Wednesday, November 4, 2015 4:09 PM Local Time
Tahoe Local, Pete Uhl, Wins His First Gold Ring
Event #6
No-Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $300 (+$65)
Total Entries: 191
Prize Pool: $57,300
Pete Uhl (pictured) wins in first ever WSOP gold ring event.
Stateline, Nev. (November 4, 2015) -- The 2015 Tahoe series thus far has been mostly dominated by WSOP veterans. Three of the first five events before this one were won by previous gold ring winners and one of two that wasn't won by a gold ring winner, was won by Shawn Van Asdale, who has a whole pile of WSOP cashes.
That trend changed today when WSOP rookie, Pete Uhl, won Event #6 - $365 No-Limit Hold'em for his first WSOP Circuit gold ring and $14,899. Uhl won in style too, knocking out his heads up opponent, Jonathan Libiran, with pocket aces.
This was the first WSOP gold ring event Uhl has ever played in. Uhl is not new to poker though, just the WSOP. According to Uhl, he has played quite a bit of poker in Europe, mainly in the Czech Republic. As with a lot of players, Uhl lost some interest in the game and some money when online poker was shut down and has since played less poker.
Uhl came into Day 2 with a lot of confidence that he was going to take down the tournament. He entered Day 2 second in chips out of the eight remaining players.
"I had a really good feeling about the other players at the table. I feel like I had a really good read on everyone," said Uhl.
Uhl is a local of the Tahoe area. He lives and works in South Lake Tahoe, Cali. He is an art consultant for the Marcus Ashely Gallery, which is just down the street from Harveys Lake Tahoe.
"Poker and art are my two passions if life," said Uhl.
Uhl is now playing in his second career WSOP gold ring event. He won Event #6 just in time to be able to late register for Event #7 - $365 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack, and he is now playing in that.
The final table of Event #6 included only one previous gold ring winner in Bill Watchman, Watchman finished in 8th place for his second cash and second final table of the series.
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Event #6 was the sixth of 12 gold ring events on the WSOP Circuit
schedule at Harveys Lake Tahoe. The $365 No-Limit Hold’em tournament
attracted 191 players generating a $57,300 prize pool. The top 21
players were paid.
Day 1 began Tuesday at 11 a.m. and lasted 21 levels. Day 2
began Wednesday at 1 p.m. with eight players remaining. The tournament
concluded at about 3:30 p.m.near the end of Level 24.
Final table results:
1st: Pete Uhl - $14,899 + Circuit gold ring
2nd: Jonathan Libiran - $9,203
3rd: Jeremy Priest - $6,645
4th: Ray Marchi - $4,880
5th: David Redlin - $3,646
6th: Ronald DeChance - $2,770
7th: Nate Hays - $2,140
8th: Bill Watchman - $1,681
9th: Richard Orchid - $1,341
Complete results are available under the “Results” tab above.