Cory Carroll Wins WSOP Circuit Event

Filed in archive Tournament News on May 11, 2007

"Online players can't play live tourneys" is a saying that has been thrown out the window and trampled on by a trailing gang of hells angels on their Harleys. Its not uncommon to hear quotes like "He's the best player you've never heard of," said Shane 'Shaniac' Schleger when describing the latest big buy in tournament winner.

Cory Carroll recently took down the $5,000 buy-in Caesar's Palace WSOP circuit event for over $500,000. Not a bad change from dueling it out online versus pictures of people's kids to taking down some very seasoned pros at the final table.

Chad Brown, reigning Bluff's Player of the Year and David "The Dragon" Pham were formidable foes standing in the way of Carroll's march towards the WSOP ring which goes to the victor of the event.

Through a hard fought battle Cory prevailed and left the building with first prize and more nods of respect for "those online players".

Here's the break down of the event from Dr. Pauly at Pokernews:

Maybe Carroll will finally get the recognition he deserves after winning the WSOP Circuit event at Caesar's Palace. He won $506,176 along with a seat into the WSOP Main Event in July at the Rio.

The $5,000 buy-in event drew over 336 players and featured a prize pool of over $1.6 million. Some of the biggest names in poker were in the field such as Greg Raymer, Chris Jesus Ferguson, Scotty Nguyen, Men the Master, Erick Lindgren, Barry Greenstein, David Williams, Max Pescatori, and two time Circuit event winner Peter "Nordberg" Feldman. After thee days of poker Cory Carroll emerged as the winner.

Chad Brown and David "The Dragon" Pham were the two biggest named pros remaining in the tournament when the final table began on Wednesday. For the majority of the tournament, Carroll flew under the radar was a virtual unknown to everyone in Las Vegas, even though he entered the day as the chipleader.