Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant
$2,200 High Roller
Day: 1
Filter
Level 14
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event and High Roller, 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 #6: $400 NLH Turbo, 255 runners created a $84,1500 prize pool that was paid out to the top 40 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Michael Clements (11th - $1,347), Daniel Lowery (13th - $1,118), Oscar Penn (17th - $948), James Baune (33rd - $556), and Robert Keeling (37th - $551).
In the end, it was 53-year old Austin, Texas native Jeff Hood who earned $19,338 along with his first gold ring in the process.
“That was my first tournament [series] I went to,” Hood mentioned, referring to the most recent Rio Circuit in Las Vegas. “That one, I should have been more aggressive. Seventh was great, but this feels really good to get this ring.”
Final-table finishes can leave players yearning for what could have been. This time around it was nothing but satisfaction for Hood who is relatively new to the world of poker.
“I started playing about three years ago,” Hood disclosed. “We have a kind of game in our office a guy invited me to. He mentored me. Steve Rosser is his name. Read a lot of books. Took Negreanu’s Master Class. Read a lot of stuff and got good experience.”
Although young in practice, Hood has been diligent with his studies since entering the poker scene. Only three years in and the semi-retired Patent Lawyer has already reached the WSOP gold ring club.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Hood | Dallas, Texas | $19,338 |
| 2 | Bobby Fuentes | Sunnyvale, Texas | $11,952 |
| 3 | William Whitton | Sunnyvale, Texas | $8,532 |
| 4 | Rodney Spriggs | Joplin, Missouri | $6,199 |
| 5 | Reitta Seidel | San Antonio, Texas | $4,586 |
| 6 | Dylan Easley | Fredricksburg, Texas | $3,455 |
| 7 | Sai Raghu Uppala | Shawnee Mission, Kansas | $2,652 |
| 8 | William Mcgee | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | $2,075 |
| 9 | John Bengelsdorf | Tacoma, Washington | $1,655 |
Level 14
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
|
235,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
200,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
180,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
135,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
||
|
125,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
105,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
100,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
90,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
|
|
86,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
80,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
70,000
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
43,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
42,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
33,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
15,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
Level 14
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
On a board of 
there was roughly 30,000 in the middle and Jason Daly checked to Ulrich Leutwyler who bet out 24,000. Daly wasted no time announcing all-in and Leutwyler called off his stack of approximately 45,000.
Ulrich Leutwyler: 
Jason Daly: 
Leutwyler turned jacks and nines with a straight draw but was in rough shape against Daly's straight. The river was the 
changing nothing and Leutwyler was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
251,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level 14
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
There was all in action preflop between Brian Altman and Melisa Singh.
Melisa Singh: 
Brian Altman: 
Altman was ahead until the 
flop fell pairing Singh's king.
The turn brought Altman more life adding flush outs to his hand that was completed after the 
fell on the river and Signh sent over 47,500 for the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event and High Roller, 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 #5: $400 NLH Bounty, 261 runners created a $60,030 prize pool that was paid out to the top 41 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Michael Delavergne (10th - $958), Michael Lech (12th - $958), Brian Lee (14th - $795), Lauren Bunch (27th - $463), and Robert Keeling (34th - $388).
In the end, it was Brandon Wilson who outlasted the 261 player field to claim his first ring along with $13,706.
“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.
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.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon Wilson | Dallas, Texas | $13,706 |
| 2 | Vaughn Brozek | Fort Worth, Texas | $8,470 |
| 3 | Daniel Jones | Kingwood, Texas | $6,055 |
| 4 | Quinterol Mallette | Dallas, Texas | $4,404 |
| 5 | Mark Fisher | Denison, Texas | $3,261 |
| 6 | Charles Belcher | Rowlett, Texas | $2,459 |
| 7 | Melisa Singh | New York, New York | $1,888 |
| 8 | John Haddad | Plano, Texas | $1,477 |
| 9 | Jimmy Bunch | Bokoshe, Oklahoma | $1,178 |
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The action folded around to Carlos Guerrero in the cutoff who raised to 4,000, the button moved all-in for 15,000 which pushed the blinds out and Guerrero snap-called.
Button: 
Carlos Guerrero: 
Guerrero was behind to the ace-high but the flop came favorable for him when the dealer fanned 
giving him top pair and a flush draw. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
giving him two pair and eliminating his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
79,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
A player from early position opened for 5,000 and was called by Cole Sudeck on the button along with Asaf Ben-Shushan from the big blind.
The 
flop was checked to the 
turn where Ben-Shushan lead out for 11,500.
The initial raiser called while Sudeck mucked and the dealer dropped the on the river.
Both players checked and Ben-Shushan tabled 
to scoop the pot while his opponent tossed into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
163,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
60,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Andrew Watson raised under-the-gun to 4,500, Adam Hendrix called on the button and the big blind came along as well.
The flop fell 
, both players checked to Hendrix who bet out 5,000, the big blind folded and Watson made the call.
The dealer dropped the on the turn and Watson check-called a bet of 5,000 once again.
On the 
river both Watson and Hendrix checked and Watson tabled for a pair of aces and that was good enough to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
54,500 |
