Thomas Morris Wins Event #8: $400 Monster Stack for First Gold Ring
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at Thunder Valley to live report action from both the $1,700 Main Event and $3,250 High Roller, but those are just a couple of the 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.
In Event #8: $400 Monster Stack, 500 runners created a $165,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 75 players including Event #6 champ Jeff Hoffman (71st - $568), “Miami” John Cernuto (55th - $588), Event #7 winner David Brookshire (32st - $794), Srinivasa Godavarthy (15th - $1,982), and Arthur Tanimoto (10th - $2,430).
In the end it was 29-year-old Thomas Morris of Whiteland, Indiana coming out on top to win the title for $32,846 and his first gold ring.
“I’m usually a cash game person. I started playing tournaments at the beginning of the year and I’ve been firing pretty hard. Finally got the win,” Morris said.
He continued: “My strategy is spray and pray. I’ve always gone by that and it worked out today,” Morris added.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Morris | Whiteland, Indiana | $32,846 |
| 2 | Michael Mcdonough | Chico, California | $20,298 |
| 3 | Michael Cervantes | San Francisco, California | $14,866 |
| 4 | Jeffrey Spruitenburg | Pacifica, California | $11,028 |
| 5 | John Williams | N/A | $8,288 |
| 6 | Phillip Phongsaiphonh | Rocklin, California | $6,312 |
| 7 | Cheng Xiong | Chico, California | $4,871 |
| 8 | Abraham Meyers | N/A | $3,811 |
| 9 | Christopher Bonita | Winthrop, Massachusetts | $3,022 |