Dragan Culafic Wins First Career Circuit Ring In Event #7
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the High Roller and 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 Horseshoe Hammond.
In Event #7: $400 Omaha 8 or Better, 104 runners created a $34,320 prize pool that was paid out to the top 16 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the official final table were Kane Francis (10th- $696), John Holley (11th - $696), Andy Edgington (12th - $696, Paul Ewen (13th - $613), Chester Foster (14th - $613), Gregory Smith (15th- $613), and Thomas Ackmann (16th - $558)
In the end, it was Illinois native Dragan Culafic who shipped his first gold ring along with a $9,806 payday.
��It feels pretty good.�� Culafic stated after his win. ��I��m not really a tournament player, but winning the ring definitely feels nice.��
Culafic went into the final table near the bottom of the pack but grinded his way the heads-up battle where he way a 4:1 underdog against Mariia Levseieva.
The chip disadvantage didn��t discourage Culafic as he stayed focused and picked his spots collecting all the chips to earn his first career WSOPC ring.
Culafic��s victory secured his first WSOP cash for $9,806 along with 50 casino points towards the Global Casino Championship.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dragan Culafic | Aurora, IL | $9,806 |
| 2 | Mariia Levseieva | Cambridge, MA | $6,061 |
| 3 | Benjamin Kramer | Terre Haute, IN | $4,176 |
| 4 | Scott Woods | Miamisburg, OH | $2,958 |
| 5 | Bryant Miller | West Unity, OH | $2,155 |
| 6 | Michael Shanahan | Avon, IN | $1,616 |
| 7 | David Thurston | Fort Wayne, IN | $1,249 |
| 8 | Richard Goldman | Cary, IL | $995 |
| 9 | Peter Kelly | South Bend, IN | $819 |