WSOP.com Event #14: No Limit Hold'em High Roller

On Tuesday night, the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Event #14: $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller attracted 368 players who rebought 128 times. The 496-entry field generated a $1,507,840 prize pool, and after 14 hours of play, it was 2015 WSOP Main Event champ Joe McKeehen coming out on top to win a $352,985.34 first-place prize and his third career gold bracelet.

Five years ago, McKeehen etched his name in poker history by topping a field of 6,420 players to win the Main Event for $7,683,346. Two years later, he showed just why he's one of the best in the world by taking down the 2017 WSOP Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship for $311,817. Now he's a three-time bracelet winner joining players like David "Chip" Reese, Dewey Tomko, and Lyle Berman – all Poker Hall of Famers.

McKeehen played a patient game at the final table, carefully biding his time and picking his spots. In fact, he didn't notch a final table elimination until the last one.

2020 WSOP Online Event #14 Final Table Results

After Chris "camdi" Ferguson bubbled in 64th place, the in-the-money finishes included Maria "bluerat" Konnikova (56th - $6,031.36), Ryan "protential" Laplante (29th - $8,293.12), Loren "BabyJesus" Klein (18th - $11,459.58), Event #12 champ Ryan "joeyisamush" Depaulo (16th - $11,459.58), Minnesota Poker Hall of Famer Blake "CheeetahGirl" Bohn (15th - $14,022.91), and final table bubble boy Dave "Dunningkrugr" Alfa (9th - $22,316.03).

Clayton "nevarlucky" Maguire, who in 2016 won the second-ever WSOP online bracelet (Event #66: $1,000 WSOP.com Online NLH) for $210,279, began the final table as chip leader and the hope of becoming the first-ever two-time online bracelet winner.

David "newjerz05" Jackson was the first final table casualty after four-betting jamming king-queen suited only to run them into the pocket aces of Lee "SoccerDJ" Vlastaris, who in turn busted Nathan "innate9" Russler in seventh place ace-queen against ace-five.

Unfortunately for Maguire, he saw his lead evaporate as the blinds went up. He would eventually try to steal from the small blind with jack-three suited but Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro defended with ace-seven, which held to dispatch the bracelet winner in sixth place.

Vlastaris was next to go after his jack-ten failed to overcome Funaro's ace-three, and then Zhi Hong "Jaydestar17" Huang busted after defending the big blind, flopping middle pair, and running into the pocket tens of Funaro. A couple of hands later Funaro won a race with pocket sixes against Roland "prngls12" Israelashvili's ace-nine. Israelashvili, who was at his second final table of the series, had to settle for third place and $148,975 in prize money.

The heads-up match was a battle of New Jersey players with Funaro holding 9.1 million to McKeehen's 3.2 million. The former Main Event champ used his experience to seize the chip lead and close the deal when Funaro three-bet jammed with seven-six suited and McKeehen called with ace-nine. Funaro failed to catch and had to settle for second place and $219,089 in prize money.

The next tournament on the schedule – Event #15: $1,000 PLO 8-Max High Roller – will take place at 3 p.m. PDT on Wednesday. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will once again be reporting all the action, so be sure to tune in then to see who captures the next 2020 WSOP bracelet!

Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro raised the cutoff tp 240,000 and Zhi Hong "Jaydestar17" Huang defended the big blind to see a     flop. Huang checked, Funaro bet 120,000, and Huang check-rased all in for 744,094, which Funaro called.

Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro:   
Zhi Hong "Jaydestar17" Huang:   

Huang had flopped a pair of fours but it was no good as Funaro had pocket tens. Neither the   turn nor   river helped Huang and they were bounced in fourth place.

Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro	8,488,479	1,236,094
Jaydestar17	0	-1,236,094

Action on the table folded around to Clayton "nevarlucky" Maguire who raised all in for 808,492 on the button and Lee "SoccerDJ" Vlastaris called from the big blind.

Lee "SoccerDJ" Vlastaris:   
Clayton "nevarlucky" Maguire:   

Vlastaris had Maguire dominated and nothing changed after the     flop.

The   turn however, paired Maguire's four and the   river secured his double-up.

SoccerDJ	2,568,423	-838,492
Clayton "nevarlucky" Maguire	1,726,984	418,492

Action on the table folded around to Lee "SoccerDJ" Vlastaris, who raised to 160,000 from the small blind before calling Nathan "innate9" Russler's 1,312,269 three-bet jam from the big blind.

Lee "SoccerDJ" Vlastaris:   
Nathan "innate9" Russler:   

Russler was in rough shape and didn't receive any help from the     flop.

The   turn made things interesting as it gave Russler a flush draw and possible chop possibilities but the   river completed the board ending Russler's night.

SoccerDJ	4,134,915	1,360,609
Nathan "innate9" Russler	0	-1,320,609

Action on the table folded around to Dave "Dunningkrugr" Alfa who raised all in for 311,968 from the small blind and Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro called from the big blind.

Dave "Dunningkrugr" Alfa:   
Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro:   

Alfa was behind holding live cards but he didn't get any help from the     flop.

The   turn however, gave Alfa some life adding the diamond flush draw to his hand but he bricked the river as it came the   completed the board on the river ending his night in ninth place.

Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro	13,313,250	12,261,968
Dave "Dunningkrugr" Alfa	0	-799,339

Action on the table folded around to Clayton "nevarlucky" Maguire who raised all in for 1,267,259 from the small blind and "BOIFX" called for less holding 655,637 from the big blind.

"BOIFX":   
Clayton "nevarlucky" Maguire:   

"BOIFX" was ahead and improved on the     flop but it also gave Maguire the nut flush draw.

The   turn was a safe cards for "BOIFX" but the   appeared on the river completing Maguire's flush to eliminate "BOIFX" in 11th place.

Clayton "nevarlucky" Maguire	1,947,896	615,637
BOIFX	0	-670,637