WSOP.com Event #31: No Limit Hold'em Summer Saver

One of the most consistent crushers of the last fifteen years has been Shannon "Aulophobia" Shorr, who tops the Alabama all-time earnings list on Hendon Mob, with nearly $8.6 million in recording earnings. Shorr, who recently announced that he and his wife Joy are expecting their first child, is in action today and will be looking for more success on the virtual felt after some early success on the live felt this year.

Shorr, who had six cashes in last year's WSOP.com Online Bracelet series, but has yet to win a WSOP Gold Bracelet, found his first victory of the year in Event #28: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Deep Stack, and for besting a 287-entrant field, Shorr added a healthy $296,535 to his bankroll. Shorr has also found a quartet of cashes in PokerGO branded events, including a fourth-place performance at the $10,000 NLH High Roller at The Venetian, good for $77,000.

With another full summer of bracelet events on the docket, will this be the year that Shorr breaks through for a WSOP Gold Bracelet to add another accolade to an already illustrious career? We'll be watching his status all summer long as "Aulophobia" shoots for the stars.

Shannon "Aulophobia" Shorr

100,920

100,920

Ryan "Santasbzack2" Stoker raised to 8,400 from early position. The button called, as did Andrew "DrDisRespect" Dean from the big blind.

The flop came the    . Stoker bet 16,712, Dean called.

The turn was the  . Stoker then jammed all in and Dean called for the rest of his chips.

Dean had the    for a pair a draw while Stoker had the   .

The river missed the draw as it came the   and Dean was eliminated.

Ryan "Santasbzack2" Stoker	156,447	117,158
Andrew "DrDisRespect" Dean	0

On Saturday, July 24, the WSOP Summer Online Circuit continued alongside the bracelet events. The ninth tournament was the $320 buy-in Event #9: $100,000 GTD NLH Double Stack, which attracted 305 runners who rebought 165 times. The 470-entry field resulted in a $141,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 80 finishers.

Among those to cash were Daniel "stayactive" Chan (10th - $1,903.50), Frank "Spaghettiii" Marasco (17th - $1,142.10), Ryan "hagzzz021" Hagerty (22nd - $888.30), Harrison "harrisond33" Dobin (30th - $789.60), Matt "berkey11_s4y" Berkey (38th - $705), and Kristen "krissyb24" Bicknell (52nd - $549.90).

In the end, it was Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka besting Jake "nattydaddy24" Hernandez in heads-up play to win a $24,111 top prize and his first gold ring. The win came a week after Lapka took down the 2021 WSOP Online Event #17: $400 NLH 8-Max for $75,371 and his first gold bracelet.

WSOP Summer Online Circuit Event #9 Final Table Results

Matt "berkey11_S4Y" Berkey jammed for his short stack of 19,416 from early position, William "ohnoreally" Baxavaneos called from the button.

Berkey had the    vs the   .

The board ran out       and Berkey was gone.

William "ohnoreally" Baxavaneos	163,090	143,090
Matt "berkey11_S4Y" Berkey	0

Blake "dabalou2121" Vogdes raised to 4,000 from early position, Landon "ActionDealer" Tice called on the button. Dan "PepperPrince" Zack then jammed out of the big blind for 31,020, Vogdes re-shipped and Tice folded.

Zack had the    vs the    of Vogdes.

The board ran out       and Zack was eliminated.

Matt "Nitr0" Affleck raised from the hijack and then called the 18,592 three-bet jam "ChunkysHere" made on the button.

"ChunkysHere":   
Matt "Nitr0" Affleck:   

Affleck was behind needing an ace but none appeared on the       runout and he was left with just 5,515.

The very next hand, Affleck open-jammed from late position and Brett "Beeznutz22" Rubin called from the button.

Affleck held a dominating    to Rubin's    but Rubin flopped a six and eliminated Affleck from the tournament.

A series of preflop raises saw Matthew "bizpoker18" Beier four-bet jam under the gun for 49,413 and Steven "MuddaFudda" Wachel called off his 37,164 stack from the small blind.

Matthew "bizpoker18" Beier:   
Steven "MuddaFudda" Wachel:   

Wachel was ahead with his pair of kings and nothing changed after the     flop appeared.

The   turn however, paired Beier's aces and the   river ended Wachel's tournament.

Matthew "bizpoker18" Beier	92,927	92,927
Steven "MuddaFudda" Wachel	0	-20,000

Former WSOP November Niner and WSOP Gold Bracelet winner Bryan "Pellepelle" Piccioli spent his time in the 2020 WSOP Online Bracelet Series getting his grind on, and the sheer volume of results for Piccioli, who sports over $4.5 million in lifetime Hendon Mob reported earnings, speaks for itself.

Piccioli started his WSOP Online series with the WSOP.com series, and recorded a staggering 14 cashes during the 31-event series. He netted an eleventh-place finish in Event #29: $2,000 NLH Deepstack for $15,612, and followed that up with a deep run in the final event, Event #31: $1,000 NLH Championship, finishing in twenty-seventh place for $9,897.

The next month, during the GGPoker portion of the WSOP Online, Piccioli added six more cashes to his resume, including another deep run in Event #77: $5,000 NLH Main Event. Piccioli managed to navigate his way to a twenty-third place finish in the event that was eventually won by Stoyan Madanzhiev, and for that deep run, Piccioli added another $79,625 to his account.

Can Piccioli top last year's impressive run of 14 cashes in this year's WSOP.com Online Bracelet Series? Well, he already secured his second career bracelet in Event#12: $500 NLH Turbo Deebstack and is in action today with hopes at making another run for a third.

Bryan "Pellepelle" Piccioli

27,567

-68,618

Players are on a five-minute break.