Event #9: $400 NLH 6-Max | 2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events

07-09-2021 18:45 UTC-8

Updated Top Ten Chip Stacks

Jeff McMillan

Level 18 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
funplayer17	265,064 78,317	78,317
Sridhar "Sri50k" Sangannagari	254,654
Ameer "CashIsK1NG" Wakil	231,547
Damith23	212,949
DoubleAceBar	207,059
Corbin "nomad75" White	202,969 130,957	130,957
David "Fabioooo" Stefanski	194,964
Salvatore "Kingsilas1" Dicarlo	186,988 100,277	100,277
pmtbmusic	169,511
James "BugManJim" Altwegg	168,188

07-09-2021 18:41 UTC-8

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

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Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 1,000/2,000, 250 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	113,565

Level: 18

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 250

07-09-2021 18:33 UTC-8

Somerville Set Up by Sylvia

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Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

A series of preflop raises saw Jesse "MrJesseJames" Sylvia jam all in for 72,246 from the big blind and Jason "haderade" Somerville called off his 39,958 stack from the cutoff.

Jesse "MrJesseJames" Sylvia:
Jason "haderade" Somerville:

Somerville was behind holding two overs but things got sticky after the flop gave Sylvia a set of eights.

The turn did give Somerville life with flush and straight draws but the paired the board on the river ending his tournament.

Jesse "MrJesseJames" Sylvia — Somerville Can't Out Run Snowmen

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse "MrJesseJames" Sylvia	114,204
Jason "haderade" Somerville	Busted

Tags: Jesse Sylvia Jason Somerville

07-09-2021 18:30 UTC-8

2021 WSOP Online Bracelet Winners Thus Far

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Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

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	$769,60	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

Level: 17

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

07-09-2021 18:18 UTC-8

Pekarek Loses to Lonis

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Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 600/1,200, 150 ante

Jeremy "TheKid101" Pekarek open-jammed for 10,250 and Jesse "Dangerous22" Lonis isolated on the button.

Jesse "Dangerous22" Lonis:
Jeremy "TheKid101" Pekarek:

Pekarek was behind holding two live cards but neither appeared on the flop. The turn came the and left Pekarek drawing to a ten or eight but if a two came it would chop the pot.

Unfortunately for him, the river was the , pairing Lonis and ending Pekarek's tournament.

Jeremy "TheKid101" Pekarek — Pekarek Gets Hooked

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse "Dangerous22" Lonis	42,360
Jeremy "TheKid101" Pekarek	Busted

Tags: Jesse Lonis Jeremy Pekarek

07-09-2021 18:14 UTC-8

Prizepool Finalized

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Jeff McMillan

Level 16 : 600/1,200, 150 ante

WSOP.com sign lights up the Pavilion Room stage

Today's tournament has drawn a total of 788 entries and 429 rebuys to create a total prizepool of $438,120. The top 167 will cash with a min cash being worth $657 and the grand prize being $81,534.

Full Payouts

Place	Prize Money
1	$81,534
2	$50,384
3	$35,663
4	$25,586
5	$18,576
6	$13,669
7	$1-,208
8	$7,711
9	$5,914
10-12	$4,600
13-15	$3,636
16-18	$2,892
19-27	$2,366
28-36	$1,973
37-45	$1,665
46-54	$1,402
55-63	$1,183
64-72	$1,008
73-81	$920
82-90	$832
91-99	$745
100-153	$701
154-167	$657

Level: 16

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 150

07-09-2021 18:05 UTC-8

Ye "yuan365" Yuan Looking For Another Big Summer of Online Fun

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Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 500/1,000, 125 ante

Ye "yuan365" Yuan, also known as Tony Yuan, has a tiny amount of cashes on his Hendon Mob profile, with just $6,774 in career tournament earnings outside of one particularly big outlier. Yuan, a Ph.D Candidate of Mathematics and Probability at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, overcame the odds and made the final table of the 2020 WSOP $10,000 Main Event, after pushing through a field of 705 entrants.

“I still can’t believe it." Yuan told PokerNews about his run to the final table. "I don’t know how I made it, but someone I did. I was quite lucky to have some big hands. I won a coinflip when short-stacked with pocket nines against my opponent’s ace-jack offsuit." Yuan also was confident in the transition to the live final table, as opposed to online, saying, "I’m a live guy. I think my live play is better than my online play. I can read people.”

Yuan finally succumbed in fifth-place, losing a flip with ace-ten to the pocket fours of Joseph Hebert, but the $286,963 payday certainly helped put a big dent in his college tuition. Now, with another summer of online events waiting, Yuan will be looking to make another deep run payoff in similar fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ye "yuan365" Yuan	15,000