Event #21: $600 PLO 6-Handed
Day 1 Completed
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #21: $600 PLO 6-Handed
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$297,540
Entries
551
Level
31
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
Entries
551
Players Left
1
Level 31
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
On Wednesday night, the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Event #21: $600 PLO 6-Handed attracted 281 players who rebought 270 times. The 1,551-entry field generated a $297,540 prize pool and after 11 hours of play, Florida native Bradley "drstrange7" Ruben captured a $61,148 top prize and his second gold bracelet.
Ruben, who is a professional poker player and real estate investor in the Sunshine State, cashed 11-times last year in the GGPoker portion of the WSOP online bracelet events for $288,376.
His best performance came from Event #62: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha when he claimed his first WSOP bracelet and an online best $220,160.
2021 WSOP Event #21: $600 PLO 6-Handed Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradley "drstrange7" Ruben | $69,148 |
| 2 | Michael "BrockLesnar" Holtz | $42,816 |
| 3 | Alex "OrcinusOrca" Foxen | $27,909 |
| 4 | Ben "WhyIsGamora" Yu | $18,656 |
| 5 | Troy "troyrlee" Lee | $12,764 |
| 6 | Dylan "thedogsofwar" Wilkerson | $8,956 |
After Garry "GoKnightsGo" Gates exited as the bubble boy in 67th place, the in-the-money eliminations came at a steady pace which included WSOP bracelet winner Ari "PalmTreeB" Engel (59th - $1,131), Shannon "Aulophobia" Shorr (35th - $1,398), Andrew "WATCHGUY42" Lichtenberger (22nd - $2,261), Jason "TheBigGift" Gooch (12th - $3,600), Mark "Nostradonkus" Liedtke (9th - $4,761), and Anirudh "WeLikeToPrty" Seth (7th - $6,457).
Final Table Action
With six players to start the final table, one of them had to be the first to fall and after a few levels went by that person was Dylan "thedogsofwar" Wilkerson. Wilkerson was heads-up against Michael "BrockLesnar" Holtz after a queen-high flop and Wilkerson called off his stack with a pair of jacks. Wilkerson was ahead but Holtz turned a king to eliminate him in sixth place.
A few hands later, Holtz continued with another elimination after he turned two-pair to send Troy "troyrlee" Lee home in fifth place.
Ben "WhyIsGamora" Yu, along with Ruben, were the only two players at the final table who already had a WSOP bracelet to their name, but Yu's hope of securing another came up short after he failed to crack Ruben's queens and fell in fourth place.
With the final three players sitting fairly even, the action was slow for the first few levels until Alex "OrcinusOrca" Foxen decided to gamble and called off his stack on the turn holding the nut flush draw but was set up by Ruben in third place.
The heads-up battle saw Ruben hold the majority of the chips in play and he made quick work of Holtz to earn his second WSOP bracelet.
The 2021 WSOP Online continues on Thursday with Event #22: $600 NLH Knockout. PokerNews will be live reporting and streaming the action, so be sure to join us then.
2021 WSOP Online Bracelet Winners Thus Far
| Date | Tournament | Players | Re-entries | Total Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Jul | Event #1: $500 NLH BIG 500 Kick-Off | 837 | 440 | 1277 | $574,650 | Jose "deposit" Nooa | $105,161 |
| 2-Jul | Event #2: $600 NLH Monster Stack | 727 | 311 | 1038 | $560,520 | Manig "Ohio77" Loeser | $104,313 |
| 3-Jul | Event #3: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack | 641 | 309 | 950 | $427,500 | Donnell "Spreezy52" Dais | $90,801 |
| 4-Jul | Event #4: $500 NLH Super Turbo | 608 | 242 | 850 | $382,500 | Jeffery "Steelvikes7" Hoop | $73,861 |
| 5-July | Event #5: $1,000 NLH 8-Max | 459 | - | 459 | $648,700 | Jeremiah “freestylerr” Williams | $139,600 |
| 6-July | Event #6: $2,000 NLH Deepstack | 312 | 104 | 416 | $769,600 | Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson | $175,700 |
| 7-July | Event #7: $777 NLH Lucky 7's | 576 | 312 | 888 | $621,600 | Michael "stiltwalk" Mercaldo | $123,574 |
| 8-July | Event #8: $888 Crazy Eights Hold'em | 514 | 268 | 782 | $625,600 | Carlos "CarlosWelch" Welch | $124,369 |
| 9-July | Event #9: $400 NLH 6-Max | 788 | 429 | 1,217 | $438,120 | Philip "wingsuiter" Beck | $81,534 |
| 10-July | Event #10: $333 NLH | 986 | 531 | 1,517 | $455,100 | Michael "njnj17" Leib | $81,645 |
| 11-July | Event #11: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack | 1,078 | 339 | 1,417 | $510,120 | Vijay “Eclypzed” Para | $86,210 |
| 12-July | Event #12: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack | 654 | 305 | 959 | $431,550 | Bryan "Pellepelle" Piccioli | $83,332 |
| 13-July | Event #13: $1,000 NLH Freezeout | 561 | - | 561 | $504,900 | Ryan "Adopt_aDogg0" Leng | $108,654 |
| 14-July | Event #14: $500 No Limit Hold'em | 673 | 363 | 1,036 | $466,200 | Gionni "COLDWARKID" Demers | $90,023 |
| 15-July | Event #15: $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezout | 188 | - | 188 | $940,000 | Justin "Jsaliba2" Saliba | $253,800 |
| 16-July | Event #16: $600 PLO8 6-Handed | 293 | 295 | 498 | $268,920 | Allen "Acnyc718" Chang | $61,394 |
| 17-July | Event #17: $400 NLH 8-Max | 747 | 378 | 1,125 | $405,000 | Justin “LappyPoker” Lapka | $75,371 |
| 18-July | Event #18: $1,000 NLH North American Open | 524 | 232 | 756 | $692,000 | James "Danfriel" Gilbert | $137,570 |
| 19-July | Event #19: $888 PLO Crazy Eights 8-Handed | 285 | 222 | 507 | $405,600 | Martin “bathroomline” Zamani | $92,598 |
| 20-July | Event #20: $3,200 NLH High Roller | 221 | 91 | 312 | $948,480 | Sang "youngkoi" Lee | $241,768 |
| 21-July | Event #21: $600 PLO 6-Handed | 281 | 270 | 551 | $297,540 | Bradley "drstrange7" Ruben | $69,148 |
Level 31
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Michael "BrockLesnar" Holtz limped from the small blind, Bradley "drstrange7" Ruben raised to 300,000 from the big blind, Holtz three-bet to 900,000 and Ruben called.
The flop came all spades, the 
. Action went check-check.
The turn was the 
. Ruben bet 1,800,000 which was easily covering Holtz who called it.
Ruben had the flush with the 
while Holtz would need to find a full boat as he held the, 
.
The but river was the 
to secure the best hand for Ruben and eliminate Holtz in second place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,265,000
1,959,392
|
1,959,392 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 31
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
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
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan "surfbum" Gamble | $19,136.82 |
| 2 | Roland "Prngls12" Israelashvili | $14,432.43 |
| 3 | "modothead" | $10,742.16 |
| 4 | "CarVig989" | $8,056.62 |
| 5 | Jesse "mrjessejames" Sylvia | $6,065.94 |
| 6 | Calvin "projector52" Anderson | $4,572.93 |
| 7 | Qinghai "011POKERDR" Pan | $3,455.52 |
| 8 | Ian "apokerjoker2" Steinman | $2,572.86 |
| 9 | David "dwpoker" Williams | $1,962.51 |
Level 31
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Alex "OrcinusOrca" Foxen raised to 250,000 on the button and Bradley "drstrange7" Ruben defended his big blind to see a 
flop.
Ruben check-raised to 1,187,500 after Foxen continued for 212,500 and Foxen called bringing the 
turn. Ruben led out and Foxen called off his 771,686 stack.
Alex "OrcinusOrca" Foxen: 
Bradley "drstrange7" Ruben: 
Foxen was behind needing a spade but the 
river ended his tournament in third place for $27,909.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,305,608
2,683,446
|
2,683,446 |
|
|
1,959,392
-2,021,847
|
-2,021,847 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 31
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
| Date | Tournament |
|---|---|
| July 22 | #22: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Knockout |
| July 23 | #23: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo |
| July 24 | #24: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Monsterstack |
| July 25 | #25: $7,777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s High Roller |
| July 25 | #26: $500 No-Limit Hold'em The Big 500 Encore |
| July 26 | #27: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship |
| July 27 | #28: $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship |
| July 28 | #29: $800 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max Turbo Deepstack Championship |
| July 29 | #30: $600 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max Championship |
| July 30 | #31: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver |
| July 31 | #32: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship |
| Aug. 1 | #33: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Grand Finale ($1M Guaranteed) |
Level: 31
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 0
Level 30
: 40,000/80,000, 0 ante
The World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship (PPC), which was created in 2006, is considered the tournament where the best of the best take on one another and duke it out in a variety of poker games, a reflection of all-around poker skill. Imagine playing the likes of Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, and Daniel Negreanu five days in a row in a short-handed mixed format.
Needless to say, the hefty price tag coupled with a small, elite field created a legacy for the PPC where champions are considered among the greatest overall poker players. A quick glance at its 14-year history shows nothing but greatness among champions, from John Hennigan to Mike Gorodinsky, and with the late David "Chip" Reese as perhaps the event's most fitting inaugural winner back in 2006.
Winning once is the poker professional's dream. Winning two? You're in a league of your own. But winning the toughest event with poker's best three times? Only one man achieved that improbable feat on this day back in 2018, after winning his first two titles in 2010 and 2012: Michael Mizrachi.
Level 30
: 40,000/80,000, 0 ante
Ben "WhyIsGamora" Yu raised to 210,000 on the button and then called off his 526,314 stack after Bradley "drstrange7" Ruben three-bet to 660,000 from the big blind.
Ben "WhyIsGamora" Yu: 
Bradley "drstrange7" Ruben: 
Yu was behind needing help and the 
flop gave him more outs with an open-ended straight draw.
Unfortunately for Yu, the outs he had never came as the turn and 
river ended his tournament in fourth place for $18,656.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,622,162
1,202,354
|
1,202,354 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 30
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 0