Joseph Brandenburg, known as “The Godfather of Big O” is this year’s Ante Up World Championship Player of the Year.
Brandenburg won the Big O event and final-tabled the HORSE and Limit Omaha/8 events to amass 164 points, and held off a late charge from double-event winner Rommel Damasco, who finished with 152 points. Head To Head Championship winner Paul Brown was third with 148 points.
Brandenburg had went home to Oregon after his Big O victory, but was back at Thunder Valley today to use his free entry in the $1,650 Main Event. He also got two nights hotel and a $200 resort credit.
Here, courtesy of Dan Ross of Hold’em Media, are all 525 players who earned points this series.
1 | Joseph Brandenburg | 164 |
2 | Rommel Damasco | 152 |
3 | Paul Brown | 148 |
4 | Emiliano Figueroa | 115 |
5 | Daniel Geyser | 113 |
6 | Martin Abarca | 111 |
7 | Jeffrey Brock | 105 |
7 | Paul Taeza | 105 |
9 | Richard Fifield | 104 |
10 | Jaime Haletky | 100 |
11 | Eyyal Altar | 97 |
12 | Jon Hill | 92 |
12 | Melvin Feder | 92 |
12 | Scott Rist | 92 |
15 | Andrew Cashatt | 91 |
15 | Hieu Le | 91 |
17 | Daniel McGee | 88 |
18 | Cory Salzillo | 85 |
18 | Gideon Steinberg | 85 |
18 | Pedram Ghassemi | 85 |
18 | Ruben Soliz, Jr. | 85 |
22 | Hakot Tatarya | 82 |
23 | Kyle Kitagawa | 81 |
24 | Tom Tseng | 80 |
25 | William Bassett | 77 |
26 | Craig Ricci | 75 |
26 | Mark Martella | 75 |
26 | Roberto Valdez | 75 |
26 | Samedy Kuoch | 75 |
30 | Carol Volper | 73 |
30 | Gregory Chew | 73 |
30 | Michael Peters | 73 |
30 | Victor Paredes | 73 |
30 | Vihane Inthavisak | 73 |
30 | Wesley DiMaggio | 73 |
36 | Harry Sellers | 70 |
37 | Gregory Robbins | 69 |
37 | Michael Mendonsa | 69 |
39 | Matthew Kramer | 67 |
40 | Christopher Penfield | 65 |
41 | Jack Eads | 63 |
41 | Sarkis Basmajian | 63 |
41 | Xing Liu | 63 |
44 | Emil Bayan | 61 |
44 | Jerry Vang | 61 |
44 | Patrick Lyons | 61 |
44 | Robert Yu | 61 |
44 | Zeev Malkin | 61 |
49 | Andreas Kniep | 60 |
49 | Vitaliy Mikhov | 60 |
51 | Shane Pierson | 57 |
52 | Artaporn Chatkoo | 54 |
52 | Darrel Dier | 54 |
52 | Kathy Chang | 54 |
52 | Rick Saelee | 54 |
56 | Juan Leon | 53 |
56 | Peter Pham | 53 |
58 | Henrieto Acain | 52 |
59 | Edward Little | 50 |
59 | Jennifer Avila | 50 |
59 | Joshua Grossman | 50 |
59 | Julian Ruvalcaba | 50 |
59 | Toan Nguyen | 50 |
59 | Travis Fujisaka | 50 |
65 | Angelo Kratas | 49 |
65 | Brian Waller | 49 |
65 | Daniel Hatch | 49 |
65 | David Larson (CA) | 49 |
65 | Georgene Farmer | 49 |
65 | GIovanni Montero | 49 |
65 | Gregory Pincombe | 49 |
65 | Jerry Yrlas, Jr. | 49 |
65 | Matthew Damon | 49 |
65 | Steven Geralis | 49 |
75 | Tae Chong | 48 |
76 | Scott Young | 46 |
77 | jae Chung | 45 |
77 | Matthew Smith | 45 |
77 | Ryan Awwad | 45 |
80 | Xa Yang | 43 |
81 | Alan Kumas | 42 |
81 | Nicholas Harmon | 42 |
81 | Paul Naranjo | 42 |
81 | Rafay Memon | 42 |
85 | Jairo Aguirre | 41 |
85 | Jose Esparza | 41 |
85 | Monte Gilley | 41 |
88 | Delfin Mendoza | 40 |
88 | James Weeks | 40 |
88 | Joshua Shaw | 40 |
88 | Justin Brach | 40 |
88 | Kent Washington | 40 |
88 | Lang Vo | 40 |
88 | Lee Chau | 40 |
88 | Matthew Luther | 40 |
88 | Robert Algeo | 40 |
97 | Hafiz Khan | 39 |
98 | Franklin Curren | 37 |
98 | John Murphy | 37 |
98 | Joseph Ricardo | 37 |
98 | Phia Xiong | 37 |
Brandon Shaffer | 36 | |
Cyril Williams | 36 | |
Vincent Saechao | 36 | |
AB Momin | 35 | |
Cheryl Svenson | 35 | |
Gary Pisarek | 35 | |
Jimmy Zeledon | 35 | |
Michael Knight | 35 | |
Richard St Peter | 35 | |
Robert Angeleri | 35 | |
Brian Flanagan | 34 | |
Dennis Carlson | 34 | |
James Brown | 34 | |
Jeffrey Cho | 34 | |
Shijia Liu | 34 | |
Kao Saechao (WA) | 33 | |
Michael McGonigle | 33 | |
Tony Ginzbourg | 33 | |
Adam Lane | 32 | |
Guadalup Hernandez | 32 | |
Johnny Martinez | 32 | |
Ronald Mossberger | 32 | |
Laurence Cruz | 31 | |
Victor Campana | 31 | |
Christopher Lascano | 30 | |
Jeff Sanusie | 30 | |
Keith Hudson | 30 | |
Matthew Savage | 30 | |
Randall Archuleta | 30 | |
Stephen Sims | 30 | |
Joseph Walker | 29 | |
Juan Valadez | 29 | |
Michael Plowden | 29 | |
Randy Gil | 29 | |
Robert Pacleb | 29 | |
Dale Fenton | 28 | |
Jeff Sardella | 28 | |
Kao Saechao (CA) | 28 | |
Lena Moua | 28 | |
Mitchell Collins | 28 | |
Nestor Garcia | 28 | |
Ravinder Sharma | 28 | |
Thai Chareun | 28 | |
Alexander Gould | 26 | |
Andrew Jenkins | 26 | |
Duc Huynh | 26 | |
Marvin Cotton | 26 | |
Matthew Fowler | 26 | |
Primo Acoba | 26 | |
Steven Stockmal | 26 | |
Christopher Johnson | 25 | |
Dustin Estrada | 25 | |
Jeff Khomari | 25 | |
William Mattews | 25 | |
Gary Neese | 24 | |
Jacob Abdallah | 24 | |
James Mitchell | 24 | |
Lafaya Mitchell | 24 | |
Leslie Johnson | 24 | |
Mark Sodos | 24 | |
Paul Sampson | 24 | |
Richard Bravo | 24 | |
Sean McClure | 24 | |
Allan Fernando | 23 | |
Allen litvak | 23 | |
Charles Bernal | 23 | |
David Cisneros | 23 | |
Did Not Report | 23 | |
James Hinton | 23 | |
James Terry | 23 | |
Mario Netto | 23 | |
Michael Tomaselli | 23 | |
Nipun Ajmani | 23 | |
Parik Conley | 23 | |
Russell Perry | 23 | |
Toan Tran | 23 | |
Clinton Ronsse | 22 | |
David Hurley | 22 | |
Matthew Berto | 22 | |
Nathan Mermod | 22 | |
Stephen Goodman | 22 | |
Alan Neuhauser | 20 | |
Christopher Bethea | 20 | |
Dalvinder Bains | 20 | |
David Blake | 20 | |
Eric Rouse | 20 | |
Gary Grosetti | 20 | |
Jeffrey Spruitenberg | 20 | |
Jody Russell | 20 | |
Joshua Prager | 20 | |
Keith Malbach, Jr. | 20 | |
Kelly Douglas | 20 | |
Kevin Nguyen | 20 | |
Leigh Le Blanc | 20 | |
Michael Kang | 20 | |
Phong Nguyen | 20 | |
Robert Mather | 20 | |
Robert Spence | 20 | |
Rusty Cabutotan | 20 | |
Shain Matthews | 20 | |
Stephane Jadonnet | 20 | |
Steve Lengyel | 20 | |
Teng Vang | 20 | |
Thomas Willis | 20 | |
Tran Vuong | 20 | |
Alianaghi Rasooli | 19 | |
Allison De Souza | 18 | |
James Prager | 18 | |
Juan Rojas | 18 | |
Adrian Martinez | 17 | |
Albino Surdilla | 17 | |
Alex Prok | 17 | |
Andrew Anagnostopoulos | 17 | |
Anthony Swift | 17 | |
Christopher Debord | 17 | |
Daniel Black | 17 | |
Donna Delfin | 17 | |
Joel Benigno | 17 | |
Joseph Richards | 17 | |
Kevin Swift | 17 | |
Kory Swekla | 17 | |
Matthew Boddorf | 17 | |
Mohsen Aliakbar | 17 | |
Ottomar Biggs | 17 | |
Richard Fisher | 17 | |
RIchard Mendoza | 17 | |
Robert Heinrich | 17 | |
Ryan Kaplan | 17 | |
Steven Lamon | 17 | |
Jimmy Seay | 16 | |
Aaron Thomas | 14 | |
Abraham Tannous | 14 | |
Ahmad Rashid | 14 | |
Akil Fudial | 14 | |
Arthur Martinez | 14 | |
Brandon Harper | 14 | |
Christopher Trevino | 14 | |
Daniel Evans | 14 | |
Darby Garot | 14 | |
David Horton | 14 | |
David Ly | 14 | |
David Rios | 14 | |
Deborah Sternberg | 14 | |
Elvin Reyes | 14 | |
FIlip Andretsudis | 14 | |
Gregory Simoneau | 14 | |
Hank Lin | 14 | |
Irineo Bernardo | 14 | |
James Giden | 14 | |
James Turner | 14 | |
Jeffrey Hart | 14 | |
Joshua Morrow | 14 | |
Kasey Dorin | 14 | |
Kenneth Walton | 14 | |
Knarik Dermishyen | 14 | |
Lay Saelee | 14 | |
Matthew Cardoza | 14 | |
Michael Hubbard | 14 | |
Michael Narlesky | 14 | |
Miguel Avenecia | 14 | |
Rosella Berry | 14 | |
Ryan Rielley | 14 | |
Siavash Bahri | 14 | |
Sotheara Mom | 14 | |
Steven Grybas | 14 | |
Timothy Hill | 14 | |
Toko Luu | 14 | |
Wilbert Chun | 14 | |
Willy Kerol | 14 | |
Kathleen Twomey | 13 | |
Rommel Santos | 13 | |
Benjamin Heinrichs | 12 | |
Brian Decosse | 12 | |
Carolyn Bermudez | 12 | |
Dale Blume | 12 | |
Dang Vang | 12 | |
David Forsberg | 12 | |
David Vu | 12 | |
Dustin Padgett | 12 | |
Eric Boyme | 12 | |
Eric Rivkin | 12 | |
Franklin Chavez | 12 | |
George Valencia | 12 | |
Giovani Trujillo | 12 | |
Glenn Linz | 12 | |
Imad Sahtout | 12 | |
Jacoub Abdullah | 12 | |
Jake Reimers | 12 | |
James Dipippo | 12 | |
John Ramil | 12 | |
Jonathan Benner | 12 | |
Justin Levitt | 12 | |
Kyle Chih | 12 | |
Laurie Dragner | 12 | |
Leslie Hartman | 12 | |
Liran Biton | 12 | |
Mario Samareta | 12 | |
Martin Rivas | 12 | |
Michael Harvey | 12 | |
Michael Sy | 12 | |
Mohammad Dirsiye | 12 | |
Mukuch Mkrtchyan | 12 | |
Ned Mantua | 12 | |
Neng Lee | 12 | |
Nicholaus Wooderson | 12 | |
Norman Yeung | 12 | |
Owen Glenn | 12 | |
Phan Chheng | 12 | |
Shannon Kahahane | 12 | |
Sue Xiong | 12 | |
Tom Walch Jr. | 12 | |
Xian Tang | 12 | |
Ryan McCrory | 11 | |
Adan Cailao | 10 | |
Angelo Astorga | 10 | |
Calvin Thompson II | 10 | |
Carrie Diggs | 10 | |
Catherine Whidden | 10 | |
Chaba Bender | 10 | |
Christopher Elkins | 10 | |
Donald Todd | 10 | |
Drew Caseri | 10 | |
Erik Holliday | 10 | |
Greg Byard | 10 | |
Igor Guberman | 10 | |
Jason Mayer | 10 | |
Jeffrey Mitseff | 10 | |
Jeffrey San Gabriel | 10 | |
Jeremiah Niccum | 10 | |
Joe Nguyen | 10 | |
John Agnos | 10 | |
Jonathan Rueda | 10 | |
Jordan Shore | 10 | |
Justin Kusumowidagio | 10 | |
Kenneth Burke | 10 | |
Kenneth Katz | 10 | |
Kenneth Ko | 10 | |
Larry Thomas | 10 | |
Lisa Jacobs | 10 | |
Mark Smith | 10 | |
Orlando Marquez | 10 | |
Otito Owens | 10 | |
Peter Stenseth | 10 | |
RIchard Troendley | 10 | |
Romha Amha | 10 | |
Sandra Guitron | 10 | |
Shawn Prigmore | 10 | |
Suresh Vadhva | 10 | |
Thomas Heally | 10 | |
Adisa Tidee | 8 | |
Alex Dickson | 8 | |
Alexey Laptev | 8 | |
Alvin Warren | 8 | |
Anthony Billeci | 8 | |
Arthur Tanimoto | 8 | |
Aung Tun | 8 | |
Brian Schaniel | 8 | |
Bryan Ridgeway | 8 | |
Cheng Xiong | 8 | |
Cole Chait | 8 | |
Craig Simons | 8 | |
Cynthia Isip | 8 | |
Dan Webster | 8 | |
Daniel Carbajal | 8 | |
Darrell Cain | 8 | |
David Atamian | 8 | |
David Pool | 8 | |
David Shell | 8 | |
DNR No. 1 | 8 | |
Doyle johnson | 8 | |
Earl Baker | 8 | |
Ed Pember | 8 | |
Edward Miller | 8 | |
Elmer Fulgencio | 8 | |
Enrique Segura | 8 | |
Eric Estoque | 8 | |
Evan Walsh | 8 | |
Francis Pao | 8 | |
Glenn Larson | 8 | |
Gregory Flowers | 8 | |
Heriberto Perez | 8 | |
Howard Brown | 8 | |
James Hadley | 8 | |
James Van Brunt | 8 | |
Jason Stoddard | 8 | |
Jaylen Chao | 8 | |
Jeffery Clayton | 8 | |
Jesse Garcia | 8 | |
Jesse Shadle | 8 | |
Jessica Plusko | 8 | |
Jimmy Rogers | 8 | |
Joe Wiebelhaus | 8 | |
John Rowan | 8 | |
Kelly Giannetti | 8 | |
Kenneth Loveless | 8 | |
Kevin Gates | 8 | |
Khane Louangxay | 8 | |
Kimberly Russell | 8 | |
Kwan Kong | 8 | |
Lavonne Joyce | 8 | |
Lorena Chiquillo | 8 | |
Manuel Morales | 8 | |
Marcus Hartstein | 8 | |
Mariano Garcia | 8 | |
Matthew Weber | 8 | |
MIchael Kong | 8 | |
Milsal Rostam | 8 | |
Mychelle Nguyen | 8 | |
Nichiolas Scriabine | 8 | |
Oscar Grajales | 8 | |
Paras Sing | 8 | |
Patrick Siemen | 8 | |
Paul Arguelles | 8 | |
Peter Totah | 8 | |
Peunh Farias | 8 | |
Phi Tran | 8 | |
Quoc Nguyen | 8 | |
Quyen Hoang | 8 | |
Ravi Udayakumar | 8 | |
Reginald Pears | 8 | |
Richard Jacques | 8 | |
Richard Patterson | 8 | |
Robert Fernandez | 8 | |
Robert McCormack | 8 | |
Robert Pedler | 8 | |
Ryan Marquez | 8 | |
Saeid Kian | 8 | |
Scott Zimmer | 8 | |
Simon Boyd | 8 | |
Stephen Siena | 8 | |
Taylor Pollard | 8 | |
Thanh Che | 8 | |
Theresa Cummings | 8 | |
Thomas Phillips | 8 | |
Timothy Bradley | 8 | |
Timothy Keenan | 8 | |
Tom Santos | 8 | |
Vincent Brenten | 8 | |
Virajvihar Kommareddy | 8 | |
Wilton Alejandro | 8 | |
Yurun Chen | 8 | |
Alan Burgess | 6 | |
Alejandro Rey | 6 | |
Alexander Rodriguez | 6 | |
Alexis Gavin | 6 | |
Alexis Trujillo | 6 | |
Andres Tamberg | 6 | |
Barry Raymos | 6 | |
Brandon Garcia | 6 | |
Brian Bell | 6 | |
Bryan Stilwell | 6 | |
Carlos Velazco | 6 | |
Chad Christiansen | 6 | |
Christopher Arp | 6 | |
Dallas Zhao | 6 | |
David Becerril | 6 | |
David Mitchell | 6 | |
Denis Crockett | 6 | |
DNR No. 2 | 6 | |
Erwin Kerol | 6 | |
Ethan Kruse | 6 | |
Fernando Alvarez | 6 | |
Forrest Kollar | 6 | |
George Kostal | 6 | |
Glenn Miller | 6 | |
Ian Kalman | 6 | |
Iris Angeleri | 6 | |
James Vander Schuur | 6 | |
Jenny Truong | 6 | |
John Duckworth | 6 | |
Jon Des Pois | 6 | |
Jonathan Delmore-Davis | 6 | |
Juan Silva | 6 | |
Katherine Stahl | 6 | |
Kevin Candler | 6 | |
Kevin Han | 6 | |
Kevin Nathan | 6 | |
Marcel Fisher | 6 | |
Mario Lopez | 6 | |
Mario Quijano | 6 | |
Mohamed Odeh | 6 | |
Navjot Dhillon | 6 | |
Nicholas Chambers | 6 | |
Nicholas Scalise | 6 | |
Paul Manuel | 6 | |
Paul Moraes | 6 | |
Phillip Phongsaiphonh | 6 | |
Rachel DelaTorre | 6 | |
Ralph Mann | 6 | |
Rudy Robledo | 6 | |
Sarah Smart | 6 | |
Stephen Giannetti | 6 | |
Taylor Tu | 6 | |
Terry Lundwall | 6 | |
Thomas Kilcollins | 6 | |
Timothy Ancira | 6 | |
Tom Wong | 6 | |
Tony Yuke | 6 | |
Truong Tran | 6 | |
Vince Cardinale | 6 | |
William Phu | 6 | |
Abraham Meyers | 5 | |
Andony Wasaya | 5 | |
Anthony Bloesch | 5 | |
Barry Birdwell | 5 | |
Charles Mendoza | 5 | |
Darik Conley | 5 | |
David Harp | 5 | |
Dennis Hutton | 5 | |
Hector Martin | 5 | |
Hock Lay | 5 | |
Isaias Becerril | 5 | |
James Smith | 5 | |
Jeffrey Newman | 5 | |
Keith Jaffe | 5 | |
Lester Lenart | 5 | |
Mark Egbert | 5 | |
Petersen Dunning | 5 | |
Phillip Gavrilov | 5 | |
Robert Logan | 5 | |
San Vang | 5 | |
Sergio Vargas | 5 | |
Tao Nguyen | 5 | |
Tracy Oto | 5 |