Craig Trost Captures Second Gold Ring w/ Event #3: $600 NLH Victory
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is in Milwaukee to live report action the $1,700 Main Event, but is just one of a dozen gold ring events at the stop. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
Event #3: $600 No-Limit Hold’em attracted 87 runners who created a $44,805 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 14 players and among those to cash but fall short of making the final table were Yer Vang (10th - $1,055), Daniel Sarullo (11th - $1,055), Nik Stone (12th - $1,055), Andres Garcia (13th - $935), and Ed Smith (14th - $935).
Craig Trost came into the final table with the chip lead and the 34-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin wound up the winner for $14,834 and his second gold ring.
“I want to say thank you to my very supportive wife. She is amazing and I love her very much,” Trost said with a smile on his face.
Making the experience even more special was that he was at the final table with a good friend of his.
“Jeff Minnerly is a good buddy of mine so it was really fun to make a final table with him as well,” said Trost. “Coming back to the final four, I knew all the guys were really good players. It was really fun playing with them because they are all such great guys which made it such an enjoyable experience.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Trost | Madison, Wisconsin | $14,834 |
| 2 | Paul Ewen | Hartley, Iowa | $9,710 |
| 3 | Jeff Minnerly | Madison, Wisconsin | $6,287 |
| 4 | Clinton Wolcyn | Savage, Minnesota | $4,437 |
| 5 | Daniel Beringer | Chicago, Illinois | $3,225 |
| 6 | Melissa Bryne | Hutton, Texas | $2,417 |
| 7 | Alexander Ziskin | Vernon Hills, Illinois | $1,869 |
| 8 | Kenneth Donarski | Willow Brook, Illinois | $1,493 |
| 9 | Todd Bartlett | Dallas City, Illinois | $1,233 |