Winstar Jackpots 2019
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Eric Bunch claimed victory at the 2019 WinStar Labor Day River Poker Series $1,500 Main Event, earning the title and accompanying trophy after a heads-up chop that landed him $260,000.
Bunch outlasted a field of 1,242 entries over nearly three full days of play en route to becoming champion. His journey didn’t come easy, however - his biggest competition throughout the day was Spencer Champlin, with whom he ended up chopping.
Champlin was the one in control for most of the day, and when the two got heads up, Bunch said he “just had to grind it out.”
Final Table Results
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Eric Bunch | United States | $260,000* |
2 | Spencer Champlin | United States | $234,887* |
3 | Eluterio Rodriguez | United States | $119,046 |
4 | Jeremy Liu | United States | $97,000 |
5 | Viet Vo | United States | $74,955 |
6 | James Jewell | United States | $57,318 |
7 | Kris Burchfield | United States | $44,091 |
8 | Jim Harris | United States | $35,273 |
9 | Katherine Offutt | United States | $29,982 |
*denotes heads-up chop
Day 3 Action
The day started with 10 players returning with their eyes on the $300,005 up top. Chuck Barker (10th place - $24,338) became the first elimination of the day just a few hands after play began. He had entered the day with 125,000 after losing almost his entire stack on the last hand of Day 2 when he doubled up Katherine Offutt running ace-king into her pocket aces. A quick triple up graced his presence to start the day but then he lost a coin flip with pocket threes to Day 2 chip leader Bunch’s ten-nine when Bunch hit a queen-high straight on the turn.
The final table of nine was then reached and the players drew new seats. It wasn’t long after that before Offult became the ninth-place finisher after getting her stack in with Big Slick on an ace-high flop versus the ace-queen of Champlin, only to find it second-best after Champlin hit not just one queen, but two as the turn and river gave him a full house, the elimination, and the chip lead.
Jim Harris (8th place - $35,273) was next to go after spending his short-lived Day 3 on the short stack. It was then time for Champlin to pull away. Kris Burchfield (7th place - $44,691), James Jewell (6th place - $57,318), and Viet Vo (5th place - $74,995) all fell victim to Champlin’s prey over the next hour, leaving just four players in the tournament by the first break of the day.
Champlin picked up right where he left off when play resumed, picking off a bluff from Bunch, who was in second place through most of the day, to create even further separation in the counts between the two players. He then knocked out Jeremy Liu after Liu shoved ace-eight into his ace-queen, holding to surpass the 20 million-chip mark.
Three players remained and play continued for over an hour with Champlin, Bunch, and Eluterio Rodriguez trading chips back and forth with no significant fluctuation. The tournament came out of its second break of the day to Level 30, with blinds of 100,000/200,000/200,000. Bunch and Rodriguez both had about 5 million in front of them and Champlin held the other 21 million.
Shortly after the break, Rodriguez found his luck begin to run dry. He dropped down to around 2 million, which was only a 10-big blind stack, and shoved king-deuce into Champlin’s ace-ten suited. He hit two pair to double up but then ran pocket nines into Champlin’s pocket aces a few hands later to finish in third place.
Champlin took nearly a three-to-one chip lead into heads-up play and built even further from there. Then, the turning point came. Bunch made a few hands in a row and found his stack nearly back to where it started in the match. He then got all of his chips in with king-seven suited against Champlin’s ace-jack on a king-jack-eight flop to double and take the chip lead.
“I’m pretty happy, obviously. I’m glad it all worked out.”
Another 40 minutes went by and the two traded blows, watching stacks get to even momentarily. Champlin regained the lead shortly but re-surrendered it after Bunch hit a straight and got paid on a 5 million-chip river bet. The two then took what proved to be the final break of the night with Bunch having nearly a two-to-one chip lead. No further poker would be played as a deal was agreed upon once the two returned from break.
When asked about what he is going to do moving forward, Bunch said he is going to keep at it at the felt. Historically a cash-game player, Bunch got into tournament poker about three years ago and said that he is going to just continue to play the same tournaments.
“I’m pretty happy, obviously,” he said in an interview afterward. “I’m glad it all worked out.”
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OldSchoolSlots
Nice video Tim, always love to see the 3 reels! Good to see DTD be nice at Foxies, it was not nice to me last year...I love the slow mo effect on the DD bar bar hit...so dramatic! Cheers and stay safe!
TheBigPayback - Slot Machine Videos
Double Top Dollar is one of my all-time favorite IGT slots especially when played at high-limit: how can you not like this one?! Top Dollar has so many different variations, such as the 3X4X5X version of mine which has close to a half-million views, help my crest that milestone! Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN09XaB1cz8
FNS SLOTS
That was an awesome session! Glad you posted this video. Thumbs up to ya!
Double G
Whew 🏋🏽♀️ you almost blew it 😢 congratulations 🍾🎈🎊🎉
Billie JL
So fun to watch those large bets! Congrats - great hit!
dboss22
I’m confused at why you always say “thanks for watching”, stop the video then restart with the same machine & same credits! What’s the point?
Nathan Diaz
Your turning into a jack ass that covers his jackpots? Lol wow. And your voice sounds like you make movies for Disney.
ant sala
ill never understand the way people play these machines, why take any offer if there is always a chance you can win more. I always go to the final offer if I didn't get the jackpot
james daniels
Always change your credits to cash symbol. Then you'll know your cash value.
kramerica2k10
Not sure I would have turned down the $1,000 :) Worked out though.
Deb Bart
Awesome! I didnt know you played at Foxwoods. I Go there alot!
LEVELSABOVE
So you preferred to take the shitty hand pay jackpot to pay taxes opposed to just take $1000, when could easily make up for the $200-300. I don't even know why people gamble in the states, what a horrid hassle to pay taxes on every hand pay, especially if you're an avid gambler that plays high stakes. A hand pay should be $5,000+ not 1200.
tom klecha
your voice sounds like someone i know from there that hit 100k years ago at fox tower
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I've played that machine at Foxwoods, overall it's been pretty good to me. Where was the machine you played in the first half of the video?