Gilmore wins MSPT Potawatomi regional event

(PRESS RELEASE) -- This past weekend, the MSPT $350 Regional Event at Milwaukee’s Potawatomi Hotel & Casino attracted 1,567 entries over three starting flights. That meant 171 players got paid a minimum of $585 while the winner walked away with a $75,430 first-place prize.

That man wound up being Joel Gilmore of Rio, Wisconsin. Before the win, Gilmore’s biggest score was just $5,748 for winning a World Series of Poker Circuit $135 Deepstack side event at Harrah’s Cherokee.

Final Table Results
1 – Joel Gilmore (Rio, WI) $75,430
2 – Dennis Siem (Mosinee, WI) $46,380
3 – Joel Alpert (Lake Forest, IL) $35,123
4 – Colin Lovelock (Cottingham, England) $26,567
5 – Derrick Brown (Mount Clemens, MI) $20,263
6 – Eric Douglas (Chicago, IL) $15,310
7 – Ben Rock (Marshfield, WI) $12,158
8 – Daniel Kuntz (Lake Zurich, IL) $9,456
9 – Francisco Roman (Woodstock, IL) $7,655
10 – Tony Nardi (Verona, WI) $5,854

Others to cash the tournament were Miroslav Semanisin (14th - $4,953), TJ Ryan (23rd - $2,927), Mike Shin (30th - $1,801), David Kim (44th - $1,396), Craig Trost (48th - $1,261), George Dietz (65th - $991) and Scotter Clark (87th - $901).