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Kunduru, Rogers Headed to 2020 NHC After Contest Wins

May 13, 2019

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With two contests on the same day, Saturday, May 11 saw Peter Rogers capture the 2019 SSC Invitational while Sagar Kunduru won the $250 NHC Qualifier.  Both men will be going to the 2020 NHC in Las Vegas with 2nd-place finishers Eddie Herman and Jennifer Prince joining them.

Rogers bested the SSC field of 45 entries by turning his $200 starting bankroll into $1,690.70.  Kunduru turned his $150 starting bankroll into $4,923.60 to defeat the other 157 participants in the $250 NHC Qualifier.

Below are the final results for both of Saturday’s contests.

SSC Invitational Top 5

Finish Name Bankroll Prize
1st Pete Rogers $1,690.70 NHC seat
2nd Eddie Herman $1,152 NHC seat
3rd Rocco Lombardi $701
4th Bernard Reilly $594
5th Bob Jeffery $476

$250 NHC Qualifier Top 10

Finish Name Bankroll Prize
1st Sagar Kunduru $4,923.60 NHC seat, $4,150
2nd Jennifer Prince $4,088.85 NHC seat, $1660
3rd David Wolff $3,499.75 $996
4th Vincent DiPolo $2,279.50 $581
5th Jennifer Prince $1,500 $290.50
6th Rocco Lombardi $1,208 $124.50
7th Eric Wing $830 $124.50
8th Chris Olsson $759 $124.50
9th Stanley Bavlish $704 $124.50
10th Mathew Levy $601.50 $124.50