Matthew Weber Captures Third Gold Ring in Event #7 NLHE Six Handed
Someone was going to win his third gold ring. That was the story of Event 7 $365 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed as Matthew Weber and Jeff Fielder faced off in heads-up action. The tournament, which attracted 184 players, ultimately went to Weber.
“Honestly, in this tournament, from the very beginning I vaulted up to 80,000 chips from the 10,000 starting stack and never looked back,” Weber said. “I was probably top three in chips the entire time. As soon as we hit dinner break and I was sitting on 150,000, I’m thinking to myself ‘this is my tournament to lose already.’”
Weber, a 25-year-old professional poker player, won his first ring in 2011 at Harrah’s Rincon and then added a second at Harrah’s Tunica less than a year later. In order to capture his third, he had to defeat Fielder, who won the WSOP Circuit Choctaw Main Event back in January. Weber did so by hitting the river with his 
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Weber sported a Boston Red Sox hat and addressed the recent events in that city. “I’ve been a Boston Red Sox fan since I was born. My grandpa lived there for quite some time,” Weber said. “[The victims in Boston] will be in my thoughts and prayers going through this tough time as I’m sure they will be for everybody else in the country.”
WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs Ring Event #7 NLHE Six Handed
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$65 | 184 | $55,200 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Matthew Weber | Sacramento, CA | $15,179 |
| 2nd | Jeff Fielder | Des Moines, IA | $9,377 |
| 3rd | Shaun Burnett | Lacona, IA | $6,626 |
| 4th | Walter Gardner | Topeka, KS | $4,709 |
| 5th | Kristopher Bradshaw | Scottville, MI | $3,366 |
| 6th | Jerry Johnson | Englewood, CO | $2,097 |
| 7th | Chris Karambinis | Park Ridge, IL | $1,749 |
| 8th | Samuel Driver | Gainesville, TX | $1,749 |
| 9th | Patrick Wingard | Mandan, ND | $1,27 |