The World Series of Poker Circuit returned to Horseshoe Las Vegas for its latest stop, with plenty of prize money and 18 gold rings awarded during the 12-day festival. The $1,700 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event drew 455 entries, with several big names making it down to the final table. In the end, two-time WSOP bracelet winner David Jackson emerged victorious with the $139,996 top prize and his second WSOPC gold ring. Jackson’s previous ring came in a $580 buy-in event at Harrah’s Cherokee back in 2017.

This victory grew the Jacksonville, Florida resident’s career earnings to $5,025,130. More than $1.5 million of that has come from his success in WSOP bracelet events, with over half a million in WSOPC cashes.

This triumph also came with 720 Card Player Player of the Year points for Jackson. This was his third qualified title and seventh final-table finish of the year. With 2,588 total points and $362,000 in to-date POY earnings, he has climbed to 121st place in the 2024 POY race standings presented by Global Poker.

Three-time bracelet winner Upeshka De Silva fell just short of the final table, earning $8,279 as the 10th-place finisher. That set up the official final table of nine, with Jackson among the big stacks early. Jacob Mendelsohn (9th – $10,451) and Martin Cornero ( 8th – $13,470) were the first to hit the rail.

Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian Poker Bowl main event winner Terry Fleischer then bowed out in seventh place ($17,717) when his 10-9 suited ran into the pocket jacks of Walter Connors. He was soon joined on the rail by 2010 WSOP main event 15th-place finisher Matt Affleck, whose A-J failed to hold against the K-9 suited of Yaniv Livnat.

Ryan Leng, who has won three bracelets and four WSOPC rings, finished fifth when his K-Q lost out to the A-4 suited of Connors, who made a pair of fours to win the pot and narrow the field to four contenders. Leng earned $32,526 for his efforts.

Jackson scored the next knockout, with his top pair of tens staying ahead of Brian Battistone’s open-ended straight draw after the chips went in on the flop. Battistone was awarded $45,364 as the fourth-place finisher.

Connors slid to the bottom of the chip counts during three-handed play. He got the last of his stack in with A-K leading Q-8 for Jackson and was ahead through the turn, but an eight on the end saw him eliminated in third place ($64,470).

Jackson took more than a 2:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Livnat. The final hand saw all the chips go in on a 762 flop with Jackson holding J7 against the 87 of Livnat. The 10 turn left Livnat in need of a club or eight on the river. The 6 rolled off the deck instead, locking up the win for Jackson. Livnat earned a career-best score of $93,329 as the runner-up.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Photo credit: WSOP / Eloy Cabacas.