Ben Greenwell Wins Inaugural World College Poker Fall Brawl TournamentOhio State University Student Tops Field of 1,000 Entries In First-Ever WCP Event |
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Ben Greenwell has won the inaugural World College Poker Fall Brawl event. The 22-year-old Ohio State University student defeated a field of 1,000 entries in the free-to-play tournament, which was held on the PokerBROS social gaming platform. The Actuarial Science student was awarded a championship belt, a custom PokerBROS avatar, a six-day hotel package in Cancun, Mazatlan, or Puerto Vallarta, a private lesson with WPT champion Jonathan Little, and much more as the champion of this event. For a full listing of the prizes, check out the WCP’s official website.
The final table kicked off at 1:00 p.m. pacific on Saturday, Dec. 12, with poker professional, coach and author Alex Fitzgerald and comedian and poker player Clayton Fletcher hosting the action.
Greenwell made it down to heads-up play against Vanessa ‘Hernandezhh1’ Hernandez, a full-time mom and student at Midland College in Texas. Greenwell rivered a straight against the flopped top set of tens of Ben ‘spartan1122’ Fisher to take a 4.5:1 lead into the final showdown against Hernandez.
In the final hand of the event, Hernandez raised to 3,600 from the button with A
7 and Greenwell three-bet to 9,600 with the K
8 from the big blind. Hernandez called and the flop came down *7
6. Greenwell bet 17,472 and Hernandez raised to 34,962 in position. Greenwell moved all-in and Hernandez called to put her tournament life at risk. The 9 turn and Q
river secured the pot and the title for Greenwell.
The full final table broadcast can be found below:
Here are the results from the final table:
| Place | Name | Age | School |
| 1 | Ben ‘OSUNutz’ Greenwell | 22 | Ohio State University |
| 2 | Vanessa ‘Hernandezhh1’ Hernandez | 26 | Midland College |
| 3 | Ben ‘spartan1122’ Fisher | 35 | Arizona State University |
| 4 | Ryan ‘rtc1755’ Clark | 24 | Sacramento State University |
| 5 | Blake ‘blaclaire23’ LaClaire | 20 | University of Arizona |
| 6 | Chris ‘FoldsNuts’ Pagel | 21 | University of Colorado at Colorado Springs |
| 7 | Jesse ‘JesseKim7’ Kim | 18 | Montclair State University |
| 8 | John ‘jpitts10’ Pitts | 22 | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
Some of the sponsors for the Fall Brawl include PokerCoaching.com, First Land of Poker (FLOP), RunGood Gear, RedChipPoker, CannaNano CBD water, PLOQuickPro, Aquarian Bookshop, RealGrindersApparel, PokerPowher, and Magical Gnome Media.
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