Level: 9
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 40
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #18: $1,000 NLH North American Open
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$692,000
Entries
756
Level
39
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
24,000
Entries
756
Players Left
1
Top Ten Chip Counts
Level 9
: 200/400, 40 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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105,959
2,105
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2,105 |
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95,830 | |
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90,817 | |
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87,711 | |
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85,848 | |
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84,021 | |
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78,514 | |
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78,459 | |
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78,025 | |
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76,787
5,646
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5,646 |
Matt "RubberFist" Stout Looking to Nab First Gold Bracelet
Level 9
: 200/400, 40 ante
One of the most common names among the top finishers in WSOP.com high-stakes tournaments is "RubberFist." That one belongs to Matt Stout, as long-standing a tournament presence as any dating back to his days as "all_in_at420," the nom de guerre under which he's racked up almost $4 million in cashes.
A six-time WSOP Circuit ring winner, Stout has been killing it on the virtual felt in recent years and is in action today.
First, in 2019 he added a third ring to his collection, taking down Event #8: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 6-Max for $47,330 in a field of 177 runners.
Then, he crushed it even harder in March 2020. He shipped Event #2: $215 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack for $43,286. After a sixth-place finish in another $1K six-max event, Stout tasted victory again in Event #11: No-Limit Hold'em - BIG $500, banking $63,234. Along with three smaller cashes, that was enough to secure Casino Champion honors and make good on his pre-series prediction to his wife.
Stout, the founder of the Charity Series of Poker (CSOP), continued churning out solid results with eight cashes during last year's domestic bracelet series, though none saw him run particularly deep.
More recently, Stout captured his sixth ring last month when he won the WSOP.com Summer Online Circuit Event #5: $50,000 GTD PLO Big $500 6-Max for $13,955.
He'll try to keep things rolling this year and maybe even make a run at his first bracelet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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29,744 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Early Eliminations
Level 10
: 250/500, 50 ante
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Level 10
: 250/500, 50 ante
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Level: 11
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 60
Daniel “centrfieldr” Lupo Eyes Up Second Gold Bracelet
Level 11
: 300/600, 60 ante
One player who has been doing quite well on playing online in recent years is bracelet winner Daniel “centrfieldr” Lupo, 37, of West Milford, New Jersey. You might recall in 2019, Lupo topped a 1,767-entry field to win the WSOP.com Online $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack for $145,274 and a gold bracelet. Last year, he added a ring to his résumé by taking down the WSOP.com Online Circuit Event #3: $320 NLH 6-Max for $32,595 and a month later won the WSOP.com $100,000 GTD Sunday for $50,715.
PokerNews caught up with Lupo, who went to NJIT for Architecture and baseball, to ask him about poker, which he squeezes in between working for an Architecture firm in Bridgewater specializing in single-family residential and smaller commercial projects and his family, which includes three kids ages 2-5 and his supportive wife Laura.
PokerNews: When and how did you learn to play poker?
Lupo: I started playing/learning in college during the Rounders and Moneymaker boom with a bunch of the baseball guys. Within a year I found myself hosting games at college, at home on breaks and basically anywhere I could find or make a game. I didn’t play much online early on, regrettably.
What sort of poker do you play these days?
Mostly online MTTs playing like three sessions per week on average with buy-ins typically from $50 to $1k with the occasional $2-$3k buy in for a big event. I average around 500-600 MTTs a month despite not playing full time, I tend to put in a lot of volume when I’m on. The games are mostly NLH and some PLO MTTs, but love when StarsNJ runs a series as they run a fun 8-Game MTT with a bunch of other mixed variants.
What’s it like to play poker while raising young children?
It’s been a constant evolution. I could probably write a book about all the highs and lows and life adjustments I’ve had or chose to make. It gives me a lot of inspiration to succeed while also adding some weight to my losses as it's like 'not only was I way from my kids for all of Sunday afternoon but I lost (insert obnoxious Sunday schedule cost here)'.
What are some of your poker goals?
Try and win everything I play. Actually, my biggest current goal is trying to optimize my MTT game selection. Since quarantine began the schedules have been exploding site to site and while it's been great, with lots of new players and lots of live players playing online it has also drastically increased my average buy-ins and session costs as well as the field size which further increases variance.
I'm trying to optimize the balance of table quantity and expected value vs individual session costs and the variance that comes with it. Having an average buy-in of $250 adds up pretty quickly when it's spread across 60+ entries on a Sunday. My biggest ongoing and long-term goal is to win enough to help my family live comfortably.
Lupo is in action today looking to make a run at his second gold bracelet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 |
Deutsch Finds Aces
Level 11
: 300/600, 60 ante
Ronald "rlksaces" Keren raised to 1,590 from under the gun, Jason "margateman" Deutsch three-bet to 8,900 from the small blind over two callers, Karen called and the other two folded.
The flop came the 
. Deutsch let for 7,000, Keren raised all in for 24,030, Deutsch called and rolled over the 
while Keren had the 
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The turn was the 
and the river the 
and Deutsch collected the pot while Keren re-bought.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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79,207 | |
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30,000 |
Break Time
Level 11
: 300/600, 60 ante
Players are now on a five-minute break.