Jon Honeycutt Wins Opening Event of WSOPC IP Biloxi for $12,946
PokerNews is in town to live report the $1,700 Main Event here at the World Series of Poker Circuit IP Biloxi, but that is just one of the gold ring events that will have played out by the end of the series.
For instance, Event #1: $400 NLH Double Stack attracted 148 entries and offered up a $48,840 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 23 places including Raymond Marchi (10th - $855), Kevin Baker (15th - $731), and Jerry Giroir (22nd - $548), just to name a few.
In the end, 36-year-old software engineer Jon Honeycutt beat Donald Rolfe in heads-up play to win the $12,946 top prize and his first gold ring.
“I feel pretty good, it was a tough final table. When we were down to five, the players left were all very good players,” he said after his victory. “It’s great to win. We were all short-stacked here at the final table so it could have been anybody’s ring. I ran really great, there were a lot of spots that I was all in behind and I managed to get there.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Honeycutt | Ocean Springs, Mississippi | $12,946 |
| 2 | Donald Rolfe | Mississippi | $8,001 |
| 3 | David Nicholson | Perkinston, Mississippi | $5,535 |
| 4 | Eric Wilkerson | Louisiana | $3,923 |
| 5 | Bradley Myers | Essex Junction, Vermont | $2,849 |
| 6 | Lee Thibodaux | Thibodaux, Louisiana | $2,123 |
| 7 | Meraler Dilsad | Louisiana | $1,624 |
| 8 | Yousef "Joe" Saleh | Meridian, Mississippi | $1,275 |
| 9 | Trace Henderson | Laurel, Mississippi | $1,029 |