Hahn Captures Choctaw Event #5 $365 No-Limit Hold’em Title
Over the course of the past two days, we've been updating you on the preliminary ring events that took place earlier this week here in Choctaw. In case you missed the ones we've covered thus far, here they are again for your reading pleasure:
- WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant Ring Event #1 No-Limit Hold’em
- WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant Ring Event #2 $580 No-Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
- WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant Ring Event #3 $365 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo
- Choctaw Durant Ring Event #4 $365 No-Limit Hold’em
Keeping with that theme, here's a look back at Ring Event #5 $365 No-Limit Hold’em, with help from WSOP Media Coordinator Lukas Willems' recap.
Michael Hahn brought 717,000 chips to Day 2 of Event 5, a $365 No-Limit Hold’em tournament. Morey Green trailed him closely with 640,000 but the pair set themselves apart from the rest of the field, as the next closest stack belonging to Weldon Hyman who held 364,000.
Hahn rode his lead stack to the final table and began the tournament’s finale with almost 900,000 chips, or more than 100 big blinds. Green remained close behind, holding 777,000.
The pair embarked on a roller-coaster ride that saw Hahn relinquish the chip lead, but keep his cool and close the book on his first Circuit victory. Green finished third, recording his first WSOP-related cash. Hahn won $22,276, a WSOP Circuit gold ring and 50 points toward the Casino Championship.
“It changed pretty quickly,” Hahn said of the dynamic at the final table. “[Austin Buchanan] kind of got some chips early so it changed a little bit. Once the short stacks busted it was always changing and I went up and down quite a bit.”
The ups far outweighed the downs and Hahn donned his first WSOP Circuit ring with his friend, railbird and four-time Circuit champion, Kurt Jewell by his side.
The tournament’s second place finisher was Lynn Achey. Achey was the only player at the final table to have won a WSOP Circuit gold ring. He first won gold in 2008 at Grand Casino Tunica in a $500 buy-in event.
Achey began the heads-up battle Tuesday night with the chip advantage but eventually succumbed to Hahn’s solid play. He was awarded $13,774 for second. Hahn is a 27-year-old poker professional from Indianapolis. He attended Indiana University and received a degree in marketing management and entrepreneurship.
WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant Ring Event #5 No-Limit Hold’em
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$65 | 316 | $94,800 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Hahn | Bloomington, IN | $22,276 |
| 2 | Lynn Achey | Sheldon, MO | $13,774 |
| 3 | Maurice Green | Mesquite, TX | $10,004 |
| 4 | Austin Buchanan | Winter Park, FL | $7,390 |
| 5 | Weldon Hyman | Clinton, OK | $5,548 |
| 6 | Craig Stern | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $4,231 |
| 7 | Robert Murphy Jr. | Lexington, TX | $3,277 |
| 8 | Rogelio Salinas | San Antonio, TX | $2,577 |
| 9 | Deborah Phillips | Ozark, MO | $2,056 |