It was a Wilson vs. Wilson showdown for the title within the 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open $25,500 buy-in no-limit maintain’em excessive curler on the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood in South Florida. In the top, it was Taylor Wilson who emerged victorious, defeating Brandon Wilson heads-up to earn $511,900 because the champion.
This was the biggest recorded payday but for Wilson, surpassing the $304,704 he secured because the winner of the 2023 Wynn Millions $10,500 buy-in occasion. He now has greater than $2.6 million in whole event earnings to his title.
Brandon Wilson earned $304,300 because the runner-up. He fell only one spot in need of securing his third excessive curler title of the month, having received back-to-back $10,100 buy-in tournaments on the PokerGO Tour Last Chance competition for a complete of $582,500. With $886,800 in to-date earnings and 1,550 Card Player Player of the Year factors already piled up, Brandon Wilson is now sitting in first place within the 2025 POY race rankings introduced by Global Poker.
Taylor Wilson now has 444 whole POY factors, which is nice for 78th place within the standings.
The two Wilson’s have been a part of a 56-entry area on this $25,500 buy-in affair. The $1 million assure was surpassed by $383,200, with the highest seven finishers incomes a share and six-figure payouts for the ultimate 5.
Clemen Deng was knocked out on the bubble late on day 1 of this occasion. Day 2 started with the remaining seven gamers within the cash. Brian Luo (seventh), Matthew Sabia (sixth), and up to date 2024 World Poker Tour Rock’n’Roll Poker Open essential occasion champion Dylan Smith (fifth) all hit the rail early.
2023 WPT World Championship winner Daniel Sepiol was the subsequent to fall, incomes $131,400 for his fourth-place end. Four-time bracelet winner Chance Koruth quickly adopted, incomes $186,700 for making the ultimate three.
That left the Wilsons. Brandon was seeking to earn a excessive curler victory at his fourth consecutive collection at this venue. Instead he walked away along with his third six-figure rating of the previous few weeks, bringing his profession haul to $4.2 million within the course of.
Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the remaining desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Taylor Wilson | $511,900 | 420 |
| 2 | Brandon Wilson | $304,300 | 350 |
| 3 | Chance Kornuth | $186,700 | 280 |
| 4 | Daniel Sepiol | $131,400 | 210 |
| 5 | Dylan Smith | $103,700 | 175 |
| 6 | Matthew Sabia | $82,900 | 140 |
| 7 | Brian Luo | $62,300 | 105 |
Photo credit: Seminole Hard Rock Poker Blog.
