Local Player Rob Keeling Captures WSOP Gold
PokerNews is on site at the Ameristar St. Charles for the latest World Series of Poker Circuit stop, and while we��re only doing live updates from the $1,700 Main Event, it��s not the only tournament that��s been playing out inside the casino.
For the past week, a slew of side events has taken place and awarded gold rings to the lucky winners. One such tournament was Event #7: $400 No-Limit Hold��em, a tournament that drew 108 entrants and created a $35,640 prize pool.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Jacob Phillips (10th - $702), Thomas Alcorn (11th - $702), Matthew Koch (12th - $702), Jeff Copeland (13th - $609), Melissa Bryne (14th - $609), Robert Lawson (15th - $609), Vadim Kleydman (16th - $545), and Mark ��Pegasus�� Smith (17th - $545).
After finishing fifth in Event #3: $400 NLH, local player Rob Keeling, 46, went even deeper and managed to close our Event #7 for $10,021 and his first circuit gold ring.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob Keeling | Portland, Missouri | $10,021 |
| 2 | Jesse Mull | Overland Park, Kansas | $6,191 |
| 3 | Varun Enjum Chowdhay | St. Louis, Missouri | $4,295 |
| 4 | Greg Wood | St. Charles, Missouri | $3,056 |
| 5 | Thomas Morse | St. Louis, Missouri | $2,232 |
| 6 | Garrett Riley | Quincy, Illinois | $1,674 |
| 7 | Kurt Haiss | Bartlesville, Oklahoma | $1,290 |
| 8 | Vincent Moscati | Verplanck, New York | $1,023 |
| 9 | Robert Miller | Plato, Missouri | $835 |