“We’re excited to send these four winners to represent Turning Stone in the Main Event in Vegas.” “The level of play has been excellent as always, and these players really are doing us proud,” he said. Frank said that the level of play in our ongoing qualifying WSOP satellite poker tournaments that filled the field for the first Main Event has been top-notch since satellites started in August. Another player who finished fifth took home $5,200 in cash.įrank Foti, director of poker operations, said he was “delighted” with the turnout for the first WSOP Main Event of the season. The first batch of winners were David Dawson from Afton, New York Nathanael Kelley from Syracuse, New York Christopher Wicher from Endicott, New York and David Stern from Thomaston, Connecticut.Įach of these guests won a $10,000 seat to the big WSOP Main Event next summer in Las Vegas, plus $3,000 in travel expenses to get and stay there. Three of the four winners were from Upstate New York. Turning Stone Resort Casino saw four poker players punch their tickets to the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas this past month-all for winning the first local WSOP Main Event in October. Four Poker Players Crowned First WSOP Main Event Winners
