Jeff Hood Wins First Ring in Event #6: $400 NLH Turbo
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event and High Roller, we��d be remiss if we didn��t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant.
In Event #6: $400 NLH Turbo, 255 runners created a $84,1500 prize pool that was paid out to the top 40 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Michael Clements (11th - $1,347), Daniel Lowery (13th - $1,118), Oscar Penn (17th - $948), James Baune (33rd - $556), and Robert Keeling (37th - $551).
In the end, it was 53-year old Austin, Texas native Jeff Hood who earned $19,338 along with his first gold ring in the process.
��That was my first tournament [series] I went to,�� Hood mentioned, referring to the most recent Rio Circuit in Las Vegas. ��That one, I should have been more aggressive. Seventh was great, but this feels really good to get this ring.��
Final-table finishes can leave players yearning for what could have been. This time around it was nothing but satisfaction for Hood who is relatively new to the world of poker.
��I started playing about three years ago,�� Hood disclosed. ��We have a kind of game in our office a guy invited me to. He mentored me. Steve Rosser is his name. Read a lot of books. Took Negreanu��s Master Class. Read a lot of stuff and got good experience.��
Although young in practice, Hood has been diligent with his studies since entering the poker scene. Only three years in and the semi-retired Patent Lawyer has already reached the WSOP gold ring club.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Hood | Dallas, Texas | $19,338 |
| 2 | Bobby Fuentes | Sunnyvale, Texas | $11,952 |
| 3 | William Whitton | Sunnyvale, Texas | $8,532 |
| 4 | Rodney Spriggs | Joplin, Missouri | $6,199 |
| 5 | Reitta Seidel | San Antonio, Texas | $4,586 |
| 6 | Dylan Easley | Fredricksburg, Texas | $3,455 |
| 7 | Sai Raghu Uppala | Shawnee Mission, Kansas | $2,652 |
| 8 | William Mcgee | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | $2,075 |
| 9 | John Bengelsdorf | Tacoma, Washington | $1,655 |