Bonsack Looking for Third Ring & to Best Last Year's Final Table Finish
Did you know Mark Bonsack has made back-to-back final tables at the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs? It's true. He also has two rings. Read on to learn more.
Anyone can win a WSOP Circuit ring, but it takes a talented individual to win two. That��s what Mark Bonsack did in Event #6 $365 Limit Omaha 8 or Better when he topped a field of 134 players to win $11,254. The win gave Bonsack, who finished 12th in last year��s National Championship, his second non-hold��em ring��the other came in 2011 in a $365 H.O.R.S.E. event at Harvey��s Lake Tahoe for $7,484.
��Hopefully I��ll get back to [the National Championship] and have another chance at it,�� said Bonsack, a 52-year-old contractor from Cle Elum, Washington. ��I really want to get a bracelet. I probably still need a few more [points], but I��m close.��
The good news is that Bonsack will be back at the National Championship. Thanks to his deep run here in the Main Event, Bonsack will either win and earn a seat or capture the stop's Casino Championship. Either way, he's in. Now all Bonsack is focused on is improving over his finish here last year when he took fifth for $25,127.
Here's a look at the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs Ring Event #6 Limit Omaha Eight or Better final table:
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$65 | 134 | $40,200 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mark Bonsack | Cle Elum, WA | $11,254 |
| 2nd | Curtis Timperley | Battle Creek, NE | $6,957 |
| 3rd | Shawn Marley | Council Bluffs, IA | $5,022 |
| 4th | Yossi Azulay | Chicago, IL | $3,690 |
| 5th | Curt Aust | Omaha, NE | $2,759 |
| 6th | Andrue Gibbs | Council Bluffs, IA | $2,097 |
| 7th | Kirk Flom | Gulfport, MS | $1,621 |
| 8th | Allen Kessler | Huntingdon Valley, PA | $1,274 |
| 9th | Brian Brashaw | Papillion, NE | $1,017 |