Neil Volaski Captures First Ring in Event #3: $400 NLH Multi-Flight
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event and High Roller, we��d be remiss if we didn��t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant.
In Event #3: $400 NLH Multi-Flight, 898 runners created a $296,340 prize pool that was paid out to the top 132 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Charles Barker (14th - $2,972), Will Berry (24th - $1,870), Bart Bogard (29th - $1,523), Craig Savage (36th - $1,354), and Kevin Nguyen (41st - $1,320).
In the end, Neil Volaski raked in $53,796 and his first World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring Sunday evening at his regular casino stomping grounds, Choctaw Durant.
��I��ve had my opportunities in the past and I��ve probably made mistakes that I shouldn��t have when I played just because it was the first time being there,�� Volaski stated. ��It was a turbo and it was like two in the morning and I had to go to work the next day and I just made a mistake that I should have never made. It hurt.��
Volaski made it through Day 1A with a middle-of-the-pack stack, giving him a day of rest before the restart Sunday afternoon. On Day 2, he cruised all the way to heads-up action against a familiar opponent, gold ring winner Chad Smith.
��I��ve played with Chad before and he��s a really good player,�� said Volaski. ��Today, when we were heads up and I had a 2-1 chip lead I knew it was gonna happen.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil Volaski | Prosper, Texas | $53,796 |
| 2 | Chad Smith | Plano, Texas | $33,246 |
| 3 | James Jewell | Rudy, Arizona | $23,682 |
| 4 | Noah Nodine | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | $17,159 |
| 5 | Jonathan Bolyen | Denton, Texas | $12,649 |
| 6 | Louis Barlow | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | $9,490 |
| 7 | Shomari Williams | Fort Worth, Texas | $7,249 |
| 8 | Aditya Kelkar | Plano, Texas | $5,639 |
| 9 | Alan Cummins | Trophy Club, Texas | $4,469 |