Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow Tramples the Field and Wins Event #4: $400 NLH 6-Max ($35,480)
It was short-handed heaven at the WSOP.com Pennsylvania Online Bracelet Series, as Event #4: $400 No Limit Hold'em 6-max brought 295 players to the felt, and with the 126 rebuys generated, a prize pool of $151,560 was up for the taking. After just over nine hours of play, it was Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow who put together a dominant performance to earn his first career WSOP Gold Bracelet, along with a top prize of $35,480.
With three tables left, Morrow was sitting in the middle of the pack, but fell short with ten players remaining. Morrow then hit the gas hard, wielding his stack like a hammer and earning nearly back-to-back doubles against eighth-place finisher Mark "Trap_Lord" Davidoff to rally to the chip lead. From there, Morrow never relinquished the chip lead, and bulldozed his way to WSOP Gold.
Event #4: $400 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow | $35,480 |
| 2 | Michael "ArnoldSlick" McNeil | $22,022 |
| 3 | Steven "Voice2skull" Madara | $14,974 |
| 4 | Angel "Chr0meKing" Lopez | $10,367 |
| 5 | Charles "BubbyDubby" Faust | $7,336 |
| 6 | David "DeathNote__" Goodman | $5,289 |
Other players who earned a cash include Taylor "dripbaeless" Williams (19th - $970), Brett "H0mie_Sr" Freiler (23rd - $970), Event #1 champ Mark "ratrivers" Herm (33rd - $834), and Frederick "LooseChangee" Ferrell (61st - $606).
Final Table Action
A brisk thirty-minute final table began with an immediate elimination, as David "DeathNote__" Goodman busted on the second hand of play with ace-eight against the ace-nine of Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow. One orbit later, Charles "BubbyDubby" Faust got his short stack in with ten-nine, but ran smack into the jacks of Michael "ArnoldSlick" McNeil to fall in fifth.
Angel "Chr0meKing" Lopez was able to ladder up to fourth, but couldn't rally the short stack any further and succumbed to McNeil a short time later. Steven "Voice2skull" Madara then picked a fight with Morrow at the wrong time, and Morrow's ace-queen bested the ace-jack of Madara to bring the final two players heads up with over 150 big blinds left in play, and Morrow held a big 3:1 chip lead over McNeil at the onset.
McNeil managed a double, but the final hand of the tournament would prove to be an unavoidable cooler. A three-bet pot saw both players flop sets on a monotone board. McNeil held middle set, but Morrow held top set, and all the chips got into the middle. No miracle quads came for McNeil, and they fell one spot shy of a WSOP Gold Bracelet.