David Jackson Takes Down World Series Of Poker Circuit Main Event At Horseshoe Las Vegas

The World Series of Poker Circuit returned to Horseshoe Las Vegas for its latest stop, with plenty of prize money and 18 gold rings awarded during the 12-day festival. The $1,700 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event drew 455 entries, with several big names making it down to the final table. In the end, two-time WSOP bracelet winner David Jackson emerged victorious with the $139,996 top prize and his second WSOPC gold ring. Jackson’s previous ring came in a $580 buy-in event at Harrah’s Cherokee back in 2017.

This victory grew the Jacksonville, Florida resident’s career earnings to $5,025,130. More than $1.5 million of that has come from his success in WSOP bracelet events, with over half a million in WSOPC cashes.

This triumph also came with 720 Card Player Player of the Year points for Jackson. This was his third qualified title and seventh final-table finish of the year. With 2,588 total points and $362,000 in to-date POY earnings, he has climbed to 121st place in the 2024 POY race standings presented by Global Poker.

Three-time bracelet winner Upeshka De Silva fell just short of the final table, earning $8,279 as the 10th-place finisher. That set up the official final table of nine, with Jackson among the big stacks early. Jacob Mendelsohn (9th – $10,451) and Martin Cornero ( 8th – $13,470) were the first to hit the rail.

Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian Poker Bowl main event winner Terry Fleischer then bowed out in seventh place ($17,717) when his 10-9 suited ran into the pocket jacks of Walter Connors. He was soon joined on the rail by 2010 WSOP main event 15th-place finisher Matt Affleck, whose A-J failed to hold against the K-9 suited of Yaniv Livnat.

Ryan Leng, who has won three bracelets and four WSOPC rings, finished fifth when his K-Q lost out to the A-4 suited of Connors, who made a pair of fours to win the pot and narrow the field to four contenders. Leng earned $32,526 for his efforts.

Jackson scored the next knockout, with his top pair of tens staying ahead of Brian Battistone’s open-ended straight draw after the chips went in on the flop. Battistone was awarded $45,364 as the fourth-place finisher.

Connors slid to the bottom of the chip counts during three-handed play. He got the last of his stack in with A-K leading Q-8 for Jackson and was ahead through the turn, but an eight on the end saw him eliminated in third place ($64,470).

Jackson took more than a 2:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Livnat. The final hand saw all the chips go in on a 762 flop with Jackson holding J7 against the 87 of Livnat. The 10 turn left Livnat in need of a club or eight on the river. The 6 rolled off the deck instead, locking up the win for Jackson. Livnat earned a career-best score of $93,329 as the runner-up.

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

Photo credit: WSOP / Eloy Cabacas.

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