Robert Gray Takes Down Event #8: $400 No-Limit Hold��em Turbo
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in the Louisville area to live report the $1,700 Main Event; however, that is just one of more than a dozen gold ring events that have taken place over the past week. As such, we thought we��d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
For example, in Event #8: $400 No-Limit Hold��em Turbo, 111 entrants created a $36,629 prize pool that was paid out to the top 17 players. Among those to cash but fall shy of making the final table were Zach Hench (10th - $722), Kevin Sherrill (13th - $626), John Rose (16th - $560), and Lisa Potter (17th - $560).
Retiree Robert Gray of Atlanta, Georgia wound up the victor, which was good for $10,296 in prize money and his first gold ring.
"There was no point that I thought I was going to win, not until the last hand." he said.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Gray | Atlanta, Georgia | $10,296 |
| 2 | Joshua Snodgrass | Catlettsburg, Kentucky | $6,363 |
| 3 | Alexander Hoff | Wentzville, Missouri | $4,415 |
| 4 | Matthew Ernst | Lexington, Kentucky | $3,141 |
| 5 | Jerod Smith | St. Louis, Missouri | $2,294 |
| 6 | Paul Mattioda | Knoxville, Tennessee | $1,720 |
| 7 | Matthew Johnson | Smyrna, Tennessee | $1,326 |
| 8 | Carl Masters | Clarksville, Tennessee | $1,052 |
| 9 | Kevin Davis | Louisville, Kentucky | $858 |