$800 WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed (Event #76)

Shawn "bucky21" Buchanan has come out on top of Event #76 $800 WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed, winning his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet and a whopping first-place prize of $223,119. After a little over 11 hours, Buchanan bested an online field of 1,560 players, and came out on top after beating two-time WSOP bracelet champion David "Youngpitts" Baker heads up.

Buchanan came into the final table as the chip leader and continued to eliminate opponents throughout. Buchanan wasted no time when he eliminated Jeremy "gimmiehaveit" Brown in 6th place when he put the pressure on Brown preflop and they got all the chips in the middle. Buchanan was dominated but spiked a pair to send Brown out of the tournament.

It wasn't even 10 minutes later when Buchanan was at it again, this time against Luigi Andrea "BananaSplit" Shehadeh. All the chips had gone in the middle before the flop and on the turn Shehadeh had two pairs, but Buchanan made a flush on the river to send them to the virtual payout desk in 5th Place.

The tournament was very fast-paced as Alexandre "Apalexpex" Moreira was next to be eliminated in fourth place. Moreira had moved all of their chips in the middle from the small blind and ran into eventual runner-up David "Youngpitts" Baker's pocket queens in the big blind. Moreira couldn't improve enough to beat Baker even after flopping a pair of tens.

It was only about 15 minutes later that Baker was eliminated Hunter "ibinkustink" Gebron in third place after winning a flip. Baker had two overcards to Gebron's pocket pair and hit one of them right in the window. Gebron couldn't catch his set to stay in tournament leaving just Baker and Buchanan to fight for first place.

Heads up was quite a battle with many pots going back and forth, Baker had flopped quads and doubled up but eventually got beaten back down in chips by Buchanan. The final hand Buchanan four-bet jammed with pocket jacks and held when Baker couldn't catch his overcard.

The Canadian professional from British Columbia, Shawn Buchanan has an amazing record with a whopping $6,915,790 in total live earnings with $2,704,724 of those coming from the World Series of Poker alone, but this was his first WSOP bracelet victory, and in winning, he denied Baker a third piece of jewelry in a high-quality contest that brought a fitting end to a great tournament.

David "Youngpitts" Baker limped the button and Shawn "bucky21" Buchanan moved all-in and Baker quickly called.

David "Youngpitts" Baker:   
Shawn "bucky21" Buchanan:   

Baker was ahead but locked the double when the flop came     giving him quads and the board completed with the   on the turn and the   on the river .

Shawn "bucky21" Buchanan	12,290,276	-4,539,862
David "Youngpitts" Baker	11,109,724	4,539,862

David "Youngpitts" Baker limped the small blind and Hunter "ibinkustink" Gebron raised to 556,250. Baker took a few seconds before making the call.

The flop came     and both players checked to see the   on the turn where Baker led for 890,625 and took it down.

Shawn "bucky21" Buchanan	14,228,968	1,851,175
David "Youngpitts" Baker	4,811,510	1,285,417
Hunter "ibinkustink" Gebron	4,359,522	-1,616,250

The action folded around to Alexandre "Apalexpex" Moreira in the small blind who shoved all-in for 1,295,342 and David "Youngpitts" Baker called in the big blind.

David "Youngpitts" Baker:   
Alexandre "Apalexpex" Moreira:   

Moreira flopped a pair of tens on the     but couldn't improve on the   turn or the   river, and they eliminated in 4th place.

David "Youngpitts" Baker	6,512,435	2,986,342
Alexandre "Apalexpex" Moreira	0	-1,518,787

Shawn "bucky21" Buchanan raised all-in from the small blind for 10,027,757 and Jeremy "gimmiehaveit" Brown called in the big blig for their remaining 1,880,519.

'bucky21':   
'Gimmiehaveit':   

'Gimmiehaveit' was in great shape when the flop came     and the   on the turn was still looking good but they couldn't dodge the river when the   landed and they were eliminated in 6th Place.

Shawn "bucky21" Buchanan	11,953,276	6,926,568
Jeremy "gimmiehaveit" Brown	0	-450,565

Lauren "sycamore22" Roberts shoved all-in for 2,078,249 from the small blind and Shawn "bucky21" Buchanan called in the big blind.

'sycamore22':   
'bucky21':   

The flop came     giving 'sycamore22' a pair of kings to take the lead, and the turn   was still safe, but the   fell on the river giving 'bucky21' a flush and eliminating 'sycamore22' in 8th place.

Shortly afterwards, Barry "puigmyfriend" Hutter was eliminated in 7th Place for $27,612.

Lauren "sycamore22" Roberts

0

-2,170,755

The action kicked off when 'bucky21' raised the cutoff to 175,000 and 'Capitalsboy2' moved all-in for 448,590 from the big blind. This led to a very quick call from 'bucky21' and the hole cards were revealed.

'bucky21':   
'Capitalsboy2':   

'Capitalsboy2' was dominated and couldn't catch up on the       run out and was eliminated by a kicker in 9th place.

Shawn "bucky21" Buchanan	5,026,708	5,026,708
capitalsboy2	0	-836,268

'PellePelle' moved all-in on the button for 461,583 and 'Sycamore22' called in the big blind.

'Pellepelle':   
'sycamore22':   

The board ran out       and 'Pellepelle' was eliminated in 14th Place.

With a flurry of eliminations following 'Pellepelle's demise, 'MichaelAluna' was eliminated in 13th place for $9,828 before 'Jobin95' followed them swiftly out of the door in 12th, albeit for the next pay-jump of $12,402. 'Isamayal' was the next to leave the party, also for $12,402, eliminated in 11th place.

Lauren "sycamore22" Roberts	2,170,755	1,079,909
Pellepelle	0	0