Event #27: $1,000 PLO Championship | 2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events

07-26-2021 15:39 UTC-7

O'Connell Secured Early Double

Anthony Thompson

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

There were four players that saw a flop after an initial 431 raise.

Action was checked to John "Macallan25" Riordan who continued for for 862. Drew "dudeguydrew" O'Connell called on the button, as did "SuccessFuL" from the big blind after the small blind folded.

The turn brought fireworks that saw O'Connell three-bet jam for 18,343 and only "SuccessFuL" calle.d

"SuccessFuL":
Drew "dudeguydrew" O'Connell:

Both players flopped a set but O'Connell held the better one and the river secured him the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Drew "dudeguydrew" O'Connell	40,996
John "Macallan25" Riordan	23,453 3,453	3,453

Tags: Drew O'Connell

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

07-26-2021 15:48 UTC-7

Matt "RubberFist" Stout Looking to Nab First Gold Bracelet

Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 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
Matt "RubberFist" Stout	20,000

07-26-2021 15:54 UTC-7

Negreanu Loses Chunk of Chips

Jeff McMillan

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Daniel "Dnegs" Negreanu limped from under the gun. Four other players called. Five saw the flop of . Negreanu bet 400, next to act, Don "Blonde2020" Himpele raised to 900 and the other players all folded, Negreanu then three-bet to 3,700 and Himpele called.

The turn was the . Negreanu bet 8,400, Himpele raised to 13,773 and Negreanu called.

Negreanu had the , Himpele had the [qhqs5c4].

The came off on the river to miss all of the draws for Negreanu and send him down in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Don "Blonde2020" Himpele	35,946 15,946	15,946
Daniel "Dnegs" Negreanu	12,394

07-26-2021 15:55 UTC-7

Break

Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

PLO players are on a five-minute break.

07-26-2021 16:03 UTC-7

Don't Miss the Feature "WSOP History: An Oral History of ChipTic"

Anthony Thompson

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At the 2012 World Series of Poker, a shiny new product received its public unveiling. Players and fans the world over were introduced to a program with revolutionary potential. It could track the chip ebbs and flows of every player in a tournament while also serving as the back end operating system to run said tournament. It promised the ability to change the way poker tournaments were followed, with players and fans interacting at the stroke of a few keys.

That product was ChipTic. And it proved to be a colossal failure.

This is the two-part oral history of ChipTic, from those who experienced it first-hand and witnessed that failure — three former employees, two members of WSOP staff, and two poker media members who watched it implode.

Click Here to Read the Feature on PokerNews

Level: 4

Blinds: 125/250

Ante: 0

07-26-2021 16:09 UTC-7

Early Chip Leaders

Anthony Thompson

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Player	Chips	Progress
Chan Woo "Rikishi" Kim	77,251
John "Macallan25" Riordan	66,680
Maxx "Mc4chess" Coleman	56,508
Matt "Impervious" Zoorob	49,162
Drew "dudeguydrew" O'Connell	47,827
Scott "phil_ivey" Sanders	47,709
Nathaniel "WizardofId" Greenwald	46,658
Joseph "brandnflowrs" Sanders	44,534
Vincent "mister_maura" Melendez	41,561
Zachary "Kings702" Grech	37,920