Phillip Bertram Wins $2213 slots37,307 For WSOP Circuit Choctaw Main Event Win

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• Main Event Action
• WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant Main Event Final Table Results
• A Round of Tequila Shots
• Upcoming Action
• WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant Full Series Results

The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) event at the Choctaw Casino and Resort has run its course, with the Main Event ring, along with the top prize of $237,307, going to Philip Bertram.

The festival, which kicked off on October 30, awarded $3.1 million in prizes before the close of play late on Sunday.

Along the way, the festival also found fingers for 18 new WSOPC rings.

Main Event Action

When the WSOP Circuit was last in town for an event at the Choctaw Durant it was still July and the Main Event attracted 1,017 entries for a $1,540,755 prize pool. Both these numbers were down a little for the November edition of the event.

This time around, the WSOPC Choctaw Durant $1,700 Main Event pulled in 944 entries split across two Day 1s. This resulted in a prize pool of $1,430,130.

The top spot went to Phillip Bertram, who had a little under $60k in live cashes before he took home the $237,307 first prize.

Among the other player's who cashed were poker legend T. J. Cloutier who came 38th for $5,884 and ring winners Thai Ha and Justin Kruger both of whom earned their rings at the Choctaw Casino earlier during the festival.

WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Phillip Bertram	North Richland Hills, TX	$237,307
2	Zachary Baron	Dallas, TX	$158,217
3	Michael Perrone	Chicago, IL	$110,000
4	Robert Peacock	Las Vegas, NV	$78,345
5	Vincent Pratt	Sachse, TX	$56,538
6	Lawrence Wayne	Houston, TX	$41,509
7	Vincent Rubianes	Stockton, CA	$31,013
8	Benjamin Anderson	Killeen, TX	$23,587

A Round of Tequila Shots

Bertram's journey to the top took three days, battling through the nearly thousand–strong field and the effects of at least one tequila shot. The whole final table knocked back a round of Jalisco's finest during the second blind level. After that, the final table action picked up a bit.

In the end, it came down to either Bertram or Zachary Baron, a Dallas-based poker player who came third in the July edition of this event.

Baron looked set to go all the way this time, coming into heads up play with a three-to-one lead over Bertram.

However, a few smaller losses and a big missed draw first reduced, then eliminated Baron's stack, leaving Bertram to collect his paycheck and the WSOPC ring. Baron took home $158,217 for his second-place finish.

Upcoming Action

The WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant may be done and dusted, but the WSOP Circuit Grand Victoria is still underway in Illinois.

After that, there are only three more stops to go in 2024.

First, the WSOPC hits up the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles from November 14 to 25; then it's off to the Horseshoe in Las Vegas on November 21; and last of all Harrah's Cherokee in North Carolina on November 28.

You can see the full results from the WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant below.

WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant Full Series Results

EVENT	ENTRANTS	PRIZEPOOL	WINNER	HOMETOWN	PRIZE
Event #1: $130 Seniors Kick-Off	651	$65,100	Jeff Wilkins	Forney, TX	$8,243
Event #2: $250 No-Limit Hold'em	170	$34,000	Fuat Temiz	Grapevine, TX	$8,243
Event #3: $300 Monster Stack	343	$82,320	Badr Imejjane	Frisco, TX	$16,971
Event #4: $250 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo	85	$25,000	Kenneth Biggs	Henderson, TX	$7,082
Event #5: $500 No-Limit Hold'em - The Gargantuan	1,246	$523,320	Trung Pham	Houston, TX	$74,822
Event #6: $250 Ladies Event	110	$22,000	Ruth Hall	Round Rock, TX	$5,762
Event #7: $300 No-Limit Hold'em	348	$83,520	William "Tom" Goddard	Lakewood, WA	$17,129
Event #8: $500 Pot-Limit Omaha	143	$60,060	Tae Livermore	Dallas, TX	$15,257
Event #9: $250 Seniors Event	500	$100,000	Dan Lowery	Peter Pender, AR	$18,682
Event #10: $300 No-Limit Hold'em Double Stack	312	$74,880	Steve Lamphear	Grove, OK	$15,870
Event #11: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Mystery Bounty	200	$103,000	Donald Howell	Weatherford, TX	$14,676
Event #12: $250 No-Limit Hold'em	166	$33,200	Justin Kruger	Krugerville, TX	$8,136
Event #13: $500 No-Limit Hold'em	667	$280,140	Jeffrey Muehlhausen	Henryetta, OK	$47,047
Event #14: $1,700 MAIN EVENT	944	$1,430,130	Phillip Bertram	North Richland Hills, TX	$237,307
Event #15: $300 No-Limit Hold'em	193	$46,320	Eric Adascheck	Little Elm, TX	$10,900
Event #16: $400 No-Limit Hold'em - The Twilight	183	$60,390	Mohammad Nabatian	Dallas, TX	$14,348
Event #17: $400 No-Limit Hold'em - The Finale	208	$68,640	Thai Ha	Philadelphia, PA	$16,137
Event #18: $250 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo	127	$25,400	Donovan Dean	Rainsville, AL	$6,344