Event #9: $3,250 High Roller Re-entry

Local pro snags first WSOP Circuit ring, more than $75k in cash

On Friday afternoon, Dominique Mosley won his first WSOP Circuit ring at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. Mosley took down the $3,250 High Roller to collect the top prize of $75,480.

Mosley, 31, is a full-time poker player originally from the Piedmont of North Carolina. He now makes his home in nearby Plantation, where he takes full advantage of the thriving South Florida poker scene. He mostly plays PLO cash games; “Pot-limit Omaha specialist, I’d say.”

He knows his way around two-card games, too, though. Mosley’s career record now boasts more than $500,000 in tournament earnings, with the majority of that coming in hold’em.

The Coco High Roller ended up with 74 entries, a generous mix of world-class players, traveling grinders, and local part-timers. Day 1 ended with just nine of them remaining.

The finalists returned Friday on the direct money bubble, with only eight slated to earn a payout. Mosley was third in chips entering Day 2, sitting behind satellite winner Maurice Costigan and five-time ring winner Martin Ryan.

Costigan fell in seventh place, though, and Ryan in fourth. It was during four-handed play that the pivotal hand played out, a battle of the blinds between Mosley and Mike Dwyer.

Mosley defended a raise with jack-eight and flopped top pair on a jack-high board. Dwyer continued with a post-flop bet, and Mosley explained his thought process thereafter.

“It was a tough spot,” he said. “I raised planning to get it in on the flop.”

Dwyer moved all in, though, which put Mosely to the test.

“When he shoved, I just felt like he had a better hand, but…” he trailed off. “There was a flush draw and a straight draw on board, and I had top pair. Just decided to go with it. I didn’t have to be right that often.”

He wasn’t right this time. Dwyer turned over pockets kings to put himself two cards from an enormous knockout. Mosley went runner-runner to make a jack-high straight, though, scooping the pot to soar into the chip lead. He did not relinquish it thereafter.

Around 6 p.m., he found himself heads-up against Matt Stout for the title. The battle was short, and it ended in a preflop confrontation. Mosley’s ace-king held against ace-jack to seal the victory.

The result is the second-largest on Mosley’s live tournament record.

Here is a look at the chip counts at the start of heads-up play:

Dominique Mosley - 1,257,000
Matt Stout - 943,000

Mike Dwyer

Mike Dwyer gets all in out of the small blind for about 300,000 against Matt Stout on the button. Dwyer is in the lead with    against Dwyer's   .

The flop is    , keeping Dwyer in the lead. The   comes on the turn, giving Stout a straight draw to go with his live overcard. The river is the   and Stout hits his ace to eliminate Dwyer in third place for $30,743. Stout wins the pot and is nearly even with Dominique Mosley for the start of heads-up play.

Matt Stout - 943,000 (47 bb)
Mike Dwyer - Eliminated

Mike Dwyer raises to 50,000 out of the small blind and Dominique Mosley defends his big blind. The flop is     and Dwyer bets 70,000. Mosley raises to 150,000 and Dwyer immediately moves all in.

Mosley thinks for a couple minutes before calling. He's all in for 534,000 and it's the biggest pot of the tournament thus far. Dwyer shows    and is in great shape against Mosley's   .

The turn is the  , giving Mosley a straight draw to go along with his top pair. The river is the   and nobody flinches as Mosley rivers a straight in a massive pot to double through the former chip leader. Mosley wins the pot and is now has a commanding chip lead over the field.

Mike Dwyer - 280,000 (14 bb)
Dominique Mosley - 1,168,000 (58 bb)

Scott Wright

Martin Ryan raises from under the gun and Scott Wright moves all in for about 120,000 from the cutoff. Ryan calls and is in the lead with    against Wright's   .

The board runs out clean for Ryan as it comes      . Ryan's jacks hold up to win the pot and eliminate Wright in sixth place. Wright earns $12,472 for his sixth place finish and Ryan is back over 20 big blinds.

Martin Ryan - 330,000 (20 bb)
Scott Wright - Eliminated

Dominique Mosley raises to 32,000 from the hijack and Martin Ryan raises to 73,000 on the button. Gordon Wilcox moves all in for 213,000 out of the small blind, Mosley folds and Ryan calls.

Ryan tables    and needs to hit a two-outer against Wilcox's   .

The board runs out       and Wilcox wins the pot with a pair of queens and doubles up.

Gordon Wilcox - 458,000 (28 bb)
Martin Ryan - 280,000 (17 bb)

Martin Ryan raises to 29,000 from the cutoff and Matt Stout defends his big blind. The flop is     and both players check to the   turn card.

Stout moves all in for 107,000 and Ryan quickly calls. Ryan shows    and needs to dodge a club against Stout's   . The river is the   and Stout rivers a flush to double up just before the end of the level.

Matt Stout - 272,000 (22 bb)
Martin Ryan - 440,000 (36 bb)