Zach Mullennix Captures Second Career Ring with Event #3: $1,125 No-Limit Hold’em Victory
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at Florida’s Seminole Coconut Creek to live report action from both the $2,200 High Roller and $1,700 Main Event, but is just one of a dozen gold ring events at the stop. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
In Event #3: $1,125 No-Limit Hold’em, 89 entrants created a $89,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 14 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Richard Rice (10th - $1,877), Jason Wandling (11th - $1,877), Stephen Hung (12th - $1,877), Alan Kraut (13th - $1,664), and Scott Harwood (14th - $1,664).
In the end, Zach Mullennix bested Ryan Van Sanford in heads-up play to win the title and $26,412 first-place prize. It marked the second career gold ring for Mullennix.
“It’s really cool. I wasn’t even sure if I was going to play this event and I decided it to fire it. I’m really lucky to get the win,” Mullennix said after his victory.
He continued: “It was really a couple of big hands, particularly against Ryan (Van Sanford) where I just had good hands. He was in a position where he was going to be bluffing a lot, and I was able to put chips in the pot and win the hand.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zach Mullennix | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | $26,412 |
| 2 | Ryan Van Sanford | Colorado Springs, Colorado | $16,322 |
| 3 | Sam Panzica | Saline, Michigan | $11,191 |
| 4 | Wilfor Marentes Pinto | N/A | $7,897 |
| 5 | David Prociak | Winter Park, Florida | $5,740 |
| 6 | John Dollinger | Gulf Breeze, Florida | $4,301 |
| 7 | Haim Toorgeman | Hollywood, Florida | $3,326 |
| 8 | Jackie Lee | N/A | $2,657 |
| 9 | Erik Christensen | Miami, Florida | $2,195 |