Mini Main Event Winner!
The Mini Main Event is over! With 611 entries the event had a total prizepool of $146,640, destroying the guarantee of $50,000. The final two players were Michio Cohen and Shaun Deeb, who agreed on an even chop. Michio Cohen had the chip lead when the chop took place, so he is declared the winner of the Mini Main Event! Both of the players picked up impressive scores of just over $23,000! Congratulations to those players and thank you to everyone who made this such a wonderful event!
With these scores both Michio and Shaun increase their all-time Rivers Schenectady tournament winnings. Prior to the event Shaun ranked 13th and now will rank 6th with a total of $69,544 in career tournament earning at Rivers. Michio ranked 2nd all time prior to the event and will remain in that spot, but moving ever so closer to the top spot sitting on $120,903.
Tomorrow we are holding our $160 O.E. event starting at 12:15PM followed by our $200 Monday night tournament at 5:15PM. Event will continue all week so check back here for more coverage of the events!
