Event #12: $365 No-Limit Hold'em

Event #12
No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $300 (+$65)
Total Entries: 252
Prize Pool: $75,600

DeJuante Alexander Wins First Circuit Ring and $18,519

New Orleans, Louisiana (May 22, 2016) – Today not only marked the day that DeJuante Alexander won his first World Series of Poker Circuit ring, it also marks his first win in a poker tournament.  The Texas native has been a professional poker player and started playing tournament poker three to four years ago, and while his poker resume is peppered with many deep runs, today marks the first win of his career. In addition to the coveted gold ring, Alexander will also take home $18,519.

Alexander entered the final table 5^th in chips, right in the middle, however he immediately took the chip lead from Cory Waaland who Alexander said, “Is a great player.  We played three big pots right off the bat and I won all three. The biggest one, I opened with tens and he flat with ace queen, and the flop comes AQ10.”  That hand propelled Alexander into the lead, and he stayed there for most of the final table.  Alexander later went on to eliminate Waaland in 4^th place.

Alexander is good friends with Tsu Yen, the player eliminated in 9^th place. “Yen is from Houston as well, a really good friend of mine, and we play together two or three times a week.  It’s pretty cool to get to the final table with someone that you play with daily.”  

One of the more interesting twists of the story has to do with the fact that Alexander almost never plays $365 events. “I normally just play Main Events.  Because of my flight I decided to play this $365.  This is actually the first $365 I have played this Circuit season,” explains Alexander, “I’ve played five Mains this season, but no other $365s.”

Alexander is hoping to take this win and keep the momentum going over the summer in Las Vegas.  He has a full schedule mapped out, and will be playing between 18 and 23 events.  Next week he plans to travel to see friends in New Jersey/New York.  “I like it up there so I’m gonna go spend some time up there, just to clear my head, get away from everything, and then jump into Vegas.”

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Event #12 was the last of 12 gold ring events on the WSOP Circuit schedule at Harrah’s New Orleans to conclude. It attracted 252 players, generating a $75,600 prizepool, and the top 27 places were paid.  

Final table results:

1st: DeJuante Alexander - $18,519 + Circuit gold ring

2nd: Russel Stockton - $11,444

3rd: James Kasputis Jr. - $8,268

4th: Cory Waaland - $6,085

5th: Roger Franco - $4,559

6th: Christopher Carey - $3,474

7th: Christopher Herrell - $2,691

8th: Huey Hulin - $2,119

9th: Tsu Yen - $1,695

At the conclusion of this event, as well as the Main Event that also finished today, it has been determined that David Slaughter has won Casino Champion of the WSOP Harrah’s New Orleans series.  Slaughter accumulated the most overall points in the twelve gold ring tournaments at Harrah’s New Orleans earning the title of Casino Champion and he receives an automatic entry into the $1 million 2016 WSOP Global Casino Championship. The winner of the Harrah’s New Orleans Main Event winner David Hubbard also earned an automatic entry to the Global Casino Championship. All players who cashed in ring events received points that apply to both the Casino Champion race and the season-long race to claim one of the 50 at-large Global Casino Championship bids awarded to the top point earners throughout the season. More information on the points system is available on WSOP.com.  

Russell Stockton 2nd Place - $11,444

Seven time World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner was eliminated in 7th place paying $6,085.  He was in contention to win Casino Champion, but fell just short with his fourth place finish. 

Walland was eliminated when he open shoved    and DeJuante Alexander called with   . 

Cory Waaland - 4th Place - $6,085

Christopher Carey - 6th Place - $3,474

Huey Hulin - 8th Place - $2,119

Myles Barker - 10th Place - $1,377

It's 1:00 central time, which means that the final 19 players have taken their seats, and cards are now in the air. 

Brandon Guillory (pictured) is still in the race to become Casino Champion, however David Slaughter is still in the Main Event with ten players remaining.  It's anyone's game at this point. 

Jonathan Hilton can still take one of the "at-large" spots in The Global Casino Championship if he gets third place or better today in Event #12. 

We will bring you another update when the players get down to the final table later on this afternoon. 

Until then, our $1,675 Main Event updates can be found by clicking this link.

Here is a look at the remaining 19 players, according to chip stack size:

Players are now hand for hand, with 28 remaining.  As soon as one player is eliminated, all remaining players will be in the money.  Brandon Newsome and Brandon Guillory are both still in, and fighting for their places into the Global Casino Championship. 

We will post results to the Results tab as soon as the money bubble bursts. 

There were a total of 252 entries in today's $365 No-Limit Hold'em Event #12, and at this point in Level 11, there are 80 players remaining.

The prizepool has just been posted, and this event will pay the top 27 spots.  Here is a look at the final table payouts.  For a full list of payouts please see the Prizepool tab.

The second flight of the Main Event began this morning, and this afternoon marks the beginning of Event #11 ($365 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo). 

Having made two final tables (and earning one ring) in the last week, Jeffrey Trudeau Jr. is currently in the lead for Casino Champion here at Harrah's New Orleans. But it's still a very tight race and anyone could take over, making the Main Event and the last ring event crucial to both Casino Champion, as well as any player trying to qualify into the Global Casino Championship.  The last ring event ($365 No-Limit Hold'em) is set to begin in about 30 minutes. 

Here is a look at the details of this event:

3PM - Event #12: $365 No Limit Hold'em

• Late registration is open until the start of Level 9
  
• Players begin with 10,000 in tournament chips.
• Blinds start at 25/50
• There will be a 15 minute break every three levels
• Levels 1-12 will be 30 minutes in length, Levels 14-21 will be 40 minutes in length, and Levels 15+ will be 50 minutes in length.
• Players making it through to Day 2 will resume on Monday at 1:00 p.m.