Family Man Zachary Caldwell Wins Event #4: $600 NLH for His Wife
The $1,700 Main Event is just one of a dozen gold ring events taking place at the Harrah’s Cherokee stop. For over a week, players have been competing for WSOP Circuit hardware and big chunks of prize money.
In Event #4: $600 No-Limit Hold’em, 442 entrants created a $227,630 prize pool and saw 33-year-old Kernersville, North Carolina poker player Zachary Caldwell breakthrough to capture his first gold ring and a $46,669 first-place prize.
To do so he had to defeat accomplished poker pro Dylan Wilkerson in heads-up play.
“I told my wife yesterday that I was going to win it for her,” said the father of two young children. “I felt good, I felt like it was just meant to be.”
He continued: “I had this thought in my head throughout the tournament, it doesn’t matter what happens, I am the luckiest man in the room. I have a beautiful wife, two beautiful baby girls, if I win or I come in 442nd it’s not going to change my life. I’m happy I won but it doesn’t change anything.”
WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee Event #4 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Caldwell | Kernersville, North Carolina | $46,669 |
| 2 | Dylan Wilkerson | San Francisco, California | $28,844 |
| 3 | Shahriar Kashani | Marietta, Georgia | $21,002 |
| 4 | Austin Reilly | Gulf Shores, Alabama | $15,503 |
| 5 | Brian Kulp | Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania | $11,602 |
| 6 | Tim Burden | Rochester, Kentucky | $8,806 |
| 7 | Rodney Turvin | Cairo, Georgia | $6,779 |
| 8 | Forrest Raleigh | Lawrenceville, Georgia | $5,295 |
| 9 | Steven Baysa | Burlington, North Carolina | $4,197 |