The following day, David Tuthill also added a second ring to his collection after winning Event #3: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo. First, Mike Raimon, mostly a PLO cash game player, emerged victorious in Event #2: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha after outlasting 166 entrants to claim his second Circuit ring and $13,894. The next two events were taken down by repeat winners.
Although for Johnson poker is more of a hobby, he’s been working on his game with fourteen-time ring winner Maurice Hawkins and gave him credit for his victory. Johnson grabbed his first Circuit ring and the top prize of $166,176 in his second WSOP cash ever. When all was said and done, it is Byron Johnson, a 35-year old insurance agency owner who was the last man standing. Event #1: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack (5 Flights) drew a massive field of 2,433 players smashing its $500,000 guarantee and creating a total prize pool of $1,252,995. The opening event of the series was a multi-flight event.
Over the course of 12 days, there was a total of 13 points-earning ring events and all these events drew 7,466 entrants creating a total prize pool of 5,226,735. 17 February 2020 (Tampa) - The first ever World Series of Poker Circuit stop at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa came to an end on Monday evening.