The runner-up took home $9,276, while the third-place finisher Michael Peters received $6,485. McEachern, a local and regular poker player in the card room, defeated Calvin Norman heads up to win his first-ever Circuit ring. There were 181 entries in the no-limit hold'em contest, which began and ended on the same day. The long-time ESPN and CBS Sports Network announcer took down the first event of the series at Thunder Valley Casino in Northern California - $400 Seniors Event - for $15,008, his largest tournament payday ever. WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley Event #1: $400 Seniors Final Table Resultsįor the past 20 years, Lon McEachern has been the voice of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) alongside Norman Chad, and on Thursday night the former became a WSOP Circuit ring winner.
