Every player at that table was a great player, I have a lot of respect for all of them.”Īs for the big payday, the 25-year-old poker pro has some plans: “I have a newborn to take care of and a trip to Vegas this summer.'Ĭramer’s win was made all the more special given the competition he had to defeat, which included two World Series of Poker bracelet winners, a World Poker Tour champion, and a former MSPT winner. That was the most stacked table I’ve ever seen before.
“It’s been a long weekend but it’s been a great weekend.
“I was not a very good tournament player before this tournament,” Cramer said. Prior to the win, Cramer had less than $6,000 in lifetime tournament cashes, which makes sense given he prefers to spend his time playing pot-limit Omaha cash games. On Monday, the final nine players returned to battle it out in what will be Ohio’s first nationally-televised final table.Īfter three long days of play, Spenser Cramer came out on top of a stacked final table to capture a $191,723 first-place prize. The Heartland Poker Tour’s first-ever stop at Hollywood Casino Columbus drew a bigger-then-expected field of 588 entries.
