Canada's Russell Serion Captures First WSOPC Gold Ring
PokerNews is in town to live report both the $1,700 Main Event and $2,200 High Roller here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Rio Las Vegas, but those are just three of the gold ring events that will have played out by the end of the series.
In Event #8: $600 NLH Black Chip Bounty, 168 runners created an $86,520 prize pool that was paid out to the top 26 players including Stephen Song (3rd - $7,557), Noam Muallem (6th - $2,969), Michael Rossitto (9th - $1,463), Ian Steinman (15th - $1,045), Jason Seitz (20th - $838), and Lamar Lee (25th - $759).
In the end, Canada’s Russell Serion beat Matt Leecy in heads-up play to win the title for $17,517 and his first gold ring.
“It feels good, I have been on a heater. Last couple of years have been pretty good,” said the 37-year-old Serion.
He continued: “I got lucky once when I made a bad call, but other than that I think I played pretty well. I was down 3-to-1 in chips, but I’ve played a lot of heads-up and I felt like I had a lot of chips still. I could still chip away at him, so I never felt uncomfortable.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russell Serion | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | $17,517 |
| 2 | Matthew Leecy | Ottawa, Kansas | $10,820 |
| 3 | Stephen Song | Greenwich, Connecticut | $7,557 |
| 4 | Ryan Holloway | N/A | $5,403 |
| 5 | Barry Raymos | Fairfield, California | $3,956 |
| 6 | Noam Muallem | Las Vegas, Nevada | $2,969 |
| 7 | Raanan Yacovgam | N/A | $2,285 |
| 8 | Mace Reed | Colorado Springs, Colorado | $1,805 |
| 9 | Michael Rossitto | Brooklyn, New York | $1,463 |