Event #2: $600 Monster Stack | 2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events

07-02-2021 15:53 UTC-7

Level 4 Chip Leaders

BrandonTemple

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeannette "Netty10" Mendez	112,650
Dylan "PokerNpizzA" Hortin	101,630 41,025	41,025
Sumeet "poker_guru" Wayachal	97,168
vkjasthi	93,263
ib2nyce4u	88,552
Omar "om167" Mehmood	88,002 4,127	4,127
entombexhume	87,866
karma189	86,499
Matthew "FleshGolem" Elsby	84,109 25,254	25,254

Marcus "mjl56" Laffen	81,101 751	751

07-02-2021 15:49 UTC-7

Ian "apokerjoker2" Steinman Looking to Crush Another WSOP Online Bracelet Series

BrandonTemple

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

One WSOP Gold Bracelet. Three final tables. Fifteen cashes. That was the body of work of Ian "apokerjoker2" Steinman in last year's WSOP.com Online Bracelet Series, one that would be the envy of nearly everyone who fired in last year's version. Steinman, who already has been seeking action on some bracelet bets for this year's series, will be looking to duplicate his many deep runs and massive success this year.

Steinman's heater began last year with two final tables early in the series, with a fifth-place performance in Event #7: $800 NLH Knockout Deepstack for $24,578, followed by a sixth-place finish two days later in Event #9: $1,000 NLH 6-Max for $30,995. Steinman's bracelet would be earned late in the series, when he took down Event #27: $400 NLH Freezeout for $110,557 after beating Japan's Satoshi Tanaka in heads-up play. Steinman used these performances to take down the $100,000 Leaderboard competition of the WSOP.com portion of the series, which sent an additional $18,000 his way.

Steinman doesn't appear to be resting on his laurels in preparing for a summer of poker, however, already getting in some prep work by winning the Benny Binion Summer Shoot-Out at the South Point Poker Room for $65,000 after a three-way deal. As much as winning his first bracelet meant to Steinman, the quest for another crusher of a summer is on for the hyper-talented Steinman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian "apokerjoker2" Steinman	26,465 -7,472	-7,472

Tags: Ian Steinman Satoshi Tanaka

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

07-02-2021 15:44 UTC-7

WSOP Legend: 10-Time Bracelet Winner Phil Ivey

Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

Few poker players have captured the attention of the poker universe quite like Phil Ivey. There have been plenty of champions of the game who crushed it at the felt, but none who built up the mystique of Ivey, who remains to this day arguably the most magnetic player in poker despite results that no longer match his days of utmost dominance.

A day after the anniversary of Ivey's induction into the Poker Hall of Fame, PokerNews examines the legacy of his WSOP success. Prior to 2000, Ivey didn't have any recorded WSOP cashes.

The 23-year-old didn't waste any time establishing himself as one of the top up-and-coming players. That year, after already making one final table and finishing fifth, Ivey secured his first bracelet. He beat none other than fellow Hall of Famer Amarillo Slim Preston heads up to win Event #14: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, a rebuy event, for his first bracelet and $195,000. Three other Hall of Famers — Chris Bjorin, Phil Hellmuth and David "Devilfish" Ulliott — also competed at that final table, so shipping it was about more than just getting his first taste of gold. Ivey showed he could beat the best in the business.

Two years after that, though, would be when Ivey really showed he was the present and future of the game. In 2002, Ivey showcased his skills at limit poker in a big way.

Click Here to Read More About this WSOP Legend

07-02-2021 15:40 UTC-7

"Ibnyce4u" Flushes Hagerty

Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

Four players saw a flop after a 988 raise and action was checked to Shawn "Shades927" Strokes who fired out 2,229 from middle position. Ryan "Hagzzz021" Hagerty raised to 6,558 and "Ibnyce4u" called directly to his left, as did Hagerty after the small blind folded.

Once the appeared on the turn, action was checked to "Ibnyce4u" who moved all in for 11,271 and only Hagerty called.

"Ibnyce4u":
Ryan "Hagzzz021" Hagerty:

Hagerty was ahead with his kings but the river completed the flush for "Ibnyce4u" and secured their double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ibnyce4u	46,268
Shawn "Shades927" Strokes	24,852
Ryan "Hagzzz021" Hagerty	23,587

Tags: Shawn Strokes Ryan Hagerty

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

07-02-2021 15:28 UTC-7

Yuan Takes From Steinman

Anthony Thompson

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Ian "apokerjoker2" Steinman opened under the gun for 200 and Ye "yuan365" Yuan called from middle position to see a flop appear.

Steinman continued for 200 and Yuan called bringing the turn. Steinman led out once again with 500, Yuan called and the river completed the board.

Steinman fired out a third bullet of 1,420 but quickly folded after Yuan raised to 5,400.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ye "yuan365" Yuan	37,042 2,520	2,520
Ian "apokerjoker2" Steinman	33,937 -6,063	-6,063

Tags: Ian Steinman Ye Yuan

07-02-2021 15:27 UTC-7

Level 2 Chip Leaders

BrandonTemple

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Omar "om167" Mehmood	83,875
Joshua "Zeal1906" Ray	80,446
Marcus "mjl56" Laffen	80,350
Belgica "LaDocFeroz" Dardon	74,851
Michael "nese11" Coglianese	72,861
Don "banhmi" Nguyen	69,631
Dylan "PokerNpizzA" Hortin	60,605
Dave "CRISPR" Alfa	59,995
aktrader2006	59,550
Matthew "FleshGolem" Elsby	58,855 18,855	18,855

07-02-2021 15:17 UTC-7

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

BrandonTemple

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 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	34,522 -5,478	-5,478

Tags: Joseph Hebert Tony Yuan

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0