Goodbye from Pompano!

Hayley Hochstetler

That's going to do it for our coverage from the WSOP circuit stop here at Harrah's Pompano Beach Casino!

This was my first time here and it's an awesome property with even better tournaments and staff so I look forward to being back again!

Thanks for hanging with us through all these events these last couple weeks and if you're still hungry for more, head over to the WSOP Southern Indiana Instant Live page where they've just gotten rolling on the series in the last few days!

Thanks again and I'm sure I'll see all y'all degens sooner rather than later!

-Lefty

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Main Event Champion - Ian Cohen

Hayley Hochstetler

After three long starting flights and an absolute battle of a Day 2 session, eight players bagged up chips for the grand finale that is the WSOPC circuit Main Event here at Harrah's Pompano Beach Casino.

When those eight players returned today, all of them had the same goal in mind; to claim a WSOPC Main Event ring by day's end, but when play got underway, one player was a mathematical favorite to be the last man standing based on chip stacks and now, that man stand's alone.

Ian Cohen was comfortable when he walked into the Harrah's Pompano tournament room today. Why? Well, holding the chip lead helped, but more than anything, he felt at home.

That's because he is home. Ian has grinded cash games here for years and a quick scroll through his first place finishes on Hendon Mob will reveal almost 30 wins that took place in this very building!

After navigating his way through the final table masterfully to get himself into heads up play with about a 6:1 chip lead against Josh Hillock, that comfort level was on full display as he ground Hillock down to just two blinds before putting the final nail in the coffin in Hillock's tournament run.

Joshua Hillock - Runner Up

Omar Sader

For his part, Hillock, a local business owner and "retired" professional poker player, he easily held court as the jester of the table, keeping the good spirits, laughs and conversations going on his way to a score that just surpasses his previous career live high score and moves him over the $1,000,000 in live earnings.

Anatoly Nikitin was putting a run together late but blinded down a bit then jammed the small blind and ran into the queens of Cohen in the big blind to be sent home with a new career high live score to add to his over $500,000 in live earnings.

At the end of the day, Cohen was overjoyed to get his first WSOP circuit ring in the main event at his home court. He couldn't say enough about the property and the staff and closed off with a huge thank you before noting that he's going to celebrate by buying a jet ski.

Final Table Payouts:

1. Ian Cohen - $183,100
2. Josh Hillock - $128,728
3. Anatoly Nikitin - $88,364
4. Robert LeBeau - $61,864
5. Steve Karp - $44,190
6. Jose Chapui - $32,219
7. Jack Nathan - $23,988
8. James Carroll - $18,246
9. Marcos El-Husick - $14,184
10. Zhen Cai - $11,276

That does it for the WSOPC Main Event from Harrah's Pompano Beach Casino! 

Event #18 Champion - Neal Corcoran

Omar Sader

When this WSOP circuit series started here at Harrah's Pompano Beach Casino, most players came in just hoping to even get a chance at winning a single ring. A pursuit that most will inevitably fail at.

One might call coming in and winning more than one ring a longshot or even laughable but that's exactly what Neal Corcoran did when he claimed his second ring of the series in Event #18: $600 No-Limit Hold'em.

Before the series began, Corcoran had just nine WSOP related cashes and before this series closed out, he had added two more, both of them wins.

Earlier in the series, he won Event #3 for $13,837. Coupled with his $16,336 win in Event #18, Corcoran walked away with two brand new circuit rings and $30,173!

Final Table Payouts:

1. Neal Corcoran - $16,336
2. Vincent Cafone - $10,740
3. Eric Siegel - $7,298
4. Solange Lucas - $5,132
5. Adel Jo - $3,738
6. Josias Santos - $2,825
7. Kevin Blewitt - $2,218
8. Howard Mash - $1,811
9. Jonathan Moschel - $1,541
10. Jeffrey Yanchek - $1,369

*This event completed yesterday and is one of the events we had to catch up on from being pulled away during the main. Thank you for your patience throughout the series!

Event #12 Champion - Cody Manning

Hayley Hochstetler

It may have been Event #12, but with every other event's ring having already been physically handed out, a tournament that ran it's first Day 1 almost a week ago was the last table running in the Harrah's Pompano Beach Casino tournament area.

When the table combine to one, bringing just 10 players to the finale, there were some familiar faces. Lawrence Whyte and Anibal Pabon have been popping up deep in tournaments all series and now found themselves at a final table together.

Hyndi Khomuetetsky and Judy Bielan certainly came ready to battle for this ring as well but when everything was said and done, it was Cody Manning alone at the table sizing his ring finger.

In the end, Manning got heads up with a big chip lead against Ramel Diaz-Warner. The two played briefly but the money went in with Manning holding a pair to Diaz-Warner's over cards. Manning held and Diaz-Warner was sent to the rail as Manning celebrated with his rail.

For his victory, Manning takes home $23,149, a seat to the 2025 WSOP Tournament of Champions and his first circuit ring!

Final Table Payouts:

1. Cody Manning - $23,149
2. Ramel Diaz-Warner - $15,362
3. Troy Laypo - $10,439
4. Judith Bielan - $7,271
5. Anibal Pabon - $5,159
6. Hyndi Khomuetetsky - $3,809
7. Lawrence Whyte - $2,869
8. Juan Montoya - $2,221
9. Jacob Babins - $!,769
10. Manuel JO - $1,450