The stop culminated with the $1,700 Main Event, a tournament that attracted 1,411 entries and awarded a $2,137,665 prize pool to the top 213 finishers. “The guy I was heads up against is a pretty strong cash game player and he’ll gamble a little bit… When somebody is a little bit of a loose cannon… it definitely made it more difficult.” Rodney Spriggs wins his third gold ring. “There were some very good players there at the final table,” stated the 55-year-old Spriggs, who works as CEO of Vintage Stock. I haven’t been playing live poker at all, in the last several years Been playing online mostly.”Īt the end of the series, Missouri’s Rodney Spriggs laid claim to his third career ring after besting a 159-entry field in Event #13: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty, good for $11,428. “Oh, this one is bigger… This one’s bigger for sure,” said Fagg, comparing his recent triumph to his debut gold ring run. In Event #2: $600 NLH The Gargantuan, John Fagg of Evansville, Indiana topped a 2,130-entry field to claim a $156,041 top prize and his second gold ring. The stop was bookended with notable storylines. Through 13 numbered events plus a $250 Seniors tournament, the series catered to a combined 8,399 entrants and awarded $4,623,530 in prize money. The 2021/2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit recently wrapped up its latest stop at Oklahoma’s Choctaw Durant.
