WSOP.com Event #32: No Limit Hold'em Championship

On Saturday night, the penultimate tournament of the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online took place. Event #32: $1,000 NLH Championship attracted 537 players who rebought 284 times, which resulted in a $738,900 prize pool.

After nearly 11 hours of play, New Jersey's Drew "dudeguydrew" O'Connell prevailed over the 821-entry field to win the tournament for $146,893 and his first gold bracelet.

It was the second piece of WSOP gold O'Connell has captured in 2021 after winning his first circuit ring back in March in the WSOP.com Silver Legacy Circuit Event #4: $50,000 GTD NLH Deep Turbo. A week later, he also finished second in Event #12: $150,000 GTD NLH High Roller 6-Max for $39,044.

It was a bit of redemption for O'Connell, who just two days earlier finished sixth at the final table of the 2021 WSOP Online Event #30: $600 NLH 6-Max Championship for $13,615.

Prior to the score, O'Connell had $129,873 in WSOP-related cashes.

2021 WSOP Event #32: $1,000 NLH Championship

Among those to finish in the top 126 spots and make the money were Shawn "clairvoyant" Kjetland (11th - $7,906), Mike "Mouth123" Matusow (17th - $5,025), Manig "Ohio77" Loeser (23rd - $4,138), Landon "ActionDealer" Tice (28th - $3,399), Ryan "joeyisamush" Depaulo (43rd - $2,882), Ryan "WHOSYOURDODD" Dodd (58th - $2,143), and Jeff "mavsusc" Platt (82nd - $1,626).

Final Table Action

Minutes into the final table, Millard "meekmill" Hale got his stack all in preflop with ace-king and was primed to double through Kyle "Kpcp22" Phillips, who held ace-queen. Unfortunately for Hale, a queen appeared on the flop and he became the first final table casualty.

Despite scoring the first knockout, Phillips was the next to go after running pocket nines smack dab into the jacks of Jason "jayriv" Rivkin. From there, Michael "annie_r_u_ok" Trivett lost most of his stack with king-queen against aces, and then he got his crumbs all in preflop with queen-deuce alongside Dan "omg_its_dan" Gallegos, who was at risk with pocket tens, and Rivkin, who had Big Slick suited. A king on the turn gave the pot to Rivkin, who scored a double knockout.

MSPT champ Kfir "Nahumus" Nahum bowed out in fifth place after getting it in with trip queens on the turn only to see Alex "OrcinusOrca" Foxen, who was at his third final table of the summer, roll over queens full of kings. Not long after, Foxen followed him out the door after flopping top pair of nines against O'Connell, who had him crushed with two pairs nines and sevens.

Three-handed play lasted a good bit before Felix "madenspauwke" Vandeput lost with ace-deuce to the ace-ten of Rivkin, who entered heads-up play down just a bit in chips against O'Connell. Rivkin, who qualified for the tournament via a $37 satellite, took over the chip lead, but O'Connell doubled through, and not long it was over.

In the final hand, Rivkin got his short stack all in preflop with ace-three only to see O'Connell have him crushed with ace-queen. Rivkin had to settle for second place and $90,811 in prize money, a healthy return on investment from the satty.

2021 WSOP Online Bracelet Winners Thus Far

The WSOP.com Summer Online Circuit Event began on July 16 and will ran through July 27 right alongside the 2021 WSOP Online bracelet events. During that time a dozen gold rings were awarded, 4,714 combined entrants competed, and $1,853,615 in prize money was awarded.

Here's a look at all those who captured titles during the Summer Online Circuit:

Jason "jayriv" Rivkin limped-in on the button and then called the 2,767,618 all in raise Felix "madenspauwke" Vandeput made from the small blind.

Jason "jayriv" Rivkin:   
Felix "madenspauwke" Vandeput:   

Vandeput was dominated and the       runout ended his tournament in third place for $63,545.

Drew "dudeguydrew" O'Connell	8,899,534	3,634,989
Jason "jayriv" Rivkin	7,520,466	2,116,118
Felix "madenspauwke" Vandeput	0	-5,751,107

The final three players are on a five-minute break.

Felix "madenspauwke" Vandeput	5,751,107	1,410,404
Jason "jayriv" Rivkin	5,404,348	274,500
Drew "dudeguydrew" O'Connell	5,264,545	-1,872,880

Alex "OrcinusOrca" Foxen raised to 200,000 from the button and Kfir "Nahumus" Nahum defended the big blind.

The flop came the    . Foxen bet 125,000, Nahum called.

The turn was the  . Nahum led jammed for 840,007 and Foxen called.

Foxen had the    while Nahum had the    for trips with an inferior kicker.

The river came the   blank and Nahum was gone as Foxen took in even more chips.

Alex "OrcinusOrca" Foxen	3,607,890	1,545,708
Kfir "Nahumus" Nahum	0	-2,470,919

Jason "jayriv" Rivkin raised to 214,500 from under the gun and after losing majority of his stack with king-queen against aces, Michael "annie_r_u_ok" Trivett put his 68,098 stack in the middle from the button.

Action folded to Dan "omg_its_dan" Gallegos who jammed for 1,573,824 from the big blind and Rivkin snap-called.

Jason "jayriv" Rivkin:   
Dan "omg_its_dan" Gallegos:   
Michael "annie_r_u_ok" Trivett:   

Gallegos was ahead with his made hand but he     flop gave him a sweat as it gave Rivkin the nut flush draw.

The   turn wasn't a diamond but it did pair Rivkin's king and the   river secured him the double elimination.

Jason "jayriv" Rivkin	5,129,848	1,731,922
Dan "omg_its_dan" Gallegos	0	-671,912
Michael "annie_r_u_ok" Trivett	0	-2,620,216

Kyle "Kpcp22" Philips raised to 125,000 from early position, Millard "meekmill" Hale then jammed from the small blind for 372,438 and Philips called.

Hale was in decent position to stay alive as he had the    vs the    of Phillips.

But the flop sent him behind as it came the    . The turn was the   and the river came the   to send Hale out as the first elimination of the final table.

Kyle "Kpcp22" Philips	1,564,307	462,438
Millard "meekmill" Hale	0	-456,438