After four days of the WSOP Circuit here at the Bike, there have now been 3 ring winners.
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Maxwell Lineberger - Photo Courtesy of WSOP |
Maxwell Lineberger (pictured above) won
Event #1: $365 No-Limit Hold'em Re-entry. He bested a field of 1,177 entries in a tournament that ran so long an extra day had to be added. Lineberger earned $62,685 for his victory, along with his first Circuit ring. It's by far the biggest score of his career. Lineberger works as an adjuster, but he's a serious amateur player, and plans to use the prize money to start entering larger tournaments. Full results from this event are available
here on WSOP.com.
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Edward Liu - Photo Courtesy of WSOP |
Edward Liu won
Event #2: $580 No-Limit Hold'em. This was the second WSOP ring of his career, and he won the first one almost exactly a year ago right here at the Bike. Liu secured his victory, which earned him $13,800, in a heads-up match against David Tuchman--a poker commentator whose voice is often heard on Live at the Bike--that lasted only one hand. Tuchman tweeted out a pic of the hand after:
Full results from this event are available
here on WSOP.com.
And earlier today, AJ Fernandes won the first non-hold'em event of this Circuit stop, Event #3: $365 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better. Fernandes is an Omaha specialist. As such, it's much harder for him to win a Circuit ring than it is for hold'em players, who have more events to choose from. But now, Fernandes has a ring on his resume and $11,005 in winnings. Full results from this event are posted on
WSOP.com,