Pompano Beach, FL (February 13, 2023) – The World Series of Poker’s latest return to Harrah’s Pompano Beach in South Florida saw tremendous success with shattered guarantees throughout the two weeks of exciting tournaments.
The 16-event stretch saw large turnouts all series long, notably the 1,015-entry field in the $1,700 Main Event which was won by Macomb, Michigan’s Christopher Trombley. From the immense $1,537,725 prize pool, which was more than $500,000 over its guarantee, Trombley took home $266,186 for the win, which was easily the largest career score for the former cash-game player turned tournament crusher.
Trombley defeated another young and promising tournament wizard in Robert Lupo after a nearly four-hour heads-up battle that saw Trombley claw back from a short stack several times heads-up before finally seizing control and claiming victory.
“When I got short, I didn’t panic. I know the gameplan with sub-8 bigs, 5 bigs…just not getting impatient and try to catch the cards as they come,” said the champion following his epic win.
From the huge field, 153 entries earned a piece of the massive prize pool, with some players earning a bit of extra cash by making the money in multiple flights, including 3rd place finisher Ryan Eriquezzo, who cashed on Day 1A before busting, then took another shot on a subsequent flight and spun his stack all the way to the final table and $121,111. He, along with 6th place finisher Jeremy Eyer ($51,816) and 7th place finisher Blake Whittington ($39,981) represented the previous winners of WSOP Circuit rings, with Trombley now joining that exclusive club.
Other notables to cash in the main event included last year’s runner-up James Calderaro (11th – $19,761), Nadya Magnus (51st – $4,377), Athanasios Polychronopoulos (53rd – $4,377), Maxwell Young (70th – $3,822), and Natasha Barbour-Mercier (100th – $3,487)
Harrah’s Pompano Beach Main Event Final Table Results:
1st place: Christopher Trombley – $266,186 + entry into WSOP Tournament of Champions 2nd place: Robert Lupo – $164,511
3rd place: Ryan Eriquezzo – $121,111
4th place: Vitalijs Zavorotnijs – $90,196
5th place: Roman Hrabec – $67,961
6th place: Jeremy Eyer – $51,816
7th place: Blake Whittington – $39,981 8th place: Chet Sickle – $31,225
9th place: Ian Cohen – $24,686
Highlighting the list of side event winners was accomplished Florida pro Scott Baumstein, who took down Event 15: $2,200 High Roller for $65,930 and an elusive first piece of WSOP hardware.
In Event 12: $250 Ladies No-Limit Hold ’em, two-time WSOP bracelet winner and five-time Circuit ring winner Loni Harwood was denied her 6th ring heads-up, falling to Ariel Williams who earned her 1st ring with the victory.
Among others to capture WSOP jewelry here in Pompano Beach were Daniel Pearlman, who opened the series by winning his 3rd ring in Event 1: $400 No-Limit Hold ‘em, former WSOP final tablist Neil Blumenfield, who took down Event #4: $400 Seniors No-Limit Hold ‘em, and Benjamin Robinson, who after winning his first Circuit ring last fall here in Pompano Beach, quickly won his second right back in the same room in the other $400 Seniors event.
