Ryan Bradley Freeman was the final participant standing within the Winter Poker Open fundamental occasion at Champions Club Texas in Houston, incomes because the champion $181,000 to develop his profession haul to $594,000.
This is a brand new prime payday for Freeman, surpassing the $170,984 he earned for taking down the 2018 Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw fundamental occasion for $192,242.
“Oh it feels great, I’m not gonna lie, it feels great! The structure was fantastic and it allowed me to pick the right spots … yeah it turned out great, especially when I also noticed quite a few players make some ICM mistakes when the ladders were really massive, so I was able to just hang around and wait for things to happen,” stated Freeman to reporters after the victory.
The Texas native and Senior Project Manager in building ended the interview by saying, “And yeah it also helps a lot that I sun-runned in a couple of big important pots. I’m gonna go grab a patty melt at Whataburger on the way home and then go to work tomorrow. Going to take the wife out for a fancy dinner and then invest the rest.”
This $1,500 buy-in no-limit maintain’em match drew 849 entries throughout 5 beginning flights, leading to a last prize pool of $1,120,680.
Day 2 noticed the ultimate 103 gamers return within the cash with no less than $2,210 of their pockets, and by the top of play simply 14 gamers remained on the doorstep of the ultimate day. Familiar faces that made a deep run en path to the ultimate desk included Andrew Tran (twelfth), Michael Bahls (thirteenth), Ray Henson (14th), Lawrence Lazar (fifteenth), Moe Tokko (seventeenth), and Michael Borovetz (18th).
The last desk began with Freeman second in chips, and Brant Jolly was the primary to fall in ninth place. Freeman began his run to the title on the last desk by taking out John Ross in eighth place, and after that Rakan Abusaleh was the following participant to fall in seventh place. Joel Trevino was out subsequent in sixth, and fifth place went to Trung Pham as Freeman continued to maintain a low profile.
The battle for fourth place ended with Alejandro Jauregui taking his go away. Trevor Lewis was out subsequent in third to arrange a last match between Freeman and Dora Coyle. She held a greater than 2:1 chip benefit when playing cards obtained into the air, and a seesaw battle ensued with Freeman catching up after which Coyle pulling away once more.
Freeman battled again to take the higher hand earlier than the final battle was dealt. The last hand noticed Coyle bump the value of admission as much as 1.2 million preflop, and Freeman known as earlier than the flop was dealt A
J4
. Coyle made it 2.5 million after that, and Freeman check-called earlier than the flip fell 3
. Coyle moved all in for 14.75 million, and Freeman check-called to cowl her. Coyle flipped over A8, and Freeman had her lined holding A
10. The last card of the match was the 7, and Freeman received the pot and the match. Coyle was out in second place with a payday value $161,000 because of her deep run within the match, and that put her profession earnings above $300,000.
Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY |
| 1 | Ryan Freeman | $181,000 | 912 |
| 2 | Dora Coyle | $161,000 | 760 |
| 3 | Trevor Lewis | $90,630 | 608 |
| 4 | Alejandro Jauregui | $66,240 | 456 |
| 5 | Trung Pham | $51,320 | 380 |
| 6 | Joel Trevino | $41,040 | 304 |
| 7 | Rakan Abusaleh | $33,000 | 168 |
| 8 | John Ross | $26,360 | 152 |
| 9 | Brant Jolly | $20,100 | 76 |
Photo credit score: Champions Club Texas / Rachel Kay Winter.
