Bradley Pollard Poker Profile: Results, Earnings & Career
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Inducted 2014
Bradley Pollard is an American live tournament poker player whose career has developed largely through no-limit hold'em events on the World Series of Poker Circuit. After years of regional tournament cashes, Pollard reached a new career high in August 2026 when he finished third in the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica Main Event for $51,592.
Pollard's tournament record includes cashes dating back to 2017, multiple WSOP Circuit Main Event finishes, and a cash in the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event. His August 2026 result in Tunica became his largest documented live tournament score.
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Who Is Bradley Pollard?
Bradley Pollard is a United States poker player whose tournament records list his residence as Albertville, Alabama. His documented live results are concentrated primarily in no-limit hold'em tournaments in the southern United States, particularly World Series of Poker Circuit stops.
Hendon Mob records Pollard's first listed live tournament cash in October 2017. Since then, he has accumulated results at properties and tournament series in Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Las Vegas.
Pollard remained active through August 2026, when he recorded tournament cashes at consecutive WSOP Circuit stops in Cherokee and Tunica.
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Bradley Pollard's Poker Career
Pollard's recorded tournament career began with a 28th-place finish in a $340 no-limit hold'em event on the Ante Up Poker Tour at Pearl River Resort in October 2017. That result was worth $826.
His first recorded WSOP Circuit Main Event cash followed in December 2018. Pollard finished 35th in the $1,700 WSOP Circuit Biloxi Main Event for $2,882.
He added another Circuit cash at Horseshoe Tunica in January 2020 and a tournament cash in New Orleans in 2021 before beginning a run of results at Harrah's Cherokee.
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Building a WSOP Circuit Record at Cherokee
Pollard's tournament results became more frequent at WSOP Circuit Cherokee beginning in 2023.
He finished 50th in a $400 no-limit hold'em ring event in December 2023 for $667. During the August 2024 WSOP Circuit stop at Cherokee, he cashed twice, finishing 120th in the $400 Mini Main for $1,718 and 107th in the $1,700 Main Event for $4,489.
Pollard returned to Cherokee in May 2025 and finished 128th in another $1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event, earning $4,257.
His 2025 tournament record continued with his first documented cash in the World Series of Poker Main Event.
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2025 WSOP Main Event Cash
Pollard played the $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas in July 2025 and advanced into the money.
He ultimately finished 1,224th for $17,500. At the time, the result represented the largest live tournament cash of his recorded career.
PokerNews tournament coverage documented Pollard's run into Day 4 of the Main Event before his elimination. The result also represented an important step beyond Pollard's previous regional Circuit results by giving him a cash in poker's best-known championship tournament.
Pollard returned to WSOP Circuit Cherokee the following month and added two more recorded cashes, including $3,436 in the Main Event and $1,369 in the Monster Stack.
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Breakthrough at the 2026 WSOP Circuit Tunica Main Event
Pollard produced the biggest result of his career to date at WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica in August 2026.
The $1,700 Main Event drew 367 entries and generated a $556,005 prize pool. Pollard reached the final table and finished third on August 31, earning $51,592.
Matt Higgins won the tournament for $110,841, while Daniel Garner finished second for $74,824.
Pollard's third-place prize comfortably surpassed the $17,500 he earned in the 2025 WSOP Main Event and became his largest documented live tournament cash.
The Tunica performance followed another WSOP Circuit result earlier in August. Official WSOP tournament results show Pollard finishing 26th in a $400 no-limit hold'em event at Harrah's Cherokee on August 16, 2026, for $1,026.
Together, those results made August 2026 the strongest documented month of Pollard's live tournament career.
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Bradley Pollard's Live Tournament Earnings
Poker earnings databases can take time to incorporate newly completed tournaments.
As of August 31, 2026, Hendon Mob listed Pollard with $38,158 in live tournament earnings and an official database best cash of $17,500. That total covered his listed results through August 2025 and had not yet incorporated his known August 2026 results.
Adding Pollard's officially recorded $1,026 Cherokee cash and his reported $51,592 third-place prize at Tunica brings his documented live tournament cashes to at least $90,776 as of August 31, 2026.
That figure should be treated as a current documented minimum rather than a permanent career total. Tournament databases, money-list positions, and career earnings rankings change as new results are recorded and database records are updated.
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Major Poker Accomplishments
Third place in the 2026 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica $1,700 Main Event for $51,592
Cashed the 2025 $10,000 WSOP Main Event, finishing 1,224th for $17,500
Multiple WSOP Circuit Main Event cashes at Cherokee, Biloxi, and Tunica
At least $90,776 in documented live tournament cashes as of August 31, 2026, after accounting for known 2026 results not yet reflected in Hendon Mob's listed total
Zero WSOP bracelets and zero WSOP Circuit rings listed by the WSOP as of August 31, 2026
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Playing Style and Tournament Focus
Pollard's public tournament record establishes him primarily as a no-limit hold'em tournament player. Most of his documented results have come in freezeout or re-entry no-limit hold'em events, with a substantial portion of his career activity taking place on the WSOP Circuit.
Reliable public sources do not provide enough detailed analysis of Pollard's decision-making or table tendencies to accurately characterize him with labels such as aggressive, tight-aggressive, mathematical, or exploitative.
His results instead show a developing live tournament résumé built around regional Circuit competition, with increasing success in larger Main Events.
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Why Bradley Pollard Matters in Poker
Pollard's career is notable for its progression.
His early tournament record consisted primarily of smaller regional cashes. By 2024 and 2025, he was consistently reaching the money in major WSOP Circuit fields at Cherokee, followed by a 2025 WSOP Main Event cash and his first five-figure tournament score.
His third-place finish at Tunica in August 2026 represented another substantial step forward. It gave Pollard his first documented WSOP Circuit Main Event final table and a prize nearly three times larger than his previous career-best cash.
Pollard has not yet won a WSOP bracelet or Circuit ring, but his recent results have moved his tournament résumé beyond the smaller regional cashes that defined the earlier years of his career.
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Bradley Pollard's Current Poker Status
As of August 31, 2026, Pollard remains an active tournament player.
His two confirmed August 2026 WSOP Circuit cashes provide the clearest evidence of his current activity. The most important was his third-place finish in the Horseshoe Tunica Main Event, which established a new career-best score and represented his strongest major tournament finish to date.
Future results will determine whether that performance becomes a breakthrough toward additional major final tables or titles. For now, Pollard's record shows a player who has progressed from regional tournament cashes to significant finishes in both the WSOP Main Event and a WSOP Circuit Main Event.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Bradley Pollard?
Bradley Pollard is an American live tournament poker player whose recorded results are concentrated primarily in no-limit hold'em and World Series of Poker Circuit events. Poker databases list his residence as Albertville, Alabama.
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What is Bradley Pollard's biggest poker cash?
Bradley Pollard's largest documented live tournament cash is $51,592. He earned the prize for finishing third in the $1,700 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica Main Event on August 31, 2026.
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How much has Bradley Pollard won playing live poker?
As of August 31, 2026, Hendon Mob listed Bradley Pollard with $38,158 in live earnings through its recorded results. Adding his confirmed $1,026 Cherokee cash and reported $51,592 Tunica Main Event prize from August 2026 brings his documented live cashes to at least $90,776. Career totals and rankings can change as tournament databases are updated.
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Does Bradley Pollard have a WSOP bracelet?
No. The official WSOP player database lists Bradley Pollard with zero WSOP bracelets as of August 31, 2026.
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Does Bradley Pollard have a WSOP Circuit ring?
No. The official WSOP player database lists Bradley Pollard with zero WSOP Circuit rings as of August 31, 2026.
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Did Bradley Pollard cash the WSOP Main Event?
Yes. Bradley Pollard finished 1,224th in the 2025 $10,000 WSOP Main Event and earned $17,500.
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Where is Bradley Pollard from?
Hendon Mob and the Global Poker Index list Bradley Pollard as a United States player residing in Albertville, Alabama. Public tournament records reviewed for this profile do not establish his birthplace.
