Event #5: $365 No-Limit Hold'em Black Chip Bounty

Askia Ingram takes down the Black Chip Bounty

The winner of the $365 No-Limit Hold'em Black Chip Bounty is Askia Ingram of Springfield. He locked up $6,998 for the win, but most importantly earned himself his first ever World Series of Poker Circuit ring. Ingram also earned himself eight bounties worth $100 a piece.

Ingram found himself heads-up against 2017's WSOP Tulsa Main Event champion Will Berry and managed to seal the deal. Ingram put Berry to the test holding pocket fives and Berry was flipping for his tournament life with king-seven off-suit.The flop brought a five and Berry was left drawing dead by the turn. Berry pocketed $4,327 for his deep run today.

When talking about his strategy, Ingram said he spoke with a good friend and player about it. “I talked to one of my friends, kind of pow-wow chatted with him. Hand ranges and stuff. I do very well in tournaments. The other cashes were bigger, but this means the most because it's a ring” explained Ingram. He mostly plays cash games, but is in the hunt for more points and more rings.

Other notable players to make the final table in this event included John Reynolds (5th - $1,716), Abraham Araya (8th - $792) and Bob Mather (10th - $513).

Results

With just 10 minutes remaining in the last level of the night, the unofficial final table of 10 has come together in the Black Chip Bounty ring event.

John Reynolds finished in third place in Event 2 earlier in the day and promptly registered this event later in the day, making his second final table. He sits on the chip lead with 237,000.

Bob Mather was eliminated in fourth place in the same event today and is seeking his second Circuit ring on his second final table of the day also.

Abraham Araya and Will Berry both have two rings a piece and look to add more hardware to their collections. Berry won the Main Event in Tulsa at least year's Circuit stop, making him the first champion here.

Here is how the final 10 players stack up:

Seat 1: John Reynolds - 237,000
Seat 2: Ryan Phan - 160,000
Seat 3: Will Berry - 156,000
Seat 4: Christopher Gilliam - 49,200
Seat 5: Abraham Araya - 41,000
Seat 6: Justin Mourning - 32,500
Seat 7: Bob Mather - 19,000
Seat 8: Julian Black - 175,000
Seat 9: Askia Ingram - 184,500
Seat 10: Mashir Khan - 175,000

Event #5 is the $365 No-Limit Hold'em Black Chip Bounty ring event at 5:00 p.m. local time.

Players begin with 10,000 chips with $100 awarded for each knockout. 

Here is a look at the pertinent details for this event:

• 10,000 starting stack
• 30-minute blinds for the first 18 levels, 45-minute levels thereafter
• Unlimited entries until the close of registration (start of Level 9 at ~9:15 p.m.)
• 15-minute breaks every two hours
• Day 1 concludes at the end of Level 16 (~1:45 a.m.)
• Day 2 resumes at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday
• Structure