop there as the next day he fired Event #9: $250 NLH and bested a 180-entry field to win it for $9,137.
“Today I felt more pressure because I won yesterday but also people were afraid of me because I won yesterday,” he told WSOP officials. “People definitely played a little more conservative today so it was harder for them to give-up their chips and yesterday people were a lot more splashy.”
David Larson goes back-to-back.
Larson became the 55th player to win four or more rings, though his have all come in the last calendar year.
“This is definitely the most fun I’ve had,” he said. “I’ve won a lot more money playing poker but this is for sure the most fun I’ve ever had.”
The back-to-back wins also gave Larson 100 points on the WSOPC Choctaw leaderboard, which puts him out front and in a good position to win a seat into next year’s Global Casino Championship.
Event #9: $250 NLH Final Table Results
Place
Player
Hometown
Prize
1
David Larson
Appleton, WI
$9,137
2
Benjamin Thompson
Lake Elm, Texas
$5,644
3
Glen Goldsmith
Palestine, Texas
$3,946
4
Thomas Neville
Carrollton, Texas
$2,820
5
Marcus Villarreal
Pleasanton, Texas
$2,060
6
Carson Wieland
Montgomery, Texas
$1,540
7
Suzan Samuels
Bellaire, Texas
$1,178
8
Vincent Moscati
Verplanck, New York
$922
9
Phillip Teel
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
$740
To see who all has captured gold rings at the Choctaw Durant stop, click here.
The player under the gun opened for 2,000 and Ruben Nixon three-bet to 6,000 sitting directly to his left. Action folded around to the small blind player who four-bet jammed for 15,500 and was called by Nixon.
Rueben Nixon:
Opponent:
It was a classic race and Nixon didn't have much sweat as the flop fell .
The turn came the and Nixon eliminated his opponent as the board completed with the river.
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