Event #1: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Keystone Kick Off
Day 2 Completed
2021 WSOP.com PA Online Bracelet Events
Event #1: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Keystone Kick Off
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2021 WSOP.com PA Online Bracelet Events
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$225,000
Entries
500
Level
37
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
12,500
Entries
148
Players Left
1
Level 37
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
On Monday, the first-ever World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet was awarded in the state of Pennsylvania with the conclusion of Event #1: $500 NLH Keystone Kickoff. Over the course of three starting flights, 425 players rebought 75 times to create a 500-entry field and a $225,000 prize pool.
Day 2 saw 148 players return to action, and when the dust settled start-of-the-day chip leader and Philly native Mark "ratrivers" Herm emerged victorious to claim a $48,420 top prize and the first-ever WSOP Gold Bracelet awarded in Pennsylvania. Herm, an accomplished pro with over $1.7 million in live tournament earnings as reported by Hendon Mob, had come tantalizingly close to WSOP gold on three separate occasions, including a runner-up performance in the 2020 GGPoker.com WSOP Online Bracelet Series Event #66: $800 Pot Limit Omaha. Herm made his fourth WSOP final table appearance count, and now has his first gold bracelet to show for it.
Event #1: $500 NLH Keystone Kickoff Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark "ratrivers" Herm | $48,420 |
| 2 | Meredith "NovaRiver" Minger | $29,993 |
| 3 | Doni "AceOnaJetski" Ocena | $20,655 |
| 4 | Brad "SBbarnz" Barna | $14,468 |
| 5 | Dan "LavaCake" Ott | $10,305 |
| 6 | Jeremy "NawtyShawty" Sissman | $7,470 |
| 7 | Taylor “dripbaeless” Williams | $5,513 |
| 8 | Bundhit "MonkeyBLuffy" Intachai | $4,140 |
| 9 | Andrew "Slap_Nuts" Kappes | $3,173 |
Among those to cash were Day 1c chip leader Anthony "McEye" Mcie (12th - $2,475), Travis “UnitedWeZag” Herzing (14th - $1,958), Day 1a chip leader Benjamin "ItMyTime4421" Kaupp (19th - $1,328), Angela "TheCanManCan" Yanosky (22nd - $1,328), Richard "EatMushrooms" Ali (25th - $1,328), and Michael "SQU0ZE" Duffy (27th - $1,328).
Final Table Action
It didn’t take long for the first final table casualty as Andrew “Slap_Nuts” Kappes lost a race with two black sixes to the Big Slick of former WSOP Main Event runner-up Dan “LavaCake” Ott. Not long after, Bundhit “MonkeyBLuffy” Intachai three-bet jammed holding ace-jack but failed to hold against the ace-four of Doni “AceOnaJetski” Ocena, who had raised from the button.
Taylor “dripbaeless” Williams then got unlucky when her pocket queens were cracked by the ace-seven of Brad “SBbarnz” Barna when an ace spiked on the turn. Barna then woke up with pocket aces to bust Jeremy “NawtyShawty” Sissman, who got it all in preflop with ace-king.
Ott then proceeded to run ace-jack smack dab into the ace-king of Mark “ratrivers” Herm to fall in fifth place, and Barna followed him out the door in fourth by losing ace-six to Herm's ace-jack.
Meredith "NovaRiver" Minger used an ace-king of her own to dispatch Ocena, who failed to get lucky with jack-ten suited. Minger began heads-up play down 2:1 to Herm, and it didn’t take long for the final hand to take place.
On a jack-high board, Minger called off with second pair and was looking to hold against both straight and flush draws of Herm. The former draw came in on the river and Minger had to settle for second place, while Herm claimed the first-ever WSOP gold bracelet awarded in Pennsylvania.
PokerNews will be on hand for the remainder of the WSOP Pennsylvania providing chip counts, payout information, and live coverage as bracelets are awarded this week in the Keystone State!
Level 37
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
"NovaRiver" raised to 250,000 on the button, and "ratrivers" called.
"ratrivers" checked the 
flop to "NovaRiver", who bet 346,500. "ratrivers" check-raised to 693,000, and "NovaRiver" called.
"ratrivers" jammed on the 
turn, and "NovaRiver" called off for 1,076,508.
"NovaRiver": 
"ratrivers": 
"NovaRiver" was ahead with a pair, but "ratrivers" was drawing live to ten outs to win. A fitting 
on the river gave "ratrivers" the stone cold nuts with a straight, and the first WSOP Bracelet to be awarded in the state of Pennsylvania goes to "ratrivers"!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500,000
2,514,098
|
2,514,098 |
|
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|
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Busted | |
Level 37
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
The final two players are on a five minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,985,902
-52,674
|
-52,674 |
|
|
||
|
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2,514,098
52,674
|
52,674 |
Level 37
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
"NovaRiver" raised to 300,000 on the button, then called off their last 1,218,212 total when "ratrivers" three-bet shoved.
"NovaRiver": 
"ratrivers": 
"NovaRiver" paired up on the 
flop to take the lead, and held on the 
turn and 
river to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,038,576
-467,566
|
-467,566 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,461,424
467,886
|
467,886 |
Level: 37
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 12,500
Level 36
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
"ratrivers" raised to 160,000 from the button, and "AceOnaJetski" called in the small blind. "NovaRiver" three-bet shoved for 1,041,929 from the big blind, and only "AceOnaJetski" called.
"NovaRiver": 
"AceOnaJetski": 
"AceOnaJetski" paired up on the 
flop, but "NovaRiver" was plenty live with two overs, a gutshot and a flush draw. The 
turn was a brick, but the river gave "NovaRiver" a flush and the double.
Left with ten big blinds, "AceOnaJetski" got them in with in the big blind a few hands later, but couldn't best the 
of "ratrivers" to bust in third.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,506,142
2,313,921
|
2,313,921 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,993,538
491,609
|
491,609 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level 36
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
"ratriver" raised to 160,000 on the button, then snapped off a three-bet shove for 1,213,000 from "SBbarnz" in the small blind.
"SBbarnz":
"ratriver": 
"ratriver" ended the Cinderella story of "SBbarnz", who had just four big blinds left with eleven players remaining, when a 
board failed to bring a six for "SBbarnz".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,192,221
1,994,970
|
1,994,970 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,805,300
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
|
1,501,929
-517,500
|
-517,500 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 36
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 35
: 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante
"ratrivers" raised to 150,000 from the button, and "AceOnaJetski" called in the big blind.
On the 
flop, "AceOnaJetski" check-called a bet of 118,800 from "ratrivers".
The fell on the turn, and "AceOnaJetski" checked. "ratrivers" bet 224,904, then folded when "AceOnaJetski" check-raised to over 700,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,792,800
1,154,369
|
1,154,369 |
|
|
2,019,429
130,794
|
130,794 |
|
|
1,490,520
-36,332
|
-36,332 |
|
|
1,197,251
-970,519
|
-970,519 |
|
|
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