Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:52 PM Local Time
Janet Fitzgerald Wins Monster Stack!
Florida pro collects her third gold ring and nearly $70k in Cherokee
Janet Fitzgerald is the WSOP Circuit’s newest three-time winner. Fitzgerald outlasted a huge field of 1,291 entries in the Monster Stack event, winning her third ring and the top prize of $68,746. The result is her largest on record.
Fitzgerald is a former construction professional from West Palm Beach, Florida. It was there, upon her retirement, that she picked up the game of poker in a serious way.
“I just used to play at the track,” she said. “It wasn’t until three or four years ago that I started to think…,” she trailed off.
In 2015, Fitzgerald finished in fourth place in a ring event at the kennel club, and the five-figure payout was the first of her Circuit career.
She found a backer to help mitigate the expenses of a traveling tournament pro, and she’s gone on to make some good money for both her and her financial supporters. Two years later, she’s already approaching $200,000 in career tournament earnings, with nearly all of that coming on the WSOP Circuit.
This run was a slow burn that kept getting hotter as the event progressed. After a sluggish start, she rallied to end Day 1 in 28th place with 85 players remaining. By the time the field reached the final table, she was fifth of ten, still hovering near the middle of the pack.
The rest of the day belonged to Fitzgerald, though, outlasting a tough group that included five-time ring winner Cody Pack. The only lady at the final table was too much for the guys to handle, and she stormed her way to the title right around midnight local time.
Final table results:
1st: Janet Fitzgerald - $68,746
2nd: Allen Kerlin - $42,603
3rd: Jerry McCarter - $31,267
4th: Richard Vielhak - $23,625
5th: Jeffrey Whisnant - $18,029
6th: Cody Pack - $13,877
7th: Joseph Farinella - $10,806
8th: David Arenz - $8,513
9th: Andrew Rebhan - $6,785
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