$400 Double Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Entries: 122
The big opening weekend of play has resided and it’s a more intimate gathering in The Pavilion for today’s $400 double stack turbo. A quick stroll between the tables reveals a number of locals in the action.
Late in Level 6, the clock shows 124 entries playing and registration and re-entry are available until the start of Level 13.
$400 Double Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 75/150
Entries: 80
Each World Series of Poker Circuit stop reveals two headline players — 1) the Main Event champion, and 2) the Casino Champion. It was 12 months ago when Kammar Andries laid claim to this series’ Main Event and Karthik Ramakrishnan donned Casino Champion honors. Both players earned $10,000 entries in the WSOP’s season-ending Global Casino Championship and represented Seminole Casino Coconut Creek in the exclusive event.
Fast forward to today’s play and the duo is back in action hungry for more accolades. They’re both in the game in this morning’s $400 turbo ring event and find themselves side-by-side early on Table 16.
The field has more than doubled over the first couple levels of play with the clock showing 80 registered to start Level 3.
$400 Double Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50
Entries: 39
It’s 11 o’clock in South Florida and Event 5 of the World Series of Poker Circuit at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek is underway. This is a one-day, double stack turbo with a $400 buy-in and $30,000 guarantee.
$400 Double Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50
Another day, another one-day ring. South Florida poker players have the opportunity to win one of the game’s great prizes — a WSOP Circuit gold ring — today at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek.
Beginning at 11am is a one-day double stack turbo re-entry tournament. Players take their seats to enlarged, 30,000-chip starting stacks and they’ll jockey for the lion’s share of a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool. Levels are 20 minutes in length and the tournament is expected to conclude late tonight.
Details:
11AM: Event 5 – $400 Double Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Updates will begin when cards go in the air at 11am. Good luck, double stack turbo players!
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Event 5 – $400 Double Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
2PM: Event 4 Day 2 – $600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
4PM: Event 6 Day 1 – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
9AM: $65 Event 5 Turbo Satellite
2PM: $65 Event 6 Turbo Satellite
6PM: $130 Nightly No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
All satellite winners earn entry into the upcoming numbered event or flight
Complete WSOP Circuit Schedule
September WSOP Circuit
Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
Coconut Creek, FL
Event 5
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 55
Prize Pool: $18,150
September 17-18, 2018
(Coconut Creek, FL) — William Watson is a World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring champion. The accolade came following a victory in Event 5 at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, a $400 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry tournament, and earned Watson $6,805 to complement his jewelry.
“It was a long time coming. I just finished second in Cherokee a month ago,” Watson said of the win.
The event drew an intimate field of 55 entries and was ripe with Casino Championship points. There were a number of notables in the action including Martin Ryan, Bernard Lee and Wally Maddah. Kicking off at the afternoon hour of 4pm, the event played 18 levels on Day 1. John Gorsuch found the rail in sixth and narrowly missed a Day 2 berth as the final five punched their ticket to another day of play. Greg Paryani bagged the chip lead and restarted the event atop the counts.
The final playing session moved fast with no shortage of double-ups. Matt Bretzfield was first to go in fifth followed by Paryani who hit the skids early. Watson eliminated Karim in third place and took a huge chip lead into heads-up play against South Florida pro Ian O’Hara. O’Hara managed a lone double-up, but ultimately bowed out in second place. O’Hara, a past Coconut Creek champion, moved over $2,150,000 in earnings for his runner-up finish.
Following the win, Watson’s poker resume boasts 26 cashes and more than $185,000 in earnings. He is 29 years old and resides in Louisville, KY.
Full $400 results:
1st: William Watson – $6,805 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: Ian O’Hara – $4,211
3rd: Zo Karim – $2,759
4th: Greg Paryani – $1,906
5th: Matt Bretzfield – $1,398
6th: John Gorsuch – $1,071
$400 NLH (Re-Entry) | Payouts
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 55
Ian O’Hara managed to double up during heads-up play, but ultimately met his fate finishing second.
On the final hand, O’Hara was all-in and claimed strong holdings of 
. Watson’s hand was made, but far from a winner as he turned over 
for a race.
Runout: 
O’Hara never paired and his ace-king high was no good. Watson scooped the tournament’s final pot and went down as the champion earning $6,805. O’Hara was given $4,211 for his second-place finish.
A complete report will be posted later this evening. In the meantime, here’s a look at the tournament’s final results:
1st: William Watson – $6,805 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: Ian O’Hara – $4,211
3rd: Zo Karim – $2,759
4th: Greg – Paryani – $1,906
5th: Matt Bretzfield – $1,398
6th: John Gorsuch – $1,071
$400 NLH (Re-Entry) | Payouts
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 55
In a blind-versus-blind battle, William Watson (big) and Zo Karim (small) got Karim’s roughly 240,000 chips in the middle preflop.
Watson: 
Karim: 
Runout: 
Karim’s deuces were no good and he hit the rail third leaving Watson and Ian O’Hara to battle heads up.
William Watson – 641,000 (53 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 184,000 (15 bb)
Zo Karim – Eliminated in 3rd place ($2,759)
$400 NLH (Re-Entry) | Payouts
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 55
There was three-way action between William Watson in the big blind, Zo Karim in the cutoff and Ian O’Hara on the button. The flop fell 
and it checked to O’Hara who bet 14,000. Watson check-shoved for 116,000 total and Karim folded. O’Hara called putting Watson at risk.
Watson: 
for top pair
O’Hara: 
for a pair of sixes
Turn and river: 
None of O’Hara’s outs came and Watson doubled through the South Florida pro.
William Watson – 296,000 (37 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 260,000 (32 bb)
$400 NLH (Re-Entry) | Payouts
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 55
William Watson open-shoved the cutoff for 69,000 and Zo Karim jammed the button for more. Ian O’Hara and Greg Paryani folded their blinds and Karim had Watson at risk.
Watson: 
Karim: 
Runout: 
Watson’s set of queens was best and he doubled through Karim.
William Watson – 151,000 (25 bb)
Zo Karim – 92,000 (15 bb)
