AJ Kelsall Captures Third Career Gold Ring
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Horseshoe Baltimore to live report both the $1,700 Main Event and $3,250 High Roller; 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.
Event #7: $400 Monster Stack had 227 runners create a $74,910 prize pool that was paid out to the top 35 spots including Justin Liberto (13th - $1,012), Hank Sitton (14th - $1,012), William Hovis (21st - $753), and Anthony Maggio (32nd - $555).
In the end, Andrew “AJ” Kelsall came out on top to win the $17,730 first-place prize and his third gold ring. Originally from Philadelphia but now splitting time between Vegas and Tampa, the 50-year-old is closing in on $1 million in WSOP earnings. While he cherishes the three rings, he really wants a WSOP bracelet.
"I'd trade them all for a bracelet,” he said with a smile.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Kelsall | Tampa, Florida | $17,730 |
| 2 | Nicholas Verderamo | Baltimore, Maryland | $10,957 |
| 3 | Mitchell Mantin | Las Vegas, Nevada | $7,767 |
| 4 | Alan Gendelman | Fairfax, Virginia | $5,610 |
| 5 | Undrakhbold Dovdontseren | Ellicott City, Maryland | $4,132 |
| 6 | Sean Kline | Abingdon, Maryland | $3,104 |
| 7 | Aaron Pinson | Baltimore, Maryland | $2,378 |
| 8 | Shirey Szalay | Cordova, Tennessee | $1,861 |
| 9 | Gordon Roughton | N/A | $1,486 |