Monday, October 5, 2015 3:07 PM Local Time
Frank Covich Earns $43,860 for His Event #2 Victory
Frank Covich defeated a field of 731 players and did it on just one entry.
Elizabeth, Ind. (Oct. 5, 2015) -- Five cashes and five final tables. That is Frank Covich's WSOP record. All five times Covich has cashed in a WSOP event he has made it to the final table. Up until Sunday his best finish was a 2nd place finish for $8,962. In his four prior chances at the final table he was still without a win. Well Covich's first victory came at a good time because it was in the 731 player re-entry event at Horseshoe S. Indiana. His win earned him a $43,860 payday and his first WSOP Circuit gold ring.
"I came in second last year in one of these events and I was so close. It just feels good," said Covich. It feels like redemption."
Covich stressed how much his patience paid off in this tournament. He found himself short several times as the final table approached. He said he waited for good cards and when they finally came he was able to get his money in good nearly every time.
What makes Covich's story even more impressive is that he was able to win the tournament on just one entry. He played Flight A and never busted. He ran his chip stack real high on Day 1 and finished Fight A as a top five chip stack. He carried the momentum into Day 2, stuck to his game plan of being patient and didn't look back once he acquired the chip lead heads-up.
Four of the five WSOP Circuit cashes to Covich's name have come at this property. The other Circuit cash was recorded at Harrah's Tunica. As mentioned above, all of Covich's cashes are final tables. He now as a first place, second place, fifth place and two ninth place finishes.
Covich is from Murfreesboro, Tennessee and works in security. The 38-year-old has two boys and says he intends to use a portion of his prize money to save for them.
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Event #2 was the second of 12 gold ring events on the WSOP Circuit schedule at Horseshoe S. Indiana. The $365 No-Limit Hold’em Re-Entry tournament attracted 731 players generating a $219,300 prize pool. The top 81 players were paid.
The tournament had two starting flights. Flight A drew 270 players and began Day 1 began Friday at noon. It lasted 13 and one half levels and 32 players survived. Flight B drew 461 players and began Saturday at noon. Flight B played the same length and had 72 players survive. Day 2 began Sunday at 1 p.m. with 104 players remaining. The tournament concluded Monday at about 1:45 a.m. near the end of Level 28.
Final table results:
1st: Frank Covich - $43,860 + WSOP Circuit gold ring
2nd: Michael Foley - $27,040
3rd: Matthew Ernst - $19,934
4th: Kevin Kerr - $14,857
5th: William Watson - $11,222
6th: Gary Emberton - $8,586
7th: Chase Taylor - $6,651
8th: Ronnie Nichols - $5,217
9th: Michael Ratcliff - $4,143
Complete results are available under the “Results” tab above.