37 year old New Jersey roofing contractor Rick Rosetti took home the big money – all $368 096 of it and a $10 000 WSOP sponsorship to boot – this week when he won the Harrah’s World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) main event in Atlantic City.
In an exciting heads up with management consultant Alex Gomez, who had a dominating lead in chips Rosetti played a blinder of a game for 75 hands to truimph, winning the cash, the sponsored 2007 WSOP seat and a champion’s ring.
Gomez, a management consultant from Brooklyn, N.Y., took home a sizeable consolation second prize of $202 453 for his trouble.