Eli "Sketchem" Mirlis limped-in from the cutoff, Jonathan "jetsfan14" Borenstein raised all in for 7,347 from the small blind and Manig "Ohio77" Loeser came over the top for 17,188 from the big blind.
Action was back on Mirlis who called having both players and all three hands were revealed.
Eli "Sketchem" Mirlis:
Manig "Ohio77" Loeser:
Jonathan "jetsfan14" Borenstein:
Loeser was ahead with his aces and the runout secured him the pot while Borenstein re-entered the tournament.
One player who has been doing quite well on playing online in recent years is bracelet winner Daniel "centrfieldr" Lupo, 37, of West Milford, New Jersey. You might recall in 2019, Lupo topped a 1,767-entry field to win the WSOP.com Online $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack for $145,274 and a gold bracelet. Last year, he added a ring to his résumé by taking down the WSOP.com Online Circuit Event #3: $320 NLH 6-Max for $32,595 and a month later won the WSOP.com $100,000 GTD Sunday for $50,715.
PokerNews caught up with Lupo, who went to NJIT for Architecture and baseball, to ask him about poker, which he squeezes in between working for an Architecture firm in Bridgewater specializing in single-family residential and smaller commercial projects and his family, which includes three kids ages 2-5 and his supportive wife Laura.
PokerNews: When and how did you learn to play poker?
Lupo: I started playing/learning in college during the Rounders and Moneymaker boom with a bunch of the baseball guys. Within a year I found myself hosting games at college, at home on breaks and basically anywhere I could find or make a game. I didn’t play much online early on, regrettably.
What sort of poker do you play these days?
Mostly online MTTs playing like three sessions per week on average with buy-ins typically from $50 to $1k with the occasional $2-$3k buy in for a big event. I average around 500-600 MTTs a month despite not playing full time, I tend to put in a lot of volume when I’m on. The games are mostly NLH and some PLO MTTs, but love when StarsNJ runs a series as they run a fun 8-Game MTT with a bunch of other mixed variants.
What’s it like to play poker while raising young children?
It’s been a constant evolution. I could probably write a book about all the highs and lows and life adjustments I’ve had or chose to make. It gives me a lot of inspiration to succeed while also adding some weight to my losses as it's like 'not only was I way from my kids for all of Sunday afternoon but I lost (insert obnoxious Sunday schedule cost here)'.
Daniel Lupo and his family. (Photo c/o Daniel Lupo)
What are some of your poker goals?
Try and win everything I play. Actually, my biggest current goal is trying to optimize my MTT game selection. Since quarantine began the schedules have been exploding site to site and while it's been great, with lots of new players and lots of live players playing online it has also drastically increased my average buy-ins and session costs as well as the field size which further increases variance.
I'm trying to optimize the balance of table quantity and expected value vs individual session costs and the variance that comes with it. Having an average buy-in of $250 adds up pretty quickly when it's spread across 60+ entries on a Sunday. My biggest ongoing and long-term goal is to win enough to help my family live comfortably.
Lupo is in action today looking to make a run at his second gold bracelet.
Raman ""Acrogum" Afanasenka called from the small blind, Michael "helionic" Dyer moved all in from the big blind for 12,885. Afanasenka called after a few moments of thought.
Dyer would need to rally as he held the against the .
The flop came the . The turn was the and the river came the to bust Dyer and force him to re-buy.
A series of preflop raises saw Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu four-bet jam 16,122 from the cutoff and Bryan "Pellepelle" Piccioli called from the small blind.
Bryan "Pellepelle" Piccioli:
Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu:
Negreanu was way behind needing help and the flop came paired bringing possible chop outs.
The turn wasn't a bad sight for Negreanu as it gave him the nut flush draw but the river was even better as it paired his eight and secured his double-up.
runout secured him the pot while Borenstein re-entered the tournament. 
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. The turn was the 
and the river came the 
to bust Dyer and force him to re-buy.
flop came paired bringing possible chop outs. 
turn wasn't a bad sight for Negreanu as it gave him the nut flush draw but the 
river was even better as it paired his eight and secured his double-up. 
