Jovan Sudar Takes Down Turbo Title

There's nothing like a one-day turbo tournament to get the blood going, which is what 148 players found out on Friday, April 12. To tell you about that event, we refer you to the WSOP's man on the ground, Lukas Willems, who wrote an informative tournament recap.

“Turbo” might not adequately describe Event 2, a $365 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo tournament, at Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs Friday. At 12 p.m. the event’s champion, Jovan Sudar, laid claim to just one WSOP Circuit gold ring, an accomplishment he achieved in the 2009-2010 WSOP Circuit $5,150 Main Event at this same venue. By 11 p.m., he joined an elite club of two-time champions.

That’s right, the148-player field narrowed to just one remaining following only 11 hours of play.

Sudar, who’s no stranger to success, was awarded $12,434, his second WSOP Circuit gold ring and 50 points toward the Casino Championship.

“Actually this is more exciting [than winning my first ring],” Sudar said. “You realize how hard it is to win this ring. You can call it first-time luck, but to win it a second time is even [more difficult]. I give props to other people who have three, four or five rings because I realize how hard it is [to win them].”

The weight the ring holds is made even more apparent by the fact Sudar’s second — and more special — gold ring championship awarded slightly more than $12,000 in prizes while his first awarded slightly more than $95,000.

If he finds winning rings to be difficult, he certainly had the rail fooled Friday. The final table began shortly before 10 p.m., and by 11 p.m. he held all the chips in play. He outlasted the likes of Brandon Fish (8th) and James Coquette (7th) and his heads-up battle with David Sutton stretched only a few hands.

Sudar took the last six months to himself to concentrate on business. He works marketing for an Omaha-based apartment and also helps his father with a cleaning business. Admittedly, he’s only played three tournaments this year, but says if he does “well” at the 2012-2013 series in Council Bluffs, he’ll travel the Circuit fulltime in 2013-2014.

With 10 days of tournament play still remaining and a win already under his belt, many may already think Sudar has done well.

“[Doing] well means making the final table in the Main Event,” Sudar said. “ My goal is to be the [Casino Champion] so I get a freeroll to the [WSOP National Championship Presented by Southern Comfort 100 Proof].”

WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs Ring Event #2 NLHE Turbo

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$300+$65	148	$40,400

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1st	Jovan Sudar	Omaha, NE	$12,434
2nd	David Sutton	Racine, WI	$7,684
3rd	Philip Sinnott	Melrose, IA	$5,546
4th	Gary Nelson	Atlantic, IA	$4,075
5th	Michael Nosek	Wheaton, IL	$3,047
6th	Joshua Mancuso	Baton Rouge, LA	$2,316
7th	James Choquette	Austin, TX	$1,791
8th	Brandon Fish	Kearney, NE	$1,407
9th	Robert Ward	Saint Charles, MO	$1,123