Event #2: $365 No-Limit Hold'em Re-entry

Event #2
No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry
Buy-In: $365
Total Entries: 567
Prizepool: $170,100

Minnesota poker pro Jeremy Dresch has won Event #2: $365 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry at Planet Hollywood for $35,723 and his first career WSOP Circuit ring. Event #2 featured four starting flights and a $150K guarantee. The tournament ended up drawing 567 entries and generated a $170,100 prizepool.

"It's pretty exciting," said Dresch about winning his first Circuit ring. "I was actually heads up a couple weeks ago. I didn't do very good. I think I lost in two hands."

Dresch was referring to his runner-up finished at the Potawatomi Circuit in early February. He ran deep in a $365 no-limit hold'em ring event, but lost to Richard Stevens heads up and had settle for the runner-up prize of $13,037. This heads-up battle went much better for Dresch. He was up against one of the greats in the game in JJ Liu, who has over $500K in WSOP earnings and over $3 million in career tournament earnings. This time Dresch was on the right side of the final hand and he defeated Liu in about five hands of heads up play. Liu, who was also playing for her first Circuit ring, earned $22,094 for her runner-up finish. This marked Liu's 45th career WSOP cash (38 WSOP, 1 APAC, 6 Circuit).

The tournament played out over four days. There were two starting flights on each Friday and Saturday. Day 2 of the tournament was on Sunday and 10 players came back for the Day 3 Monday. Dresch returned for the final day 5th in chips.

Dresch said that he had rocky start to Day 3 after facing some early aggression from his opponents. Cards started to come his way and he upped his aggression, and his stack started to grow. Dresch attributed some of his success to his ability to pressure opponent's that were too worried about the pay jumps.

"I think I was the most aggressive at the table, people were trying to ladder," said Dresch.

Dresch, 43, is professional poker player from Fridley, Minnesota. He is also a business owner. Dresch plans to play the remainder of the series including the $1,675 Main Event. Dresch can also be spotted in Vegas this summer. He said he will probably play about 20 events at this summer's series at the Rio.

This victory marked Dresch's 15th career WSOP cash (10 WSOP, 5 Circuit) and fourth final table. Dresch's largest career WSOP cash came in 2014 when he finished in 6th place for $61,068 in a $1,000 no-limit hold'em event at the summer series. That event was won by fellow Circuit grinder and seven-time Circuit winner Kyle Cartwright.

Final Table Results:

1st: Jeremy Dresch - $35,723 + Circuit gold ring
2nd: JJ Liu - $22,094
3rd: Steve Foutty - $16,156
4th: Perry Ernest - $11,989
5th: Robert McGreevy-Iler - $9,020
6th: Wayne Keller - $6,881
7th: Justin Russell - $5,321
8th: Tanner Lefferts - $4,171
9th: Duc Nugyen - $3,314

Complete results can be found above under the "Results" tab.

Robert McGreevy-Iler leads to begin the day

Cards are in the air for the final day of play in Event #2: $365 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry. The winner will earn the top prize of $35,723, a WSOP Circuit ring and 50 Casino Championship points.

Good luck to the remaining players.

Start of Day 3 Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Tanner Lefferts - 468,000 (23 bbs)
Seat 2: Vanessa Martin - 360,000 (18 bbs)
Seat 3: Steve Foutty - 335,000 (16 bbs)
Seat 4: Duc Nguyen - 654,000 (32 bbs)
Seat 5: Justin Russell - 158,000 (7 bbs)
Seat 6: Robert McGreevy-Iler - 1,170,000 (58 bbs)
Seat 7: Perry Ernest - 414,000 (20 bbs)
Seat 8: Jeremy Dresch - 505,000 (25 bbs)
Seat 9: Wayne Keller - 735,000 (36 bbs)
Seat 10: JJ Liu - 846,000 (42 bbs)

- 12 minutes remain in Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante

Up-to-date results can be found above under the "Results" tab.

Flight D ended up drawing 149 entries to bring the tournament's final total 567 entries. The prizepool is $170,100 with $35,723 going to the champion. The top 63 players will cash and everyone reaching the money is guaranteed a minimum payout of $556.

Entries and Survivors by Flight:

Flight A: 142 entries and 18 survivors
Flight B: 96 entries and 12 survivors
Flight C: 180 entries and 22 survivors
Flight D: 149 entries and 18 survivors
Total: 567 entries and 70 survivors

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Flight B drew 96 players to bring the total field to 238 players through the first two starting flights. There were 12 players that bagged in Flight B, and they will join the 18 players that survived Flight A on Sunday at 1 p.m. for Day 2 of the tournament.

Flight C begins Saturday at 11 a.m. and Flight D, which is the final flight of the tournament, begins Saturday at 4 p.m.

Here is a look at the complete Flight A and B Chip Counts:

Registration in Flight A has closed with 142 entries. Play will last 18 levels or until 12% of the field remains. The players that bag will return for Day 2 Sunday at 1 p.m.

The next opportunity to play in this event is in Flight B. Flight B starts at 4 p.m. and has late registration open until the start of Level 9, which will be about 8:30 p.m. Tomorrow there are two more starting flights. Flight C begins tomorrow at 11 a.m. and Flight D starts tomorrow at 4 p.m.