National/Global Casino Championship History: Warren Sheaves Wins a Medium Bracele
In 2018, the Global Casino Championship attracted 127 players to Harrah��s Cherokee and saw Warren Sheaves take it down for $282,113 and his first bracelet. Sheaves had qualified after finishing in 10th place on that year��s points leaderboard.
After his victory, Sheaves told assembled media: ��I feel pretty good, but they only invited 120 people or so to this tournament. So, I just kind of feel like this is a medium bracelet, you know? It doesn��t really fit my ego.��
At the time, WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart said of the event: ��Ten years ago, we only had 12 Circuit stops and they were all in the U.S. We��re proud to have grown it to 39 stops in 11 different countries and the Global Casino Championship at Harrah��s Cherokee exists to put the best of the best in the same room to see who comes out on top. We��ll continue to work hard to make the World Series of Poker the biggest and best poker tournaments to play all around the world.��
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren Sheaves | USA | $282,113 |
| 2 | Jeremy Meacham | USA | $174,360 |
| 3 | Keven Stammen | USA | $122,360 |
| 4 | Armin Stocker | Switzerland | $88,463 |
| 5 | Loni Harwood | USA | $65,067 |
| 6 | Arkadiy Tsinis | USA | $48,926 |
| 7 | Blake Whittington | USA | $37,627 |
| 8 | Kurt Jewell | USA | $29,612 |
| 9 | Stephen Bierman | USA | $23,861 |