While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the $1,700 Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harveys Lake Tahoe.
In Event#8: $400 NLH Monster Stack, 334 runners created a $110,220 prize pool that was paid out to the top 51 spots. Among those to cash were Kim Schinco (13th - $1,365), Ian Steinman (17th - $1,141), Adam Owen (25th - $747), Shirin Oskooi (36th - $574), and Joey Weissman (43rd - $561).
Two weeks removed from finishing runner-up in an event at WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Hammond, it was poker media veteran Sam Cosby coming out on top to win $24,270 and his first gold ring.
“I don’t wanna get too excited about it, because if I want this to be the first of many, I wanna keep my head level,” Cosby said after the win. “I don’t wanna get all blown up about winning a ring. It feels great to win.”
He continued: “I don’t really do anything else. This is basically what I do now. I do love the live reporting side. I won’t lie and say I don’t miss it because I do. I’m a poker fanboy at heart. A lot of poker dealers and poker reporters are people that wanna be close to poker. They’re either poker fans or poker dreamers. I’ve always wanted to make a run at it and now we’re making a run at it.”
With 50 points to go along with what he’s already earned, the 29-year-old Cosby now has his sights set on the GCG.
“I wanna qualify for the Global Casino Championship – that’s my big goal for the year. I think I have a good shot at it now,” he said.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Cosby | Portland, Oregon | $24,270 |
| 2 | Aaron Knapp | La Jolla, California | $15,000 |
| 3 | Jonathan Magal | Alamo, California | $10,754 |
| 4 | Jesse Kertland | Ellensburg, Washington | $7,935 |
| 5 | James Pupillo | Gilbert, Arizona | $5,801 |
| 6 | Ryan Metcalfe | Bothell, Washington | $4,366 |
| 7 | Mrityunjay Jha | Fremont, California | $3,342 |
| 8 | Paul Perata | San Ramon, California | $2,602 |
| 9 | Raymond Marchi | Eureka, California | $2,062 |
showing on the flop.
, Lee Markholt bet 7,500 from the hijack, and Mike Zimmer called on the button.
, Markholt checked, and Zimmer bet 16,000.
flop, Mota bet 11,000, and McMahon folded, preserving his remaining stack. Mota is one of a handful of players in the room over the 200k mark as Level 13 winds down.
