The World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in Dealer’s Choice event this year is in the record books, with 406 entries, an improvement over last year’s field of 364.
Denver player Jeremy Harkin (44) emerged the winner this year, taking the lion’s share of the $548,100 prize pool at $129,882, along with his first gold bracelet.
Harkin, who has played in every WSOP since 2003 and has 15 previous cashes, is mainly a cash game player who nevertheless excelled in the event, in which twenty variations of the game are played.
It was a tough entry field that saw respected players registering such as two-time WSOP bracelet winner Frankie O’Dell, John Hennigan, Chris Klodnicki, Mike Leah, Jeff Lisandro, Chris Vitch, Jimmy Fricke, and Tommy Hang.
In the heads up Harkin faced Frankie O’Dell and managed to eliminate him at second place for $80,256.