Bryan Devonshire scored a breakthrough victory by winning Rincon's 2010 WSOP circuit main event championship-a $5,000 (+$150) buy-in no-limit hold 'em tournament-in Valley Center, CA, located just outside San Diego. Top prize was $114,975 along with a $10,000 seat into July's WSOP main event.

"Devo," as he is known in poker circles, is a 28-year-old poker pro with live tournament winnings totaling more than $1.1 million.

Ron Segni, a general contractor from El Cajon, CA had his third in-the-money finish at this year's Rincon series. He also cashed three times in 2009. The contractor came up short when his Ah-8s was nailed down by Dan Schneider's Jh-8h, who rivered a flush that put Segni out in fifth place with $26,280.

San Diego's John Farrell, who finished eighth last year, departed fourth when his Ad-8c lost to Dan Schreiber's Ac-Kd. The final board showed As-6s-4d-4c-Kc, giving Schreiber the winning hand with top two pair. Farrell saw the door with $32,850.

Howard "Tahoe" Andrew currently holds the record for the person who has played more consecutive WSOP years than any other. His participation dates back to 1974. Tahoe, now 75, won two WSOP gold bracelets in 1976 and cashed in the WSOP main event four times. But he ran low on chips late and went out with Qs-Td against Dan Schreiber's Ac-9c, when neither player improved. Howard "Tahoe" Andrew collected $49,275 in show money.

Dan Schreiber, who won $72,270 for his second place finish, appeared to be well on his way to victory. The 24-year-old San Diego poker pro led virtually the entire last half of the tournament but lost a crippling hand to Devonshire that left him low on chips. Devonshire's late rally-where he took some risks and adjusted his strategy to overcome what he considered Schreiber's superior skill at heads-up play-paid off to the tune of $114,975 and gave Devo his first WSOP-related victory.

HARRAH'S RINCON WSOP CIRCUIT EVENT
EVENT 12 3/29/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM CHAMPIONSHIP
BUY-IN $5,000
PLAYERS 70
PRIZE POOL $328,500
1. Bryan Devonshire . $114,975
2. Daniel Schreiber . . . $72,270
3. Howard Andrew . . . $49,275
4. John Farrell . . . . . . $32,850
5. Ron Segni . . . . . . . . $26,280
6. Michael McClain . . $19,710
7. Daniel Burke . . . . . . $13,140

EVENT 11 3/27/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $1,000
PLAYERS 105
PRIZE POOL$101,850
1. Micheal Kaplitz . . . $29,433
2. Bernie Yang . . . . . . . $19,942
3. Jason Smith . . . . . . . $13,302
4. Paul Koks . . . . . . . . . $9,503
5. Ron Segni . . . . . . . . . $7,598
6. Darryn Hardin . . . . . $5,704
7. Mario Delis . . . . . . . . $3,799
8. David Powers . . . . . . $3,086
9. Jason Thornhill . . . . $2,607

EVENT 10 3/27/10
LADIES-NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $100
PLAYERS 242
PRIZE POOL $23,474
1. Susan Rhodes . . . . . . $5,993
2. Leah Wasicka . . . . . . $3,667
3. Victoria Quach . . . . . $2,601
4. Brenda Cobian . . . . . $1,857
5. Naomi Takaya . . . . . . $1,486
6. Melissa Nelson . . . . . $1,115

EVENT 9 3/26/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $500
PLAYERS 142
PRIZE POOL $68,870
1. John Land . . . . . . . . $18,871
2. Ryan Gentry . . . . . . $12,775
3. Harold Wasson . . . . . $8,519
5. Ray McCabe . . . . . . . $4,869
6. Christopher Defalco . $3,650
7. Hossien Zomorrodi . $2,431
8. James Kozono . . . . . . $1,977
9. Guillermo Calderon . $1,674

EVENT 8 3/25/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $300
PLAYERS 169
PRIZE POOL $49,179
1. Dwyte Pilgrim . . . . . $13,392
2. Jim Silveira . . . . . . . . $8,252
3. James Everly . . . . . . . $5,828
4. Conrad Monica . . . . . $4,161
5. Andrew Greenberg . $3,329
6. Andrew Fornoff . . . . $2,498
7. Andrew Difalco . . . . . $1,667
8. Trevor Blackwell . . . $1,352
9. Richard Yelland . . . . $1,146