Southlake Style'sown September coverbrstory Bryan Campanello is carrying on his title as the King of Cards.
When we last took a look at Bryan nine months ago, he wonbrbig at the World Series of Poker. The young cardsharp bested a field of 301brplayers to earn a bracelet, as well as $178,052.
Taking a trek to Louisiana was next on his to-do list. Bryan came to Harrah's New Orleansbrto qualify for this year's National Championship field. He was down to his lastbrchance to punch his ticket, the $1,675 buy-in Main Event.
The North Texas native came into the final table with the bigbrstack and faced a tough battle against Gary Friedlander. Ultimately though,brBryan was able to claim his third ring, his first Circuit Main Event victory, abr$175,459 payday and – most importantly – the last Circuit seat into the WSOPbrNational Championship.
Bryan headed straight to Atlantic City for the NationalbrChampionship recently and will also make a stop in Las Vegas as part of the 10-weekbrtour.