Jake Bazeley Wins 2014 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Cherokee Main Event

Jake Bazeley topped a field of 797 entries to win the 2014 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee $1,675 no-limit hold’em main event. For the win the 31-year-old poker pro from Cincinnati earned his first WSOP Circuit gold ring and the $239,096 first-place prize.

“It hasn’t even set in yet,” Bazeley told WSOP.com. “I’ve been working so hard to get a win and been so close. Poker, you can get close and you still get paid well, but you don’t get that fully satisfied feeling until you win. Hopefully when this sets in I’ll feel like I’ve accomplished what I wanted to.”

In addition to the title, the hardware and the money Bazeley also earned 912 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was his fourth final table appearance so far in 2014 with the previous highlight being a fourth-place finish in the $5 million guaranteed $3,500 World Poker Tour main event at the SHR Poker Showdown in April for $371,931.

With this win Bazeley increased his POY point total for the year to 2,190 points, which was enough to move him into 47th place in the overall standings. His year-to-date earnings for 2014 total $671,235.

Bazeley entered the final day of play in second chip position among the remaining twelve players and was able to survive to heads-up play with Chad DeBerry. Bazeley held a greater than 2-to-1 chip advantage as the final showdown began. By the time the final hand arose he held roughly 80 percent of the chips in play. The las hand of the tournament began with DeBerry raising to 175,000 from the button. Bazeley made it 505,000 and DeBerry responded by moving all-in for roughly 3.3 million. Bazeley made the call with the 44, which was racing against the KQ for Deberry.

The flop brought the A94 to give Bazeley a set. When the 3 hit the turn it meant that DeBerry was drawing dead and would be sent to the rail as the runner up. He earned $147,405 for his second place finish.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:

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