Kurt Jewell was crowned as winner at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Tunica Main Event after three days of intense play.Beganning with 647 players, 167 more than the previous year, The field was cut down to just 16 by the third day. Nine hours into the third day Kurt Jewell emerged victorious. He took home $192,984 and his third gold ring for the first-place prize and a seat in the National Championship The Sunday night had been a log one and players returned on the Monday at noon to continue. The final table was reached within a few hours, the chip count looking like this: Seat Player Chip Count1 Todd Chew 514,0002 Jacob Bazeley 2,200,0003 Dan Blakeman 1,930,0004 Ray Weaver 924,0005 Dustin Gardner 1,129,0006 Michael Cooper 763,0007 Steve McClusky 1,200,0008 Kurt Jewell 1,275,0009 Chris Thompson 3,400,000The Final Results looked like this:Place Player Prize1st Kurt Jewell $192,9842nd Chris Thompson $119,4153rd Dan Blakeman $87,5864th Jacob Bazeley $65,1345th Dustin Gardner $49,0936th Steve McClusky $37,4957th Michael Cooper $29,0138th Todd Chew $22,7449th Ray Weaver $18,056
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