David Gonia Takes Down the Mystery Bounty
While PokerNews is here offering live updates for the $1,100 Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about some of the side events that have taken place out over the past week for the Winter Poker Classic here at Running Aces Casino.
In Event #1: $360 NLH Mystery Bounty, 1,065 runners created a $318,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 115 players.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard (11th - $2,969), Nik Stone (16th - $2,081), MSPT Hall of Famer Rob Wazwaz (26th - $1,214), Dan Bekavac (31st - $918), and DJ Buckley (39th - $707).
In the end, it was David Gonia who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Winter Poker Classic Trophy, along with a $38,606 payday plus bounties.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize | POY Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Gonia | $38,606 | 627 |
| 2 | Tom Moran | $23,476 | 561 |
| 3 | Leo Fussy | $17,584 | 528 |
| 4 | Matt Wolff | $13,354 | 495 |
| 5 | Steve Knish | $9,949 | 462 |
| 6 | Brett Patterson | $7,622 | 429 |
| 7 | Hunter Quinlivan | $5,930 | 396 |
| 8 | Chris Murdoch | $4,661 | 363 |
| 9 | Jeffery Viergutz | $3,815 | 330 |