$150 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 300/600/75 Ante

John Vale of Plant City, Fla. burst onto the tournament poker scene in a big way late this summer winning Casino Champion honors during a WSOP Circuit event across the way in South Florida. Vale recorded five, top-nine finishes during the 12-day series complementing a handful of cashes he’d already claimed here in Tampa and at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood.

With those cashes behind him, Vale hopes to add to his resume here on the Gulf side.