2021 World Series of Poker

WSOP.com (NV/NJ) Online Bracelet $400 NL Hold’em Ultra Deepstack [2x Re-entry]
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$82,559
Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$488,520
Entries
1,357
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,357
Players Left
1

WSOP.com (NV/NJ) Online Bracelet $400 NL Hold’em Ultra Deepstack [2x Re-entry]

Day 1 Completed

Pete Chen Wins Online Event #3: WSOP.com No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack ($82,559)

Pete Chen
Pete Chen

It took just over 12 hours for Pete Chen to overcome a 1,023-player field and claim his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet in Online Event #3: WSOP.com No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack. Chen defeated Mexico's Tzur "Selvastar7" Levy heads-up and took home $82,559 for his efforts.

Chen is a regular WSOP.com grinder and just recently came off a $5,025 score in July after getting 18th place in WSOP.com Event #32: No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Today's victory marks a career-high online score for Chen, who will add to his $579,059 in previous tournament earnings.

Players began the day with over 1,000 big blinds, but as a result of the event's turbo-like structure, eliminations came fast and furious. It took approximately 8 hours to go from 1,023 entries (including 334 rebuys) to 248 players and burst the money bubble. From that point, the field dwindled to fewer than 100 players just one hour after the money bubble burst.

Notables who managed to cash include Noam "Lokass27" Muallem, Ryan "Protential" Laplante, Chad "Alienprobed" Eveslage, Shawn "clairvoyant" Kjetland, and Daniel "Dnegs" Negreanu, who lost a flip late in the day to get eliminated in 45th place.

Online Event #3: WSOP.com No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize (USD)
1Pete ChenTaiwan$82,559
2Tzur "Selvastar7" LevyMexico$50,903
3Todd "Google_Man" RodenbornUnited States$36,639
4Melody "Meliano34" MckeeUnited States$26,624
5Dustin "Exclusive25" BushUnited States$19,589
6Kari "stuckonluck7" JohnsonUnited States$14,557
7Robert "420ish" ThomasUnited States$10,942
8Amit "rocketsbaby" MakhijaUnited States$8,304
9Stephen "fisherman702" WieczorekUnited States$6,399

The final table began with an average stack of just about 20 big blinds and Levy in the chip lead. As expected, the shorter stacks fell in short order, with Chen and Levy responsible for five final-table eliminations between them.

Chen was able to enter head-ups with an over 2-1 chip lead, thanks largely to his eliminations of Melody "Meliano34" Mckee and Todd "Google_Man" Rodenborn — both of whom Chen eliminated after getting all in with the worst of it and spiking a pair.

Chen was able to maintain his chip lead throughout the heads-up battle and eventually got Levy to commit his stack all in preflop with a dominated ace. Levy managed to take the lead on the flop, but a fateful jack on the river paired Chen's ace-jack and awarded him the victory.

That's a wrap here at Event #3: WSOP.com No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack. Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you full coverage of both live and online 2021 WSOP events!

2021 WSOP Online Bracelet Winners

DateTournamentPlayersRebuysEntriesPrize PoolWinnerPrize
Sunday, October 3Event #1: $5,300 NLH Freezeout1560156$780,000Martin "BathroomLine" Zamani$210,600
Sunday, October 3Event #2: $500 NLH BIG 5007423251067$480,150Mark "NJ_AcesmarkA" Herm$89,336
Sunday, October 10Event #3: $400 NLH Ultra Deepstack1,0233341,357$488,520Pete "PeteChen" Chen$82,560
Sunday, October 17Event #4: $888 PLO Crazy 8's 8-Max295227522$417,600Ryan "Santasbzack2" Stoker$95,338
Sunday, October 24Event #5: $1,000 Championship555299854$768,600Kazuki 'hyahhoo3' Ikeuchi$152,797.68
Sunday, October 31Event #6: $666 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max7203091,029$617,400John "Relevancy" Ripnick$114,898.14
Sunday, November 7Event #7: $3,200 NLH High Roller 8-Max319115434$1,319,360Jacob "incel4life" Neff$318,889
Sunday, November 14Event #8: $7,777 NLH High Roller18347230$1,696,710Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs$432,491
Sunday, November 14Event #9: $777 Lucky 7's NLH7323901,122Yuliyan "Dr.Feelg00da" Kolev$146,162.94 

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"Selvastar7" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($50,903)

Blinds 400000/800000/80000

In what would be the last hand of the tournament, "Selvastar7" limped on the button and Pete "PeteChen" Chen shoved, which was enough to put "Selvastar7" all in for their last 15 million behind. "Selvastar7" tanked, but eventually decided to call.

"Selvastar7": {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts}
Pete "PeteChen" Chen: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

Chen had "Selvastar7" dominated and the {q-Spades}{k-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} runout sealed the deal — eliminating "Selvastar7" in 2nd place.

Stay tuned for a recap of the day's events.

Player Chips Progress
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Pete "PeteChen" Chen
67,850,000
21,635,000
21,635,000
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Selvastar7
Busted

Todd "Google_Man" Rodenborn Eliminated in 3rd Place ($36,639)

Blinds 300000/600000/60000

A short-stacked Todd "Google_Man" Rodenborn got all-in prelfop against Pete "PeteChen" Chen and was at risk.

Todd "Google_Man" Rodenborn: {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}
Pete "PeteChen" Chen: {q-Spades}{8-Hearts}

The board ran out {j-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{7-Hearts} and just as he did in the previous elimination hand, Chen flopped a pair. Rodenborn was eliminated in 3rd place.

Player Chips Progress
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Pete "PeteChen" Chen
46,215,000
13,459,000
13,459,000
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Todd "Google_Man" Rodenborn
Busted