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Local Wins World Series of Poker Circuit in Iowa
A man who played in the $5,150 World Series of Poker Circuit event at Horseshoe Council Bluffs Casino in Iowa for free won.
Yesterday Kosta “Gus” Sengos, who won his way into the event by playing bar league poker at a Sioux City, Iowa watering hole, outlasted 141 players to win $219,576. The top 18 players cashed and received at least $8,132.
The top 10 finishers are as follows:
Ninth place: Everett Carlton, St. Paul, Minn., $13,554
Eighth place: Thad Wolff, Omaha, $20,331
Seventh place: John Kincaid, Omaha, $27,108
Sixth place: Larry Vance, Torrence, Calif., $33,885
Fifth place: Doug Carli, Alliance, Ohio, $40,662
Fourth place: Jeff Banghart, Bennington, Neb., $54,216
Third place: Sam Von Duhn, Chicago, $67,770
Second place: Paul Kraus, Los Angeles, $115,209
In addition to the top prize, Sengos also receives an entry into the 2007 World Series of Poker main event this summer as well as $1,000 spending money.
“I’m speechless,” Sengos said. “I don’t know what to say. It’s absolutely amazing.”
T.J. Cloutier, Phil Gordon, and Chris “Jesus” Ferguson were some of the more popular players to play in this event. None of them cashed.
The prize pool hit $688,700. The last WSOP Circuit event, held in Tunica, attracted 377 people and generated a prize pool of about $1.8 million.
The next Circuit event takes place at Harrah’s Rincon in California from Feb. 11-22. Please click here for a schedule and click here for the complete results of the Circuit event in Iowa
Yesterday Kosta “Gus” Sengos, who won his way into the event by playing bar league poker at a Sioux City, Iowa watering hole, outlasted 141 players to win $219,576. The top 18 players cashed and received at least $8,132.
The top 10 finishers are as follows:
Ninth place: Everett Carlton, St. Paul, Minn., $13,554
Eighth place: Thad Wolff, Omaha, $20,331
Seventh place: John Kincaid, Omaha, $27,108
Sixth place: Larry Vance, Torrence, Calif., $33,885
Fifth place: Doug Carli, Alliance, Ohio, $40,662
Fourth place: Jeff Banghart, Bennington, Neb., $54,216
Third place: Sam Von Duhn, Chicago, $67,770
Second place: Paul Kraus, Los Angeles, $115,209
In addition to the top prize, Sengos also receives an entry into the 2007 World Series of Poker main event this summer as well as $1,000 spending money.
“I’m speechless,” Sengos said. “I don’t know what to say. It’s absolutely amazing.”
T.J. Cloutier, Phil Gordon, and Chris “Jesus” Ferguson were some of the more popular players to play in this event. None of them cashed.
The prize pool hit $688,700. The last WSOP Circuit event, held in Tunica, attracted 377 people and generated a prize pool of about $1.8 million.
The next Circuit event takes place at Harrah’s Rincon in California from Feb. 11-22. Please click here for a schedule and click here for the complete results of the Circuit event in Iowa
1 Comments:
Gus plays in the "Players Club Poker League" ( http://www.pcpl.us )out of Sioux Falls, SD (not Sioux City, IA)
He won his seat on January 7th @ Characters Bar in Canton, SD in a quarterly finals tournament against a field of 166 league players.
Players Club Poker League paid for his seat at the World Series of Poker event in Council Bluffs.
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