Allen picked up pocket aces in the very first hand and James Todd Osborne was the unfortunate player to hold ace-king. local time with the final six players returning to their seats and as mentioned above, the chips got in the middle in a hurry. 'Definitely going to be in Vegas for the summer but I'll try to stay in this area where I can drive to events.' Final Table Results Going forward, Allen said that he will continue playing professional poker but plans on staying in the mid-west area for the most part. This will go down as Allen's second-largest score of his poker career after a third-place finish in the WSOP Circuit Hammond Main Event back in 2015 netted him over $161,000. I figured I was the underdog so I just wanted to get it in with some good cards and they held up. 'My strategy was to come in and just play my game. I feel really good about it.'Īllen had to battle his way through the likes of Scott Stewart, defending champion Kyle Cartwright, and a formidable heads-up opponent in Piccioli who all have a long list of accomplishments at the poker table. 'It means a lot to me! I've been working hard to get to this point and to beat the field that I was playing with, they were tough. I feel really good about it.'Īllen was asked what it meant to finally get his first WSOP Circuit ring and he was a little bit shocked, to be honest. 'I've been working hard to get to this point and to beat the field that I was playing with, they were tough. Coming into heads-up play with only 17 big blinds, Piccioli jammed all-in with ace-eight suited only to run into the pocket kings of Allen.

It only took one hand for Allen to defeat Bryan Piccioli heads-up who earned over $89,000 for his efforts. Coming through one of the toughest final tables of the circuit, Lytle Allen captured his first-ever WSOP Circuit ring along with a payday of $144,313.Īllen came into the day as one of the shorter stacks but after a double up on the first hand of the day, Allen never relinquished the chip lead as he soared to a comfortable victory, topping some of the best players on the circuit. It only took less than four hours on the final day of the World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Tunica $1,700 Main Event before a champion was crowned in the 491-entry field.

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