The latest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Main Event came to an end with Raminder Singh emerging as winner. The player, who won the Circuit Main Event at the Palm Beach Kennel Club (PBKC) after outlasting a total players field of 524 entrants, scooped a first-place prize of $168,995 as well as the first gold ring ever won in his career. Apart from the cash prize and the WSOP Circuit gold ring, Singh was also granted with a seat at this year’s edition of the WSOP Global Casino Championship.
The 2016/2017 WSOP Circuit Main Event which took place at the Palm Beach Kennel Club in Florida, featured a buy-in of $1,675. The massive players field accounted for a total prize pool estimated to $786,000.
The player commented on his victory, saying he had got really lucky, as good hands had started to get to him at the most suitable time, so he had managed to have a good run.
The 42-year old Singh who works as an IT management consultant for a living and plays poker just as a hobby, advanced through the PBKC Main Event’s Day 1B with a total of 116,500 chips. At the time when Day 2 ended, the player was engaged to claim the chip lead over the 10 players remaining at the competition, being just a few big blinds behind Sam Panzica, who was the chip leader at the time. Raminder Singh managed to climb to the leader’s position on Day 3 of the competition almost at the very start of the day.
Although Singh is not a professional poker player in the traditional sense of the word, his results so far prove he is fully capable of generating pretty good winnings. Early in 2016, he managed to generate a couple of six-figure scores as a runner-up, and now, in 2017 he has made another one.
With Raminder Singh occupying the first place in the competition, winning a guaranteed prize pool portion estimated to $168,995, it was Steven Stout who remained at the runner-up position, taking home a prize amounting to $104,483. The third place was taken by Jesus Cabrera for a prize of $76,328.
William Kopp occupied the fourth position in the ranking, followed by Sam Panzica. The sixth place was taken by David Berman, and Eric Bunch remained seventh. Players Daniel Letts and Peter Vitantonio got eighth and ninth, respectively.
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Harry Evans
