A retired dentist bested the young ones at the WSOP Circuit Main Event this week, outlasting a field of 1,050 players to win his very first WSOP gold circuit ring and the cash prize worth $294,290, and the best thing about it – he got in via a $220 satellite seat!
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Joined: Mar '14
Location: Japan
Age: 49 (M)
Posts: 8946
Absolutely gigantic congratulations must go out to Elik Vodovoz, who topped a field of 1,050 entrants to win the WSOP Circuit Main Event. He successfully converted his little $220 investment into over a quarter million dollars. That's incredible!
Joined: Jan '17
Location: Lithuania
Age: 66 (M)
Posts: 1756
yes I personally think because he invest smaller amount of money when most players in buyin pay in all amount this means that he get very big return on investment form his first place performance. big congratulation to retired dentist, to me it is good to see old guys know how to win too
Joined: Mar '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 7371
It is always nice to see an amateur player doing so well and well done to him on winning this event. To win nearly $300,000 dollars from a $220 outlay is quite some achievement and i hope he continues playing and winning in the future
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Romania
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 13301
This proves that he is also a very good poker player. We all know that doctors are very smart people but in some areas they do not have such good abilities. In this case he mastered very well and managed to win this tournament. He deserves to be congratulated by the poker fans.
Of course, this achievement. One of the most incredible ... to break through the Satellite and eventually win almost $ 300,000 ... This is of course very cool ... Congratulations to this doctor ... I think his life will change now .... and poker for him to become professional
Posted by pajalnick: Of course, this achievement. One of the most incredible ... to break through the Satellite and eventually win almost $ 300,000 ... This is of course very cool ... Congratulations to this doctor ... I think his life will change now .... and poker for him to become professional
This is the USA. I think he made plenty times more as a dentist. That is basically a goldmine profession in America next to the plastic/cosmetic surgeons.
Joined: Apr '17
Location: Argentina
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 584
congratulations to the winner of the event to Elik Vodovoz and get his first ring of the gold circuit of the WSOP and also take a not-so-bad sum of $ 300mil ... 72years and finally was given to win one I hope I got some day but I hope I'm not so big when I pass
Joined: May '09
Location: Croatia
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 20409
when you have that feeling when to play satellite and then to come with on main event,that is something special!from 220 $ satellite to win buy of 1700 $ and then to finish on first place and to win almost 300 K of dollars,that is some story and its nice to see that "small" players can do it!
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 47 (F)
Posts: 14136
This is one of the success stories we hear about from time to time. From a satellite ticket he managed to win a wsopc main event. An the amount he won, you cant say among the high payouts, but for the money he put in it is a fortune If you are lucky...
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