Sarah Herring talks to streamer, content creator and poker professional Ryan "degenerate gambler" DePaulo about his recent bracelet win in the 2020 World Series of Poker Event #12: $500 The Big 500 No-Limit Hold'em. DePaulo, who plays on WSOP.com under "joeyisamush," explains how he found himself at six in the morning in the Whole Foods parking lot. Check it out!
"AllSkillz" opened for 800 from early position and action folded to Aaron "Fishfold" Frei who three-bet jammed for 2,293 from the small blind.
Action was on Mikhail "VOINE5" Patich who gave Frei isolation after he came over the top for 9,359 from the big blind and the two players were off to the races.
Aaron "Fishfold" Frei:
Mikhail "VOINE5" Patich:
Frei was ahead with his made hand until the flop gave Patich top two-pair.
The turn was no help to Frei nor was the river as Patich collected his $100 bounty.
Brandon "Omni27" Ienn raised to 800 from middle position and "Vettie1" three-bet to 1,200 from the small blind. Ryan "ryanfeldman" Feldman called from the big blind, Ienn four-bet to 5,650, and "Vettie1" called off for 1,819 total. Feldman called and then checked the flop.
Feldman checked, Ienn bet 2,000, and Feldman check-raised to 5,100. Ienn got out of the way and the hands were turned up.
Ryan "ryanfeldman" Feldman:
"Vettie1":
Feldman had flopped the nuts and "Vettie1" was drawing dead. The meaningless turn and river were run out and Feldman collected the $100 bounty.
This past Sunday, it was a night to remember on GGPoker as their first-ever WSOP bracelet events — part of a 54-event schedule spread out across the next months — kicked off. Unfortunately, on a night where three bracelet winners were supposed to be crowned, two of the events ran into a critical bug and had to be suspended to next week.
The lightning-fast Event #34: $525 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed — clocking in at a mere 3 hours and 15 minutes start to finish to make it the fastest-ever bracelet event — was unaffected by the technical issues and played out as normal. In total, 2,214 entries of $525 each were made to create a total prize pool of $1,107,000.
In the end, it was Shoma "pp_syon" Ishikawa of Japan writing history as GGPoker's first-ever online bracelet winner, as well as the third person from Japan after Naoya Kihara and Takahiro Nakai to claim the coveted prize. Ishikawa is an emerging talent from the land of the rising
The second event of the festival saw Finnish high-stakes poker legend Juha Helppi doubled his gold bracelet tally in Event #35 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. Helppi who claimed the lion's share of the $1,558,000 prize pool after topping a field of 328 entries, receiving a first-place prize of $290,286 to go along with the coveted prize.
On Wednesday, Michael "YesPlease" Clacher won the third WSOP bracelet for South Africa in the 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Event #36: $1,500 FIFTY STACK NLHE for $297,496 by overcoming a field of 1,342 players. The third event where a bracelet could be won generated a prize pool of $1,912,350 for 188 players to cash in in the end.
After a series of four and five bets preflop, Dave "DunningKrugr" Alfa was all in for 6,938 from middle position, as was Adrian "Vegas_Cuban" Torres from the hijack for 28,702 and both players were called by "dogmai" from the small blind.
"dogmai":
Dave "DunningKrugr" Alfa:
Adrian "Vegas_Cuban" Torres:
Torres was ahead until the flop appeared pairing "dogmai's" ace.
The turn gave "dogmai" trips and the river secured their double bounty elimination for $200.
flop gave Patich top two-pair. 
turn was no help to Frei nor was the 
river as Patich collected his $100 bounty. 
turn and 
river secured their double bounty elimination for $200.
flop only to discover he had been set up by Freedman.
