Event #2: $600 Monster Stack | 2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events

07-02-2021 16:24 UTC-8

"Synesthesia" Doubles With Lucky River

Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : 250/500, 50 ante

"Synesthesia" opened under the gun for 1,000 and "Rengoku" defended their big blind to see a flop appear. A series of raises led to "Rengoku" moving all in for 73,788 and "Synesthesia" called off their 38,760 stack.

"Rengoku":
"Synesthesia":

"Rengoku" flopped a big blind special and the turn was no help to "Synesthesia".

Synesthesia" really needed to find a ten and one appeared as the completed the board on the river, securing their double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Synesthesia	80,220
Rengoku	35,028

07-02-2021 16:17 UTC-8

Assorted Chip Counts

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BrandonTemple

Level 9 : 250/500, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren "avocadotoast" Rabinowitz	97,027 57,027	57,027

Nick "DuckFlush" Pupillo	96,950

Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu	96,478 30,394	30,394
Ethan "Rampunts" Yau	95,778
James "Meatsweats" Carroll	92,790
Ryan "im.sorry" Torgersen	90,657
Chad "clayne" Layne	89,273 49,273	49,273
Owais "oerockets" Ahmed	86,715
Anthony "flawlessbink" Maio	77,238
Wendy "cardthartic" Freedman	73,141

07-02-2021 16:16 UTC-8

Watch Every Final Table of the 2021 WSOP Online Events on the PokerNews Twitch Channel

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Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : 250/500, 50 ante

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

Level: 9

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

07-02-2021 16:08 UTC-8

"TheVillager" Falls to "Denda24"

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Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : 200/400, 40 ante

"TheVillager" opened under the gun for 800 and only "Denda24" called from the small blind.

The flop saw "Denda24" check-call the 1,600 continuation bet from the "TheVillager" bringing the turn.

"Denda24" check-raised to 9,200 after "TheVillager" fired out 3,600 and was called. Once the completed the baord on the river, "Denda24" moved all in for 23,920 and "TheVillager" called off their 12,195 stack.

"TheVillager" showed for two pair but it was no good as "Denda24" rolled over for the king-high straight to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denda24	69,520
TheVillager	Busted

07-02-2021 15:55 UTC-8

Break Time

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Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : 200/400, 40 ante

Players are on a five-minute break.

07-02-2021 15:54 UTC-8

Level 8 Chip Leaders

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BrandonTemple

Level 8 : 200/400, 40 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher "lionfsssh" King	171,734 61,107	61,107
ib2nyce4u	137,917 41,831	41,831
Dylan "PokerNpizzA" Hortin	135,397 33,767	33,767
Dave "CRISPR" Alfa	129,158 7,855	7,855
Don "banhmi" Nguyen	128,530 58,899	58,899
Daniel "pepperprince" Zack	121,172

Jeannette "Netty10" Mendez	118,817 8,292	8,292
Blake "obiwin" Kelso	110,292
Stephanie "stephhub31" Hubbard	108,429
Sumeet "poker_guru" Wayachal	104,918 4,600	4,600

Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 40

07-02-2021 15:47 UTC-8

"castaneda17" Eliminated by "biggs2424"

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Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 175/350, 35 ante

"biggs2424" opened under the gun for 700 ad was called by "castaneda17" from the small blind, along with the "HuniDeGrande" from the big blind.

The flop was checked to "biggs2424" who continued for 1,777 and only "castaneda17" called to see the turn.

"castaneda17" check-jammed for 11,956 after "biggs2424" fired out 2,999 and was called.

"biggs2424":
"castaneda17":

Both players flopped top pair but "castaneda17" was out kicked and the river ended their tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
biggs2424	92,387
castaneda17	Busted

07-02-2021 15:45 UTC-8

Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb Looking For a Taste of WSOP Gold

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BrandonTemple

Level 7 : 175/350, 35 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb	42,370 42,370	42,370

Tags: Alan Goehring Randy Ohel Robert Kuhn Ross Gottlieb