The World Series of Poker Hammond Main Event is one of the most popular stops in the poker competition and this year’s edition saw Kentucky professional poker player Kurt Jewell take home the prize and the title. The $1,600 WSOP-C Hammond Main Event gathered an impressive field of 872 players.

Last year, the event attracted a total of 248 poker players, which means this year the number of players almost tripled. The main prize reached the six figures and it went to Kurt Jewell. The top 90 players in the tournament took a share of the prize pool but only 16 players were able to make it to the final day of the tournament.

Jewell was the chip leader from the very first moment of the last day of the poker tournament and he continued as the leader up to the moment when he claimed the prize: a WSOP-C ring, $242,909, a seat in the $10,000 Regional Championship that starts on Monday, and a seat in the $1 million WSOP-C National Championship freeroll that will take place in May.

Jewell played the final poker hand of the day against Jared Kenworthy, who ended second and took home a $150,104 prize. William Reybolds ended in third place, with $110,567, while poker player Edwin Choi ended four with a prize of $82,514. Nick Jivkov, Will Souther, Bryan Devonshire, Daniel Cohen and Casey Hayes also made it to the final table.