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Monday, November 4, 2019 1:28 AM Local Time
Brandon Wilson - Event #5 Winner
A Bounty Champ was crowned Sunday night at the World Series of Poker Circuit in Durant, Oklahoma. Brandon Wilson was the recipient of the title, claiming his first WSOP ring and $13,706. The Real Estate Investor from Dallas, Texas, defeated 260 opposing entrants in Event #5: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty.
The tournament encompassed two days of play. This was a detail Wilson was unaware of when he registered for Event #5. His gap in structure knowledge stemmed from the unusual circumstance that led him to enter.
“Tuesday, I came for the $200,000 guaranteed Monster and I busted out early, but I met a lady who got the run on a slot machine. She won $26,000 on Monday, $19,000 on Tuesday,” Wilson began his story.
“I went to that slot machine after I busted,” he continued. “I won $9,000… I came back here to play that slot machine; walked up to the slot machine. It was out of order.”
With the hot slot machine down, for what would seem like recalibration, Wilson decided to check out what Circuit events were going on and ended up sitting down in Event #5.
About halfway through he realized it was a two-day tournament, which conflicted with some appointments he had scheduled for Sunday. Nevertheless, Wilson was committed.
The 35-year-old went on to bag the third-largest stack of Day 1. Consequently, Wilson had to cancel his appointments, though the sacrifice was well worth it in the end.
Wilson held strong on Day 2, got lucky in the right spots, and rose to Bounty supremacy. The achievement provided Wilson with his first-ever WSOP cash. However, the husband and father of two has plenty of experience on the felt.
“I actually dropped out of college to pursue poker the year before Moneymaker won. I’ve been hooked ever since,” Wilson state about his background with the game.
Cash games have always been Wilson’s primary style of poker. Fortunately, on the first weekend of November, a sequence of events brought directed him to WSOP tournament poker where he flourished, joining the ranks of gold-ring champions.
Sunday, November 3, 2019 11:15 PM Local Time
Brandon Wilson
The Bounty champ has been crowned and it is Brandon Wilson posing for a winners photo, holding his first World Series of Poker gold ring. Wilson, a Real Estate Investor from Dallas, Texas, defeated 260 opposing entrants in Event #5: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty. The tournament encompassed two days of play, a detail Wilson was unaware of when he entered.
Wilson actually traveled to Choctaw Durant in order to capitalize on a hot slot machine he had hit on a few days prior. When noticing the slot machine was out of commission, the 35-year-old made his way to the WSOP Circuit arena and entered in Event #5. He finished as third in chips at the end of Day 1 then went on to Day 2 to take home the gold as well as $13,706 and six bounties.
Full Results
Sunday, November 3, 2019 7:04 PM Local Time
Event #5: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty has been rolling since 2:00 p.m. today and is now occupying an official final table. The field was reduced from 10 to 9 right at the end of Level 20.
A short break was taken. Then, the nine finalists returned to their new seats. With over one million in chips, the lone lady at the table, Melisa Singh, is towering over the competition. Vaughn Brozek is her next closest opponent, chip-wise, with almost 800,000.
Here is a look at the new seating arrangement and current chip counts:
Seat 1: Vaughn Brozek - 786,000 (65 bbs)
Seat 2: Brandon Wilson - 308,000 (25 bbs)
Seat 3: Charles Belcher - 210,000 (17 bbs)
Seat 4: Melisa Singh - 1,115,000 (92 bbs)
Seat 5: Mark Fisher - 504,000 (42 bbs)
Seat 6: Quinterol Mallette - 493,000 (41 bbs)
Seat 7: Jimmy Bunch - 195,000 (16 bbs)
Seat 8: John Haddad - 93,000 (7 bbs)
Seat 9: Daniel Jones - 208,000 (17 bbs)
- Start of Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 big blind ante
Sunday, November 3, 2019 1:38 AM Local Time
END OF DAY 1
It turned out to be a money-bubble finish for Day 1 of Event #5.
During the last hands of the night, the field sat at 41 players. Instead
of waiting for the restart to crack reach the money, a round-for-round
period was conducted. After the first round completed, two players had
gone bust, leaving 39 to bag up their stacks.
Cole Sudeck reigned as chip leader when all was said and done. His
amassed chips, equaling 325,500, was more than 100,000 above his next
closest competitor. Day 2 begins at 2:00 p.m. Sunday.
End of Day 1 chip counts:
Sunday, November 3, 2019 12:05 AM Local Time
Event #5 is in its last level of the night. Prizepool outline:
Total Entries: 261
Total Prizepool: $60,030
Placed Paid: 40
First Place: $13,706
Min-Cash: $383
A full breakdown of the prize structure is available in the PRIZEPOOL tab, above.
Saturday, November 2, 2019 1:33 AM Local Time
Although Saturday is highlighted by the multi-flight ring event at noon, a more down and dirty ring event will be played later in the evening. Unclip your holsters because starting at 7:00 p.m. is Event #5: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty. For every opponent slain a player will receive a $100 bounty chip.Day 1 is scheduled for 12 levels of play. The tournament will then break until 2:00 p.m. Sunday.
Here are the guidelines for Event #5:
- $100 for each knockout
- Players begin with 15,000 in tournament chips
- Blinds start at 100/100 - Big blind ante starting Level 2
- Registration remains open until the start of Level 9 (~11:30 p.m.)
- Unlimited re-entry is allowed during the registration period
- Levels 1-24 are 30-minutes long and Levels 25+ are 45-minutes long
- There will be a 15-minute break approximately every two hours
- Day 1 will play through 12 levels
- Day 2 resumes at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday
- The winner will receive a WSOP gold ring
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 6:18 PM Local Time