Event #5: $1,000 NLH 8-Max | 2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events

07-05-2021 23:33 UTC-7

Orson "HIGHGRAVITY" Young Eliminated in 12th Place ($7,136)

Jeff McMillan

Level 32 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Orson "HIGHGRAVITY" Young jammed from the button for 443,793, Austin "l8trgatorr" Peck re-jammed from the small blind and folded out the big blind.

Young was looking to stay alive with the while Peck had the .

The board ran out and Young hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Austin "l8trgatorr" Peck	1,347,423 1,047,263	1,047,263
Orson "HIGHGRAVITY" Young	Busted

07-05-2021 23:17 UTC-7

Chris "Pay_son" Staats Eliminated in 13th Place ($5,644)

Chad Holloway

Level 31 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

Chris "Pay_son" Staats moved all in for 608,675 under the fun and Gary "phiI_ivey" Kosakowski called from the big blind.

Chris "Pay_son" Staats:
Gary "phiI_ivey" Kosakowski:

It was a race but Staats was unable to catch up as the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary "phiI_ivey" Kosakowski	2,521,292 644,675	644,675
Chris "Pay_son" Staats	Busted

Tags: Chris Staats Gary Kosakowski

07-05-2021 23:17 UTC-7

Vito “TheSuitBig29” DiStefano Eliminated in 14th Place ($5,644)

Chad Holloway

Level 31 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

Gary "phiI_ivey" Kosakowski opened for 84,000 under the gun and called when Vito “TheSuitBig29” DiStefano three-bet all in for 330,174 from the small blind.

Gary "phiI_ivey" Kosakowski:
Vito “TheSuitBig29” DiStefano:

The board ran out and DiStefano was ousted in 14th place for $5,643.69.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary "phiI_ivey" Kosakowski	1,876,617 -644,675	-644,675
Vito “TheSuitBig29” DiStefano	Busted

Tags: Gary Kosakowski Vito DiStefano

07-05-2021 23:15 UTC-7

Stout Shows the Door to Yu and Serafin

Jeff McMillan

Level 31 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

There was a three-way preflop all-in in progress with two players are risk.

Ben "WhyIsGamora" Yu:
Christopher "Cserafin35" Serafin:
Matt "RubberFist" Stout:

Stout had to hold in order to take out both of his opponents. The board ran out and he did in fact eliminate two players with Serafin taking 17th place and Yu 16th for $4,605.77 apiece.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt "RubberFist" Stout	2,668,980 2,200,389	2,200,389
Ben "WhyIsGamora" Yu	Busted
Christopher "Cserafin35" Serafin	Busted

Tags: Matt Stout Ben Yu Christopher Serafin

07-05-2021 21:42 UTC-7

Lech Straightened Out By Couden

Chad Holloway

Level 25 : 6,000/12,000, 1,200 ante

Michael "MiguelFiesta" Lech, who last summer won a gold bracelet, moved all in for 151,251 under the gun and Joey "Buffblastin" Couden called from the big blind.

Michael "MiguelFiesta" Lech:
Joey "Buffblastin" Couden:

It was a flip and Lech was looking to hold. He did so on the flop, and the turn improved him to a set. Unfortunately for Lech, the spiked on the river to give Couden a winning jack-high straight.

Lech finished in 50th place for $2,400.19.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey "Buffblastin" Couden	525,960

Michael "MiguelFiesta" Lech	Busted

Tags: Michael Lech Joey Couden

07-05-2021 21:27 UTC-7

Hellmuth Bows Out to Two-Pair

Jeff McMillan

Level 24 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

"Pickitup" raised to 20,000 from the cutoff .Phil "Lumestackin" Hellmuth was down to about 2.5 big blinds in the small blind and raised all in to 24,720, the big blind folded and Pickitup called.

Hellmuth was dominating, holding the vs the .

The flop came the to pair both. The turn was bad news for Hellmuth as the came to give his opponent two-pair. The river came the and Hellmuth was gone in 67th place for $2,011.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francis "Pickitup" Sharp	455,175 33,720	33,720
Phil "Lumestackin" Hellmuth	Busted

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

07-05-2021 20:37 UTC-7

Tune Into Jeff Platt's Twitch Stream Now for Early WSOP Coverage!

Chad Holloway

Level 21 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

For each of the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online bracelet events, Jeff Platt will be streaming early play up to the final table, which will then air on the PokerNews Twitch Channel. Early action of this event is streaming now, so be sure to tune in to see who walks away with the WSOP gold bracelet!

“I am thrilled to team up with PokerNews to present coverage of the 2021 WSOP Online,” said Platt, who is a co-host of the PokerNews Podcast. “We learned last year that the prestige of bracelet events draws an incredibly passionate audience on Twitch. I can’t wait to interact with that audience again as we crown poker’s newest champions.”

Watch the Jeff Platt's live stream here

07-05-2021 20:18 UTC-7

2013 WSOP Champ Downed Short of the Money

Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante

2013 WSOP Main Event champ Ryan "BiTC0iN" Riess moved all in for 18,240 from early position and Zachary "Kings702" Grech called out of the big blind.

Zachary "Kings702" Grech:
Ryan "BiTC0iN" Riess: [4ad]

The board ran out and Grech won the pot with a pair of eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan "BiTC0iN" Riess	Busted

Tags: Ryan Riess

07-05-2021 19:28 UTC-7

Hellmuth Flops the Joint

Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 1,200/2,400, 240 ante

Action folded around to "Ericartmenez" on the button and they moved all in for 61,110. Phil "Lumestackin" Hellmuth was in the big blind and called off for 41,160.

Phil "Lumestackin" Hellmuth:
"Ericartmenez":

Hellmuth got it in good and essentially locked it up when the flop delivered him a full boat. The turn left "Ericartmenez" drawing dead and Hellmuth doubled to 85,440 after the meaningless was run out on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil "Lumestackin" Hellmuth	85

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

07-05-2021 19:13 UTC-7

"Pickitup" Double KOs Piccioli and Chan

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

"Pickitup" opened for 4,500 from early position and Bryan "Pellepelle" Piccioli three-bet jammed for 18,230 from middle position. Daniel "StayActive" Chan then called off for 12,810 next to act and action folded back to "Pickitup", who called to put both players at risk.

"Pickitup":
Daniel "StayActive" Chan:
Bryan "Pellepelle" Piccioli: