Family Man Matthew Dunn Captures First Gold Ring
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in the Louisville area to live report the $1,700 Main Event; however, that is just one of more than a dozen gold ring events that have taken place over the past week. As such, we thought we��d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
For instance, Event #4: $400 No-Limit Hold��em 6-Handed had 160 runners compete for a $52,800 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 24 players including Mark Boggs (10th - $1,205), Jerod Smith (13th - $802), Kayeen Elliskemp (20th - $688), and Kevin Sherrill (24th - $611).
In the end, 33-year-old Matthew Dunn from Fort Wayne, Indiana came out on top to win the title $13,828 in prize money, and his first gold ring.
��I definitely thought I was going to win. Got to have confidence in this game,�� he said after a two-hour heads-up match. ��It was a battle really, I was short, then she was short and back and forth. I just kept my cool and grinded.��
He added: ��I am not sure yet, we extended our stay a couple more days, but I have two young kids waiting on me at home.��
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Dunn | Fort Wayne, Indiana | $13,828 |
| 2 | Renee Gibbon | Downers Grove, Illinois | $8,546 |
| 3 | Merton Toler | Princeton, West Virginia | $5,740 |
| 4 | Simon Samokovski | South Point, Ohio | $3,963 |
| 5 | David Thurston | Fort Wayne, Indiana | $2,815 |
| 6 | Alan Percal | Weston, Florida | $2,058 |
| 7 | John La Rose | Perryville, Missouri | $1,551 |
| 8 | Randall Jones | Canton, Georgia | $1,551 |
| 9 | Alan Lipson | Cary, North Carolina | $1,205 |