Jose Esparza wins the Turlock Poker Room 15th Anniversary Championship Series $550 Main Event by one ante over Nate Bolinger.
LEVEL – 29 ANTE – 10000 BLINDS – 30000/60000 ENTRIES – 1/234
Nate Bolinger and Jose Esparza are pretty much dead even in their heads-up match after 90 minutes and the players decide they are going to do an even chop for $22,720 each and bring the Main Event to a close.
The stacks are counted down and Esparza has 15,000 more, one-half of a SB, or 1.5 antes more than Bolinger and he takes the trophy and backpack.
Here’s the final results in the Turlock Poker Room 15th Anniversary Championship Series $550 Main Event.
| June 2019 | Turlock Poker | 15th Anniversary | Championship | Series |
| Event | 8 | $550 | Main Event | |
| Entries | 234 | |||
| Prize Pool | $113,490 | |||
| Places Paid | 27 | |||
| PLACE | PAYOUT | POINTS | ||
| 1 | Jose | Esparza | $22,721 | 120 |
| 2 | Nathan | Bolinger | $22,720 | 102 |
| 3 | Justin | Moore | $12,053 | 84 |
| 4 | Doug | Cox | $8,920 | 72 |
| 5 | Jeffrey | Roy | $6,696 | 60 |
| 6 | John | Yu | $5,357 | 54 |
| 7 | Juan | Ramirez | $4,449 | 48 |
| 8 | Srinivasa | Godavarthy | $3,564 | 42 |
| 9 | Peunh | Farias | $2,667 | 36 |
| 10 | Yun | Bin | $1,952 | 30 |
| 11 | Chet | Sickle | $1,952 | 24 |
| 12 | Brent | Lopez | $1,952 | 24 |
| 13 | Thomas | Phillips | $1,600 | 24 |
| 14 | Sue | Batey | $1,600 | 24 |
| 15 | Sargon | Baza | $1,600 | 18 |
| 16 | Tony | Yalda | $1,362 | 18 |
| 17 | Michael | Espinoza | $1,362 | 18 |
| 18 | Simon | Nunes | $1,362 | 18 |
| 19 | Lisa | Jacobs | $1,192 | 12 |
| 20 | Yunan | Nissan | $1,192 | 12 |
| 21 | Ryan | Woodward | $1,192 | 12 |
| 22 | Douglas | Lockwood | $1,067 | 12 |
| 23 | Federico | Ayala | $1,067 | 12 |
| 24 | Sophearum | Cheng | $1,067 | 12 |
| 25 | Chanphong | Kounlavouth | $942 | 12 |
| 26 | Varinder | Khunkhun | $942 | 12 |
| 27 | Thu | Tran | $471 | 12 |
| 27 | Michael | Gambino | $471 | 12 |
SERIES CHAMPION POINTS SCHEDULE