Iris Angeleri Lays Claim to Her Second WSOP Circuit Gold Ring
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the $1,700 Main Event, we��d be remiss if we didn��t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harveys Lake Tahoe.
In Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold��em, 196 entrants created a $64,680 prize pool that was paid out to the top 30 players including Scott Caldwell (10th - $1,074), Jed Hoffman (17th - $776), and Barry McKnight (27th - $578), just to name a few.
In the end, 32-year-old realtor Iris Angeleri bested Shawn Van Asdale in heads-up play to win the title, $15,947 in prize money, and he second gold ring. She previously won the 2013 WSOP Circuit Harveys Lake Tahoe Event #1: $365 NLH for $15,757.
Angeleri was cheered on by her husband, Robert, who has a gold ring himself.
��We��re always back and forth on who has the better record,�� Angeleri said after the victory.��I play as much as I can here and there between work. I just try to study when I can and play online. I study as much as I can. Just blogs online, videos, YouTube and Instagram.��
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iris Angeleri | Kelseyville, California | $15,947 |
| 2 | Shawn Van Asdale | Reno, Nevada | $9,857 |
| 3 | Ian Steinman | Mountain View, California | $6,930 |
| 4 | Neil Scott | Mammoth Lakes, California | $4,973 |
| 5 | Michael Dutra | Salinas, California | $3,644 |
| 6 | Jordan Lindstrom | Reno, Nevada | $2,729 |
| 7 | Jeffrey Brock | Manteca, California | $2,089 |
| 8 | Ryan Ko | Fremont, California | $1,635 |
| 9 | Brenton Gill | San Diego, California | $1,309 |