South Dakota's Mark Fink Looking For His Golden Ticket

Spotted in the field in yesterday's $250 Black Chip Bounty Kickoff Event, Mark Fink has made quite a name for himself in the Midwest with over a decade of accomplishments in poker, and Fink is here at Horseshoe Council Bluffs to try and gain more ground on taking over the top spot on South Dakota's all-time tournament earnings list.

Currently in third-place on the Hendon Mob database for South Dakotans, behind William Eichel and Michael Moore, Fink has earned over $517,000 in his lengthy career. His biggest live cash was in 2016, when he finished runner-up at MSPT Grand Falls for $31,323. Fink's biggest claim to fame, however, is the impressive five WSOP Circuit Rings that he's earned, which puts him in some rarified air, as one of just forty-five players over the course of the WSOP Circuit's history to accumulate at least five rings. His most recent ring came in 2019 at the WSOPC event here at Horseshoe Council Bluffs, when he won $15,525 for winning Event #6: $400 NLHE (Six-Handed).

Fink has had success in prior RunGood Events here previously, with a win in a $200 PLO Rebuy event for $3,114 in 2015. Will Fink be able to navigate another big field and earn a Golden Ticket to the All-Stars ProAm? We'll be keeping tabs on one of South Dakota's finest poker players throughout the Main Event to find out.