Chuck Breslin Wins Event #6: $400 Monster Stack for First Gold Ring
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in the Louisville area to live report the $1,700 Main Event; however, that is just one of more than a dozen gold ring events that have taken place over the past week. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
Event #6: $400 Monster Stack drew 506 entries and created a $166,980 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 72 players including Nick Hobbs (12th - $2,225), Tim Burden (15th - $1,840), Scott Weiss (27th - $1,070), Robert James (35th - $910), Jerod Smith (49th - $646), and Alan Cutler (52nd - $641).
In the end, Chuck Breslin defeated Charlie Dawson in heads-up play to win the title for $33,922 and his first gold ring.
"I had a very up-and-down day,” said Breslin. “I started the day with 857,000 and was down to as low as 495,000. I had a lot of difficult decisions, and ended up throwing those hands away."
He added: "Once we got five-handed, I knew whoever wins that ring earned it."
Being a dual-rate supervisor and dealer, Breslin doesn't get a lot of free time to play poker. "I didn't play a single hand from April until August and then I played a tournament at Borgata last month, but I didn't cash," he said. "Unfortunately, this is the only event I had time to play this series as well."
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chuck Breslin | Bloomington, Indiana | $33,922 |
| 2 | Charlie Dawson | Owensboro, Kentucky | $20,965 |
| 3 | John Gallaher | Lebanon, Tennessee | $14,820 |
| 4 | Justin Harvell | Nashville, Tennessee | $10,669 |
| 5 | Michael Bodner | Brandenburg, Kentucky | $8,635 |
| 6 | Robert Schindler | Louisville, Kentucky | $5,850 |
| 7 | Luanne Uligian | Floyds Knobs, Indiana | $4,458 |
| 8 | Christian Mascagni | Louisville, Kentucky | $5,850 |
| 9 | Matthew Demarsh | Madison, Alabama | $2,749 |