Jorden Fox Wins 2019 World Series of Poker $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em

Jorden Fox has emerged victorious in the 2019 World Series of Poker $1,000 Double Stack no-limit hold’em event, defeating a field of 3,253 entries to win his first gold bracelet and the top prize of $420,693. The 32-Year-old poker pro from Long Beach, California now has $823,863 in career live tournament earnings.

“It’s the most amazing thing. I’m about to have a baby next month. I was only here to play three tournaments and this was the third one. I took 27th in the Main Event last year, which I thought was the best run ever, but this one was amazing," said Fox after coming out on top. "I’ve been playing poker for 12 years, and to win a bracelet now, at 32, is an absolute dream come true.”

In addition to the hardware and the money, Fox also earned 1,200 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was Fox’s first POY-qualified score of 2019, and it alone was enough to move him into 121st place in the 2019 POY race, which is sponsored by Global Poker.

Fox came into the final day of this event as the chip leader with 11 players remaining. He scored his first knockout of the day by calling the three-bet all-in of Andrew Glauberg with A8. Glauberg’s Q10 failed to improve, while Fox spiked an ace on the flop to secure the pot. Glauberg earned $47,173 as the eighth-place finisher.

Jayachandra Gangaiah scored two knockouts to overtake the lead heading into four-handed action. He completed the hat-trick by sending Simon Legat to the rail in fourth place ($142,648).

Fox had slipped somewhat as play got shorter-handed, but surged back in a big way as the result of a lucky runout. He got all-in with AQ up against the AA of WSOP bracelet winner Jeffrey Smith. The board came down Q64Q6 to give Fox queens full and the double up. With that he overtook the lead once again, while Smith fell to the bottom of the chip counts.

Shortly afterward Smith got his last chips in with QQ. Fox called with the AK. He flopped an ace and held from there to knock Smith out in third place ($191,789).

With that Fox took nearly a 10-to-1 chip lead into heads-up play against Gangaiah. The shorter player managed to double up twice, but he couldn’t win his third all-in. Fox shoved from the button with A4 for 20 million effective and Gangaiah made the call with 22. The board came down AJ5J4 and Fox made aces and jacks to lock up the title. Gangaiah took home $259,834 as the runner-up finisher.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

For more coverage from the summer series, check out the 2019 WSOP landing page, complete with a full schedule, results, news, player interviews, and event recaps.

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