Event #1: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Keystone Kick Off | 2021 WSOP.com PA Online Bracelet Events

Event #1: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Keystone Kick Off

Day 2 Completed

08-09-2021 23:25 UTC-4

Mark “ratrivers” Herm Wins First-Ever WSOP Gold Bracelet Awarded in Pennsylvania ($48,420)

BrandonTemple

Level 37 : 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante

On Monday, the first-ever World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet was awarded in the state of Pennsylvania with the conclusion of Event #1: $500 NLH Keystone Kickoff. Over the course of three starting flights, 425 players rebought 75 times to create a 500-entry field and a $225,000 prize pool.

Day 2 saw 148 players return to action, and when the dust settled start-of-the-day chip leader and Philly native Mark "ratrivers" Herm emerged victorious to claim a $48,420 top prize and the first-ever WSOP Gold Bracelet awarded in Pennsylvania. Herm, an accomplished pro with over $1.7 million in live tournament earnings as reported by Hendon Mob, had come tantalizingly close to WSOP gold on three separate occasions, including a runner-up performance in the 2020 GGPoker.com WSOP Online Bracelet Series Event #66: $800 Pot Limit Omaha. Herm made his fourth WSOP final table appearance count, and now has his first gold bracelet to show for it.

Event #1: $500 NLH Keystone Kickoff Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Mark "ratrivers" Herm	$48,420
2	Meredith "NovaRiver" Minger	$29,993
3	Doni "AceOnaJetski" Ocena	$20,655
4	Brad "SBbarnz" Barna	$14,468
5	Dan "LavaCake" Ott	$10,305
6	Jeremy "NawtyShawty" Sissman	$7,470
7	Taylor “dripbaeless” Williams	$5,513
8	Bundhit "MonkeyBLuffy" Intachai	$4,140
9	Andrew "Slap_Nuts" Kappes	$3,173

Among those to cash were Day 1c chip leader Anthony "McEye" Mcie (12th - $2,475), Travis “UnitedWeZag” Herzing (14th - $1,958), Day 1a chip leader Benjamin "ItMyTime4421" Kaupp (19th - $1,328), Angela "TheCanManCan" Yanosky (22nd - $1,328), Richard "EatMushrooms" Ali (25th - $1,328), and Michael "SQU0ZE" Duffy (27th - $1,328).

Final Table Action

It didn’t take long for the first final table casualty as Andrew “Slap_Nuts” Kappes lost a race with two black sixes to the Big Slick of former WSOP Main Event runner-up Dan “LavaCake” Ott. Not long after, Bundhit “MonkeyBLuffy” Intachai three-bet jammed holding ace-jack but failed to hold against the ace-four of Doni “AceOnaJetski” Ocena, who had raised from the button.

Taylor “dripbaeless” Williams then got unlucky when her pocket queens were cracked by the ace-seven of Brad “SBbarnz” Barna when an ace spiked on the turn. Barna then woke up with pocket aces to bust Jeremy “NawtyShawty” Sissman, who got it all in preflop with ace-king.

Ott then proceeded to run ace-jack smack dab into the ace-king of Mark “ratrivers” Herm to fall in fifth place, and Barna followed him out the door in fourth by losing ace-six to Herm's ace-jack.

Meredith "NovaRiver" Minger used an ace-king of her own to dispatch Ocena, who failed to get lucky with jack-ten suited. Minger began heads-up play down 2:1 to Herm, and it didn’t take long for the final hand to take place.

On a jack-high board, Minger called off with second pair and was looking to hold against both straight and flush draws of Herm. The former draw came in on the river and Minger had to settle for second place, while Herm claimed the first-ever WSOP gold bracelet awarded in Pennsylvania.

PokerNews will be on hand for the remainder of the WSOP Pennsylvania providing chip counts, payout information, and live coverage as bracelets are awarded this week in the Keystone State!

Tags: Andrew Kappes Anthony McIe Brad Barna Bundhit Intachai Dan Ott Doni OCena Jeremy Sissman Mark Herm Meredith Minger Richard Ali Taylor Williams

08-09-2021 23:10 UTC-4

"NovaRiver" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($29,993)

BrandonTemple

Level 37 : 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante

"NovaRiver" raised to 250,000 on the button, and "ratrivers" called.

"ratrivers" checked the flop to "NovaRiver", who bet 346,500. "ratrivers" check-raised to 693,000, and "NovaRiver" called.

"ratrivers" jammed on the turn, and "NovaRiver" called off for 1,076,508.

"NovaRiver":
"ratrivers":

"NovaRiver" was ahead with a pair, but "ratrivers" was drawing live to ten outs to win. A fitting on the river gave "ratrivers" the stone cold nuts with a straight, and the first WSOP Bracelet to be awarded in the state of Pennsylvania goes to "ratrivers"!

Player	Chips	Progress
ratrivers	7,500,000	2,514,098
NovaRiver	Busted

08-09-2021 22:55 UTC-4

Break Time

BrandonTemple

Level 37 : 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante

The final two players are on a five minute break.

Player	Chips	Progress
ratrivers	4,985,902	-52,674
NovaRiver	2,514,098	52,674

08-09-2021 22:52 UTC-4

"NovaRiver" Claws Back With a Dub

BrandonTemple

Level 37 : 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante

"NovaRiver" raised to 300,000 on the button, then called off their last 1,218,212 total when "ratrivers" three-bet shoved.

"NovaRiver":
"ratrivers":

"NovaRiver" paired up on the flop to take the lead, and held on the turn and river to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
ratrivers	5,038,576	-467,566
NovaRiver	2,461,424	467,886

Level: 37

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 12,500

08-09-2021 22:45 UTC-4

"AceOnaJetski" Eliminated in 3rd Place ($20,655)

BrandonTemple

Level 36 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

"ratrivers" raised to 160,000 from the button, and "AceOnaJetski" called in the small blind. "NovaRiver" three-bet shoved for 1,041,929 from the big blind, and only "AceOnaJetski" called.

"NovaRiver":
"AceOnaJetski":

"AceOnaJetski" paired up on the flop, but "NovaRiver" was plenty live with two overs, a gutshot and a flush draw. The turn was a brick, but the river gave "NovaRiver" a flush and the double.

Left with ten big blinds, "AceOnaJetski" got them in with in the big blind a few hands later, but couldn't best the of "ratrivers" to bust in third.

Player	Chips	Progress
ratrivers	5,506,142	2,313,921
NovaRiver	1,993,538	491,609
AceOnaJetski	Busted

08-09-2021 22:37 UTC-4

"SBbarnz" Eliminated in 4th Place ($14,468)

BrandonTemple

Level 36 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

"ratriver" raised to 160,000 on the button, then snapped off a three-bet shove for 1,213,000 from "SBbarnz" in the small blind.

"SBbarnz":
"ratriver":

"ratriver" ended the Cinderella story of "SBbarnz", who had just four big blinds left with eleven players remaining, when a board failed to bring a six for "SBbarnz".