Saturday, February 25, 2017 1:17 AM Local Time
Kyle Loman Wins the H.O.R.S.E. Event
Event #9
H.O.R.S.E.
Buy-In: $300 (+$65)
Total Entries: 213
Prize Pool: $63,900
Kyle Loman celebrates his first gold ring victory with his wife, Jennifer.
LAS VEGAS (February 24, 2017) -- Las Vegas resident Kyle Loman has defeated the 213-player H.O.R.S.E. field to win his first career WSOP Circuit gold ring and the top prize of $16,617. Loman, a professional poker player, now has 10 career WSOP cashes for just over $140k.
Loman is mainly cash game player who mostly sticks to no-limit hold'em, but enjoys playing the mixed format in tournaments. This wasn't the first time Loman has found success in a mixed-game format tournament. Seven of Loman's 10 WSOP cashes have come in mixed games. His biggest WSOP score to date is a 10th place finish in the 2011 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. He won $48,436 for that deep run.
"I really like playing H.O.R.S.E. I feel like I am pretty good at all of the games," said Loman. "I don't think I am amazing at any of the games, but I really enjoy the mix."
Loman thinks that of all the games in the H.O.R.S.E. mix, he has his biggest edge in stud hi-lo eight or better 8. He is originally from the east coast and the split pot games are popular there. He said that he is least comfortable playing stud high and tends play it straightforward.
Loman entered Day 2 of the tournament 12th in chips out of the 24 remaining players. He said that the limits were rising quickly and he knew that just a few hands would determine if he had a really good day or a really bad day.
It turned out to be a really good day for Loman and he ended up defeating Derek Turoff heads-up for the gold ring. The final hand dealt was in limit hold'em. When the final river card hit river, Loman's wife Jennifer, was right there celebrating with him.
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Event
#9 was the ninth of 13 gold ring events on the WSOP Circuit schedule at
the Rio. The $365 H.O.R.S.E. tournament attracted 213
players generating a $63,900 prize pool. The top 24 players were paid.
Day
1 began Thursday at 4 p.m. and lasted 17 and a half levels. Day 2 began Friday
at 4 p.m. with 24 players remaining. The tournament ended at about 10:40 p.m.
Final table:
1st: Kyle Loman - $16,617 + Circuit gold ring
2nd: Derek Turoff - $10,274
3rd: Liz Tedder - $7,509
4th: Cliff Ziff - $5,540
5th: Josh Turner - $4,216
6th: Bronson Tucker - $3,103
7th: Rolf Galasen - $2,357
8th: Sandeep Vasudevan - $1,808
Complete results can be found above under the "Results" tab.