John McConnell Kicks Off HPT Daytona Beach with Monster Stack Victory
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Daytona Beach Racing and Card Club to live report the $1,100 Main Event, but this is just one of several tournaments on the HPT Daytona Beach schedule. For the past week, the venue had played host to a series of side events, and we wanted to take a moment to recognize the lucky winners from those tournaments.
For example, Event #1: $250 Monster Stack attracted 285 runners and offered up a $58,995 prize pool. Among those to get a piece of it but fall short of the final table were Dewayne Snipes (10th - $1,150), Thomas Poulton (13th - $844), Sied Zamiri (16th - $737), Karl Sirotkin (20th - $661), Gary Swaney (26th - $651), and Herbert Turner (30th - $651).
In the end, John McConnell of Montverde, Florida bested Vero Beach’s Trent Smith in heads-up play to win the title and $13,574 top prize.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John McConnell | Montverde, Florida | $13,574 |
| 2 | Trent Smith | Vero Beach, Florida | $8,672 |
| 3 | Charles Bell | Deland, Florida | $5,811 |
| 4 | George Hemphill | N/A | $4,100 |
| 5 | Howard Page | Ontario, Canada | $3,068 |
| 6 | Gary Boone | Titusville, Florida | $2,478 |
| 7 | Steven Schween | Port Orange, Florida | $2,065 |
| 8 | Bill Eggerton | Port Orange, Florida | $1,711 |
| 9 | Barry Gallagher | Jacksonville, Florida | $1,481 |