Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
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Level 10
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lukson Matthew | Hinsdale IL | $34,748 |
| 2 | Frank Swierczynski | Plainfield, IL | $21,485 |
| 3 | Timothy Heng | Skokie, IL | $15,806 |
| 4 | Giedrius Bagdonas | Bristol, CT | $11,771 |
| 5 | Kenni Nguyen | Chicago, IL | $8,876 |
| 6 | Jason Trezak | Portage, IN | $6,777 |
| 7 | Thomas Mullen | Indianapolis, IN | $5,240 |
| 8 | Vince Bon | Burbank, IL | $4,105 |
| 9 | Glen Joseph | Oak Lawn, IL | $3,257 |
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
160,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
100,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
96,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
95,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
84,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
77,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
74,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
69,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
62,000
13,700
|
13,700 |
|
55,000
11,200
|
11,200 |
|
55,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
38,000 | |
|
||
|
|
38,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
33,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
33,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
32,000 | |
|
28,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
28,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
28,000
9,400
|
9,400 |
|
26,000
66,500
|
66,500 |
|
|
22,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
21,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
13,100
7,900
|
7,900 |
|
6,500
38,500
|
38,500 |
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Eric Kim got his last 17,500 in from middle position on a 
flop, and was in bad shape against the player in the small blind.
Eric Kim: 
Opponent: 
Kim found one of his outs on the 
turn to take the lead, and held on the 
river to earn the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
26,900
|
26,900 |
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The button open shoved for 25,000, and Derek Hanauer made the call, with his opponent slightly covered.
Button: 
Derek Hanauer: 
Board: 
Hanauer was behind preflop, but found a pair of jacks on the flop and held up as the winner through the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000 |
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
A player limped in from under the gun, and "Minnesota" Jon Hanner raised to 2,200 from the cutoff. WSOP Bracelet winner Keven Stammen called in the small blind, as did the under-the-gun player.
The under-the-gun player checked the 
flop to Hanner, who bet 2,500. Only Stammen called.
Hanner bet 4,000 on the 
turn, and that did the trick as Stammen folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
||
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The under-the-gun player opened to 2,400, and Angelo Kozonis called in the big blind.
Kozonis checked, and his opponent bet 2,600 on the 
flop.
Kozonis raised to 8,200, prompting a fold from his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000
28,500
|
28,500 |
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
160,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
||
|
135,000
42,500
|
42,500 |
|
98,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
78,000
55,300
|
55,300 |
|
|
||
|
72,000
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
|
||
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59,600
7,600
|
7,600 |
|
57,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
55,000 | |
|
55,000
32,500
|
32,500 |
|
39,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
36,000
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
|
27,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
23,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
21,500
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
19,700
38,300
|
38,300 |
|
19,000 | |
|
18,000 | |
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Jordan Holsinger opened to 2,500 from the hijack, and the big blind, who appeared to had just arrived at the table with a new 30,000 starting stack, called.
The flop came 
and all of the chips went in from both sides, with Holsinger having his opponent slightly covered.
Big Blind: 
Jordan Holsinger: 
The turn 
brought in top pair for the big blind, but wasn't enough the get ahead of Holsinger's set of threes. The river 
clinched the KO for Holsinger.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,000 |
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Nicola Ditrapani raised to 2,300 from middle position, and a player in the cutoff called. Two-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Samuel Cosby three-bet to 8,000 on the button, and Ditrapani four-bet to 21,000, chasing out the cutoff. Cosby five-bet shoved for 30,000, and Ditrapani called.
Samuel Cosby: 
Nicola Ditrapani:
Cosby's aces held on a 
board for the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,800
51,700
|
51,700 |
|
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60,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
