It was a Wilson vs. Wilson showdown for the title within the 2025 Fortunate Hearts Poker Open $25,500 buy-in no-limit maintain’em excessive curler on the Seminole Onerous Rock Hollywood in South Florida. Ultimately, it was Taylor Wilson who emerged victorious, defeating Brandon Wilson heads-up to earn $511,900 because the champion.
This was the most important recorded payday but for Wilson, surpassing the $304,704 he secured because the winner of the 2023 Wynn Thousands and thousands $10,500 buy-in occasion. He now has greater than $2.6 million in complete event earnings to his title.
Brandon Wilson earned $304,300 because the runner-up. He fell only one spot in need of securing his third excessive curler title of the month, having gained back-to-back $10,100 buy-in tournaments on the PokerGO Tour Final Likelihood competition for a complete of $582,500. With $886,800 in to-date earnings and 1,550 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors already piled up, Brandon Wilson is now sitting in first place within the 2025 POY race rankings introduced by World Poker.
Taylor Wilson now has 444 complete POY factors, which is sweet for 78th place within the standings.
The 2 Wilson’s had been a part of a 56-entry subject on this $25,500 buy-in affair. The $1 million assure was surpassed by $383,200, with the highest seven finishers incomes a share and six-figure payouts for the ultimate 5.
Clemen Deng was knocked out on the bubble late on day 1 of this occasion. Day 2 started with the remaining seven gamers within the cash. Brian Luo (seventh), Matthew Sabia (sixth), and up to date 2024 World Poker Tour Rock’n’Roll Poker Open essential occasion champion Dylan Smith (fifth) all hit the rail early.
2023 WPT World Championship winner Daniel Sepiol was the subsequent to fall, incomes $131,400 for his fourth-place end. 4-time bracelet winner Likelihood Koruth quickly adopted, incomes $186,700 for making the ultimate three.
That left the Wilsons. Brandon was trying to earn a excessive curler victory at his fourth consecutive sequence at this venue. As an alternative he walked away together with his third six-figure rating of the previous few weeks, bringing his profession haul to $4.2 million within the course of.
Here’s a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the ultimate desk:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
Taylor Wilson
$511,900
420
2
Brandon Wilson
$304,300
350
3
Likelihood Kornuth
$186,700
280
4
Daniel Sepiol
$131,400
210
5
Dylan Smith
$103,700
175
6
Matthew Sabia
$82,900
140
7
Brian Luo
$62,300
105
Photograph credit: Seminole Onerous Rock Poker Weblog.
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