John Dollinger broke a multi-year schneid in Tulsa and all he needed to do was win his second World Collection of Poker circuit ring to do it.
“It does really feel actually good” Dollinger instructed the WSOP following the victory. “I haven’t received an occasion in 9 years. It’s my first time in Tulsa. I flew in Friday and got here simply to play one event, and I already booked my flight going again tonight. So I type of simply deliberate on successful, and got here out right here and received it. It feels good.”
Regardless that he was known as a math whiz in a 2016 Tallahassee Journal article that includes native poker gamers, his math is barely off. His final main win got here in a $1,125 WSOPC occasion at Harrah’s Cherokee in 2018. That was good for $59,536.
The $147,178 he received for popping out on high of the sector of 487 entries pushed his lifetime tourney earnings over the $1.2 million mark. A pleasant chunk of that — $311,751 — got here for ending second within the World Poker Tour Fortunate Hearts Poker Open in 2020. It’s his finest lifetime money.
The win got here after not posting any outcomes since 2022 and Dollinger gave a glimpse into possibly what accounted for the hole on his outcomes web page within the post-match interview.
“I’d just like the world to know that I’m sober. And I’m staying sober. That is the brand new model of me. I’m very excited in regards to the future, truthfully,” he stated.
It looks like he’s able to started the subsequent part of his life and plans to make use of poker to fulfill his aggressive nature.
“I’m very aggressive. Just a few instances I’ve acquired second place and I’m not even completely happy. I really like successful, I really like competing and there’s nothing extra aggressive than poker,” he stated. “Everybody has the identical deck and all of us begin with the identical stack. Doesn’t matter the place you’re from, a test is a test, a wager is a wager. It’s type of a common sport.”
There have been two gamers on the last desk who received rings throughout this collection. Andy Robinson was going for his ninth WSOPC ring after successful quantity eight in Occasion #11, a $400 affair that was good for $8,602. He stalled in seventh within the Predominant. Russell Brooks was attempting for his third ring after he received quantity two in Occasion #9, a $400 Double Stack contest that paid $31,916.
As for Dollinger, the win is extra-satisfying after the way in which he went out within the final WSOPC occasion he performed in Grafton. He used a mistake he made as motivation, and rode it to the championship.
“When there have been 50 gamers left in Graton I used to be chip chief, after which I went out round fortieth place,” he stated. “And the rationale I busted was kind of my fault, as a result of I talked somebody into calling me. The man who knocked me out went on to win the event and I instructed him I’d win the subsequent one.”
And he did.
WSOP Circuit Tulsa Predominant Occasion high 10 outcomes
John Dollinger – $147,178
Russell Brooks – $98,109
Iman Alsaden – $67,346
James Jewell – $47,149
Yordanos Mebrahtu – $33,679
Kiran Suresh – $24,555
Andy Robinson – $18,282
Marvin Donaldson – $13,906
Matt Riffel – $10,811
Eric Bunch – $8,594
