2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events

Event #18: $1,000 NLH North American Open
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$137,570
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$692,000
Entries
756
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
24,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
756
Players Left
1

Event #18: $1,000 NLH North American Open

Day 1 Completed

James "Danfriel" Gilbert Wins 2021 WSOP Online Event #18: $1,000 NLH North American Open ($137,570)

Level 39 : 120,000/240,000, 24,000 ante
James Gilbert
James Gilbert

On Sunday, the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online continued with Event #18: $1,000 NLH North American Open, a tournament that drew 524 players who rebought 232 times. The 756-entry field resulted in a $692,000 prize pool, and after nearly 11 hours of play, it was James "Danfriel" Gilbert emerging victorious to capture a $137,570 top prize and his first gold bracelet.

Gilbert, who defeated wunderkind Landon "ActionDealer" Tice in heads-up play, was a WSOP Circuit ring winner with nearly $2.1 million in live tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob. That includes a career-best $434,598 for finishing second in the 2015 WPT Borgata Poker Open and $326,565 for finishing runner-up in the 2018 WPT Seminole Rock N Roll Poker Open.

Gilbert previously came close to winning a bracelet back at the 2017 WSOP when he finished third in Event #50: $1,500 NLH, good for $139,180. A little over a week later, he took ninth in the 2017 WSOP Event #68: $3,000 NLH for an additional $48,745.

2021 WSOP Online Event #18 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1James "Danfriel" Gilbert$137,570
2Landon "ActionDealer" Tice$85,047
3Brett “furofakind” Shaffer$59,512
4Felix “madenspauwke” Vandeput$42,281
5Tony “Panoramic” Dunst$30,448
6Francis “tennispro75” Anderson$22,282
7William “swaggyb” Corvino$16,539
8Daniel “DLAZ14” Lazrus$12,456
9Daniel “st0neydanza” Dagostino$9,550

Among those to finish in the top 126 and make the money were Kristen "krissyb24" Bicknell (12th - $7,404), Raman "Acrogum" Afanasenka (13th - $5,882), Chance “bingsui” Kornuth (14th - $5,882), Jonathan “Art.Vendelay” Dokler (20th - $3,875), Mike “mkspresident” Shin (27th - $3,875), Ian “apokerjoker2” Steinman (43rd - $2,699), Ryan “bitc0in” Riess (57th - $2,007), and Event #17 champ Justin “LappyPoker” Lapka (79th - $1,661), who was one day removed from winning his first WSOP gold bracelet.

Final Table Action

Event 18 final table
Event 18 final table

Daniel “st0neydanza” Dagostino was the first final table casualty after losing a flip with ace-king against the pocket jacks of Brett "furofakind" Shaffer. Not long after, the Big Slick of Daniel “DLAZ14” Lazrus also went down in flames to Shaffer, who flopped top pair with queen-jack.

At that point, Gilbert got bust eliminating William “swaggyb” Corvino in seventh place winning a race with ace-jack against pocket eights, and then he dispatched Francis “tennispro75” Anderson winning another flip, this time with tens holding against ace-jack.

Gilbert kept his momentum rolling when he rivered an ace holding ace-five against the pocket nines of two-time bracelet winner and WPT commentator Tony “Panoramic” Dunst. With four players remaining, Gilbert had a massive lead, Tice sat second in chips, and then there were two extreme short stacks – Felix “madenspauwke” Vandeput and Shaffer.

Gilbert proceeded to eliminate them in back-to-back hands to take a more than 4:1 chip lead into heads-up play. Tice fought tooth and nail, but Gilbert’s lead proved too insurmountable. Eventually, Tice got it in with king-eight and failed to get there against the king-ten of Gilbert.

The 2021 WSOP Online continues on Monday with Event #19: $888 PLO Crazy Eights - 8-Handed. PokerNews will be live reporting and streaming the action, so be sure to join us then.

2021 WSOP Online Bracelet Winners Thus Far

DateTournamentPlayersRe-entriesTotal EntriesPrize PoolWinnerPrize
1-JulEvent #1: $500 NLH BIG 500 Kick-Off8374401277$574,650Jose "deposit" Nooa$105,161
2-JulEvent #2: $600 NLH Monster Stack7273111038$560,520Manig "Ohio77" Loeser$104,313
3-JulEvent #3: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack641309950$427,500Donnell "Spreezy52" Dais$90,801
4-JulEvent #4: $500 NLH Super Turbo608242850$382,500Jeffery "Steelvikes7" Hoop$73,861
5-JulyEvent #5: $1,000 NLH 8-Max459-459$648,700Jeremiah “freestylerr” Williams$139,600
6-JulyEvent #6: $2,000 NLH Deepstack312104416$769,600Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson$175,700
7-JulyEvent #7: $777 NLH Lucky 7's576312888$621,600Michael "stiltwalk" Mercaldo$123,574
8-JulyEvent #8: $888 Crazy Eights Hold'em514268782$625,600Carlos "CarlosWelch" Welch$124,369
9-JulyEvent #9: $400 NLH 6-Max7884291,217$438,120Philip "wingsuiter" Beck$81,534
10-JulyEvent #10: $333 NLH9865311,517$455,100Michael "njnj17" Leib$81,645
11-JulyEvent #11: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack1,0783391,417$510,120Vijay “Eclypzed” Para$86,210
12-JulyEvent #12: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack654305959$431,550Bryan "Pellepelle" Piccioli$83,332
13-JulyEvent #13: $1,000 NLH Freezeout561-561$504,900Ryan "Adopt_aDogg0" Leng$108,654
14-JulyEvent #14: $500 No Limit Hold'em6733631,036$466,200Gionni "COLDWARKID" Demers$90,023
15-JulyEvent #15: $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezout188-188$940,000Justin "Jsaliba2" Saliba$253,800
16-JulyEvent #16: $600 PLO8 6-Handed293295498$268,920Allen "Acnyc718" Chang$61,394
17-JulyEvent #17: $400 NLH 8-Max7473781,125$405,000Justin “LappyPoker” Lapka$75,371
18-JulyEvent #18: $1,000 NLH North American Open524232756$692,000James "Danfriel" Gilbert$137,570

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Landon "ActionDealer" Tice Eliminated in 2nd Place ($80,047)

Level 39 : 120,000/240,000, 24,000 ante
Landon Tice
Landon Tice

Landon "ActionDealer" Tice limped from the small blind, James "Danfriel" Gilbert jammed all in and Tice called with 4,006,085 left behind.

Tice trailed with the {k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} against the {k-Clubs}{10-Spades}.

He was looking for an eight as the flop came the {2-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{9-Spades}. The turn was the {4-Clubs} and the {6-Hearts} on the river finished the torunament off as Tice was unable to come from behind and was eliminated in second place.

Player Chips Progress
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James "Danfriel" Gilbert
22,680,000
4,510,085
4,510,085
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Landon "ActionDealer" Tice
Busted

One for Tice; Gilbert Still Whittling Away

Level 39 : 120,000/240,000, 24,000 ante

Landon "ActionDealer" Tice raised the button to 480,000 and James "Danfriel" Gilbert called to see a flop of {2-Spades}{k-Spades}{9-Spades}.

Gilbert check-called a bet of 240,000 and then checked the {7-Diamonds} turn.

Tice bet again, this time 744,000, and that did the trick as Gilbert folded.

Despite losing that hand Gilbert has been whittling away at Tice as of late.

Player Chips Progress
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James "Danfriel" Gilbert
18,169,915
2,468,002
2,468,002
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Landon "ActionDealer" Tice
4,510,085
-2,612,002
-2,612,002

Tags: Landon TiceJames Gilbert

Level: 39

Blinds: 120,000/240,000

Ante: 24,000

Level: 38

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 20,000

Brett "furofakind" Shaffer Eliminated in 3rd Place ($59,512)

Level 37 : 80,000/160,000, 16,000 ante

In the very next hand with a dead small blind, James "Danfriel" Gilbert moved all in from the button and Brett "furofakind" Shaffer called off for 390,408 from the big blind.

Brett "furofakind" Shaffer: {j-Hearts}{3-Clubs}
James "Danfriel" Gilbert: {a-Clubs}{9-Spades}

The board ran out {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{4-Spades}{7-Clubs} and Shaffer hit the rail in third place.

Player Chips Progress
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James "Danfriel" Gilbert
18,719,561
422,408
422,408
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Landon "ActionDealer" Tice
3,960,439
-912,000
-912,000
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Brett "furofakind" Shaffer
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

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Felix "madenspauwke" Vandeput Eliminated in 4th Place ($42,281)

Level 37 : 80,000/160,000, 16,000 ante

James "Danfriel" Gilbert jammed from the small blind and was called Felix "madenspauwke" Vandeput in the big.

Gilbert had the {j-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}, Vandeput the {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}.

But gilbert came from behind to win as the board ran out the {j-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and the field was three-handed

Player Chips Progress
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James "Danfriel" Gilbert
18,297,153
1,392,153
1,392,153
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Felix "madenspauwke" Vandeput
Busted