Some of the players with deep runs who failed to reach the final table were Daniel Lowery, Brian Green, Cord Garcia, Rania Nasreddine, Dustin Schoonover, Christopher Staats, Derek Normand, Jared Ingles, and Ryan Van Sanford.Ī nine-handed final table was set after less than half an hour, Ruben being the stack leader. However, the field drastically reduced to 12 after a few hours. Phylis Blanton-$28,846 and 152 POY points.David Brashier-$48,037 and 304 POY points.Harvey Castro-$84,099 and 456 POY points.Kaleb Harwell-$113,339 and 608 POY points.Brad Ruben-$250,140 and 912 Card Player Player of the Year(POY) points.Besides, the event had three starting flights.
But, its entrants increased the prize pool to $1,415,000 which only the best 136 players shared, each taking home at least $1,294. He has earned most of his payouts in WSOP tournaments.Įven so, the recent $1,700 Buy-In No-Limit Hold’em even featured 934 entries and had a $1 million guarantee. His victory increased his total winnings to over $1.9 million. This was the Floridian poker player’s biggest payout in his career. Still, he received a $250,140 first-place prize. Yet, he hadn’t won a WSOP Circuit gold ring before winning the WSOP Circuit Choctaw Main Event on November 6. Brad Ruben is a talented regular player at the World Series of Poker(WSOP) who has bagged four gold bracelets.