William Brandise Takes Down US Poker Championship Main Event
November 28th, 2009
William Brandise proved he’s no Darvin Moon – and that’s a good thing.
Brandise held the chip lead heading into the final table of the 2009 United States Poker Championship and unlike Moon’s WSOP Main Event performance, he didn’t blow it.
Brandise eliminated Men “The Master” Nguyen heads-up to win the USPC and $261,800. Nguyen, who won the USPC in 2001, collected $138,600 for his runner-up performance this year. The $5,000 buy-in event attracted 132 players to put the total prize pool for the four day event at $770,000.
Some of the big name pros who made their way to the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City included Adam Junglen, Joe Udine, Allen Kessler and Liv Boeree. Brothers Michael and Nick Binger also played the events with Nick finishing 6th in the Main Event while Michael made the final table in the $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament.
The 2009 USPC will be televised for the first time in two years when SPIKE TV airs the final table of both the No Limit Hold’em Main Event and the Pot Limit Omaha Event at a later date.
Previous USPC winners include Daniel Negreanu, John Hennigan, Toto Leonidas as well as Nguyen.
