Eric Bunch and Lauren Bunch aren’t any strangers to event poker success, however their respective runs over the course of the latest World Series of Poker Circuit cease at Hard Rock Tulsa are spectacular, to say the least.
Across an 18-event sequence, the Oklahoma couple collectively gained 4 WSOPC rings and made 9 whole closing tables throughout eight distinctive occasions. Eric gained his third, fourth, and fifth profession WSOP Circuit rings within the span of a single week. It began with the $400 buy-in opening occasion, by which Eric outlasted a area of 220 entrants on his solution to victory. Shortly thereafter, Eric gained occasion no. 4, the $400 mini most important occasion, besting a area of 895 to assert the $46,800 first-place prize.
Lauren took down her third profession WSOP Circuit occasion in a $400 pot-limit Omaha event, occasion 3 of the sequence, in between Eric’s first and second triumphs on the cease. In whole, she’d go on to money in eight of the 18 whole occasions, reaching 5 closing tables alongside the way in which.
Eric claimed his third ring of the sequence and fifth general in one other $400 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion, a 40/40/40 event tailor-made for gamers aged 40 years and older. Across 5 cashes at WSOP Circuit Tulsa, Eric had three wins and 4 closing desk appearances.
Shared Dominance
The lone crossover between the husband and spouse standouts in Tulsa got here in occasion no. 8, the $400 huge O occasion. They each reached the ultimate desk of the event, with Lauren ending in fourth place and Eric settling for seventh.
After his success at WSOPC Tulsa, Eric’s profession earnings eclipsed $1.9 million. He has 4 WSOP Circuit wins in 2026, together with a standout win in an $1,100 no-limit maintain’em occasion in the course of the Venetian DeepStack Championship sequence in June. Lauren’s lifetime haul sits at over $409,000.
Eric at the moment ranks a hundred and twenty fifth place within the Card Player Player of the Year race, a robust displaying within the yearlong contest offered by CoinPoker.
Event No. 1 – $400 No-Limit Hold’em
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Eric Bunch | $16,939 | 154 |
| 2 | Michael Varnell | $10,976 | 128 |
| 3 | Donald Reeves | $7,335 | 102 |
| 4 | Preston Roberts | $5,056 | 77 |
| 5 | Chris Hooper | $3,599 | 64 |
| 6 | Michael Budde | $2,647 | 51 |
| 7 | Deven Taylor | $2,015 | 38 |
| 8 | Russell Thorpe | $1,588 | 26 |
| 9 | Igor Golovin | $1,299 | 13 |
Event No. 3 – $400 Pot-Limit Omaha
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Lauren Bunch | $8,245 | 86 |
| 2 | Sean Lindsey | $5,265 | 72 |
| 3 | Michael Varnell | $3,513 | 58 |
| 4 | David Brown | $2,451 | 43 |
| 5 | William Berry | $1,792 | 36 |
| 6 | Michael Perrone | $1,376 | 29 |
| 7 | Joe Williams | $1,113 | 22 |
| 8 | David Cadaoas | $950 | 14 |
| 9 | Joshua Brower | $860 | 7 |
Event No. 4 – $400 Mini Main Event
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Eric Bunch | $46,800 | 365 |
| 2 | Jonathan Braker | $31,202 | 304 |
| 3 | Anthony Teal | $21,507 | 243 |
| 4 | Naga Valiveti | $15,148 | 182 |
| 5 | Bobby Nair | $10,906 | 152 |
| 6 | Matthew Perlman | $8,838 | 122 |
| 7 | Jeffrey McMillen | $6,052 | 91 |
| 8 | Zachary Christ | $4,669 | 61 |
| 9 | William Scarsdale | $3,690 | 30 |
Event No. 9 – $400 40/40/40 No-Limit Hold’em
| Place | Player | Payout |
| 1 | Eric Bunch | $27,205 |
| 2 | Bobby Scissom | $18,104 |
| 3 | Joseph Ferguson | $12,590 |
| 4 | Daniel Hughes | $8,929 |
| 5 | Lynn Koehn | $6,460 |
| 6 | Kiet Tran | $4,770 |
| 7 | Ronald Hines | $3,597 |
| 8 | Andrew Sterkel | $2,770 |
| 9 | Brian Swafford | $2,180 |
Photo credit: Hard Rock Tulsa
