2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond

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

2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond

Final Results
Winner
Shiva Dudani
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
$258,078
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Entries
989
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
372
Players Left
67

Lukson Matthew Tames Monster Stack For First Circuit Ring

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Lukson Matthew
Lukson Matthew

While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the High Roller and 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 Horseshoe Hammond.

In Event #6: $400 NLH Monster Stack, 540 runners created a $178,200 prize pool that was paid out to the top 81 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the official final table were Daniel Sepiol (11th- $2,619), Yoon Kim (13th - $2,135), Jim Kilarjian (19th - $1,477), Oleh Ferkalyuk (23rd - $1,082), Robert Dunn (25th - $1,080) and John Sun (34th- $753).

In the end, it was Illinois native Lukson Matthew who won his first gold ring, along with a $34,748 payday.

“I woke up Monday morning and out of the blue decided to come play this tournament and no one is going to believe me, this is so unbelievable!” Matthew said after his win.

Matthew, a primary house/cash game player, had an uphill battle to make the run he did as he came in ranked 37th out of the 45 players returning to for Day 2 action.

“Man, I tell you what, it was a grind to get here and some luck definitely helped,” stated Matthew.

From coming into the final day near the bottom of the list, Matthew turned things around as he went into the unofficial final table as the chip leader thanks to a lucky river.

Things continued to favor Matthew’s good run as he collected every chip in play to win his first WSOPC ring, and his voyage to Horseshoe Hammond has proven profitable for Matthew so far. Not only does this mark his first/largest career cash, he added 50 casino points for the 2020 Global Casino Championship.

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Lukson MatthewHinsdale IL$34,748
2Frank SwierczynskiPlainfield, IL$21,485
3Timothy HengSkokie, IL$15,806
4Giedrius BagdonasBristol, CT$11,771
5Kenni NguyenChicago, IL$8,876
6Jason TrezakPortage, IN$6,777
7Thomas MullenIndianapolis, IN$5,240
8Vince BonBurbank, IL$4,105
9Glen JosephOak Lawn, IL$3,257

Tags: Daniel SepiolFrank SwierczynskiGiedrius BagdonasJason TrezakJohn SunKenni NguyenOleh FerkalyukRobert DunnYoon Kim