Thursday, July 22, 2021 6:02 PM Local Time
Flush Over Broadway for Williams
David "dwpoker" Williams raised to 800 from early position. One player called as did the big blind, Brockton "MoreBeer" Hankins.
The flop came wet as the peeled off. Williams bet 821, Hankins called. The turn was the . Williams bet 3,000, Hankins raised to 8,642 and Williams called.
The river was the . Hankins led jammed for 12,575 and was instantly called.
Williams had the for the flush which crushed the flopped broadway of Hankins.
David "dwpoker" Williams | 70,909 | |
Brockton "MoreBeer" Hankins | 0 | -20,000 |
Thursday, July 22, 2021 5:59 PM Local Time
WSOP History: Looking Back at the November (and October) Nines
No stage in poker stood as a bigger goal for a tournament player than the final table of the WSOP Main Event. For years, that meant going to sleep knowing you had the chance of a lifetime, to go down in poker history in the next few days as the cameras captured your every bet, raise and fold.
All of that changed in 2008.
The year after Jerry Yang's Main Event victory was broadcast to all on ESPN's standard tape delay, organizers made a decision to try to increase the excitement and anticipation around the final table: after the final nine was reached, play would be paused. At that point, everyone left would go home with 9th-place money and the players would reconvene a few months later to play out the final table on a short tape delay.
That lasted until 2016, and this is the history of the November (and October) Nines.
Click here to read the article about the history of the WSOP November Nine
Thursday, July 22, 2021 5:55 PM Local Time
Break
Players are on a five-minute break.
Thursday, July 22, 2021 5:51 PM Local Time
Madsen Collects Deeb's Bounty
After four initial limpers, Shaun "Ddtgg" Deeb raised to 1,830 from the cutoff and was called by both blind's before Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen limp-jammed for 60,015 from under the gun.
Action folded back to Deeb who was the only player who called, putting his 13,020 stack at risk.
Shaun "Ddtgg" Deeb:
Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen:
The flop came pairing Madsen's ace but it also gave Deeb a braodway draw. The turn wasn't a card Deeb wanted to see as it gave Madsen the nut flush draw and the river was worse as it ended his tournament.
Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen | 78,015 | 23,983 |
Shaun "Ddtgg" Deeb | 0 | |
Thursday, July 22, 2021 5:46 PM Local Time
Aaron "Sagevsal" Henderson Wins WSOP Summer Circuit Event #1
On Friday, July 16, the WSOP Summer Online Circuit kicked off to run alongside the bracelet events. The firs tournament was the $320 buy-in Event #1: $40,000 GTD Limit O8 or Better 8-Max, which attracted 142 runners who rebought 51 times. The 193-entry field resulted in a $57,900 prize pool that was paid out to the top 30 finishers.
Among those to cash were Nathan "surfbum" Gamble (3rd - $6,791.67), Bruce "Robert1951" Yamron (5th - $3,850.35), Michael "miw210x" Wang (8th - $1,638.57), Jesse "Rebuysexual" Cohen (14th - $764.28), Kevin "SpecialK333" Calenzo (20th - $486.36), Nicholas "MrFinalT" Kiley (26th - $486.36), and Anthony "Duhmenace" Tomita (30th - $486.36).
In the end, it was Aaron "Sagevsal" Henderson besting "lilmiracle" in heads-up play to win a $12,077.94 top prize and his first gold ring.
WSOP Summer Online Circuit Event #1 Final Table Results
Place | Player | Prize |
1 | Aaron "Sagevsal" Henderson | $12,077.94 |
2 | "lilmiracle" | $9,107.67 |
3 | Nathan "surfbum" Gamble | $6,791.67 |
4 | "ITELLNOLIE" | $5,100.99 |
5 | Bruce "Robert1951" Yamron | $3,850.35 |
6 | "omaha8stud" | $2,912.37 |
7 | "normanchad" | $2,188.62 |
8 | Michael "miw210x" Wang | $1,638.57 |
Thursday, July 22, 2021 5:42 PM Local Time
Madsen Out Flops Alfa for Double
Andrew "vanillaakim1" Kim raised under the gun for 640 and was called by Dave "Crispr" Alfa on the button, along with Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen from the small blind.
The flop was checked to Kim who continued for 1,280 and Alfa called before Madsen check-raised to 5,439.
Kim folded while Alfa called and the two players were heads-up to the turn. Madens quickly moved all in for 19,637 and Alfa thought for a moment but ultimately called.
Dave "Crispr" Alfa:
Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen:
Madsen was ahead after flopping two-pair and the river secured his double-up.
Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen | 54,032 | |
Dave "Crispr" Alfa | 25,272 | |
Thursday, July 22, 2021 5:30 PM Local Time
Zack Climbs to the Top of Chip Counts
Daniel "pepperprince" Zack | 113,885 | |
Jesse "Dangerous22" Lonis | 109,063 | |
Kenneth "RaisedaWoof" Higgins | 84,100 | 27,211 |
Hani "Dahani14" Awad | 72,796 | |
Israel "buckets2424" Haar | 71,630 | 30,507 |
Noam "Lokass27" Muallem | 64,218 | 7,007 |
David "d2013" Gago | 63,532 | |
Mark "Nostradonkus" Liedtke | 63,015 | 2,216 |
James "jimefor1000" Edminister | 59,641 | -754 |
Nicholas "Nickvee07" Verderamo | 55,461 | |
Thomas "Zebra_Debra" Sabatino | 54,889 | |
Thursday, July 22, 2021 5:22 PM Local Time
Ian "apokerjoker2" Steinman Looking to Crush Another WSOP Online Bracelet Series
One WSOP Gold Bracelet. Three final tables. Fifteen cashes. That was the body of work of Ian "apokerjoker2" Steinman in last year's WSOP.com Online Bracelet Series, one that would be the envy of nearly everyone who fired in last year's version. Steinman, who already has been seeking action on some bracelet bets for this year's series, will be looking to duplicate his many deep runs and massive success this year.
Steinman's heater began last year with two final tables early in the series, with a fifth-place performance in Event #7: $800 NLH Knockout Deepstack for $24,578, followed by a sixth-place finish two days later in Event #9: $1,000 NLH 6-Max for $30,995. Steinman's bracelet would be earned late in the series, when he took down Event #27: $400 NLH Freezeout for $110,557 after beating Japan's Satoshi Tanaka in heads-up play. Steinman used these performances to take down the $100,000 Leaderboard competition of the WSOP.com portion of the series, which sent an additional $18,000 his way.
Steinman doesn't appear to be resting on his laurels in preparing for a summer of poker, however, already getting in some prep work by winning the Benny Binion Summer Shoot-Out at the South Point Poker Room for $65,000 after a three-way deal. As much as winning his first bracelet meant to Steinman, the quest for another crusher of a summer is on for the hyper-talented Steinman.
Ian "apokerjoker2" Steinman | 26,465 | |
Thursday, July 22, 2021 5:16 PM Local Time
Zhu Collects Bounty With Quads
Yueqi "anoob" Zhu raised to 240 from under the gun. He was three-bet to 480, "Scam316" called the three-bet. Zhu four-bet all in for 26,720, the initial raiser folded and "Scam316" called it.
Zhu had the while "Scam316" had the .
The flop came the . The turn sewed it up as the came off and the on the river finished off the hand with a flourish as Zhu collected a bounty and a nice chip up.
Yueqi "anoob" Zhu | 46,550 | |
Scam316 | 0 | |
Thursday, July 22, 2021 5:07 PM Local Time
Yuan Doubles Through Huntsman With Rockets
After the player under the gun raised, Anthony "Turbo1" Huntsman three-bet jammed on the button for 40,649 and only Ye "yuan365" Yuan called off his 13,137 stack from the small blind.
Ye "yuan365" Yuan:
Anthony "Turbo1" Huntsman:
Yuan was ahead with his pocket aces and the runout secured his double-up.
Anthony "Turbo1" Huntsman | 27,512 | 5,372 |
Ye "yuan365" Yuan | 27,234 | -6,141 |
Thursday, July 22, 2021 5:01 PM Local Time
Watch Every Final Table of the 2021 WSOP Online Events on the PokerNews Twitch Channel
Through August 3rd, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) will begin hosting daily online gold bracelet events on WSOP.com. There will be 33 bracelets awarded over 32 days, and PokerNews is excited to announce we'll not only be live reporting all the action but also offering poker fans daily live streams.
Every day, viewers at home will have access to watching the biggest names hunt for bracelets. In conjunction with PokerNews, Jeff Platt will host early action from each tournament at twitch.tv/jeffplatt, starting around the money bubble each day and taking players all the way to the final table.
"I am thrilled to team up with PokerNews to present coverage of the 2021 WSOP Online," said Platt, who is a co-host of the PokerNews Podcast. "We learned last year that the prestige of bracelet events draws an incredibly passionate audience on Twitch. I can't wait to interact with that audience again as we crown poker's newest champions."
After Platt's streams, coverage will then shift to twitch.tv/pokernews where PokerNews' own Jesse Fullen will cover final table action alongside a rotating cast of co-hosts including Alec Torelli, Ryan Laplante, Jesse Sylvia, KL Cleeton, Rampage Poker, and Jaman Burton, among others. The streams will also be featured on YouTube and Facebook.
"WSOP Online will certainly be the biggest online series of the year in the USA. We're thrilled PokerNews has again stepped up to provide fans a way to follow the action," said Ty Stewart, Executive Director of the WSOP. "Jeff Platt's personal streams were a highlight of last year's online series and we have no doubt the PokerNews final table streams will be an entertaining watch."
Click here to see the schedule
Thursday, July 22, 2021 4:55 PM Local Time
Break
Players are on a five-minute break.
Thursday, July 22, 2021 4:46 PM Local Time
Federico Shoves River
Noam "Lokass27" Muallem raised to 400, Michael "vapor098" Federico three-bet to 1,393 and was called.
The flop came the . Action went check-check to the turn, Muallem bet 1,655 and was called.
The river came the . Muallem bet 3,310, Federico then raised all in for 25,079 which forced a fold.
Noam "Lokass27" Muallem | 57,211 | -1,700 |
Michael "vapor098" Federico | 35,010 | 35,010 |
Thursday, July 22, 2021 4:39 PM Local Time
Kevin "GoneBananas" Garosshen Looking For a Fruitful WSOP Online Series
A player that looked poised for a breakout prior to the Covid-19 Pandemic was Kevin "GoneBananas" Garosshen, and even after casinos closed down for an extended period of time, Garosshen spent last year's WSOP Online Series continuing to produce solid results that cemented his status as a player on the rise.
Garosshen's big breakout occurred at one of the last live events before the heart of the pandemic, as he took down the $1,650 HPT St. Louis Main Event for $131,184 after topping a field of 392 entrants. Garosshen then set his sights on the 2020 WSOP Online Series, and went to work immediately, finishing in third-place in Event #3: $1,000 NLH Deepstack 8-Max for $73,424. Garosshen ended up with a total of nine cashes in the 2020 WSOP Online.
So far this year, Garosshen has had a smattering of success on the felt, including two deep runs in side events at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, and a nineteenth-place finish in last month's WPT Tampa Championship. Garosshen will be looking to have another successful summer on the virtual felt, and add a WSOP Gold Bracelet to his HPT Title.
Kevin "GoneBananas" Garosshen | 20,000 | |
Thursday, July 22, 2021 4:29 PM Local Time
Early Chip Leaders
Martin "Bathroomline" Zamani | 74,434 | 2,345 |
Mark "Nostradonkus" Liedtke | 60,799 | |
James "jimefor1000" Edminister | 60,395 | |
Noam "Lokass27" Muallem | 58,911 | |
Kenneth "RaisedaWoof" Higgins | 56,889 | |
DOOMCREW | 51,889 | |
Dan "Biggie77" Bigelow | 43,715 | |
Matthew "BraceletHUNT" Hunt | 41,816 | |
Tanner "YellowDart10" Stiverson | 41,611 | |
Israel "buckets2424" Haar | 41,123 | |
Jerod "WhiskeyDeck" Smith | 39,914 | |
Thursday, July 22, 2021 4:20 PM Local Time
Don't Miss the Feature "WSOP History: An Oral History of ChipTic"
At the 2012 World Series of Poker, a shiny new product received its public unveiling. Players and fans the world over were introduced to a program with revolutionary potential. It could track the chip ebbs and flows of every player in a tournament while also serving as the back end operating system to run said tournament. It promised the ability to change the way poker tournaments were followed, with players and fans interacting at the stroke of a few keys.
That product was ChipTic. And it proved to be a colossal failure.
This is the two-part oral history of ChipTic, from those who experienced it first-hand and witnessed that failure — three former employees, two members of WSOP staff, and two poker media members who watched it implode.
Click Here to Read the Feature on PokerNews
Thursday, July 22, 2021 4:10 PM Local Time
Zamani Gets Paid On Big Shove
"chihuahua3" raised to 287 from under the gun. Martin "Bathroomline" Zamani called from middle position and the big blind came along with a defend.
The flop came the . Zamani bet 683, the big blind folded and "chihuahua3" called.
The turn was the . Zamani bet 2,277 and was called again. The river came the . Zamani jammed all in for way over the pot of 6,831. "chihuahua3" had a decision for their remaining 16,267. After a few moments they called.
Zamani showed the for the flush, while "chihuahua3" had the and was out of the tournament.
Martin "Bathroomline" Zamani | 72,089 | |
chihuahua3 | 0 | |
Thursday, July 22, 2021 4:09 PM Local Time
Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb Looking For a Taste of WSOP Gold
Columbus, Ohio's Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb recorded four cashes in last year's WSOP.com Online Bracelet Series, but it was one huge run that defined his series, and brought him agonizingly close to earning his first career WSOP Gold Bracelet.
In Event #8: $500 NLH Freezeout, Gottlieb found himself at a final table of absolute crushers, including Robert "bustinballs" Kuhn, Scott "miamicane" Davies, and Randy "StayAlive" Ohel among others. Gottlieb was on the shorter side of the counts at the start of the final table, but took the majority of Kuhn's chips with queens to take a commanding lead with five players remaining.
When heads-up play commenced, Gottlieb was back in a 2:1 deficit against Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring, but looked poised to take back command of the battle when the final hand of the tournament took place. Gottlieb, holding king-nine, flopped a king-high straight, while Goehring held ace-three of clubs for a higher straight draw and a flush draw. Gottlieb went from retaking the chip lead to out in one card when the turn was a club, and Gottlieb was forced to settle for $73,942 for a second-place run.
Gottlieb, who describes himself on his Twitter bio as a "full time veterinarian, part time button clicker", is back in action for this year's series, and looks to have a full schedule of events to play in his quest to finish one spot higher in an event this year, and lay claim to a WSOP Gold Bracelet.
Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb | 20,000 | |
Thursday, July 22, 2021 4:06 PM Local Time
First Players to Fall
John "rainman3817" Esposito | 0 | |
Craig "Iktomni" Le Compte | 0 | |
Leonard "Luckyleo1980" August | 0 | |
David "Denda24" Enda | 0 | |
Omar "om167" Mehmood | 0 | -20,000 |
Alida "av1925" Veliu | 0 | -1,034 |
Bader "Ib2nyce4u" Haq | 0 | |
Brandon "PaintYoFace" Caputo | 0 | |
Mark "victb" Ioli | 0 | |
Brett "furofakind" Shaffer | 0 | |
Joshua "Kenjiboi7" Faris | 0 | |