Patrick Lacey Wins First Ring in Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold��em
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Horseshoe Baltimore to live report both the $1,700 Main Event and $3,250 High Roller; however, that is just one of more than a dozen gold ring events that have taken place over the past week. As such, we thought we��d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
In Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold��em, 545 entrants competed over five flights, which resulted in a $250,000 prize pool. The top 84 players got a piece of it including Louis Amos (13th - $3,037), Roland Israelashvili (22nd - $1,782), Andrew Bart (35th - $1,065), and Mike Wang (57th - $845).
In the end, it was 32-year-old Patrick Lacey originally from Mundlelein, Illinois but now living in New Jersey besting Esa Al-Hanooti in heads-up play to win the title for $49,386 and his first gold ring.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Lacey | $49,386 |
| 2 | Esa Al-Hanooti | $30,510 |
| 3 | John Leathart | $22,521 |
| 4 | Lawrence Zerolnick | $16,757 |
| 5 | Scott Rouk | $12,647 |
| 6 | Aaron Pinson | $9,662 |
| 7 | Wendy Cooper | $7,474 |
| 8 | Arjun Khosla | $5,881 |
| 9 | Alexander Durkee | $4,680 |