Klint Griffin Wins World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Tunica Main Event

Klint Griffin is the newest World Series of Poker Circuit main event champion. The Franklin, Tennessee resident overcame a 395-entry field in the WSOPC Horseshoe Tunica $1,700 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event to earn $127,307 and his first gold ring.

This was by far the largest tournament score yet for Griffin, blowing away the $3,381 he secured for a cash in the WSOPC Harrah’s Cherokee main event last August.

In addition to the hardware and the money, Griffin also earned 600 Card Player Player of the Year points as the champion.

The top 58 finishers made the money in this event, earning a share of the $588,425 total prize pool. Notables that ran deep included six-time ring winner Preston McEwen (44th), bracelet winner Denise Pratt (33rd), and 15-time WSOPC ring winner Daniel Lowery (23rd).

The final day began with just six players still in contention, with Lucian Camargo in the lead and Griffin in the middle of the pack. Griffin survived to the final four and then won a key preflop race with A-K suited besting pocket sevens to eliminate Trace Henderson (4th – $40,272).

Griffin then picked up pocket fives against the pocket fours of Billy Dickerson and held to take a sizable lead into heads-up play. Dickerson earned $55,792 as the third-place finisher.

The final hand saw Camargo three-bet shove from the big blind with 1010. Griffin called the shove with A7 and the board ran out JJ2A7 to give Griffin aces up and the win. Camargo was awarded $78,678 as the runner-up.

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

Photo provided by WSOP.

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