Three days ago, 337 people put up $1,600 in an attempt to take down a World Series of Poker Circuit tournament and win a shiny gold ring. On Monday only one man remained. Jerry Monroe was able to best “Wild” Bill Phillips heads-up and take down a first prize of $112,778.
To begin Day 3, 12 players were vying for a spot at the final table of nine. After two fairly quick bust outs, the remaining players were condensed to one ten-handed table. The final table bubble burst when John Holley moved all-in with
Jacob Naquin came out firing at the final table and took early command of the chip lead. The first elimination came fairly quickly when David E. Williams’
A few hands later, Russel Ivy got his entire stack in the middle with pocket sevens, but could not catch up to Jacob Naquin’s pocket tens. For his eighth-place finish, Ivy netted 27.5 points for the WSOPC National Leaderboard, which boosted Ivy to second place overall with 102.5 points. Still ahead of Ivy is Felicia Johnico with 107.5 points.
Jerry Monroe was able to score a key double up which helped propel him towards his victory. Monroe engaged in a battle of preflop raises with Jacob Naquin that resulted in Monroe being all-in for his tournament life.
Showdown
Monroe:
Naquin:
Naquin struck gold when the flop came
Michael Nasserazad was the next casualty. He was sent packing when his
Jeremy Drewery came into Day 3 as the chip leader, but could not seem to gain any momentum, losing 1.25 million in the first two levels. He eventually moved in preflop with
From there it seemed that Bill Phillips was on the verge of elimination, but he managed to score two key double ups. Phillips’ pocket sevens cracked Naquin’s pocket jacks, and he rivered a nut flush a few hands later to double up through Chris Parsons. This hit sent Parsons’ chip stack into a downward spiral and eventually he was all-in and racing against Jerry Monroe. Parsons’ pocket nines were defeated when Monroe’s ace-jack flopped a jack and Parsons was sent home in fourth place.
Jacob Naquin was the next casualty of the final table, calling off his tournament life with
It seemed we would be in for quite a heads-up battle between Jerry Monroe and “Wild” Bill Phillips, but the two players were able to get all of the chips in the middle before the flop, on the third hand.
Showdown
Monroe:
Phillips:
The board rolled out
World Series of Poker Circuit Biloxi Final Table Payouts
Place | Player | Prize |
1 | Jerry Monroe | $112,779 |
2 | "Wild" Bill Phillips | $69,721 |
3 | Jacob Naquin | $50,862 |
4 | Chis Parsons | $37,726 |
5 | Jeremy Drewery | $28,420 |
6 | Ronnie Sewell | $21,737 |
7 | Michael Nasserazad | $16,868 |
8 | Russell Ivy | $13,278 |
9 | David E. Williams | $10,601 |
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