Author: Mark Decker

WSOG ’24 Event #01: S.Braswell, no longer willing to settle for 2nd place, takes 1st place in the Two-Game Mix Event.

It sure feels like a new year, with Decker not finishing in the bottom two-spots and M.Sudduth (Godel) going out in last place. McClary (after having a strong 2023) finishes strong (2nd place) in the first WSOG event of the year. But it is S.Braswell who dominated the event when it got into the money, knocking out the last 3 players remaining. Let’s see how he does with a Bounty on his head!

It was a game of huge hands, with straight-flushes beating nut-flushes, boats beating boats and quads appearing out of no-where. Plenty of bad-beats and coolers to go around.

WSOG Event #01: 2-Game Mix

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WSOG ’23 Main Event #12: Heine (Cap’n-B) wins a record breaking 29 player Main Event and M.Sudduth is crowned the 2023 WSOG Champion.

It was the largest player pool in Gundam Poker history, with 29 players competing for a $1,160 prize-pool. An anonymous player named, “Anonymouse” jumped to a quick chip lead taking the Fast-Break Bonus. However, S.Braswell after taking a major hit early, starting methodically building his stack moving up 20 positions (25th to 5th) earning the Chip-n-Chair bonus. As almost always happens on the bubble, Wetteland had to endure a horrible beat, getting her Aces cracked on the bubble.
However, some early big stacks (J.Thomas, StrueD and Heine) never let up and all ended up in the money, with the exception of L.Grayford, who had a big stack early… lost all but 5 Big Blinds right when the bubble was about to burst, but managed not only miss bubbling-out, but ended up in 2nd place.
But during the late stages it was the D.Heine show who amassed nearly 2x larger than the 2nd stack at one point, and seem to avoid running into a bad beat. J.Thomas, after knocking out M.Sudduth for the bounty, did not avoid a bad beat and got knocked out in 3rd. D.Strue took 4th place and S.Braswell (working is way from 25th) took 5th place. As always, the tournament grinder J.Meyers was in the money in 6th.
Heine’s victory in the large pool gave him an astounding 66 Gundam points and a $420 prize-pool.

Another battle was taking place for the Gundam Championship. With the large prize-pool it was possible for both Braswells, McClary and D.Shull to catch the current point leader (M.Sudduth). The 2nd place M.Braswell only needed to finish 8 spots ahead of Sudduth, while McClary needed to finish 14 spots ahead. S.Braswell essentially needed to finish 1st with Sudduth almost dead last to invoke a 1st place Championship finish.
It looked possible for a while as Sudduth was on a short stack, but he recovered with T.McClary still in a good position to pull off the upset. But neither M.Braswell nor T.McClary could hold on, leaving Sudduth on top of the 2023 Gundam Mountain as the 2023 World Series of Gundam Champion.

WSOG Event #12: Main Event

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WSOG ’23 Event #11 3-Game Mix: M.Sudduth piles up more Gundam Points with a WSOG victory.

It was the second (maybe third) WSOG event where M.Sudduth found himself short-stacked early (this time getting the chip-n-chair bonus) and bailed out with double-ups from big bluffs or weaker hands piling into his monsters (though, no call is easy when your tournament life is at risk.) The assassin (aka J.Sudduth) started heads-up with a dominate chip-lead but couldn’t quite get her kill shot stabilized allowing her spawn to crawl into first and stay there and collect his own bounty. Streu ended up in 3rd place while S.Braswell was in 4th. Sumner got off to an early start earning the fast-break bonus.

WSOG Event #11: 3-Game Mix

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WSOG ’23 Event #10: Meyer gets his 5th WSOG bracelet, wins the No-Limit Hold’em event

In typical Meyer fashion, he rises from ashes, in a large 16 player field, by taking a low-stack and grinding it out for a victory. This time knocking the current Gundam Point Leader, SudduthM for the bounty. Meirsonne grabs the chip-n-chair and 3rd place, while Lamb manages to cash in 4th place. Sumner got off to a fast start grabbing the fast-break bonus as well as the bubble-bonus.

WSOG Event #10: No-Limit Hold’em

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WSOG ’23 Event #09: Jean (the assassin) takes out the Gundam Point Leader and then wins the PLO8 event

It was an epic battle, with Decker blasting away 3 buy-ins and Jean taking out the Gundam Point Leader pretty early in the tournament. The Gundam Point Leader, M.Sudduth, got off to a quick start earning the Fast-Break-Bonus, however, shortly after that he ended up getting waxed by his own mother (aka ‘the assassin’) who picked up the bounty bonus and ended up with the victory as well.
Meanwhile, S.Brawell battled with a short-stack long enough to pick-up the Chip-N-Chair Bonus. Towards the end it looked like Meiresonne was going to dominate, but T.McClary soon took charge and the chip lead, until late in the game when J.Sudduth and B.Meiresonne took some big pots from McClary. He eventually fell to Jean, who finally managed to NOT split a few pots with him, earning her another WSOG Bracelet.

WSOG Event #09: Pot-Limit Omaha 8 with Rebuys

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WSOG ’23 Event #08: T.McClary wins his 2nd bracelet of the year and closes the gap in the Gundam Championship race

McClary started off rough, but managed to fight back by knocking out the current Gundam point leader (M. Sudduth) and the 2nd place point leader (M. Braswell, who finished 2nd in the tournament). Rico P. dropped in and played strong the entire night but slipped to 3rd before getting knocked out. The other Braswell (Scott), finished fourth while the current Gundam point leader, M. Sudduth bubbled. Meanwhile, M. Decker maxed out the 3-rebuy limit and didn’t even cash.

WSOG Event #08: No-Limit Hold’em Rebuy

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WSOG ’23 Event #07: D.Shull wins the coveted Badugi tourney and is awarded his first WSOG bracelet

Shull fights his way through the field knocking out M.Sudduth (3rd) for the bounty and ending up heads-up against an equally deep stacked S.Brawell (2nd). While Shull got off to a fast start, it still wasn’t fast enough to topple the Fast-Break maestro, M.Braswell (4th) who, for the fifth-time, won the fast-break bonus. Shull closes the gap between 4th & 3rd, separating himself from the peloton joining the three Gundam point leaders McClary (3rd), Braswell (2nd) and M.Sudduth (1st).

WSOG Event #07: Badugi

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WSOG ’23 Event #06: J.McGuire, an original Gundam-Gansta, wins the PLO Bounty Event

McGuire, an OG, knocked-out 5 players, collecting 6 bounties and a victory in the WSOG Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty Event. Amazingly, the top 3-spots were held by Micks (Mc’s). McIntosh almost went wire-to-wire with his fast-break bonus, however, when it came to heads-up, McGuire (who received the chip-n-chair bonus) pulled ahead and eventually applied the final blow McIntosh. McClary, a strong Gundam Championship contender finished 3rd, while the current Gundam point leader, SudduthM, finished in 4th place. The bubble-boy was Shull who remains in the front of the peloton (also 4th place) in the Gundam Championship race.

WSOG Event #06: PLO Bounty

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WSOG ’23 Event #05: M.Braswell wins his second WSOG Event in the 5-Card Draw Event

Event #05 : 5-Card Draw

Matt Braswell is victorious in Event #05 of the World Series of Gundam. Braswell’s aggressive play throughout earned him the Fast-Break Bonus, the Bounty and the Victory points closing his lead on the 2nd place finisher and current Gundam point-leader M.Sudduth. Sudduth finished second after a grueling and long heads-up battle while L.Dang took third and the S.Braswell bubbled.

WSOG Event #05: 5-Card Draw

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WSOG ’23 Event #HU: M.Braswell defeats the defending Heads-Up Champion (M.Sudduth)

Braswell (Matt) wins this year’s WSOG Heads-Up Championship! Blasting through the winner’s bracket, Braswell does not lose a single match and ends up facing last year’s champion, SudduthM. He beats the reigning champion 2-0, taking this year’s crown and a WSOG bracelet. He also moves up to 3rd place in Gundam Points.

WSOG Event #HU: Heads-Up Championship

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