"Cheesehead" Jacob Rich Wins Event #2: $400 NLH Multi-Flight for $52,680
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is in Milwaukee to live report action the $1,700 Main Event, but is just one of a dozen gold ring events at the stop. As such, we thought we��d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
Event #2: $400 NLH Multi-Flight, 921 runners over four starting flights and created a $303,390 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 136 players including Kirk Spano (12th - $3,671), Renato Manalo (20th - $2,131), Josh Reichard (23rd - $1,843), Howard Hankin (25th - $1,623), Jerod Smith (36th - $1,244), and Bryan Skreens (62nd - $911).
In the end, 28-year-old Jacob Rich of Plymouth, Wisconsin took it down for $52,680 and his first gold ring. The payday came at just the right time too as Rich is planning on opening his own business.
��It feels great,�� Rich said after the win. ��I��ve been playing poker since I was 21 but I��ve really been working on a few projects these past few years. I��m opening a cheese plant in Plymouth, Wisconsin to sell goat cheese. I just got my cheese making license and the plant is on its way to opening, so I��m very happy.��
Congrats to the latest ��Cheesehead�� gold ring winner.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Rich | Plymouth, Wisconsin | $52,680 |
| 2 | Scott Wilson | N/A | $32,692 |
| 3 | John Nowak | Plano, Texas | $23,535 |
| 4 | James Maahs | Chicago, Illinois | $17,201 |
| 5 | Gary Herstein | Chicago, Illinois | $12,770 |
| 6 | Miguel Dabul | Lincolnwood, Illinois | $9,631 |
| 7 | Allen Wisniewski | Dousman, Wisconsin | $7,382 |
| 8 | Gregory Baird | Hinsdale, Illinois | $5,751 |
| 9 | Hassan Tahsildar | Green Bay, Wisconsin | $4,556 |