Aaron Gamino Wins Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold’em for $48,320
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in the Louisville area to live report the $1,700 Main Event; however, that is just one of more than a dozen gold ring events that have taken place over the past week. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
In Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold’em a massive 825 entries created a $272,250 prize pool. Of those, 68 made it through to Day 2 and it was 31-year-old Aaron Gamino coming in 13th in chips. He steadily built that stack before making the final table with a huge chip lead.
"It was pretty much smooth sailing throughout the day," Gamino explained, "when we got to the final table I took a flip against bracelet winner Alan Percal because he was on my left and is actually really good."
Eventually, he defeated Gregory Masters in heads-up play to get the victory for $48,320 and his first career gold ring.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Gamino | Nashville, Tennessee | $48,320 |
| 2 | Gregory Masters | Huntington, West Virginia | $29,862 |
| 3 | Scott Bostic | Indianapolis, Indiana | $21,762 |
| 4 | Stephen Kirby | Nashville, Tennessee | $16,074 |
| 5 | Vashon Smith | Evansville, Indiana | $12,037 |
| 6 | Veronica Shireman | Lanesville, Indiana | $9,140 |
| 7 | Evgeny Urubkov | Lexington, Kentucky | $7,039 |
| 8 | Alan Percal | Weston, Florida | $5,499 |
| 9 | Christopher Harrison | Cartersville, Georgia | $4,359 |