Event #7: $777 NLH Lucky 7's
Day 1 Completed
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #7: $777 NLH Lucky 7's
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Buy-in
$777
Prize Pool
$621,600
Entries
888
Level
39
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Entries
888
Players Left
1
Level 39
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
The 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online continued Wednesday evening with Event #7: $777 NLH Lucky 7’s, a tournament that attracted 888 entries and offered up a $621,600 prize pool. It took nearly 11 hours of play for New Jersey’s Michael "stiltwalk" Mercaldo to emerge victorious to claim a $123,574 top prize and the first bracelet of his career.
He did so by defeating 2019 WSOP Little One for One Drop champ James "biggs2424" Anderson in heads-up play, denying him a second bracelet in the process. According to The Hendon Mob, Mercado more than $148K in live tournament earnings, of which $98K has come from WSOP-related cashes.
Event #7: $777 Lucky 7’s Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Michael "stiltwalk" Mercaldo | $123,574 |
| 2nd | James "biggs2424" Anderson | $76,395 |
| 3rd | Justin “MadTitan” Turner | $53,458 |
| 4th | Angel “ChromeKing” Lopez | $37,980 |
| 5th | Ryan “Protential” Laplante | $27,350 |
| 6th | Jake “nattydaddy24” Hernandez | $20,016 |
| 7th | Paul “presicion” Zappulla | $14,856 |
| 8th | Krista “Pollux” Gifford | $11,189 |
The top 126 finishers made the money including Dylan "PokerNpizza" Hortin (11th - $6,651), Matthew "saul_goodman" Rosen (21st - $3,481), Ema “Momma_says” Zajmovic (35th - $2,859), Jamie “DanBilzerian” Kerstetter (52nd - $2,113), Daniel “centrfieldr” Lupo (56th - $1,803), Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu (66th - $1,616), Kyle “kdruck” Draucker (82nd - $1,368), and Scott “miamicane” Davies (90th - $1,368).
Final Table Action
Krista “Pollux” Gifford was the first to fall from the final table after her king-nine suited failed to outdraw the king-queen of Anderson, and then Paul “presicion” Zappulla lost with king-eight to the king-jack of Jake “nattydaddy24” Hernandez.
Despite winning that hand, Hernandez was the next to go after running jacks smack dab into Anderson’s kings, and then bracelet winner Ryan “Protential” Laplante followed him out the door losing a flip with queen-jack to Justin “MadTitan” Turner’s pocket nines.
Turner then dispatched Angel “ChromeKing” Lopez in fourth place before taking his own leave in third place running king-jack into Mercaldo’s pocket aces.
Heads-up play began with Mercaldo and Anderson nearly even in chips, but it proved to be a wild back-and-forth affair with both players holding the chip lead. Eventually, Mercaldo picked off a bluff to double through Anderson and then flopped a straight against the latter’s two pair to seal the deal.
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Level 39
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
James "biggs2424" Anderson raised to 320,000 and Michael "stiltwalk" Mercaldo called bringing the 
flop.
Mercaldo check-called the 299,999 continuation bet from Anderson and the 
turn saw Mercaldo check-called Anderson's 1,928,471 all in bet.
James "biggs2424" Anderson: 
Michael "stiltwalk" Mercaldo: 
Mercaldo flopped the goods but Anderson was still live drawing to any nine or seven but the 
river ended his tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,320,000
6,765,347
|
6,765,347 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 39
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 20,000
Level 38
: 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,765,347
277,550
|
277,550 |
|
|
6,554,653
-277,550
|
-277,550 |
Level: 38
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 15,000
Level 37
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
Michael "stiltwalk" Mercaldo raised to 200,000 from the button and called when Justin "MadTitan" Turner three-bet jammed for 1,650,668 from the small blind.
Justin "MadTitan" Turner: 
Michael "stiltwalk" Mercaldo: 
The board ran out 
and Turner, who captured his first WSOPC gold ring in the online Winter Super Series, bowed out in third place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,832,203
2,256,918
|
2,256,918 |
|
|
6,487,797
-556,250
|
-556,250 |
|
Busted |
Level 37
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
The final three players are on a five-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,044,047
2,970,906
|
2,970,906 |
|
|
4,575,285
1,868,091
|
1,868,091 |
|
|
1,700,668
-3,857,422
|
-3,857,422 |
Level: 37
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 12,500
Level 36
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Angel "ChromeKing" Lopez was all in preflop for roughly 1,000,000 holding a pair of 
and was called by Justin "MadTitan" Turner holding a suited 
.
Turner flopped an eight and Lopez couldn't find a set as he was eliminated in fourth place for $37,980.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |