Holcomb, an Oklahoma native, only used one bullet to buy into the tournament, which he secured via a home poker league held in Bartlesville. I finished third in the Tulsa series a couple of seasons ago and that has been stinging ever since so it feels good to bring this one home.' 'I've been thinking about this ring forever. 'You know the money is good but it's different,' he said. The victory was the first of Holcomb's poker career after finishing in third-place in Tulsa's Circuit event just last year.
Hollis 'Victory' Holcomb is the first champion of the 2019/20 World Series of Poker Circuit season after outlasting a field of 976 entries in the Choctaw Durant stop en route to the first-place prize of $255,535.