John Sun Captures 1st Gold Ring a Month After Claiming MSPT Title
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is in Milwaukee to live report action the $1,700 Main Event, but is just one of a dozen gold ring events at the stop. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
Event #6: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha drew 166 entrants and offered up a $54,780 prize pool to the top 25 players including Ben Rock (13th - $801), Mike Hanson (15th - $801), Brad Sailor (21st - $632), and Goran Filipovic (25th - $564).
Coming out on top was 43-year-old Hao “John” Sun, a regular at Potawatomi Casino. He not only won a $14,190 first-place prize, he also laid claim to his first WSOP Circuit gold ring. What’s more, it was his second taste of victory in a month. In August, Sun topped a 324-entry field to win the MSPT Majestic Star $1,100 Main Event for $71,945, which was his second MSPT title after becoming the 2016 Iowa State Poker Champion at Meskwaki Casino.
“I feel great. Think I’ll go get a nice dinner and party like a rockstar,” Sun said after the win.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hao "John" Sun | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | $14,190 |
| 2 | Kyle Adams | Chicago, Illinois | $8,771 |
| 3 | Sami Shurbaji | Dyer, Indiana | $6,091 |
| 4 | Jack Karban | N/A | $4,329 |
| 5 | Oleh Ferkalyuk | Chicago, Illinois | $3,151 |
| 6 | Ricky Arts | N/A | $2,350 |
| 7 | Donald Steiner | Littleton, Colorado | $1,798 |
| 8 | Jay Johnson | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | $1,411 |
| 9 | Shawn Quinn | Middleton, Wisconsin | $1,136 |