Donovan Becomes First WSOP Circuit Foxwoods Ring Winner
The 2012-2013 World Series of Poker Circuit presented by Southern Comfort 100 Proof $1,675 Main Event is the culmination of more than a week's worth of tournaments here at Foxwoods in Connecticut.
The stop kicked off with a bang on Wednesday, March 27, with Event #1 $365 No-Limit Hold’em Re-Entry, which attracted 800 entries and created a prize pool of $240,560. Only 125 players survived the various starting flights, with 25-year-old Zachary Donovan holding the chip lead heading into Day 2. Donovan, who has nearly $1 million in online poker winnings, and who recently relocated to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, used that big stack not only to plow through the money bubble at 81 players, but also to navigate to the final table.
The event was scheduled to finish on Day 2, but an impromptu third day had to be added to the schedule. Six players advanced to Day 3, with Donovan holding 3,050,000 in chips, Sam Taylor with 2,134,000, and the other four each under a million. As one could expect, the big stacks prevailed with Donovan and Taylor advancing to a heads up battle that lasted about two hours. In what would be the last hand of the tournament, Taylor got all in with 
and was racing against the 
of Donovan. An ace on the flop looked good to Taylor, but when a four turned, it was all over.
Donovan is in today's field and looking to capture another ring here at Foxwoods.
WSOP Circuit Foxwoods Ring Event #1 No-Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$65 | 800 | $240,560 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Donovan | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico | $48,112 |
| 2 | Samuel Taylor | New York, NY | $29,661 |
| 3 | Timothy Kelliher | North Dighton, MA | $21,867 |
| 4 | Joshua Quint | Orono, ME | $16,310 |
| 5 | Michael Nye | East Bridgewater, MA | $12,317 |
| 6 | Joseph Ward | Revere, MA | $9,430 |
| 7 | Jason McAvoy | N/A | $7,289 |
| 8 | Jason Wilson | Waterbury, CT | $5,725 |
| 9 | David Ray | Windsor Locks, CT | $4,547 |