2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Southern Indiana

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Southern Indiana

Final Results
Winner
Thomas Alcorn
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$117,322
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Entries
357
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
158
Players Left
30

Family Man Matthew Dunn Captures First Gold Ring

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante
Matthew Dunn
Matthew Dunn

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in the Louisville area to live report the $1,700 Main Event; however, that is just one of more than a dozen gold ring events that have taken place over the past week. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.

For instance, Event #4: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed had 160 runners compete for a $52,800 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 24 players including Mark Boggs (10th - $1,205), Jerod Smith (13th - $802), Kayeen Elliskemp (20th - $688), and Kevin Sherrill (24th - $611).

In the end, 33-year-old Matthew Dunn from Fort Wayne, Indiana came out on top to win the title $13,828 in prize money, and his first gold ring.

“I definitely thought I was going to win. Got to have confidence in this game,” he said after a two-hour heads-up match. “It was a battle really, I was short, then she was short and back and forth. I just kept my cool and grinded.”

He added: “I am not sure yet, we extended our stay a couple more days, but I have two young kids waiting on me at home.”

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Matthew DunnFort Wayne, Indiana$13,828
2Renee GibbonDowners Grove, Illinois$8,546
3Merton TolerPrinceton, West Virginia$5,740
4Simon SamokovskiSouth Point, Ohio$3,963
5David ThurstonFort Wayne, Indiana$2,815
6Alan PercalWeston, Florida$2,058
7John La RosePerryville, Missouri$1,551
8Randall JonesCanton, Georgia$1,551
9Alan LipsonCary, North Carolina$1,205

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