Congratulations to Ryan Eriquezzo, Winner of the WSOPC Caesars Main Event ($191,194)
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Three long days have passed since cards first hit the air for the WSOPC Caesars Atlantic City Main Event and it has finally ended with Ryan Eriquezzo taking down the title. He battled his way through 640 other entrants to claim the National Championship seat, the WSOPC gold ring and $191,194.
Eriquezzo used one bullet on Day 1a and finished the day with just 32,000. When play ended on Day 2 he was 16th of 22 players with just 421,000. By the time the field was trimmed to two tables on Day 3 he was fourth in chips with 1.15 million.
This is Eriquezzo’s second WSOPC gold ring, he won a preliminary event at the New Orleans circuit stop in 2010. Since then he’s done well – winning a Six-max event at the Borgata Winter Open and finishing in 131st place in the 2011 WSOP Main Event.
When the final table began the table looked like this:
Final Table
| Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Higgins | 1,190,000 |
| 2 | Ryan Eriquezzo | 1,490,000 |
| 3 | David Zeitlin | 1,560,000 |
| 4 | Roland Israel | 700,000 |
| 5 | Tyler Kenney | 1,425,000 |
| 6 | Eugene Fouksman | 2,130,000 |
| 7 | Garry Gates | 1,636,000 |
| 8 | Jeremy Halaska | 2,400,000 |
| 9 | Troy Erickson | 265,000 |
Eriquezzo stayed out of the way during the early goings of the final table and let the other players beat each other up. At six-handed play he turned up the and started gaining momentum.
He won a tournament-changing pot when it was five handed. Eugene Fouksman open-shoved from the cutoff and Garry Gates also moved all in from the button. Some jaws dropped when Eriquezzo surprised everybody and called.
Eriquezzo: 
Gates: 
Fouksman: 
The board ran 
and Eriquezzo took charge of the tournament.
Eriquezz entered heads up play with David Zeiltin with a 2-1 chiplead. The pair battled for two levels and Zeitlin would be ground down and then work his way back up. Zeitlin never pulled even but his luck couldn’t last forever.
Zeitlin four-bet shoved preflop and Eriquezzo called holding and was up against pocket deuces. The crowd built as the dealer peeled off the flop 
. The turn came 
, which took away two of his outs.
“Should I do it to you?” Eriquezzo asked.
Zeitlin shrugged and said, “Nice hand.”
The dealer burned and turned the 
on the river and shipped the tournament to Eriquezzo.
Harrah’s Tunica Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ryan Eriquezzo | $191,194 |
| 2nd | David Zeitlin | $118,307 |
| 3rd | Troy Erickson | $86,774 |
| 4th | Garry Gates | $64,530 |
| 5th | Eugene Fouksman | $48,638 |
| 6th | Roland Israel | $37,148 |
| 7th | Jeremy Halaska | $28,744 |
| 8th | Ryan Higgins | $22,533 |
| 9th | Tyler Kenney | $17,888 |