Sunday, August 28, 2022 2:56 AM Local Time
Allen Roberts Books Second Ever Tournament Win for First WSOP Ring
Allen Roberts booked his second tournament win ever tonight in Event #12. He took home $13,723 and the WSOP circuit ring. He defeated a field of 164 players over ten hours of play, eventually coming from behind heads up to defeat Michael Marder and keep him from winning his fifth WSOP circuit ring.
Roberts, who first played the WSOP main event in 2006, but has never cashed it, said he plays golf and poker and is about as good at both.
"I'm a bogey golfer and a bogey poker player," Roberts said.
He also mentioned taking a lot of pride in winning a circuit ring. Roberts plays the World Series in Vegas often, but says he had a much better year last year than he did this year. Now with the WSOP circuit win at his home casino, Hard Rock Tulsa, Roberts will continue to take more shots in golf and in poker.
He was also excited to book the win a few days before he flies out to Seattle then Alaska to vacation with his daughter - one of his six kids. Roberts also has ten grandkids and couldn't keep from smiling as he talked about them. He also couldn't keep from smiling while he was taking his winner's photos.
After the photos, he asked the photographer to take a picture with his phone and to make sure she got all the chips in it.