This certainly set the tone for the rest of the series and turnouts did not disappoint. The opening event of the series had a guarantee worth $25,000 but it ballooned over five times to $133,980 with 406 runners. The Canadian settled for second place and a consolation prize worth $147,644. In the final hand, Rice held ace high and Galluzzo’s jack high was unable to catch up. Rice concluded, 'I told my family by the end of the series the world will know my name, but most importantly they will know my family’s name.'Īfter a long heads-up battle in the Main Event against Giuseppe Galluzzo, where both players changed leads multiple times, Rice eventually had him on the ropes and kept chipping away. They cried because they missed me.' Rice drove to his home in Clayton Park multiple times throughout the week, slept with the family and drove back to Verona the next morning.

You know, it was tough being away from them throughout the week. 'I told them I was coming out here to do this for them. Rice is about to have his first baby daughter, due June 29th and it wasn't easy for him to be away from his wife Jessica Rice and two sons, Joseph Rice JR (7 years old) and Jayson Rice (5 years old). He went deep with some tough players, including the likes of WSOP Main Event Champion Scott Blumstein (35th), five-time WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb (111th), six-time WSOP Circuit winner Soheb Porbandarwala and two-time WSOP Circuit winner Michael Cannon (105 th). Rice won Event #1 as well, snagging the first and last awarded gold WSOP Circuit rings at Turning Stone. It was New York’s Joe Rice who took down the first ever Main Event at Turning Stone, earning $238,870 in prize money, a gold WSOP Circuit ring and a seat into the Tournament of Champions. The top three players earned six figures for life-changing money and record-breaking career scores. The $1,700 Main Event attracted 891 entries across two starting flights and more than doubled the $500,000 guarantee for a prize pool of $1,349,865 paying out 134 spots. There were 15 gold rings up for grabs, with many poker players looking to immerse themselves back into the live poker scene after being away from it for so long. Check back here daily for updated schedule and results.Ģ8 March 2022 (Verona, NY) - For the first time ever, the World Series of Poker Circuit touched down in New York at the Turning Stone Resort Casino. This is the central page for information about the ongoing WSOP Circuit series at Turning Stone.

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