Thomas Scott pulled off a dream run in Event #4: $400 No Limit Hold’em Seniors Event at the World Series of Poker Circuit at Horseshoe Tunica, winning the tournament in just the fourth poker tournament of his life.
The event drew 144 entries, building a $47,520 prize pool, and when it was all over, Scott was the last player standing, earning his first Circuit ring and a $12,070 payday. Scott, 55, bested Rodney Reames heads-up, denying Reames the ring and sending him home with $7,196 for second place.
The win heard 'round the room
The win capped off a wild final table that featured a few key bluffs, plenty of “run-good,” and Scott’s now-signature post-hand celebration: a big, loud “WOOOOOO!!!!!”
“This is ring number one and my fourth tournament ever,” Scott told us after the win. “I’m fixing to go sleep. I had no sleep. You know I’m going to sleep.”
As for how he got the job done at the final table? The Red Bay, Alabama native kept it simple: “A lot of luck. A lot of bluff. I don’t know if I just look pissed off all the time, but I think that helped.”
Moses books spot in Five-Timers Club
Elsewhere at the Tunica stop, David Moses locked up his fifth World Series of Poker Circuit ring with a win in Event #3: $400 No Limit Hold’em Mini Main Event. Moses beat 697 entries and took home $35,561 for the win.
It was his’ second final table of the Tunica stop — he previously finished fourth in Event #1 — but this time, he closed it out. He defeated Nicholas Latta heads-up, who earned $23,063 for the runner-up finish.
Moses came into the final table with the chip lead and held it for most of the day, but the road to the title wasn’t smooth.
“I was kind of handcuffed five and six-handed,” he told us. “There were a couple of guys with huge stacks playing way too big of pots, and I’m trying to play for points too (Series Champion Leaderboard), so I had to just sit back and let them torch chips.”
The win cracks a dry spell that goes back two years. “It’s kind of been a minute,” Moses said. “I think the last time I won a ring was actually here — won two in a week — but that was a couple years ago. I’ve had a lot of second-place finishes since then. One of 'em, I got heads-up with a guy who barely even plays, and he beat me. That one stung.”
Moses credited the win to both his support system and some key adjustments in his game. “Shout out to my wife for putting up with me being gone, and shout out to my stable, Scroggins Staking. They have really opened up my game a lot.”
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