Aaron Gamino Wins Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold��em for $48,320
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.
In Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold��em a massive 825 entries created a $272,250 prize pool. Of those, 68 made it through to Day 2 and it was 31-year-old Aaron Gamino coming in 13th in chips. He steadily built that stack before making the final table with a huge chip lead.
"It was pretty much smooth sailing throughout the day," Gamino explained, "when we got to the final table I took a flip against bracelet winner Alan Percal because he was on my left and is actually really good."
Eventually, he defeated Gregory Masters in heads-up play to get the victory for $48,320 and his first career gold ring.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Gamino | Nashville, Tennessee | $48,320 |
| 2 | Gregory Masters | Huntington, West Virginia | $29,862 |
| 3 | Scott Bostic | Indianapolis, Indiana | $21,762 |
| 4 | Stephen Kirby | Nashville, Tennessee | $16,074 |
| 5 | Vashon Smith | Evansville, Indiana | $12,037 |
| 6 | Veronica Shireman | Lanesville, Indiana | $9,140 |
| 7 | Evgeny Urubkov | Lexington, Kentucky | $7,039 |
| 8 | Alan Percal | Weston, Florida | $5,499 |
| 9 | Christopher Harrison | Cartersville, Georgia | $4,359 |