Dylan "ImaLucSac" Linde Wins 2016 WSOPC Horseshoe Hammond

Dylan Linde has just taken down the 2016 WSOPC Horseshoe Hammond Main Event, after overcoming a field of 1,308 players over four days on his way to capturing a gold bracelet, and walking away with a first place prize worth $348,269.
Those who keep up with the poker news will recognize Linde from his online accomplishments, with the Idaho pro having won an impressive $5.5 million playing under the screen name “ImaLucSac”. On the live circuit, Linde cashed in at his first tournament back in 2005, but his latest victory in Indiana represents the biggest score of his live career. Commenting on a win that now pushes his earnings up to $1,221,607, the 35 year-old player stated:
“This is fantastic. It’s nice to finally win a live tournament. I haven’t really had that much success live. I’ve had a lot of, like 8th through to 18th place finishes.. You’ll see a lot more of me in the American tournaments from now on.”
The $1,675 WSOPC main event featured a $1,962,000 prize pool, and amongst the notable pros seeing a return on their buy-ins was Kyle Julius in 74th ($4,434), Aaron Massey in 66th ($4,827), and Ryan Riess in 63rd ($5,278).
After the final table was reached, Dylan Linde eventually progressed all the way through to heads-up play where he faced-off against Arif Rahim for the title. At this stage, Rahim had almost twice the amount of chips of his remaining opponent, but Linde soon managed to change the balance with the deciding hand eventually played after Linde re-raised all-in preflop holding A-7, and Rahim made the call with 10-3. The K-K-9-Q-2 board subsequently sealed the deal, and so Arif Rahim finished the runner-up for $215,820, while Dylan Linde was crowned the champion. Commenting on his final opponent, Linde explained:
“I watched him play all day, and he was the player I least wanted to get heads-up with. He’s a very, very good deep-stack player.”
Final Table Results:
1: Dylan Linde $348,269
2: Arif Rahim $215,820
3: Zach Rieselman $158,392
4: Ronald Sewell $119,682
5: Brad Albrinck $91,331
6: Nic Ditrapani $70,298
7: Ben Keeline $54,740
8: David Hengen $43,125
9: Michael Campbel $34,374