Event #3: $365 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo

Event #3
No-Limit Hold'em Turbo
Buy-In: $300 (+$65)
Total Entries: 124
Prize Pool: $37,200

Robert Cheung cruises through the turbo event to capture his first gold ring.

Elizabeth, Ind. (Oct. 4, 2015) -- One gold ring and one gold bracelet. It's a group few players are part of, but a group every poker player wants to be a part of. That group just added one new member in Robert Cheung. Cheung won his first WSOP Circuit gold ring event Sunday evening at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana casino.

For many players that have won both the ring and the bracelet, the ring has come first, but not in Cheung's case. Cheung won his first WSOP piece of hardware in 2007 when he went on defeat a field of 2,778 players to win $673,628 in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. It was his first WSOP victory and his first WSOP gold bracelet. Now eight years later he has won his second piece of WSOP hardware and his first ever WSOP Circuit gold ring.

"The game has changed a lot. In 2007 everything was so much easier. Now that everyone knows how to play, the entire final table was really strong," said Cheung comparing his two WSOP victories.

Cheung said that he is not a big fan of turbo events and prefers the slower structures, but is headed to Cincinnati tomorrow and wanted to play a one-day event before leaving. Cheung intends to be back for the series' Main Event in attempt to cash in on another gold ring.

Cheung's path to the gold ring was no easy task. Although the field was small, it was tough. There were several gold ring winners that went deep including Mark Fink (14th place), William Byrnes (13th place), Chase Hernandez (9th place) and Bernard Lee (2nd place).

Cheung's gold ring winning performance Sunday just adds to his already impressive WSOP resume. This marks Cheung's 44th career WSOP related cash and pushes his tournament earnings over the $1.1 million mark. In the past calendar year Cheung has reached four WSOP Circuit final tables. Don't expect Cheung to slow down either. He plans to continue to hit as many Circuit stops as he can. He enjoys the travel, the poker, and most of all the thrill of winning.

"I have always wanted a ring. That is why I travel and play the Circuit events. They are great value. For $365 it is one of the best structures on the tournament circuit," said Cheung.

Cheung is from Vancouver, Canada. He becomes the second Canadian to win a gold ring this season on the Circuit.

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Event #3 was the third of 12 gold ring events on the WSOP Circuit schedule at Horseshoe S. Indiana. The $365 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo tournament attracted 124 players generating a $37,200 prize pool. The top 15 players were paid.

The tournament was a one-day event. It began Sunday at noon and concluded near the end of Level 23 around 10:30 p.m.

Final table results:

1st: Robert Cheung - $10,416 + WSOP Circuit gold ring
2nd: Bernard Lee - $6,438
3rd: Benjamin Hunter - $4,647
4th: David Schultz - $3,414
5th: John Utley - $2,553
6th: Peter Priest - $1,940
7th: Damon Wiggs - $1,500
8th: Jeffrey Littman - $1,178
9th:Chase Hernandez - $941

Complete results are available under the “Results” tab above.

Play has slowed down in the Turbo and the stacks have become shallow. Bernard Lee is the chip leader with just under 15 big blinds. Here is a look at where everyone else stands.

• Seat 1: Bernard Lee - 295,000 (14 BBs)
• Seat 2: Unknown - 180,000 (9 BBs)
• Seat 3: Robert Cheung - 190,000 (9 BBs)
• Seat 4: John Utley - 150,000 (7 BBs)
• Seat 5: Benjamin Hunter - 168,000 (8 BBs)
• Seat 6: Peter Priest - 200,000 (10 BBs)

- When players return from break the blinds will be 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante

There are 17 players remaining with the top 15 spots getting paid.

Gold bracelet winner, Robert Cheung, and gold ring winner, Bernard Lee are two of the notables still remaining. Lee is sitting on a stack of about 45,000 and Cheung has just above the average stack with 75,000.

Lee won his first gold ring in a turbo event. He defeated eight-time gold ring winner Alexander Masek heads-up at the Lodge Casino in 2014. Today he looks to add a second WSOP turbo event win to his name, but has some catching up to do.

Complete chip counts will be posted once the final table is reached.

It's turbo time in S. Indiana. The lone turbo gold ring event is set to begin at noon today. This is a one-day tournament. More information can be found below.

Event #3 - $365 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo - Day 1 - 12 p.m.

• Players begin with 10,000 chips
• Blinds begins at 25/50
• Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9 (~2:10 p.m.)
  
• Re-entry is not allowed
  
• All levels are 20 minutes long
• This is a one-day tournament