Todd Sladek Claims Gold In Six-Max
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event, 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 Potawatomi.
In Event #6: $400 NLH Six-Max Turbo, 224 runners created a $73,920 prize pool that was paid out to the top 34 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the official final table were Karsen Mitshe (10th- $1,568), Yoon Kim (12th - $1,243), John Sun (14th - $1,014), Jorden Helstern (17th - $850) and Chad Holloway (25th - $654).
In the end, it was Chicago native Todd Sladek who collected every chip in play to win his first gold ring along with a $17,630 payday.
The fast-paced tournament saw bodies dropping like flies but eventually slowed down once chips stacks were even with three-handed action.
It was there when Sladek called Michael Kaul’s all-in holding a suited ace-ten to Kaul’s pocket nines. There wasn’t much of a sweat as Sladek flopped a ten to send Kaul out in third place.
The heads-up battle between Sladek and Steven Phelps only lasted one hand after Sladek jammed after the flop holding top-pair, eight- nine suited, only to be out-kicked by Phelp’s holding ace-eight. The turn was no help to Sladek but then the dealer dropped a nine on the river to give Sladek two-pair securing his first victory on the Circuit.
“I’ve been trying to close one out for a couple of years now so this feels great,” Sladek said after his victory.
The win comes just a few days after his good friend’s Cody Brinn’s fourth-place finish in Event #1 and Jorden Helstern’s victory in Event #4, which Sladek stated, “We are on fire! This victory gives us some ammo to finish out the circuit season very strong and hopefully seal the deal for Casino Champion.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Sladek | Chicago, IL | $17,630 |
| 2 | Steven Phelps | Land O'Lakes, WI | $10,895 |
| 3 | Michael Kaul | Appleton, WI | $7,416 |
| 4 | Justin Bond | Irving, TX | $5,169 |
| 5 | Jeffrey Schwartz | Greendale, WI | $3,693 |
| 6 | Michael Scorsone | Menomonee Falls, WI | $2,705 |
| 7 | Quin Mallette | Dallas, TX | $2,033 |
| 8 | Tsz Shing | Brooklyn, NY | $2,033 |
| 9 | James Smith II | Delavan, WI | $1,568 |