2017 Seminole Hard Rock WSOP Circuit
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 14
$250 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 66
Prize Pool: $13,200
October 2, 2017

One day after finishing runner-up in Event 11, Melisa Singh was back at a final table. This time it was in Event 14, the $250 Ladies No Limit Hold’em. Finishing in second was acceptable yesterday for Singh, but she had loftier expectations this time around.

“I was so close yesterday, but I was out-chipped significantly. I was really actually happy to get second because I made a bunch of payjumps. So yesterday second was good enough, but today I really wanted to take it down. I thought I had a good shot, and I did it. It’s exciting.”

Singh bested a field of 66 entries to claim the $4,620 first-place prize and her first World Series of Poker Circuit Ring. It was her third cash of the series, and sixth at the Seminole Hard Rock in the past several months.

“I don’t play that many tournaments, but I’ve just been feeling good. Yesterday I woke up and just felt really really happy, and everything’s just been going really well for me after that.”

Results
1st: Melisa Singh– $4,620
2nd: Sherrie Williams – $2,855
3rd: Melissa Dube – $1,893
4th: Melissa Kaiser – $1,340
5th: Shaundra Seay – $1,009
6th: Christine Difiore – $805
7th: Virginia Peiffer – $678

2017 Seminole Hard Rock WSOP Circuit
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 12
WSOP Circuit High Roller
$3,250 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 133
Prize Pool: $399,000
October 1-2, 2017

The $3,250 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry) drew 133 entries, easily surpassing the $250,000 guarantee and creating a prize pool of $399,000.  Outlasting the field was Anton Wigg, earning his first World Series of Poker Circuit Ring and the $111,719 first-place prize.

The 30-year-old professional poker player hails from Stockholm, Sweden and is no stranger to the international poker scene. In 2010, he won the European Poker Tour Copenhagen Main Event for nearly $675,000. In the final days of a two-month trip dedicated to poker, Wigg ended it on a high note, notching his second largest career live score tonight.

Early on Day 1, Wigg found himself down to just two big blinds. However, he was able to avoid a second buy-in and was able to spin his initial buy-in back up. A double up on the last hand of Day 1 helped boost Wigg’s stack to 15th of the returning 23 Day 2 players. Within the first few hands of Day 2 Wigg doubled up again, and before long he rose toward the top of the chip counts. He began the final table as chip leader, and held it for nearly the entirety of the final table, thanks to two big river all-ins that he called.

“This was the tournament of people making moves,” Wigg said after his win. “Poker is such a special sport that way. You focus and focus and focus,  and all of a sudden you have to take the sunglasses off, and think, ‘What did you just do? Are you really that crazy.’ It’s fun.”

He began heads-up play with a sizable 4.5:1 chip lead, but Ian O’Hara battled back to nearly even the stacks. However, Wigg built his lead back up before ultimately closing it out. For Wigg, it was his first time playing at the Seminole Hard Rock, and he plans on making a return trip in the near future.

“I love it here. I really like the social factor of it. That’s why I wear my Hawaii shirt. I want to make it fun for people. I’ve had a really good time. People have been super cool here, and if the weather is bad and you can’t play golf, you can play poker.”

Results
1st: Anton Wigg – $111,719
2nd: Ian O’Hara – $69,051
3rd: Jeremy White – $49,843
4th: Paul Domb – $36,624
5th: Davian Santana – $27,379
6th: Joseph Orsino – $20,816
7th: Evan Teitelbaum – $16,092
8th: Ory Hen – $12,640
9th: Adam Adler – $10,091
10th: Michael Simkins – $8,180
11th: Allen Kessler – $8,180
12th: Uri Kadosh – $8,180
13th: Wally Maddah – $6,735
14th: Barry Hutter – $6,735
15th: Gerald Silva – $6,735

$3,250 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts  | Structure
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 133

Anton Wigg raised to 135,000 from the button, Ian O’Hara reraised all in for about 1,500,000 from the big blind, and Wigg called.

Wigg:
O’Hara:

The board came down , no help to O’Hara, ending his tournament with a runner-up showing for $69,051. Anton Wigg wins the High Roller for $111,719.

$3,250 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts  | Structure
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 133

Anton Wigg raised to 140,000 from the button, and Ian O’Hara defended his big blind.

They checked to the river of a board where O’Hara check-called 190,000 from Wigg.

Wigg showed , while O’Hara turned up for queens and nines to win the pot.

Ian O’Hara – 1,960,000 (33 bb)
Anton Wigg – 2,030,000 (34 bb)

Remaining Payouts:
1st – $111,719
2nd – $69,051
3rd: Jeremy White – $49,843
4th: Paul Domb – $36,624
5th: Davian Santana – $27,379
6th: Joseph Orsino – $20,816
7th: Evan Teitelbaum – $16,092
8th: Ory Hen – $12,640
9th: Adam Adler – $10,091
10th: Michael Simkins – $8,180
11th: Allen Kessler – $8,180
12th: Uri Kadosh – $8,180
13th: Wally Maddah – $6,735
14th: Barry Hutter – $6,735
15th: Gerald Silva – $6,735

$3,250 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts  | Structure
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 133

Ian O’Hara limped from the button, and Anton Wigg checked his option.

The flop came down , and Wigg check-called 60,000 from O’Hara. The turn was the , both players checked, and the river completed the board. Wigg bet 95,000, and O’Hara called.

Wigg showed , while O’Hara tabled for a pair of sixes to win the pot.

Ian O’Hara – 1,500,000 (30 bb)
Anton Wigg – 2,490,000 (50 bb)

$3,250 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts  | Structure
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 133

Ian O’Hara limped on the button, Anton Wigg raised all in with a covering stack, and O’Hara called all in for 770,000 with , leading Wigg’s .

The board ran out , safe for O’Hara to double up with his pair of jacks.

Ian O’Hara – 1,550,000 (31 bb)
Anton Wigg – 2,440,000 (49 bb)

$3,250 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts  | Structure
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 133

Anton Wigg raised to 90,000 on the button, and Ian O’Hara called from the big blind.

The flop came down , and O’Hara check-called a bet from Wigg. The turn was the , and O’Hara check-called 240,000 from Wigg. The river was the , and both players checked.

O’Hara showed , but Wigg tabled for queens full of sixes to win the pot.

Anto Wigg – 2,970,000 (74 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 1,020,000 (26 bb)

$3,250 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts  | Structure
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 133

Ian O’Hara raised all in for 615,000 from the button, and Anton Wigg called from the big blind.

O’Hara:
Wigg:

The board came down , giving O’Hara an ace-high straight to double through Wigg.

Ian O’Hara – 1,240,000 (31 bb)
Anton Wigg – 2,750,000 (69 bb)