WSOP-C Turning Stone

Event #6 Champion Jose Joaquin Rivera Ramirez

Event #6: $400 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em drew a total of 578 players, creating a prize pool of $190,740, and Guatemala's Jose Joaquin Rivera Ramirez walked away with the $34,214 first place prize and their first WSOP circuit gold ring, plus a seat into the Tournament of Champions after 16 hours of play.

“It is amazing. I can't even tell you the sensation I am feeling,” Rivera-Ramirez told PokerOrg before being overcome with emotion and struggling to find the words to describe the moment. “I didn’t even know about the Tournament of Champions until a few moments ago, so it's exciting I may be able to add (another accolade) to my name.”

The final 87 players took home a min-cash of $806, and when the players reached the final table, Anthony Serino held the chip lead by about one million over Rivera Ramirez. 

The first elimination of the final table didn’t take long as Zhiyan "Ben" Wang hit the rail in seventh place for $4,309, creating the official final table of six.

Nathanael Kelley was the next to fall in sixth place for $5,448, and Tim Shortell hit the payout line in fifth place for $7,523 before Jason Pasinski secured the first five-figure payout of Event #6 when he fell in fourth place for $10,629. 

It took a while three-handed, but Daniel Losowski eventually bowed out in third place for $15,358, leaving the two chip leaders, Serino and Rivera Ramirez, battling it out for the gold ring. 

Serino still held the chip lead as the heads-up match began, but after having his aces cracked by the rivered broadway straight of Rivera Ramirez’s ace-queen, he could never regain the momentum and hit the rail in second place for $22,681 when his was outflopped by Rivera Ramirez’s . 

“Once I saw the turn, I had a feeling (it was coming); I had a double gutter,” Rivera Ramirez said of the tournament-changing moment. “Sometimes I feel I’m going to lose the hand, sometimes I feel like I’m going to win the hand, and I got the good feeling on that turn card. We were all-in pre-flop, so after that, anything can happen.”   

 Event #6: $400 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Results:

1. Jose Joaquin Rivera Ramirez. - $34,214
2. Anthony Serino - $22,681
3. Daniel Losowski - $15,358
4. Jason Pasinski - $10,629
5. Tim Shortell - $7,523
6. Nathanael Kelley - $5,448
7. Zhiyan "Ben" Wang - $4,039

The play has concluded for the night in Event #7: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha, and 15 players have found a bag into day two. Jean-Sebastion Gagnon is leading the way with 1,165,000. 

Gagnon is the only player with over one million in chips, just over 400,000 ahead of second-place Christopher Perkins and nearly double that of third-place Jason House. 

Thirty-seven players found a min cash of $1,212 from a starting field of 241 entrants, and the final fifteen have locked up a cash of at least $1,383. 

The day two restart will get underway at 1:00 p.m. ET from inside the Event Center at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino as the quest for the $28,070 first-place prize, the gold WSOP circuit ring, and a seat in the Tournament of Champions comes to a thrilling conclusion. 

 Top Five Chip Counts Heading into Day Two: 

1. Jean-Sebastion Gagnon - 1,165,000
2. Christopher Perkins - 720,000
3. Jason House - 580,000
4. Mark Walters - 430,000 
5. Philip Finazzo - 420,000

For a complete list of chip counts and the seat draw for day two, click here . 

Event #6: $400 6-Max No-Limit Hold'em Final Table

The final table has come together with seven players battling for a gold World Series of Poker Circuit ring.

Leading the way is Anthony Serino with 3,145,000 chips, followed by Jose Joaquin Rivera Ramirez (2,430,000) and Tim Shortell (1,725,000) to round out the top three stacks. 

All remaining players are guaranteed a payout of $4,039, but all eyes are on the top prize of $34,214.

The winner of this event will also earn a seat into the Tournament of Champions. 

Here is a look at how the final table stacks up:

• Seat 1: Anthony Serino - 3,145,000 (52 bbs)
• Seat 2: Zhiyan "Ben" Wang - 1,410,000 (24 bbs)
• Seat 3: Jose Joaquin Rivera Ramirez - 2,430,000 (41 bbs)
• Seat 4: Tim Shortell - 1,725,000 (29 bbs)
• Seat 5: Daniel Losowski - 1,090,000 (18 bbs)
• Seat 6: Nathanael Kelley - 865,000 (14 bbs)
• Seat 7: Jason Pasinski - 905,000 (15 bbs)

A final report, along with results, will be posted later this morning after a winner is crowned.

Event #6: $400 No-Limit Hold'em has hit the final two tables, and the remaining 12 players are all guaranteed a payout of $1,905.