Cory Bogert Claims Third Ring In Event #8: $400 NLH
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant.
In Event #8: $400 NLH, 262 runners created a $86,460 prize pool that was paid out to the top 41 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Robert Conner (10th- $1,404), Alan Percal (11th - $1,404), Rodney Spriggs (17th - $999), Charles Belcher (18th - $999) and Will Berry (20th - $869).
In the end, it was Illinois native Cory Bogert who collected every chip in play to win his third gold ring along with a $19,246 payday.
“I’ve just been working on my game a little bit in the last year. I really focused on tournaments,” Bogert said about an attribution to his successes. “But, I mean, got to have a lot of run good to win a couple rings, or three rings, in not very many events.”
The final table was reached on Day 1 of the tournament and saw the likes of multiple gold ring winners as well as elevated WSOP cash earners. Day 2 resumed with just six players remaining but proved to be a daunting stretch that lasted four hours.
Bogert, who racked up a healthy amount of points during the Ameristar Circuit, made the trip to Oklahoma in an effort to tack on more. The ultimate goal for the St. Louis native is of course to secure a seat in the 2019/20 Global Casino Championship, which can be accomplished by being one of the top 50 cumulative points earners over the entire season.
“Well, right now I’m leading this casino stop, so hopefully I can get Casino Champ and I don’t have to worry about it,” mentioned Bogert.
The Choctaw Casino Championship is another avenue to earning an automatic bid to the GCC. Bogert’s win in Event #8 did indeed edge him into the points lead with four cashes and a total of 77.5 points. There are still five events left in the Choctaw tournament series for players to accumulate points in.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cory Bogert | Belleville, IL | $19,246 |
| 2 | Ryan Griffiths | Humble, TX | $11,894 |
| 3 | Steven McCartney | Columbia, SC | $8,541 |
| 4 | Bart Bogard | Wylie, TX | $6,242 |
| 5 | Shawn Rice | Lubbock, TX | $4,645 |
| 6 | Ricardo Reyes | Shawnee, KS | $3,520 |
| 7 | Nikhil Behl | Tulsa, OK | $2,718 |
| 8 | Tomas Paredes | Jennings, LA | $2,139 |
| 9 | Stephan Nussallah | Alpharetta, GA | $1,716 |