2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Cherokee

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Cherokee

Final Results
Winner
Erik Gorman
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$260,480
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Entries
1,000
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 100,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
619
Players Left
102

Bradley Mercer Becomes Two-Time Ring Winner with Another Big Score at Harrah's Cherokee

Level 9 : 400/800, 800 ante
Bradley Mercer
Bradley Mercer

PokerNews is in town to live report the Main Event here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee, but that is just one of the gold ring events that will have played out by the end of the series.

In Event #4: $600 NLH, 393 runners created a $202,395 prize pool that was paid out to the top 59 spots. Among those to get a piece of the pie were Sergio Nagit (10th - $3,024), Eric Sutton (16th - $2,059), Eddie Shade (23rd - $1,500), David Bradshaw (34th - $984), Maurice Hawkins (39th - $928), and Andrew Brinkley (50th - $892).

In the end, 47-year-old salesman Bradley Mercer from Elon, North Carolina denied Michael Lech an eighth gold ring by winning the heads-up battle. Mercer claimed a $42,907 first-place prize and his second gold ring.

“It feels excellent!” Mercer said after the win. “I just appreciate everybody supporting me.”

He added: “Obviously the Chris Moneymaker effect - just watching it (poker), and just the competition and all. Just playing a bunch and watching a bunch,”

It was the fourth-biggest WSOP cash for Mercer, all of which have come at Harrah’s Cherokee. Back in August, he placed third in Event #2: $400 NLH for $59,063, and a year before that fourth in the $1,700 Main Event for $102,230. He nearly defended his title as in August 2017 he won the WSOPC Harrah’s Cherokee Main Event for $121,495.

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Bradley MercerElon, North Carolina$42,907
2Michael LechAlma, Arkansas$26,518
3Andrew RobinsonGeorgetown, Texas$19,174
4Michael WilklowMinneapolis, Minnesota$14,068
5Ross WardGainesville, Georgia$10,477
6Kenneth TaffaroMooresville, North Carolina$7,921
7Shawn McClanahanAbingdon, Virginia$6,081
8Dell TaylorCanton, Georgia$4,742
9William CarruthDallas, Georgia$3,757

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