Poker Pro Alex Greenblatt Captures His First WSOPC 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 #9: $600 No-Limit Hold��em, 183 runners meant a $84,245 prize pool was paid out to the top 28 places. Among those to cash were Charles ��Woody�� Moore (5th - $5,341), Ken Baime (9th - $1,921), Dan O��Brien (13th - $1,335), James Pupillo (22nd - $945), and Jesse Kertland (28th - $865).
In the end, it was HPT champ Alex Greenblatt coming out on top to win $23,678 and his first gold ring.
��Just trying to play when you wanna play and not forcing it, you know,�� Greenblatt said of his success. ��Really have the desire, not just playing because you feel like you need to.��
Despite the win, and more than $1.5 million in career earnings, the 27-year-old pro doesn��t plan to be in the game long.
��I��m actually trying to get out of poker,�� he admitted. ��I��m gonna try to go back to school. MBA is my plan right now. I just don��t wanna be down-swinging when I��m like 45 and have no options.��
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Greenblatt | Atherton, California | $23,678 |
| 2 | Akash Desai | Queens Village, New York | $14,636 |
| 3 | Lance Gordon | Corte Madera, California | $10,232 |
| 4 | Jasthi Kumar | San Ramon, California | $7,311 |
| 5 | Charles Moore | Las Vegas, Nevada | $5,341 |
| 6 | Jason Su | Austin ,Texas | $3,992 |
| 7 | Eric Alwin | Salt Lake City, Utah | $3,054 |
| 8 | Boris Kasabov | Houston, Texas | $2,392 |
| 9 | Ken Baime | Glenview, Illinois | $1,921 |