WSOP.com Event #22: No Limit Hold'em Knockout

On Thursday night, the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Event #22: $600 NLH Knockout attracted 612 players that created a $342,720 prize pool.

For much of the tournament, all eyes were on Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu as he made a run at bracelet number seven, but he eventually fell two spots shy as Anthony "Lastbullet" Kennedy defeated Ryan "badbeatbill" Basile in heads-up play to take home the $46,796 top prize along with the coveted WSOP bracelet.

2021 WSOP Event #22: $600 NLH Knockout Final Table Results

After Leo "FeelsgoodMan" Wolpert eliminated Alan "Mason3" Nosonchuk on the money bubble, the 99 remaining players started falling at a rapid pace.

Among the notables to cash were two-time WSOP bracelet winner Ryan "Adopt_aDogg0" Leng (76th - $596), Mike "Mkspresident" Shin (46th - $793), 2013 Main Event Champion Ryan "BitC0in" Riess (31st - $1,058), Sachin "sachYOstack" Ramrakhani (17th - $1,542), Adrian "sacakewalk" Sacher (11th - $2,401), and Jason "justanenigma" Wheeler (10th - $2,401).

Final Table Action

The final table saw most players sitting fairly deep with Johnathan "shvszn" Bolton holding just over 20 big blinds when he bowed out in ninth place after jamming from the small blind with a queen-three off only to be called by Michael "PIEROGI" Ziemba from the big blind, holding a dominating ace-three.

Four-time WSOP bracelet winner Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen was the next to fall after he was all in preflop with a pair of nines and was called by Negreanu holding a crushing pair of tens.

Ziemba started hot but had his tournament come to an end in seventh place after he flopped an ace on an ace-high flop and was set up by Paul "rungood27" Scaturro holding a pair of lucky sevens.

Matthew "BraceletHUNT" Hunt was next on the chopping block after he jammed preflop with queen-ten and was called by Kennedy holding a dominating ace-ten. Kennedy flopped an ace and the was all she wrote for Hunt.

Not long after, Negreanu found his next victim after hitting running jacks to send Ryan "hagzzz021" Hagerty home in fifth place.

With four players remaining the stacks were even and extremely deep, each player sat with roughly with 20 big blinds. As a level went by, Scaturro started to grow short and jammed holding a live jack-ten. He was called by Basile holding big slick and he bounced Scaturro in fourth place after flopping an ace.

After Scaturro's elimination, three-handed saw Negreanu holding the short stack and he didn't last very long after flopping a queen only to be out-kicked by Kennedy, dropping the six-time bracelet winner in third place.

The heads-up battle saw Kennedy hold almost a 2:1 chip advantage and the match didn't last longer then one level. Basile moved all in after the flop with a an open-ended straight draw holding six-four off and Kennedy called holding a suited seven-three. The sweat didn't last long for Basile as Kennedy turned the flush to eliminate him in second place.

2021 WSOP Online Bracelet Winners Thus Far

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The WSOP Summer Online Circuit recently kicked off to run alongside the bracelet events. The fourth tournament of the series was the $320 buy-in Event #4: $50,000 GTD PLO 8-Max, which attracted 167 players who rebought 146 times. The 313-entry field resulted in a $93,900 prize pool that was reserved for the top 36 finishers.

Among those to cash were Scott "Rumcake" Ball (10th - $1,558.74), Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen (14th - $1,183.14), Ankush "rickrosstheb" Mandavia (18th - $901.44), and Event #3 champ Tom ".BEAST." Cannuli (26th - $704.25)

After six and a half hours of play, it was two-time bracelet winner Nathan "surfbum" Gamble besting Roland "Prngls12" Israelashvili in heads-up play to win a $19,137 top prize and his first gold ring.

Gamble won his first bracelet back in 2017 when he took down Event #46: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better for $223,339, and then last summer he won WSOP.com Event #6: $600 PLO8 6-Handed for $89,424.

WSOP Summer Online Circuit Event #4 Final Table Results

"Lastbullet" raised to 345,678 on the button and Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu defended his big blind to see a     flop.

Negreanu check-raised to 691,356 after "Lastbullet" continued for 345,678 and "Lastbullet" called bringing the   turn.

Negreanu quickly jammed and was snap-called by "Lastbullet".

"Lastbullet":   
Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu:   

Both players flopped top-pair but Negreanu was out-kicked and the   river ended his tournament in third place.

Lastbullet	7,776,127	2,667,401
Ryan "badbeatbill" Basile	4,463,873	-190,678
Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu	0	-3,621,723

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

Lastbullet	5,108,726	1,815,433
Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu	3,621,723	-487,500
Ryan "badbeatbill" Basile	2,682,869	-250,000
Paul "rungood27" Scaturro	1,826,682	-77,933

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Matthew "BraceletHUNT" Hunt moved all in for 1,051,796 from the button. "Lastbullet" called from the big blind.

Hunt had the    vs the   .

The flop came the    . The turn was the   and the river came the   to eliminate Hunt.

Lastbullet	3,270,403	-297,441
Matthew "BraceletHUNT" Hunt	0	-1,003,452

Michael "PIEROGI" Ziemba raised under the gun and Paul "rungood27" Scaturro defended his big blind to see a     flop.

Scaturro check-jammed for 1,598,950 after Ziemba continued for 234,375 and Ziemba called off his 1,146,490 stack.

Michael "PIEROGI" Ziemba:   
Paul "rungood27" Scaturro:   

Ziemba connected with his aces but was way behind Scaturro's flopped set of sevens. Ziemba needed help but the   turn left him drawing dead to the   river.

Paul "rungood27" Scaturro	3,014,190	1,659,340
Michael "PIEROGI" Ziemba	0	-1,382,886