Three-Time Bracelet Winner Frankie O’Dell Captured 4th Circuit Ring
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at Thunder Valley to live report action from both the $1,700 Main Event and $3,250 High Roller, but those are just a couple of the dozen gold ring events at the stop. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
In Event #5: $400 H.O.R.S.E., 65 runners created a $21,450 prize pool and saw veteran poker player Frankie O’Dell, a three-time WSOP gold bracelet winner, come out on top for $6,994 and his fourth career circuit ring.
“It feels great because all my rings are in mixed tournaments and all my bracelets are in mixed tournaments,” he said after the win. “I don’t think anybody has four rings in mixed tournaments. I might be standing alone.”
O’Dell, who won a bracelet over the summer, added: “I just keep winning and winning feels good. Specially at the WSOP … People are fighting out here to win. I just did my thing and we ended up on top. The tougher the competition, the sweeter the victory.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frankie O'Dell | Denver, Colorado | $6,994 |
| 2 | Darryl Okamoto | San Jose, California | $4,322 |
| 3 | Steven Toll | Medford, New Jersey | $2,867 |
| 4 | Peter Dirksen | San Francisco, California | $1,981 |
| 5 | Don Gresser | Rio Linda, California | $1,428 |
| 6 | Joshua Grossman | N/A | $1,076 |
| 7 | Jason Mcroberts | Fair Oaks, California | $850 |
| 8 | Samedy Kuoch | Santa Rosa, California | $704 |
| 9 | Gregory Schmidt | Sacramento, California | $614 |
| 10 | Mike Morrison | N/A | $614 |