Monday, May 23, 2016 10:43 PM Local Time
David Hubbard Wins Harrah's New Orleans Main Event with Quads!
Jake Dollinger moves all in for his last 1.9 million or so and David Hubbard (pictured) takes less than five seconds to say, "Okay, call."
Both players have big hands, with Dollinger holding to Hubbard's .
The flop falls , giving Hubbard a set of tens and leaving Dollinger with only a gutshot straight draw.
Dollinger's hopes for survival go from slim to none when the turn brings the , giving Hubbard quad tens. The river is the ,which improves Dollinger to a straight, but it is too little, too late, as he will have to settle for runner-up. While it is a rough last hand, the payday isn't one to shrug at, as Dollinger will be taking home $145,186.
For the victory, Hubbard earns $235,500, the Main Event Circuit ring, and the last seat into this year's Global Casino Championship to be held later this year at Harrah's Cherokee. Of Hubbard's six Circuit cashes, four have been runs in Main Events and this is his first career Circuit Main Event final table and his first Circuit ring.
Here are the final table results for this year's Harrah's New Orleans Main Event:
1st: David Hubbard - $235,500
2nd: Jake Dollinger - $145,186
3rd: Riley Fuller - $107,035
4th: David Diaz - $79,776
5th: David Slaughter - $60,253
6th: Ryan Dunn - $46,099
7th: Corey Brysman - $35,714
8th: Virgil Beddingfield - $28,013
9th: Blake Barousse - $22,243