John Dollinger emerged victorious within the newest World Collection of Poker Circuit essential occasion hosted on the Laborious Rock Lodge & On line casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The win got here with $147,148 in prize cash and a second WSOPC gold ring for Dollinger, who now has greater than $1 million in profession earnings.
“It does really feel actually good. I haven’t gained an occasion in 9 years,” Dollinger instructed WSOP reporters. “It’s my first time in Tulsa. I flew in Friday and got here simply to play one match, and I already booked my flight going again tonight. So I form of simply deliberate on profitable, and got here out right here and gained it. It feels good.”
“When there have been 50 gamers left in [WSOP Circuit] Graton, I used to be chip chief, after which I went out round fortieth place. And the explanation I busted was form of my fault, as a result of I talked somebody into calling me,” Dollinger supplied. “The man who knocked me out went on to win the match and I instructed him I might win the subsequent one.”
The $1,700 buy-in no-limit maintain’em match drew a discipline of 487 entries, constructing a ultimate prize pool as much as $737,805. The highest 74 gamers all took residence no less than $3,404. There have been 78 gamers that returned for Day 2 with the ultimate six advancing to the ultimate day of play.
Kiran Suresh fell first in sixth place on the ultimate desk, and Yordanos Mebrahtu was out in fifth earlier than four-time WSOPC ring winner Russell Brooks accomplished a trilogy of bustouts to start out the final day by taking out James Jewell in fourth.
Dollinger continued to avoid the elimination arms on the ultimate desk, with Brooks incomes one more knockout to ship Iman Alsaden packing in third place. That gave Brooks a 3:2 chip benefit heading into the ultimate match, however Dollinger rapidly took the lead between the ultimate two forward of the ultimate deal.
Brooks obtained all-in with 9
8 after a flop of 9
62
, and Dollinger had him lined holding Q9
. The flip and river fell Q2, and Dollinger made queens as much as safe the pot and the title.
Brooks was awarded shut to 6 figures for his spectacular exhibiting on this occasion, and that put his whole earnings above $445,000.
Closing Desk Outcomes
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
John Dollinger
$147,148
720
2
Russell Brooks
$98,109
600
3
Iman Alsaden
$67,346
480
4
James Jewell
$47,149
360
5
Yordanos Mehbratu
$33,679
300
6
Kiran Suresh
$24,555
240
7
Andy Robinson
$18,282
180
8
Marvin Donaldson
$13,906
120
9
Matthew Riffel
$10,811
60
The subsequent WSOP Circuit match sequence is already operating at Turning Stone On line casino and Resort in Verona, New York with the principle occasion happening from March 20-24.
Photograph credit: WSOP Circuit.
