Ring Event #6: $365 No-Limit Hold'em

Event #6
No-Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $300 (+$65)
Total Entries: 120
Prize Pool: $36,000

Jason Seitz adds a WSOP gold ring to his long list of poker titles.

Council Bluffs, Iowa (April 5, 2016) -- Jason Seitz won his first career gold ring in Event #6 - $365 No-Limit Hold'em by defeating a 120 player field. The tournament was scheduled as a two-day event, but Seitz was able to take it down in the first day.

This gold ring victory adds to the impressive tournament victories to Seitz's name. Coming into this event Seitz already had an HPT title, a Minnesota State Poker Tour title and a Poker Night in America Tour title. He won the PNiA title last August for $101,000. It was and still is the largest tournament cash of his career.

Along with his tournament victories on various tours, Seitz's WSOP record is also impressive. This marked Seitz's 10th career WSOP cash and bumps his lifetime WSOP tournament earnings to over $80,000. Seven of those 10 cashes have come in WSOP Las Vegas events and he is relatively new to the Circuit. Seitz has cashed in three events this season on the Circuit. He now has 70 points on the season and is considering heading to a few more Circuit stops before the end of the season to make a run at earning a Global Casino Championship seat.

Seitz is from Shakopee, Minnesota and started playing poker professionally last year. He has plans to spend the entire summer in Las Vegas to play a full schedule of events.

"This is the first year I'll be there the whole time. Normally I am only there a week or two," said Seitz about his summer plans.

Seitz intends to play the remainder of the Council Bluffs series. A strong finish to the series could lead to a Casino Championship title as he is now tied with the other five gold ring winners of the series for first place.

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Event #6 was the sixth of 12 gold ring events on the WSOP Circuit schedule at the Horseshoe Council Bluffs series. The $365 No-Limit Hold'em tournament attracted 120 players generating a $36,000 prize pool. The top 12 players were paid.

Day 1 began Monday at 12 p.m. The tournament was scheduled to be a two-day event, but the tournament ended on the last level of Day 1 at about 2:20 a.m. Tuesday.

Final table results:

1st: Jason Seitz - $10,801 + Circuit gold ring
2nd: Kyle McKinney - $6,675
3rd: Jeff Fielder - $4,753
4th: Will Berry - $3,452
5th: Shawn Hierl - $2,557
6th: Gregory Wilson - $1,931
7th: Colin Perry - $1,485
8th: Paul Ewen - $1,163
9th: Maciej Nosek - $927

Complete results can be found above under the "Results" tab.

Jeff Fielder (pictured) was eliminated in 3rd place for $4,753. This marked the two-time gold ring winners 32nd career WSOP Circuit cash.

Shawn Hierl was eliminated in 5th place and earned $2,557.

The tournament has quickly worked its way down from the starting field of 120 players to the final 10 players. At this pace the tournament may even finish tonight. It is scheduled to play 21 levels before bagging. Jeff Fielder enters the unofficial final table as the chip leader, but there are several big stacks closely behind.

Here is a look at the current chip counts and seating assignments:

Seat 1: Paul Ewen - 170,500 (56 bbs)
Seat 2: Colin Perry - 110,000 (36 bbs)
Seat 3: Gregory Wilson - 230,000 (76 bbs)
Seat 4: Shawn Hierl - 70,000 (23 bbs)
Seat 5: Jeff Fielder - 247,500 (82 bbs)
Seat 6: Maciej Nosek - 42,000 (14 bbs)
Seat 7: Jason Seitz - 81,000 (27 bbs)
Seat 8: Kyle McKinney - 177,500 (59 bbs)
Seat 9: Jason Bolton - 60,000 (20 bbs)
Seat 10: Will Berry - 52,000 (17 bbs)

- 25 minutes remain in Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante