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McClary, pulls back in 1st place sending Decker to 3rd, while M.Sudduth moves up several places to 2nd. Both Braswell’s remain in the hunt in a close 4th and 5th place. This year’s WSOG is incredibly close as we approach the final 2 tournaments with only 12 points separating 1st and 5th place.
McClary goes from last to first, picking up the chip-n-chair bonus, bounty bonus, cash bonus and finally the victory bonus placing him on top of the Gundam Point Leader Board. At first it looked like Decker and Hoffman were going to dominate, however, Hoffman eventually fell to McClary’s onslaught, while Decker mange to hold-on to second place. Discouraging to the field, the top 4 point leaders took the top four spots in the Deuce-to-Seven No-Limit event. Father Braswell bubbled while his spawn managed a 3rd place finish. It remains a very tight race for the top 4 spots in Gundam Points, and there is a lot of tournaments yet to come.
| PL | Name | Tot | PP+VP+CP+BP | FB+CC+BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McClT | 17 | 11+2+2+0 | 0+1+1 |
| 2 | DeckM | 13 | 10+0+2+0 | 1+0+0 |
| 3 | BrasM | 10 | 9+0+2+0 | 0+0-1 |
| 4 | BrasS | 9 | 8+0+0+1 | 0+0+0 |
| 5 | ShulD | 7 | 7+0+0+1 | 0+0+0 |
| 6 | HoffM | 6 | 6+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 7 | MeirB | 5 | 5+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 8 | SuddM | 4 | 4+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 9 | MeyeJ | 3 | 3+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 10 | SumnT | 2 | 2+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 11 | McInP | 1 | 1+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
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.
| PL | Name | Tot | PP+VP+CP+BP | FB+CC+BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HeinD | 66 | 58+4+4+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 2 | GrayL | 60 | 56+0+4+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 3 | ThomJ | 60 | 54+0+4+0 | 0+0+2 |
| 4 | StreD | 56 | 52+0+4+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 5 | BrasS | 56 | 50+0+4+0 | 0+2+0 |
| 6 | MeyeJ | 52 | 48+0+4+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 7 | WettA | 48 | 46+0+0+2 | 0+0+0 |
| 8 | MeirB | 44 | 44+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 9 | DorsC | 42 | 42+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 10 | McClT | 40 | 40+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 11 | McInP | 38 | 38+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 12 | SumnT | 36 | 36+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 13 | BrasM | 34 | 34+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 14 | ShulD | 32 | 32+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 15 | WebbL | 30 | 30+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 16 | SuddM | 26 | 28+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 17 | MendR | 26 | 26+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 18 | PiscR | 24 | 24+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 19 | WellE | 22 | 22+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 20 | LambC | 20 | 20+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 21 | SemeS | 18 | 18+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 22 | AnonM | 18 | 16+0+0+0 | 2+0+0 |
| 23 | HoffM | 14 | 14+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 24 | DangL | 12 | 12+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 25 | McMaS | 10 | 10+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 26 | ChavL | 8 | 8+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 27 | SuddJ | 6 | 6+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 28 | DeckM | 4 | 4+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 29 | JarrJ | 2 | 2+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
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.
| PL | Name | Tot | PP+VP+CP+BP | FB+CC+BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McClT | 19 | 14+2+2+0 | 0+0+1 |
| 2 | BrasM | 16 | 13+0+2+0 | 0+1+0 |
| 3 | PiscR | 14 | 12+0+2+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 4 | BrasS | 13 | 11+0+2+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 5 | SuddM | 10 | 10+0+0+1 | 0+0-1 |
| 6 | DeckM | 9 | 9+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 7 | SumnT | 8 | 8+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 8 | McInP | 7 | 7+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 9 | DangL | 6 | 6+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 10 | SuddJ | 5 | 5+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 11 | ShulD | 4 | 4+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 12 | HoffM | 4 | 3+0+0+0 | 1+0+0 |
| 13 | MeyeJ | 2 | 2+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 14 | StreD | 1 | 1+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
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).
| PL | Name | Tot | PP+VP+CP+BP | FB+CC+BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ShullD | 15 | 10+2+2+0 | 0+0+1 |
| 2 | BrasS | 11 | 9+0+2+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 3 | SuddM | 9 | 8+0+2+0 | 0+0-1 |
| 4 | BrasM | 9 | 7+0+0+1 | 1+0+0 |
| 5 | WellE | 6 | 6+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 6 | McClT | 5 | 5+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 7 | SuddJ | 4 | 4+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 8 | DeckM | 4 | 3+0+0+0 | 0+1+0 |
| 9 | MeyeJ | 2 | 2+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 10 | StreD | 1 | 1+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
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.
| PL | Name (#bty) | Tot | PP+VP+CP+BP | FB+CC+BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McGuJ | 20 | 14+2+2+0 | 0+1+1 |
| 2 | McInP | 16 | 13+0+2+0 | 1+0+0 |
| 3 | McClT | 14 | 12+0+2+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 4 | SuddM | 12 | 11+0+2+0 | 0+0-1 |
| 5 | ShulD | 11 | 10+0+0+1 | 0+0+0 |
| 6 | StreD | 9 | 9+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 7 | BrasM | 8 | 8+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 8 | DangL | 7 | 7+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 9 | MeyeJ | 6 | 6+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 10 | BrasS | 5 | 5+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 11 | HoffM | 4 | 4+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 12 | SuddJ | 3 | 3+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 13 | SumnT | 2 | 2+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 14 | DeckM | 1 | 1+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
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.
| PL | Name (#bty) | Tot | PP+VP+CP+BP | FB+CC+BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BrasM | 18 | 12+2+2+0 | 1+0+1 |
| 2 | SuddM | 12 | 11+0+2+0 | 0+0-1 |
| 3 | DangL | 13 | 10+0+2+0 | 0+1+0 |
| 4 | BrasS | 10 | 9+0+0+1 | 0+0+0 |
| 5 | MeyeJ | 8 | 8+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 6 | SumnT | 7 | 7+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 7 | SuddJ | 6 | 6+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 8 | ShulD | 5 | 5+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 9 | McClT | 4 | 4+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 10 | DeckM | 3 | 3+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 11 | HoffM | 2 | 2+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 12 | McInP | 1 | 1+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
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.
| PL | Name (#bty) | Tot | PP+VP+CP+BP | FB+CC+BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BrasM | 20 | 16+2+2+0 | NA |
| 2 | SuddM | 17 | 15+0+2+0 | NA |
| 3 | MeirB | 16 | 14+0+2+0 | NA |
| 4 | ChavL | 15 | 13+0+2+0 | NA |
| 5T | Heine | 13 | 12+0+0+1 | NA |
| 5T | McClT | 13 | 12+0+0+1 | NA |
| 7T | DeckM | 10 | 10+0+0+0 | NA |
| 7T | SumnT | 10 | 10+0+0+0 | NA |
| 10T | MeyeJ | 7 | 7+0+0+0 | NA |
| 10T | HoffM | 7 | 7+0+0+0 | NA |
| 10T | CakeS | 7 | 7+0+0+0 | NA |
| 10T | ShulD | 7 | 7+0+0+0 | NA |
| 13T | McGuJ | 3 | 3+0+0+0 | NA |
| 13T | DangL | 3 | 3+0+0+0 | NA |
| 13T | BrasS | 3 | 3+0+0+0 | NA |
| 13T | SuddJ | 3 | 3+0+0+0 |
Godel, taking after his mom, Jean-the-assassin, not only takes 1st place for his first WSOG bracelet of the year, but also racks up a 6 player bounty count. Though he didn’t take-out McClary for the bounty point, as that was accomplished by D-Ray on his way to 2nd place (and receiving the Chip-n-Chair bonus). Third place was MeyerJ, who scrapped his way back after having his aces cracked. Hoffman finished in the money (4th). In a surprised turn-of-events, the bubble-by, McIntoshP, received a generous bubble-boy bonus of $25 from Gary Berg.
The Gundam Point Leader changed hands from McClaryT to SudduthM (Godel), tightening up 1st/2nd place (now McClary) with 3rd (BraswellM & HoffmanM) thru 4th (ShullD) close behind.
| PL | Name (#bty) | Tot | PP+VP+CP+BP | FB+CC+BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SuddM (6+1) | 19 | 15+2+2+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 2 | StreD (1) | 18 | 14+0+2+0 | 0+1+1 |
| 3 | MeyeJ (3) | 15 | 13+0+2+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 4 | HoffM (1) | 14 | 12+0+2+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 5 | McInP* | 12 | 11+0+0+1 | 0+0+0 |
| 6 | BrasM (1) | 11 | 10+0+0+0 | 1+0+0 |
| 7 | BrasS (2) | 9 | 9+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 8 | MeirB | 8 | 8+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 9 | ShulD | 7 | 7+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 10 | McClT | 5 | 6+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 11 | ThomJ | 5 | 5+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 12 | SuddJ | 4 | 4+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 13 | WellE | 3 | 3+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 14 | CakeS | 2 | 2+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 15 | DeckM | 1 | 1+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
McIntosh grabs his first WSOG bracelet in after playing in just 3 WSOG Events. He plowed through the Razz field finally getting the best of Jean ‘the assassin’ Sudduth, who not only went into heads-up with a significant stack lead, but also sniped McClary for the Bounty Bonus. It went back and forth with P.McIntosh taking the final kill-shot on ‘the assassin’. Shull cashed in 3rd, while McClary took both the Bubble Bonus and the Chip-N-Chair bonus, keeping his substantial Gundam Point lead. M.Braswell got off to a strong start earning the Fast Break Bonus.
The World Series of Gundam Championship continues to be dominated by T.McClary & M.Sudduth. However, with McClary’s stronger finish in Razz he puts some distance (7 pts) ahead of M.Sudduth who is 10 pts ahead of the peloton. The peloton continues to remain compressed, with 3rd place and 11th place only separated by 8 pts (less than 2nd to 3rd). P.McIntosh jumps into the peloton fray with his victory.
| PL | Name | Tot | PP+VP+CP+BP | FB+CC+BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McInP | 16 | 12+2+2+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 2 | SuddJ | 14 | 11+0+2+0 | 0+0+1 |
| 3 | ShulD | 12 | 10+0+2+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 4 | McClT | 10 | 9+0+0+1 | 0+1-1 |
| 5 | DeckM | 8 | 8+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 6 | BrasM | 8 | 7+0+0+0 | 1+0+0 |
| 7 | SuddM | 6 | 6+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 8 | DangL | 5 | 5+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 9 | SumnT | 4 | 4+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 10 | HoffM | 3 | 3+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 11 | BrasS | 2 | 2+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |
| 12 | CakeS | 1 | 1+0+0+0 | 0+0+0 |