On Sunday, as Day 1a of the Main Event was kicking off in the Brasilia Room, the final three players from Event #65: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better – a tournament that attracted 547 players and created a prize pool of $738,450 – returned to battle down to a winner.
Daniel Idema (540,000) was looking for his second WSOP bracelet of the year, but he was at a big chip disadvantage against both Christopher Vitch (1,940,000) and Gerald Ringe (1,625,000). What was expected to be a contentious affair turned out to be anything but as Ringe dispatched his two opponents in just 35 minutes.
“Whatever I needed today, I managed to catch it,” Ringe told WSOP officials after the win. “Even when it looked like my opponent would scoop a big pot, I caught the perfect card and managed to split the pot. Everything went right today.”
Ringe, a real estate investor and businessman from London, became the third player from England to win a gold bracelet at the 2015 WSOP.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerald Ringe | London, UK | $180,943 |
| 2 | Christopher Vitch | La Jolla, CA | $111,860 |
| 3 | Daniel Idema | Vancouver, BC, Canada | $70,322 |
| 4 | Noah Bronstein | Kirkland, WA | $50,473 |
| 5 | John Esposito | Las Vegas, NV | $36,811 |
| 6 | Owais Ahmed | Anaheim, CA | $27,285 |
| 7 | John Cover | Palm Desert, CA | $20,551 |
| 8 | Chris George | Croton On Hudson, NY | $15,721 |