WSOP.com Online Finale Circuit: Frank Marasco Wins Main Event For $127,535!

The WSOP.com Online Finale Circuit Series that ran only for players in Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware wrapped up its final event on Sunday. The final tournament of the series was Event #12: $300,000 GTD Online Finale Circuit NLH Main Event 3x Re-entry that featured a $525 buy-in did exceptionally well, nearly doubling the guarantee with a prize pool of $554,500 via 1,109 entries.

While the prizepool was distributed among the top 150 players with a min-cash of $887, it was Frank ‘spaghettiii’ Marasco who captured the largest share of the prizepool for winning the final event for $127,535, his second WSOP Circuit ring, and a spot in the online Global Casino Championship.

Among other big name players who posted deep runs in the final event of the marquee series were Richard “rprmoo” Ryder (12th place – $5,545), Jonathan “jetsfan14” Borenstein (24th place – $2,218), William “swaggyb” Corvino (38th place – $1,330), and Justin “LappyPoker” Lapka (97th place – $1,053).

Final Table Payouts (USD)

  1. Frank ‘spaghettiii’ Marasco – $127,535
  2. Thomas ‘OtB_RedBaron’ Lim – $67,371
  3. ‘artiliu’ – $44,360
  4. Joseph ‘Mr_Foodles’ Brown – $33,270
  5. Anthony ‘heheh’ Zinno – $27,725
  6. Peter ‘Zdvol632’ Simicic – $22,180
  7. ‘TheRounder89’ – $16,080
  8. James ‘Bagelbud’ Lillis – $9,981
  9. Jennifer ‘bella0827’ Noone – $7,208

Event #11: $150,000 GTD Online Finale Circuit NLH Double Stack 2x Re-entry

Featuring a buy-in of $320, Event #11: $150,000 GTD Online Finale Circuit NLH Double Stack 2x Re-entry was the penultimate event of the series that wrapped up on Saturday. The tournament drew a total of 695 entries to generate a prizepool worth $208,500 that was shared by the top 75 players.

In the end, ‘macallan25′ defeated Robert ‘bobeads’ Mather heads-up to ship the event for $51,082.

Shaun ‘nyjets23’ O’Donnell (16th for $1,668), Andrew ‘randylerch’ Kelsall (28th for $834), Timothy ‘valuebet’ Rhoda (49th for $708), and Kevin ‘TheRealKG’ Gerhart (73rd for $667) were ITM finishers.

Final Table Payouts (USD)

  1. ‘macallan25’ – $51,082
  2. Robert ‘bobeads’ Mather – $28,668
  3. Raymond ‘igivbadbeats’ Palmieri – $17,514
  4. ‘jadylan’ – $13,344
  5. ‘brownbomber3’ – $11,259
  6. John Allan ‘beastro’ Hinds – $9,174
  7. Rafael ‘sosana’ Perry – $6,880
  8. ‘Kdruck’ – $4,587
  9. ‘disneydeb’ – $3,023