Kentucky is known for many things – horseracing, bourbon, bluegrass music, rolling green pastures – and now, the most recent World Series of Poker Circuit champion. The latest player to be presented with the covered gold ring is George Lusby.

The 42-year-old firefighter from Georgetown, KY scorched the competition in what was unquestionably one of the longest and toughest battles of any final table held at this year’s Caesars Palace series thus far. Lusby topped a highly-competitive field of 116 entries, each who anted up $1,500 in the two-day No-Limit Hold’em competition. All the action took place inside the special tournament arena at Caesars.

Lusby survived the first day but was clearly an underdog once the final table began. In fact, he started off in eighth place out of nine players. But Lusby patiently waited for the right moments to be aggressive and gradually increased his stack size to the point where he was in a position to win. Lusby seized the chip lead when play became three-handed and went on to win the top cash prize amounting to $44,724.

The tournament generated $168,780 in prize money. The top 18 finishers collected payouts. When final table play began on day two, Brad Hood and Kyle Bowker started as the two biggest stacks. Bowker would end up in fifth place. Hood finished as the runner up to Lusby.

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by Nolan Dalla