Brandon Wilson Secures Gold in Event #5: $400 NLH Bounty
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 |