Action wrapped up at the 2012-2013 World Series of Poker Circuit presented by Southern Comfort 100 Proof Horseshoe Southern Indiana Main Event on Monday evening. After three long days of play, Dan Heimiller bested the field to win the WSOPC gold ring, $117,300, and seat to the National Championship.
To begin Day 3, 21 players returned and after only two levels of crazy action the field was trimmed to an unofficial final table of 10 players. Kathy Liebert, Jason Stanford, Kenny Nguyen, and Aaron Kerns missed the final table but still earned decent payouts.
Kevin Davis was the first player eliminated from the official final table. Davis moved all of his chips in the middle on a board reading
Nearly a whole level passed before Charles Furey exited in eighth place. He shoved preflop with
Less than an orbit later, Taylor earned another elimination by taking out Joseph Worth in seventh place. Worth open-shoved with
Sixty minutes ticked off the clock before Dan Heimiller eliminated Ki Kim sixth place. Kim was short stacked and moved in preflop with
During most of five-handed play, Taylor held half of the chips in play and looked to be on cruise control to a heads-up match. Heimiller took the lead from Taylor after a hand with Sean Winter.
Winter opened for a min-raise on the button, then Heimiller, in the small blind, bumped it up to 120,000. Winter called and the flop came
Shortly after the dinner break, Tim Chang was eliminated in fourth place. It happened after Chad Eveslage opened for a min-raise and Tim Chang moved all in from the big blind. Eveslage called and tabled
Two hands later, action folded to Eveslage who opened from the small blind. Heimiller called from the big blind and the flop fell
Heimiller and Taylor began heads-up play with 3.7 million in chips and 3.1 million in chips respectively. Heimiller drew first blood within the first three hands to take a near 2-1 chip lead. They played heads up for just over a half hour before the final hand came down to a preflop raising war.
Taylor min-raised on the button, Heimiller raised to 180,000, and Taylor slid out 500,000. Heimiller shoved and Taylor called with
2012-2013 World Series of Poker Circuit Final Table Results
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Dan Heimiller | $117,300 |
2 | Jonathan Taylor | $72,516 |
3 | Chad Eveslage | $52,902 |
4 | Tim Chang | $39,239 |
5 | Sean Winter | $29,559 |
6 | Ki Kim | $22,608 |
7 | Joseph Worth | $17,544 |
8 | Charles Furey | $13,810 |
9 | Kevin Davis | $11,026 |
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