2021 WSOP.com PA Online Bracelet Events

Event #8: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em PA Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2021 WSOP.com PA Online Bracelet Events

Final Results
Winner
Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$65,525
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$279,900
Entries
311
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
88
Players Left
1

Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter Wins Event #8: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Pennsylvania Championship ($65,525)

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

Event #8: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em PA Championship saw 88 hopefuls return from the 311 entrants that fired in the three Day 1 starting flights. With $65,525 up top, it was another Philadelphia native to claim the WSOP Gold Bracelet, something that has become a theme in the prior events. Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter was able to lock up the cash and the jewelry after a five-hour Day 2 that saw a swift amount of action and eliminations from start to finish.

Porter, who earned four cashes in the WSOP.com Online Series in New Jersey/Nevada in July, had two cashes on his record for five-figures, including his top score of $15,000 for finishing in third-place in a Parx Big Stax XXVIII $500 No Limit Hold'em event. This win nearly triples his Hendon Mob recorded earnings and pushes him over the six-figure mark in career earnings. Porter, the "Digital guy for SportsRadioWIP" according to his Twitter bio, will certainly have a lot to talk about in the coming days as he celebrates a well-earned WSOP Gold Bracelet victory.

Event #8: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em PA Championship Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter$65,525
2"nevermuk24"$40,669
3Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth$27,654
4Ryan "TheDuce" McCarroll$19,145
5Matt "berkey11" Berkey$13,547
6Michael "TonyBandanas" Lavin$9,769
7Joshua "ArmyWife1972" Rivera$7,165
8Drew "MoveBlanket" Gonzalez$5,374
9Derek "4evergr8" Duckett$4,143

Of the 88 players who returned, only 63 would cash, leaving players such as Dan "LavaCake" Ott and bubble boy Ryan "s4yNOT" Hagerty shy of a cash.

Notable players who managed to earn a payday include Zach "CaptainLevi" Gruneberg (10th - $3,247), Michael "lllllllll" Wang (13th - $2,603), Joe "ChilledChaos" McKeehen (23rd - $1,791), Brett "H0mie_Sr" Freiler (43rd - $1,344) and Barrett "Soil_Brunson" Lipkin (49th - $1,204).

Joe McKeehen
Joe McKeehen

Final Table Action

Derek "4evergr8" Duckett started the final table as the short stack, and wasn't able to get any short stack magic going, as he dwindled down to just under four big blinds and promptly lost a flip to Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth to be the first player eliminated at the final table.

Next to go was Twitch Streamer Drew "MoveBlanket" Gonzalez, who four-bet jammed with ace-seven suited over a three-bet by Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter, in what was a pivotal hand at the final table. Porter held the goods with pocket queens, and flopped a set to leave Gonzalez shy of a bracelet again in his second final table of the series.

After Joshua "ArmyWife1972" Rivera got his queens coolered by the aces of "nevermuk24" to fall in seventh, the only WSOP Gold Bracelet winner at the final table was next to go. Michael "TonyBandanas" Lavin, who won his bracelet in this very series in Event #7: $600 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack, got his last twenty big blinds in preflop holding pocket tens, but it was Espeseth's turn with the rockets, as Espeseth called with aces and spoiled Lavin's run at his second WSOP Gold Bracelet in three days.

Solve For Why Academy founder and poker pro Matt "berkey11" Berkey, who started the day second in chips after bagging up the chip lead in yesterday's Day 1c, was next to go. Berkey found himself with a below average stack for much of the final table, and got it in for around six big blinds with king-eight. Porter was waiting with ace-eight in the big blind, however, and Berkey bricked off to finish in fifth.

Matt Berkey
Matt Berkey

From there, the stacks evened out, until two quick hands brought the table to heads-up play. First, Ryan "TheDuce" McCarroll blinded down and jammed king-seven into the ace-nine of "nevermuk24" to fall in fourth. Shortly after, Espeseth flopped an open-ended straight draw with queen-jack and fired all three streets, including a jam on the river after bricking out. Porter had flopped top pair with king-queen and called, and Porter took the chip lead into heads-up play with "nevermuk24".

Although "nevermuk24" briefly managed to regain the chip lead at one point, Porter would not be denied, and set a trap on the last hand to secure the bracelet. Porter limped in from the button, and "nevermuk24" jammed for around seventeen big blinds. Porter had jacks and called, and "nevermuk24" could only hit a deuce with their ace-deuce, sending the WSOP Gold Bracelet and $65,525 back to Philly.

Tags: Andrew PorterBarrett LipkinBrett FreilerDan OttDerek DuckettDrew GonzalezJoe McKeehenJoshua RiveraLevi EspesethMatt BerkeyMichael LavinMichael WangRyan HagertyRyan MccarrollZach Gruneberg

"nevermuk24" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($40,669)

Level 36 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
nevermuk eliminated in 2nd
nevermuk eliminated in 2nd

Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter limped in from the button, then snap-called when "nevermuk24" jammed for 1,397,278 in the big blind.

"nevermuk24": {a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}
Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}

Porter's jacks looked poise to snare his first WSOP Gold Bracelet, but "nevermuk24" picked up extra outs on the {q-Hearts}{2-Spades}{9-Diamonds} flop. The {3-Clubs} turn was a brick for "nevermuk24", and with the {6-Clubs} river, Porter picked up his first career WSOP Gold Bracelet!

A full recap will be posted shortly.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter us
Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter
4,665,000
1,711,278
1,711,278
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of nevermuk24 us
nevermuk24
Busted

Tags: Andrew Porter

Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth Eliminated in 3rd Place ($27,654)

Level 34 : 25,000/50,000, 6,250 ante
Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth eliminated in 3rd
Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth eliminated in 3rd

Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter limped in from the small blind, then called when Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth raised to 149,550 in the big blind.

Porter check-called a bet of 105,022 from Espeseth on the {10-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flop, and Porter check-called a bet of 214,147 on the {4-Diamonds} turn. Porter checked a third time on the {7-Diamonds} river, and Espeseth jammed for 703,323. Porter called with {k-Spades}{q-Clubs} for top pair, and busted Espeseth when he could only muster up {q-Spades}{j-Spades}.

Porter takes a roughly 3:2 chip lead into heads-up play with "nevermuk24".

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter us
Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter
2,807,922
1,029,742
1,029,742
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of nevermuk24 us
nevermuk24
1,857,078
127,812
127,812
Profile photo of Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth us
Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth
Busted

Tags: Andrew PorterLevi Espeseth

Ryan "TheDuce" McCarroll Eliminated in 4th Place ($19,145)

Level 34 : 25,000/50,000, 6,250 ante
Ryan "TheDuce" McCarroll eliminated in 4th
Ryan "TheDuce" McCarroll eliminated in 4th

Ryan "TheDuce" McCarroll jammed for 458,736 from the small blind, and "nevermuk24" called in the big blind.

Ryan "TheDuce" McCarroll: {k-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
"nevermuk24": {a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

McCarroll needed a king after the {6-Clubs}{4-Spades}{j-Hearts} flop took away his seven as an out, and would find none on the {9-Spades} turn or {q-Clubs} river to bust in fourth.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter us
Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter
1,778,180
160,000
160,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of nevermuk24 us
nevermuk24
1,729,266
248,736
248,736
Profile photo of Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth us
Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth
1,157,554
125,000
125,000
Profile photo of Ryan "TheDuce" McCarroll us
Ryan "TheDuce" McCarroll
Busted

Tags: Ryan McCarroll

Matt "berkey11" Berkey Eliminated in 5th Place ($13,547)

Level 31 : 14,000/28,000, 3,500 ante
Matt "berkey11" Berkey eliminated in 5th
Matt "berkey11" Berkey eliminated in 5th

Matt "berkey11" Berkey, one hand after losing a flip to Ryan "TheDuce" McCarroll, jammed for 173,368 in the cutoff, and Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter called in the big blind.

Matt "berkey11" Berkey: {k-Diamonds}{8-Spades}
Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter: {a-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}

Berkey had a kicker problem, and despite turning some chop outs with a four-flush, it wouldn't get resolved on a {10-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts} runout to eliminate the Solve For Why Academy founder in fifth.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter us
Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter
1,877,377
187,368
187,368
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Matt "berkey11" Berkey us
Matt "berkey11" Berkey
Busted
Day 1C Chip Leader

Tags: Andrew PorterMatt BerkeyRyan McCarroll

Michael "TonyBandanas" Lavin Eliminated in 6th Place ($9,769)

Level 30 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Michael "TonyBandanas" Lavin eliminated in 6th
Michael "TonyBandanas" Lavin eliminated in 6th

Michael "TonyBandanas" Lavin raised to 48,000 from the hijack, and Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth three-bet to 129,600 in the cutoff. Lavin four-bet shoved for 480,435 and Espeseth called.

Michael "TonyBandanas" Lavin: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}

Aces proved to be the executioner's hand again, as a {5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Hearts} runout left Lavin a few spots shy of his second bracelet of the series.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth us
Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth
1,596,325
709,435
709,435
Profile photo of Michael "TonyBandanas" Lavin us
Michael "TonyBandanas" Lavin
Busted

Tags: Levi EspesethMichael Lavin

Joshua "ArmyWife1972" Rivera Eliminated in 7th Place ($7,165)

Level 30 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Joshua "ArmyWife1972" Rivera eliminated in 7th
Joshua "ArmyWife1972" Rivera eliminated in 7th

"nevermuk24" raised to 48,000 from under the gun, and Joshua "ArmyWife1972" Rivera three-bet shoved for 391,519 next to act. Action folded back to "nevermuk24" who snap-called.

Joshua "ArmyWife1972" Rivera: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
"nevermuk24": {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}

Rivera had been coolered by "nevermuk24", and a {7-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} flop left Rivera drawing to running queens. That didn't happen on a {3-Clubs} turn and {8-Hearts} river, and Rivera was busted in seventh.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of nevermuk24 us
nevermuk24
880,106
427,519
427,519
Profile photo of Joshua "ArmyWife1972" Rivera us
Joshua "ArmyWife1972" Rivera
Busted

Tags: Joshua Rivera

Drew "MoveBlanket" Gonzalez Eliminated in 8th Place ($5,374)

Level 29 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
Drew "MoveBlanket" Gonzalez eliminated in 8th
Drew "MoveBlanket" Gonzalez eliminated in 8th

Drew "MoveBlanket" Gonzalez raised to 52,000 from the hijack, and Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter three-bet to 180,000 from the big blind. Gonzalez four-bet shoved for 597,370 and Porter called.

Drew "MoveBlanket" Gonzalez: {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

Porter was already in the lead before the {q-Spades}{3-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} flop gave him a hammerlock on the hand, and popular Twitch Streamer Gonzalez got no help on the {j-Diamonds} turn or {k-Hearts} rover to bust.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter us
Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter
1,658,099
828,025
828,025
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Drew "MoveBlanket" Gonzalez us
Drew "MoveBlanket" Gonzalez
Busted
StakeKings

Tags: Andrew PorterDrew Gonzalez

Derek "4evergr8" Duckett Eliminated in 9th Place ($4,143)

Level 29 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
Derek "4evergr8" Duckett eliminated in 9th
Derek "4evergr8" Duckett eliminated in 9th

Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth raised to 44,000 from middle position, then called when Derek "4evergr8" Duckett three-bet shoved for 73,130 in the big blind.

Derek "4evergr8" Duckett: {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}
Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth: {k-Hearts}{j-Spades}

Duckett couldn't hold on a {2-Spades}{a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{3-Hearts} runout and was eliminated first at the final table.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth us
Levi "AmosSlade" Espeseth
871,890
59,130
59,130
Profile photo of Derek "4evergr8" Duckett us
Derek "4evergr8" Duckett
Busted

Tags: Derek DuckettLevi Espeseth

Gruneberg Bubbles the Final Table

Level 29 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
Gruneberg just misses the final table
Gruneberg just misses the final table

Zach "CaptainLevi" Gruneberg raised to 32,000 on the button, and Andrew "LoveToLose" Porter three-bet to 97,600 in the small blind. Michael "TonyBandanas" Lavin four-bet shoved for 432,853 in the big blind, Gruneberg called off for around 410,000 and Porter folded.

Zach "CaptainLevi" Gruneberg: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Michael "TonyBandanas" Lavin: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}

Lavin would end up with the nuts on a {5-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} runout to eliminate Gruneberg just short of the final table.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Zach "CaptainLevi" Gruneberg
Zach "CaptainLevi" Gruneberg
Busted

Tags: Andrew PorterMichael LavinZach Gruneberg