Transplanted Las Vegan Jeff Carris has won a third of a million dollars at the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Carris, who is originally from Wadworth, Ohio, USA, but moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, two years ago to pursue a career as a professional poker player, has won Event #22 at the WSOP in Las Vegas.

It is the first career WSOP championship gold bracelet for the 23-year-old poker whiz.

Event #22 was a no-limit Texas hold ‘em shootout tournament that had a $1,500 buy-in, a prize pool of about $1.4 million, 999 entrants and 100 payouts.

The win earned Carris $313,673.

The runnerup was Jason Somerville of Stony Brook, New York, USA, who earned $194,004.

Taking third was Andy Margolis of Chicago, Illinois, USA, who earned $124,158.

After the win, Carris told reporters at a post-tournament press conference: “Before the final table, I did not even realize I wanted a bracelet. But when you get that far, it is all you think about.” ? According to a WSOP flack, “A shootout means the objective is to win all the chips at a table in order to advance to the next round. On Day One, the tournament began with 999 players competing in what amounted to a ten-handed sit ‘n go.

“One player from each table progresses to play in the second round. On Day Two, the 100 winners were divided into ten tables, each playing a ten-handed sit ‘n go.

“The ten winners from this round progressed to Day Three and took seats at the final table, which was played ten-handed. Essentially, the winner of the tournament was required to win three consecutive sit ‘n go’s.”

(E-mail Tom Somach at tomsomach@yahoo.com.)