The participation in this year's $1,500 Dealer's Choice event saw a slight decline from 419 (2014) to 357 this year, creating a $481,950 prize pool. The tournament was played over three days and Carol Fuchs nabbed the top prize of $127,735 along with the gold bracelet.
Fuchs, a successful Hollywood screenwriter/film producer behind 2007's hit ‘No Reservations' starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, is the first female to win an event at the 2015 World Series of Poker. It was her first bracelet and major poker victory.
"It's encouraging when someone like me who is an amateur, and a woman, and - let's just say someone ‘older than 30' - wins something big like this," Fuchs said. "I respect what the pros do, but for a non-pro to come out here and win, is encouraging for all players and especially for amateurs and women."
OTHER IN-THE-MONEY FINISHERS:
Aside from the final table finishers, other gold bracelet winning players who cashed included - Scott Clements (8th), Konstantin Maslak (9th), Randy Ohel (13th), Viascheslav Zhukov (14th), Tom Schneider (21st), Jeremy Ausmus (26th), Mike Leah (27th), Jeffrey Lisandro (29th), Todd Brunson (32nd), Steven Loube (33rd), and Michael Chow (34th).
