After the win, she stated: “I played really well, but I also caught some cards. Nhu “Taylor” Nguyen, a 28-year-old business owner from Houston, Texas, topped a field of 500 to take down Event #4 at the WSOP-Circuit Caesars Palace. WSOP Circuit Caesars Palace Event #1 No-Limit Hold’em

In the end, Italian Giuseppe Biancoviso claimed victory and the $28,398 first-place prize. After two days of play, two Europeans outlasted a field, comprised mainly of Americans, to square off in heads-up action. This year, 448 players forked over the $350 buy-in for a 16 percent increase in attendance. Last year, the first ring event at the WSOP-Circuit Caesars Palace drew 384 players. You can find a summary of the ring events (shown below) leading up to the Main Event, along with the current standings on the Event Leaderboard.Īs always, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team is providing coverage of the Main Event, but here's a look at some of the ring events leading up to the Main Event. The player who earns the most points at each stop (AKA the 'Casino Champion') automatically qualifies for that event.

Players can earn National Leaderboard points, based upon their performance in those events, and hopefully accumulate enough to qualify for the National Championship in May (coincidentally, that event will also be held at Caesars Palace). What’s the best way to capture the latter title? Play the preliminary ring events.Įach WSOP-Circuit stop hosts ten gold-ring events. The winner of that event, along with the overall “Casino Champion,” will qualify for the upcoming $1 Million Freeroll National Championship. On Thursday, April 28, 2011, the World Series of Poker Circuit kicked off its latest $1,600 Main Event, this time right in poker’s backyard at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

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