Chris Nunnally Wins Event #1: $400 NLH Double Stack
PokerNews is in town to live report the $1,700 Main Event here at the World Series of Poker Circuit at Horseshoe Tunica, but that is just one of the gold ring events that will have played out by the end of the series.
In Event #1: $400 NLH Double Stack, 339 entrants created a $111,870 prize pool that was paid out to the top 51 players. Among those to cash were Jeff Copeland (11th - $1,707), Donnie Phan (25th - $793), Jay Friedman (39th - $615), Brett Apter (44th - $615), and Denise Pratt (46th - $609).
In the end, Chris Nunnally bested Gary Lambert in heads-up play to win the title for $23,984 and his first gold ring.
“I feel great. I just play here and in Cherokee. Whenever they come around, I come, for both of those,” the 43-year-old maintenance man from Anniston, Alabama said. “It was a good field. I ran good though, I ran really good. Of course, you got to run good and get lucky to win.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Nunnally | Anniston, Alabama | $23,984 |
| 2 | Gary Lambert | Memphis, Tennessee | $14,823 |
| 3 | Chris Casey | Augusta, Georgia | $10,669 |
| 4 | David Mcphail | Tennessee | $7,805 |
| 5 | John Shepherd | Knoxville, Tennessee | $5,804 |
| 6 | Michael Catalani | Cordova, Tennessee | $4,389 |
| 7 | Gerald Kuchenmeister | Oxford, Mississippi | $3,376 |
| 8 | David Smith | Avon Park, Florida | $2,642 |
| 9 | Scott Hiett | Pegram, Tennessee | $2,105 |