Do you know who currently sits fifth on Michigan's all-time money list with $1,727,128? Here’s a hint, the only players in front of him are Jeff Gross ($2,486,788), David "Bakes" Baker ($2,802,877), Ryan Riess ($9,190,619), and Joe Cada ($10,403,598). The answer is Dean Hamrick.
In 2010, Hamrick won a $1,500 no-limit hold'em event at the World Series of Poker for $604,222 and a gold bracelet, but he is perhaps most remembered for bubbling the 2008 WSOP Main Event, meaning he came up one spot shy of making the inaugural November Nine. Still, he did receive a $591,869 consolation prize.
Hamrick is in action here on Day 1a looking for his first MSPT cash, and he's in good shape to bag and tag as he's currently sitting on 140,000.
In a recent hand, there was around 14,000 in the pot and a flop of when Chris Moon checked from the small blind and Hamrick did the same from middle position. Sandra Morse then moved all in for roughly 25,000, Moon folded, and Hamrick snap-called.
Hamrick:
Morse:
It was a brutal set-over-set flop, but fortunately for Hamrick he was on the good end. Neither the turn nor river changed a thing, and Hamrick sent Morse to the rail.
Dean Hamrick - 140,000