The poker was thrilled to receive his new champion when Bradley Hinson won the recent World Series of Poker Circuit. The 36-year-old, Hinson who belongs to native North Carolina became victorious after defeating a total of 747 entries in the 2020 WSOP Circuit Rio Las Vegas $1,700 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. He earned $209,216 as a winning prize along with WSOPC gold ring as the champion.
“I feel like most people where I am from wouldn’t have that level of support for playing poker”- Bradley on winning the title
Bradley after becoming the winner gave a short statement where he said, “I have always wanted to win one. I just don’t usually play that many tournaments. Fifteen years ago when I started playing, I always considered it a bucket list thing for me to win.”
While talking about his upbringing he further said, “I am from the middle of nowhere North Carolina; I want to thanks my family, my friends and God. My family has always been super supportive. I feel like most people where I am from wouldn’t have that level of support for playing poker, so it means a lot to me. My parents are wake right now on the east coast waiting for me to tell them how I did.”
Hinson along with hardware and the money also received 912 Card Player “Player of the Year” points as the champion of the event. Despite this being the his first POY-qualified score of the year, he still managed to move into a tie for 46th place in the 2020 POY race standings, which are sponsored by Global Poker.
The payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:
Place |
Player |
Payout (USD) |
POY Points |
1 |
Bradley Hinson |
$209,216 |
912 |
2 |
Trung Pham |
$129,305 |
760 |
3 |
Michael Stein |
$95,654 |
608 |
4 |
James Duke |
$71,540 |
456 |
5 |
Adam Hendrix |
$54,101 |
380 |
6 |
Louise Francoeur |
$41,375 |
304 |
7 |
Faisal Siddiqui |
$32,003 |
228 |
9 |
Mark Ioli |
$25,039 |
152 |
9 |
Joseph Marchal |
$19,819 |
76 |