Soheb Porbandarwala Wins WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Hammond Main Event For 12th Career Ring

The $1,700 Main Event at the Horseshoe Hammond WSOP Circuit ended with Soheb Porbandarwala absolutely dominating the final table to secure his 12th career circuit ring and $257,725 in top prize.

Starting the final day with almost double the stack of his nearest competitor, he demonstrated high-level play, securing 60% of the chips during the six-handed play. His strategic brilliance, coupled with fortunate moments, led to an impressive victory.

“It’s like watching ESPN in the old days and there’s just a cooler every single hand and one person’s winning all of them; it was like that. I had a premium every single time someone decided to do something. If I didn’t, I got there.” said Porbandarwala after his landmark victory.

Brian Altman entered the final day 4/8 in chips, but was the first to fall to Porbandarwala. On a board of 2hKc3sJd4d, Altman checked the river, and Porbandarwala moved all in to put Altman at risk. Altman made the call. Porbandarwala hit a set of fours, beating Altman’s As Jh second pair to win the coveted pot.

The next player to fall was Eric Adelstein who shoved his 8c 8s against the Ad 10d of Porbandarwala. Though Porbandarwala didn’t improve on the Kd Qd 9h flop, the 5d gave him an unbeatable flush.

The next to fall was Hussain Sajwani whose pocket king lost against Porbandarwala’s ace-queen. An ace on the river ended Sajwani’s run in 6th place. A little later, Richar Bai moved all in with Ah Kh preflop and was called by Porbandarwala’s pocket sevens. The board ran out 6d Qh Ad 7c, ending Bai’s run in 5th place.

Adam Greenberg got it in with 10c6c and made a flush but that was no good against the Kc7c of Porbandarwala who made the bigger flush to bust Greenberg in 4th place. Later, Jonathan Seely lost a flip against Coultas to exit in 3rd place, leaving Coultas to face Porbandarwala with a 6.5:1 chip deficit.

The heads-up was a short-lived affair. On the final hand, Brad Coultas shoved with As7c and Porbandarwala (Ad2d) made the call. Mathematically, Coultas was the big favorite with the dominating ace but the board ran out with three diamonds, crowning Porbandarwala as the champion.

Featuring a $1,700 buy-in, the tournament drew in an impressive 986 challengers, resulting in a massive $1,493,790 prize pool, which was finally shared by the 148 finishers with a $2,556 min cash.

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