Monday, August 19, 2013 7:26 PM Local Time
Jason Strasser Wins Foxwoods Circuit Main Event!
Jason Strasser raises to 175,000 and Wes Wyvill calls. The flop comes and Wyvill checks. Strasser bets 175,000, then Wyvill check-raises to 500,000 total. Strasser gets a sense of Wyvill's remaining chips (roughly 3.4 million) and calls.
The turn brings the and Wyvill elects to check. Strasser bets 700,000 and Wyvill calls. The river pairs the board with the and Wyvill checks again. Strasser announces he is all-in, having Wyvill's remaining 2,715,000 chips covered.
Wyvill goes in the tank for over two minutes. After a long spell of sitting silent and motionless, save for his one hand riffling chips, Wyvill quietly says "call".
Strasser turns over for trip fives. Once again, the river five proves to be an important one for Strasser, as Wyvill reveals he held the .
With the hand, Strasser wins the 2013-2014 Foxwoods Main Event. The 28 year old finance professional from New York City earns $186,600, the Circuit Ring, and the first automatic bid in the 2014 WSOP National Championship in Atlantic City.
Wyvill collects a solid $115,069 payday for the runner-up finish.
Here are the final table results for the Foxwoods Circuit Main Event:
1st: Jason Strasser - $186,600
2nd: Wes Wyvill - $115,069
3rd: Joe Morneau - $84,414
4th: Bryan Leskowitz - $62,555
5th: Mike Guadano - $47,095
6th: James Rubin - $35,898
7th: Scott Baker - $27,545
8th: Keith Donovan - $21,770
9th: Frank Pezzullo - $17,357
