Craig Trost Captures Second Gold Ring w/ Event #3: $600 NLH Victory
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 #3: $600 No-Limit Hold��em attracted 87 runners who created a $44,805 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 14 players and among those to cash but fall short of making the final table were Yer Vang (10th - $1,055), Daniel Sarullo (11th - $1,055), Nik Stone (12th - $1,055), Andres Garcia (13th - $935), and Ed Smith (14th - $935).
Craig Trost came into the final table with the chip lead and the 34-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin wound up the winner for $14,834 and his second gold ring.
��I want to say thank you to my very supportive wife. She is amazing and I love her very much,�� Trost said with a smile on his face.
Making the experience even more special was that he was at the final table with a good friend of his.
��Jeff Minnerly is a good buddy of mine so it was really fun to make a final table with him as well,�� said Trost. ��Coming back to the final four, I knew all the guys were really good players. It was really fun playing with them because they are all such great guys which made it such an enjoyable experience.��
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Trost | Madison, Wisconsin | $14,834 |
| 2 | Paul Ewen | Hartley, Iowa | $9,710 |
| 3 | Jeff Minnerly | Madison, Wisconsin | $6,287 |
| 4 | Clinton Wolcyn | Savage, Minnesota | $4,437 |
| 5 | Daniel Beringer | Chicago, Illinois | $3,225 |
| 6 | Melissa Bryne | Hutton, Texas | $2,417 |
| 7 | Alexander Ziskin | Vernon Hills, Illinois | $1,869 |
| 8 | Kenneth Donarski | Willow Brook, Illinois | $1,493 |
| 9 | Todd Bartlett | Dallas City, Illinois | $1,233 |