We cannot say whether Ryan “RYAWELCH16” Welch would have chosen to participate in the UltimateBet.com event with such a hefty $5k buy-in, but he was certainly up to the challenge with a $300+$20 buy-in that resulted in his routing the competition and winning the 1st place prize of $66,000.

The 6-max No Limit Hold’em action drew a field of 793 participants; enough to cover $237,900 of the guaranteed prize pool. It was up to UltimateBetPoker.com to fork over the remaining $62,100 in overlay funds. The top 102 finishers would see a piece of the prize.

The final table came down to 6 commendable online poker players, but only one could walk away truly victorious.

“ERIKTHEKING7” was the first to go, taking with him a 6th place cash of $12,600.

Next on the departure docket was “MADMAX91”, whose honorable efforts earned a 5th place purse of $15,600.

“UPAYMYMORGAGE” became the 4th place victim, collecting $18,600 – surely enough to ‘pay the mortgage’ for quite some time!

3rd place went to the respectable skills of “JBLAZE20”, pocketing $27,060 for a trail-blazing performance.

Finally, it came down to heads-up between “WHITHERED” and the 25-year-old American, Ryan Welch. The cards fell in the young Tennessee native’s favor, awarding “WHITHERED” the 2nd place prize of $38,550.

“RYANWELCH16” was crowned the UBOC Event#5 Champion, taking home the 1st place prize of $66,000.