2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Baltimore

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

2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Baltimore

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Entries
303
Players Left
2
Average Chip Stack
4,545,000
Total Chips
9,090,000
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
141
Players Left
23

Retired Marine Corps Infantryman John Megahan Finds Gold in Opening Event

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
John Megahan
John Megahan

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Horseshoe Baltimore to live report both the $1,700 Main Event and $3,250 High Roller; 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.

In Event #1: $250 No-Limit Hold’em, 152 entrants created a $69,500 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 23 players including Beth Griffee (1oth - $532), Greg Parker (15th - $455), Timothy Worley (20th - $364), and John McCauley (23rd - $341).

In the end, it was 41-year-old John Megahan of Greenville, North Carolina – a retired Marine Corps infantryman – who came out on top to win an $8,054 top prize and his first gold ring.

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1John Megahan$8,054
2James Freeze$4,980
3Brook North$3,445
4An Huang$2,442
5Mark Harris$1,774
6Thomas Gallo$1,321
7Steven Nooralian$1,011
8Joseph Harr$794
9Otavio Meneses$532

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