Ken Kergo Wins The Final Season 31 $10,000 Monthly Championship

Season 31 is officially in the books.

A Season 31 record of 203 players came to the VFW in Walpole for one last shot to not only make money, but also get a “Wild Card” into next weekend’s $50,000 Finals.

Ken Kergo, from the North Shore region, defeated Linda Mullen to win the March Monthly. This is win number 19 for Ken.

Ken started the Final Table 2nd in chips. “My goal was to not get involved in any hands until we got to 8th place but when the shorter stacks were doubling up, I had to play”. The key hand for Ken on this table was when he knocked out Ed Haworth in 9th when Ken’s aces held.

“I was so stoked that I have a seat into the Finals” said Kergo. “This was my biggest win and now I can play next Saturday and Sunday for a double stack”.

When it got down to three way action, Ken, Linda and Pete Germano (3rd) had a very interesting hand. Linda moved all in (1.6 Million) with A♠ Q♣ on the button, Pete moved all in for less (1.3 Million) with K♥ 9♥ so Ken decided to call the all-ins with J♦ 4♥.

The flop was 5♦ 4♥ 2♣. Ken was in the lead with middle pair. The turn was the J♠ to give Kergo two pair but still Mullen needed a three. The river was the 5♣ to give Ken the pot and knocked out Pete in 3rd and cripple Mullen down to 200,00 in chips.

On the final hand of the night was when Ken had A♦ 4♦ vs Linda’s 9♠ 5♠. An ace came on the flop and Linda was eliminated in 2nd place.

A special congrats goes to 7th place finisher Lucas Almeida. When we are down to 20 players, Lucas had two 5,000 chips and grinded all the way not only to make the Final Table, but also earned a “Wild Card” seat for the Finals next Monday.

This concludes Season 31.

Season 32 has now started and the next Monthly will be May 14th right here in Walpole.

We will see everyone starting next Friday for the $50,000 Finals in Milford, Mass at the Hilton!