Jessie Bryant Grabs First World Series Of Poker Circuit Main Event Title In Tunica

Jessie Bryant is now a six-time World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring winner. The Conway, Arkansas resident took down his first-ever WSOPC essential occasion title on the Horseshoe Casino and Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi on Feb. 3, besting a area of 487 entries to earn $144,962 and his newest piece of {hardware}.

This was the second-largest payday of Bryant’s profession, trailing solely the $450,400 he secured for a Seventeenth-place end within the record-setting 2024 WSOP essential occasion. He now has $1,174,478 in lifetime earnings underneath his belt.

“I’m fairly excited, this appears like a very long time coming. Every time I’ve been within the Circuit essential, nothing ever works out. I had one the place I had three kings in opposition to aces with one card to come back. Ari Engel spikes an ace on the river after we had been all in to win it. Things all the time appear to occur, however on this one, since day 1, it simply appeared meant to be,” Bryant advised Poker.Org reporters after successful the title.

The $1,700 buy-in no-limit maintain’em poker event featured two beginning flights, and the overall prize pool clocked in at $737,805 to prime the $500,000 assure. The closing 72 gamers all took house a minimum of $3,404 in prize cash.

There had been 56 gamers that returned for the penultimate day of motion, they usually performed all the way in which all the way down to a closing desk of six. This was additionally the day when the eventual champion felt fairly at house. “Two levels into Day 2 I just felt like everything was clicking. It just felt like everything I was doing was correct. I knew I had a great shot,” mentioned Bryant.

Notables that had been misplaced alongside the way in which through the penultimate day of play included gold-ring winners David Cook (ninth), Trace Henderson (thirteenth), Pamela Belote (Seventeenth), Kyle Cartwright (18th), Carl Masters (twenty first), Bradley Mercer (twenty sixth), Tomas Teran (twenty eighth), and Nicholas Hobbs (thirtieth).

Bryant was the dominant chip chief when playing cards bought into the air on the ultimate day of play. He elevated that lead by taking out William McBrayer in sixth place to kick off the elimination motion. The constructive momentum for Bryant stored rolling, as he then knocked out Jason Munlin in fifth place.

Mark Kehrees busted subsequent in fourth place, and Bryant remained properly out in entrance heading into three-handed play. Bryant eradicated Donald Voyle in third place for his third knockout of the day. That gave him a giant 5:1 chip benefit at the beginning of heads-up play in opposition to Dylan Lemery.

Despite that wholesome lead, Lemery was in a position to battle again into the match and finally transfer in entrance. “I had an idea that Dylan was very capable. I was going to put a little pressure on him, but I wasn’t going to get crazy. I didn’t get too stressed. I never felt like I didn’t have enough chips to win it. My mentor Shawn Rice tells me to forget about those hands, to be a beast and take what you got to get them back,” mentioned Bryant in regards to the heads-up match.

Bryant pulled again in entrance and started to close the door when he made journey aces in a pivotal hand to tug again out to a virtually 4:1 benefit. The closing hand noticed Lemery get all in with pocket aces on a board studying Ok-8-6, however Bryant had made eights-up with 8-6 within the gap. Bryant held via the flip and river to ship Lemery house with $96,983 because the runner-up finisher. Lemery’s profession earnings have now surpassed $610,000 because of this newest deep run.

Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:

This subsequent WSOP Circuit cease is already underway at Harrah’s Pompano Beach in Florida. The event collection runs from Jan. 30 – Feb. 10 with the $1,700 essential occasion going down Feb. 6-10.

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