2019 February WSOP Circuit
Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
$1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 805
Prize Pool: $1,219,575
February 15-18, 2019

(Coconut Creek, FL) — The headliner on the Coco WSOP Circuit schedule was the $1,000,000 Guarantee Main Event and it drew a stellar group of players to the four-day tournament. There were 805 entries taking a shot at the big title and it was Zach Donovan standing out among them all, running big at the final table to take the WSOPC Main Event ring along with more than $240,000.

It was an emotional win. Donovan wasn’t expecting to play in the Main Event this weekend. Unfortunately for Donovan and his family, his grandfather passed away on Friday and he planned to spend the weekend with his family. Instead, they convinced him that playing was exactly what his grandfather would want.

“I guess he was with me the whole time. We won.” he commented when it was done.

So Donovan played Flight B and went on to book his second career WSOP Circuit win.

The tournament featured two starting flights that pushed the prize pool over $1,200,000. Some of the best players from around the country and South Florida came for the Main Event including Brian Altman, Martin Ryan, Robert Mizrachi, Jessica Dawley, Sam Panzica, Tristan Wade, and Tony Ruberto.

Donovan came into Day 2 with a below average stack among the 171 returners but he ran it up and finished Day 2 second in chips. He made his move after the Main Event made it into the money with 81 getting paid and he entered Day 3 behind only Jason Young.

It did not take long to reach the final table and Donovan took over the lead shortly after they reached ten-handed play. With only a few exceptions, he held the lead throughout and sat behind a castle of chips until he sent Young out in third place.

Sokchheka Pho made the most of a long heads-up battle and briefly held the lead until Donovan reasserted himself to take the title.

“I felt in control most of the way,” Donovan said after the victory. “Near the end, I felt like I might tilt.”

“But no one likes that,” Donovan laughed.

Pho took home more than $150,000 for outlasting all but one player while Donovan earned $243,916 along with a seat in the WSOP Global Casino Championship later this year.

Congratulations to Donovan and everyone who made a big run. Thanks to our players for another great series and Main Event.

Main Event final table results:

1st: Zach Donovan – $243,916 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: Sokchheka Pho – $150,374
3rd: Jason Young – $110,859
4th: Hamid Izadi – $82,626
5th: Warren Sheaves – $62,406
6th: Chad Eveslage – $47,746
7th: Jack Shea – $36,990
8th: Jessica Dawley – $29,014
9th: Mike Azzaro – $23,038
10th: Brandon Duvdivani – $18,513

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11th: Dennis Brand – $18,513
12th: Matjaz Ferk – $18,513
13th: Paul Freedman – $15,062
14th: Stuart Elkin – $15,062
15th: Matthew Smith – $15,062
16th: David Sider – $12,403
17th: David Alfa – $12,403
18th: Ted McNamara – $12,403
19th: Matt Waxman – $10,330
20th: Hunter Cichy – $10,330
21st: Ruslan Dykshteyn – $10,330
22nd: Steven Karp – $8,708
23rd: Randolph Spain – $8,708
24th: Michael Amato – $8,708
25th: James Burns – $7,427
26th: Kevin Johnson- $7,427
27th: Amir Baron – $7,427
28th: Mark Dube – $6,403
29th: Eran Joshua Zur – $6,403
30th: Hyndi Khomutetsky – $6,403
31st: Michael Foley – $5,586
32nd: Michael Chiappetta- $5,586
33rd: Andrew Kaplan – $5,586
34th: Nagui Yassa – $4,927
35th: Phil Hui – $4,927
36th: Luminita Petric – $4,927
37th: Mark Hodge – $4,390
38th: Jason Wandling – $4,390
39th: Suk Wan – $4,390
40th: Matthew Zarcadoolas – $4,390
41st: Jake Schwartz – $4,390
42nd: Mirza Nagji – $4,390
43rd: Matthew Lambrecht – $4,390
44th: Javier Zarco – $4,390
45th: Jacob Naumann – $4,390
46th: Joshua Gibson – $3,951
47th: Julian Wohlgemuth – $3,951
48th: Bryce McVay – $3,951
49th: Manny Tarich – $3,951
50th: Brian Altman – $3,951
51st: Joseph Rojas – $3,951
52nd: David Bradshaw – $3,951
53rd: Ivan Starostin – $3,951
54th: Joshua Kay – $3,951
55th: David Sill – $3,598
56th: David DiBernardi – $3,598
57th: David Nowling – $3,598
58th: David Inselberg – $3,598
59th: Sebastian Kos – $3,598
60th: Yaroslav Nakonechnyy – $3,598
61st: John Gordon – $3,598
62nd: David MacDonald – $3,598
63rd: Michael Garavuso – $3,598
64th: Matthew Leecy – $3,305
65th: Brendan Sully – $3,305
66th: Sterling Savill – $3,305
67th: Shawn Wheeling – $3,305
68th: Christopher Sweeney – $3,305
69th: James Brown – $3,305
70th: Robert Poggio – $3,305
71st: Daniel Swartz – $3,305
72nd: Richard Whitebrook – $3,305
73rd: Richard Rice – $3,037
74th: Shea Smith – $3,037
75th: Christopher Bolek – $3,037
76th: Carey Pickus – $3,037
77th: Pedro Aldave – $3,037
78th: Moshe Tarich – $3,037
79th: Richard Warren – $3,037
80th: Edward Gilfillan – $3,037
81st: Michael Tait – $3,037