Event #4: $365 No-Limit Hold'em

Event #4
No-Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $300 (+$65)
Total Entries: 164
Prize Pool: $49,200 

Steve Foutty wins a gold ring at Harveys Lake Tahoe for the second consecutive year.

Stateline, Nev. (November 2, 2015) - Steve Foutty does it again. His superb run at Harveys Lake Tahoe continues with another WSOP Circuit gold ring victory. This is his second career gold ring at Harveys Lake Tahoe and third overall. All three rings have come in the past year. He won his first career gold ring last year at this stop one year ago tomorrow. This ring did not come as easily though. He had to beat Julian Galvan in a heads up battle that lasted three and a half hours long.

"We got heads up and it was just a battle. It's not very often when you come into a ring event and get heads up with a very good player. He's super good, very solid," said Foutty about Galvan.

This was Foutty's second final table of series. Through the first four events he is the only player to reach two final tables. He finished in 8th place in the opening event of the series.

With this victory, Foutty overtakes Event #2 winner, Shawn Van Asdale, as the leader in the Casino Championship standings. Foutty won the Casino Championship last year at Harveys Lake Tahoe with three cashes, two final tables and a gold ring victory. Astonishingly, Foutty could outdo last year's performance with more than half of the events still remaining in this year's series. Foutty contributes luck and persistence to his strong performance on the WSOP Circuit in the past year.

Foutty came into Day 2 fifth out of nine in chips. He was staring up at Galvan, who entered the day as the chip leader. Play had a consistent pace throughout the final table with regular eliminations. However, once Tom Ottman was eliminated in third place that changed. Foutty and Galvan would trade punches for three and a half hours before Foutty was able to win a flip for all of the chips.

Foutty becomes the 52nd player in WSOP Circuit history to earn three career gold rings. He now has 21 WSOP related cashes and more than $150,000 in tournament earnings.This is also the third consecutive year that Foutty has reached a Harveys Lake Tahoe final table.

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Event #4 was the fourth of 12 gold ring events on the WSOP Circuit schedule at Harveys Lake Tahoe. The $365 No-Limit Hold’em tournament attracted 164 players generating a $49,200 prize pool. The top 12 players were paid.

Day 1 began Sunday at noon and lasted 18 levels. Day 2 began Monday at 2 p.m. with nine players remaining. The tournament concluded at about 9:15 p.m. midway through Level 27.

Final table results:

1st: Steve Foutty - $13,284 + Circuit gold ring
2nd: Julian Galvan - $8,210
3rd: Tom Ottman - $5,909
4th: Brian Vu - $4,331
5th: Nathan Hays - $3,230
6th: Randy Chamberlain - $2,452
7th: Zachary Ray - $1,892
8th: Jeremy Priest - $1,484
9th: William Haynes - $1,184

Complete results are available under the “Results” tab above.

Julian Galvan and Steve Foutty are still battling for the Event #4 - $365 No-Limit Hold'em gold ring. The heads up match has now been going on for nearly three hours long and the chip lead has gone back-and-forth between the two players.

As it sits now, Foutty has right around 1 million chips and Galvan has about 670,000.

They are currently in the middle of Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante.

Players are now taking a short break.

Right now Steve Foutty has a 2:1 chip lead over Julian Galvan. Fouty holds about 1.1 million while Galvan is sitting on 540,000.

Players will return to play Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante.

Julian Galvan (pictured) remains as the chip leader with five players remaining. He has extended his lead and now has more than half of the chips in play. Upon returning from break, he will be look to close out the tournament for his first career gold ring.

The final five players are guaranteed at least the fifth place money of $3,230. The eventual champion will take home $13,284, a WSOP Circuit gold ring and 50 Casino Championship points. All levels are now 50 minutes in length for the remainder of the tournament.

Here is a look at the current chip counts:

Seat 1: Steve Foutty - 310,000 (25 BBs)
Seat 2: Brian Vu - 116,000 (9 BBs)
Seat 3: Tom Ottman - 152,000 (12 BBs)
Seat 4: Nate Hays - 195,000 (16 BBs)
Seat 5: Julian Galvan - 871,000 (72 BBs)

- 50 minutes remain in Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with 2,000 ante

Last night the tournament was able to work itself all the way down the to the final table. Julian Galvan was able to bag a sizable chip lead. He bagged 375,000 with the next closest player having 209,000.

This marks Galvan's first WSOP final table, but he has had a few close calls in the past. He has finished 10th, 13th, and 14th in the past year in WSOP events. His 10th place was this summer in Las Vegas. He finished 10th place in the $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $12,835.

Steve Foutty is making his second final table of the series and continues to stay hot at Harveys Lake Tahoe. The 2014 Harveys Lake Tahoe Casino Champion becomes the first player of the series to reach two final tables. He finished in 8th place in the opening event. With a second place finish or better today,  Foutty can take the lead in the Casino Championship and set himself up in a good position to defend his title.

Seat 1: Steve Foutty - 160,000
Seat 2: Bill Haynes - 115,000
Seat 3: Jeremy Priest - 181,000
Seat 4: Brian Vu - 140,000
Seat 5: Randy Chamberlain - 153,000
Seat 6: Tom Ottman - 127,000
Seat 7: Nate Hays - 182,000
Seat 8: Julian Galvan - 375,000
Seat 9: Zachary Ray - 209,000

Players are now on their final break of the night with the money looming over their heads. There are 21 players remaining with the top 18 getting paid. The 18th place finisher will earn $660. Players will return from break to play three more 40-minute levels before bagging for the night. Day 2 is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 2 p.m

Chip counts for this event will be posted tomorrow before the start of play.

The prizepool has just been announced for Event #4 - $365 No-Limit Hold'em. The tournament drew 164 entries generating a $49,200 prizepool. The winner will earn $13,284, a WSOP Circuit gold ring and 50 Casino Championship points. The top 18 players will be paid with 18th place taking home $660.

Here is a look at the final table payouts:

The complete payout structure can be found above under the "Prizepool" tab.

If you’re looking to play poker in one of the most beautiful spots in the country, then you’re not going to want to miss the World Series of Poker Circuit’s annual stop at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe.

Join us online on Halloween weekend to play for your entry to the $1,675 Main Event in Lake Tahoe with Day 1A on Friday, November 6 and Day 1B on Saturday, November 7. Win your entry online, and you could find yourself playing for a WSOP Circuit ring and an invitation to the $1 million National Championship in the summer of 2016.

Online Satellite Details

• Dates: Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1
• Time: 6pm
• Buy In: $30 (R&A)
• Prize: $1,675 entry to the 2015 WSOP Circuit Main Event at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe (1 seat guaranteed)

Live Event Details

• Day 1A: Friday, November 6
• Day 1B: Saturday, November 7
  • Winning players may choose to play either starting day
  • Players will be pre-registered for the starting day of their choice

Other Details

• Prizes are non-refundable and non-transferrable
• Players who win more than one entry to the WSOP Circuit Main Event at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe will receive $1,675 in WSOP.com tournament tickets for every additional seat they win online