While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant.
In Event #8: $400 NLH, 262 runners created a $86,460 prize pool that was paid out to the top 41 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Robert Conner (10th- $1,404), Alan Percal (11th - $1,404), Rodney Spriggs (17th - $999), Charles Belcher (18th - $999) and Will Berry (20th - $869).
The 16th WSOP Circuit U.S. Season promises to be the biggest ever, both in terms of stops and payouts. This year, the U.S. Portion of the WSOP Circuit gets underway just one day after the summer WSOP concludes, with the first of 35 stops beginning July 17, 2019 at Choctaw Durant in Oklahoma/Dallas area. The 2019-2020 WSOP Circuit season kicks off at Choctaw Durant July 11-29, highlighted by the $1,700 Main Event with a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Filter Results Event Type.
In the end, it was Illinois native Cory Bogert who collected every chip in play to win his third gold ring along with a $19,246 payday.
“I’ve just been working on my game a little bit in the last year. I really focused on tournaments,” Bogert said about an attribution to his successes. “But, I mean, got to have a lot of run good to win a couple rings, or three rings, in not very many events.”
The final table was reached on Day 1 of the tournament and saw the likes of multiple gold ring winners as well as elevated WSOP cash earners. Day 2 resumed with just six players remaining but proved to be a daunting stretch that lasted four hours.
Bogert, who racked up a healthy amount of points during the Ameristar Circuit, made the trip to Oklahoma in an effort to tack on more. The ultimate goal for the St. Louis native is of course to secure a seat in the 2019/20 Global Casino Championship, which can be accomplished by being one of the top 50 cumulative points earners over the entire season.
“Well, right now I’m leading this casino stop, so hopefully I can get Casino Champ and I don’t have to worry about it,” mentioned Bogert.
The Choctaw Casino Championship is another avenue to earning an automatic bid to the GCC. Bogert’s win in Event #8 did indeed edge him into the points lead with four cashes and a total of 77.5 points. There are still five events left in the Choctaw tournament series for players to accumulate points in.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cory Bogert | Belleville, IL | $19,246 |
| 2 | Ryan Griffiths | Humble, TX | $11,894 |
| 3 | Steven McCartney | Columbia, SC | $8,541 |
| 4 | Bart Bogard | Wylie, TX | $6,242 |
| 5 | Shawn Rice | Lubbock, TX | $4,645 |
| 6 | Ricardo Reyes | Shawnee, KS | $3,520 |
| 7 | Nikhil Behl | Tulsa, OK | $2,718 |
| 8 | Tomas Paredes | Jennings, LA | $2,139 |
| 9 | Stephan Nussallah | Alpharetta, GA | $1,716 |
Tournament Info
- Event Number
- Event #1
- Event Name
- WSOPC Durant 1/20 - Event #1 - No-Limit Hold'em
- Event Type
- Series Event
- Game Type
- NL Holdem
- Event Start Date
- Thursday, Jan 2, 2020
- Starting Flights
- 1
- Length of Event
- 1 day
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Registration
Choctaw Casino Durant Wsop
- Start Time
- 12:00pm
- Registration Closes
- 2:55pm
- Registration open for 8 levels.
Buy-In Details
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- Total Buy-In
- $400
- Entry Fee
- $330
- Deductions
- $70
Format
- Starting Chips
- 15,000
- Starting Blinds
- 100/100
- Ante Type
- Big blind
- Ante Notes
- Big blind ante starts in Level 2.
- Re-Entry
- Unlimited
- Re-entry open until start of Level 9.
- Bounties
- No
Structure
- Level Time
- 20
- Break Length
- 15 min
- Break Frequency
- Every 6 levels
- 60-minute dinner break after Level 12
- Blind Structure
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