Poker Vlogger Brad Owen Wins Poker Tournament At His Own Cardroom

Brad Owen joined forces with fellow poker gamers and content material creators Doug Polk and Andrew Neeme to buy The Lodge Poker Club & Card Room in Austin, Texas again in early 2022.

The enterprise has been profitable sufficient to see the possession look to broaden through the acquisition of a card room in San Antonio final yr. The Lodge Card Club Austin now sports activities 68 tables, with loads of every day money sport motion and frequent match choices, together with festivals like the continued 2025 Lodge Winter Championship Series.

Owen, who has 768,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, discovered himself within the winner’s circle at his personal card room on Thursday, Feb. 27. He outlasted a subject of 28 entries within the $5,000 buy-in excessive curler, taking house $59,634 and the match’s trophy because the final participant standing. The win seemingly got here at time, as Owen had posted on social media earlier than this occasion started about being caught 1 / 4 of one million {dollars} whereas enjoying on the venue.

I feel being down $250k at your personal membership is an efficient manner round this https://t.co/RhxqHTyADZ

— Brad Owen (@TheBradOwen) February 27, 2025

This win introduced Owen’s recorded match earnings to almost $1.2 million. This was his second title, having beforehand gained a $2,200 H.O.R.S.E. occasion ultimately yr’s World Poker Tour World Championship.

There was $129,640 in whole prize cash up for grabs on this match, which took a single day to finish. The last desk was broadcast on the Poker At The Lodge YouTube Channel, which just lately gained Global Poker Awards Fan’s Choice Best Live Stream honors.

Owen entered the ultimate desk because the shortest stack, however nonetheless had loads of room to maneuver with 35 huge blinds. He scored the primary knockout of the day to maneuver right into a digital tie for the chip lead.

Owen then gained an enormous one with deuces full besting the flopped high two of his opponent San Kim, having hit working deuces after flopping high pair and a flush draw with Okay2 out of the large blind. With that, Own took a commanding lead as four-handed play continued.

Kim was later eradicated in fourth place ($12,965) when his A-Q was outflopped by Owen’s A-10.

Owen scored the following knockout with pocket kings, making kings filled with fives on the flip and shoving on the tip. His opponent, Bogdan Munteanu, made a hero name with A-Q excessive to complete third for $20,742.

Heads-up play started with Owen holding 969,000 to the 151,000 of Terry Morales. The last hand noticed all of the chips go in with Owen holding A5 towards the OkayQ of his opponent. The board got here down 86434 and ace excessive was sufficient to safe the pot and the title. Morales earned $36,299 because the runner-up.