Soheb Porbandarwala Wins 12th Circuit Ring in WSOP Hammond Main Event

Connecticut’s Soheb Porbandarwala won his 12th World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring this week as he took down the $1,700 buy-in WSOPC Horseshoe Hammond Main Event for $257,725.

The WSOP Hammond stop in the Chicago area ran Feb. 29-March 11 and consisted of more than a dozen ring events that generated $4.1 million in prize pools, including a $400 opening event with five starting flights and a $2,200 High Roller to help close things out.

According to WSOP updates, Porbandarwala steamrolled the event from Day 2 onward and dominated a final table that included Adam Greenberg (4th – $90,360) Richard Bai (5th – $69,039) and Brian Altman (8th – $32,639), who was looking for his fourth Circuit Main Event victory after most recently taking down last February’s Cherokee Main Event for $391,753.

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WSOPC Hammond Final Table Results

Moncek Denied Fifth Ring, Eyster Gets His Fifth

Porbandarwala wasn’t the only winner at the WSOPC Hammond stop, with others who picked up Circuit rings including Illinois’ Thomas Hahne (Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold’em – $119,757), New Jersey’s Evan Pantano (Event #5: $400 Monster Stack – $49,194) and Chicago’s George Ceko (Event #7: $400 No-Limit Hold’em (Main Event Seats) – $39,006), who also won a $1,700 seat into the Hammond Main Event.

Later in the series, four-time ring winner and two-time bracelet winner Michael Moncek came within inches of nabbing his seventh piece of WSOP hardware as he finished runner-up in Event #14: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed for $12,246 as James Payne won his maiden ring and $19,811.

One player who did with a fifth ring was veteran grinder Kevin Eyster, who got through a field of 59 runners in Event #15: $2,200 High Roller for $39,069, just a fraction of the $5.3 million in live earnings he’s racked up since 2007.

Others at the High Roller final table included two-time ring winner Luke Graham (5th – $7,696), Xuan Nguyen (4th – $11,034) and runner-up Ryan Jones ($24,480).

Next up for the WSOP Circuit team is a stop at Turning Stone Resort Casino in New York taking place March 14-25. Meanwhile, the WSOPC Tulsa stop got underway on March 6 and will wrap up on March 18.

A full list of ring winners at WSOPC Hammond is available in the table below.

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2024 WSOPC Hammond Ring Winners

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