[Online] $500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver
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2022 World Series of Poker
[Online] $500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver
Day: 1
Players will take to the virtual felt for their last opportunity to win a gold bracelet in the 13th and final online World Series of Bracelet event on the summer. Hundreds will be hoping to save their summer and end their WSOP on a high.
Last years winner was Brad "1badcajun" Zusman who won the bracelet and $79,683 by defeating the field of 917 entrants which generated a prize pool of $412,650 prize pool. It was Zusman's first career bracelet.
2021 WSOP Event #31: $500 NLH Summer Saver
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brad "1badcajun" Zusman | $79,683 |
| 2 | Mark "victb" Ioli | $49,270 |
| 3 | Josh "YoelRomero" King | $34,704 |
| 4 | Jeff "bortzork" Miller | $24,759 |
| 5 | Jason "TheBigGift" Gooch | $17,909 |
| 6 | Orson "borgatcha" Young | $13,122 |
| 7 | Conrad "KerriP" Simpson | $9,780 |
| 8 | Jeremy "g00sebumps" Menard | $7,386 |
| 9 | David "dave419" Nodes | $5,653 |
The WSOP.com lobby currently shows 100 players registered for this tournament an hour before the start, including the likes of Joseph “melonhead” Bartholdi, Chris “BetURaise” Brewer, and Brandon “DrOctagon” Adams.
Players begin with 20,000 chips. Levels last 15 minutes, with a five-minute break every 55 minutes past the hour. Players are allowed up to three re-entries during the tournament until late registration closes at 8:15 p.m. local time for their last chance to win a WSOP gold bracelet this summer.
PokerNews will be following all the action and providing live updates throughout the day until a new champion is crowned.
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Ron “The Carolina Express” Stanley, 70, was one of the most feared players in the game. In fact, he even went toe-to-toe with the legendary Stu Ungar at the final table of the 1997 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. It was there that Stanley donned a tuxedo while playing in the intense Las Vegas heat on Fremont Street.
Stanley, who has been playing poker for a living for “at least 50 years,” was recently spotted at the 2022 WSOP and was kind enough to chat with PokerNews.
“My dad used to play poker and he’d take me to the games when I was a kid,” he said about how he learned poker in the first place. “I was watching and it got pretty interesting. He was pretty good at it and I picked it up from him. It’s in my blood I guess.”
While he hasn’t had any major tournament scores since before the Poker Boom, Stanley is still on the grind.
“I play poker 5-6 days a week at least, mostly cash games,” he said. “In Vegas, I mostly play at South Point, but I’ve been in South Carolina for six months playing a lot of home games.”
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Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Level 1
: Blinds 25/50, 0 ante
Ye "Yuan365" Yuan raised to 125 from early position. He was three-bet on the button to 385 by Daniel "Ultradonk420" Pricola. Yuan four-bet to 1,500 and Pricola called.
The flop came 
and action went check-check.
The turn was the 
and Pricola bet 1,200 when checked to. Yuan called.
The 
was the river and Pricola bet 1,300 when checked to by Yuan. Yuan called. Pricola turned over 
which couldn't beat Yuan who had 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level: 2
Blinds: 30/60
Ante: 0
Level 2
: Blinds 30/60, 0 ante
Tammy "VAJJ1" Anderson raised to 217 from early position after a limp and was called by middle postion, ANaggs in the cutoff and Robert "bjacks" Jackson in the big blind. The limper also called.
Players went five-ways to the flop of 
. Anderson bet 846 and was called by ANaggs and Jackson.
The turn came the 
and action checked to ANaggs who bet 1,680. Only Jackson called.
The 
was the river and ANaggs bet 2,760. Anderson made the call but was disappointed when ANaggs turned over 
for two pair to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 2
: Blinds 30/60, 0 ante
While most eyes are focused on the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, several gold bracelets have already been awarded on the virtual felt. All told there will be 29 online bracelet events being awarded this summer between players in New Jersey/Nevada (13 bracelets), Michigan (eight bracelets), and Pennsylvania (eight bracelets).
A slew of bracelets have already been awarded to players in New Jersey/Nevada and were live reported by PokerNews:
- Norbert Szecsi Captures His 3rd Bracelet; Wins 2022 WSOP [Online] $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout
- Manig ''Ohio77'' Loeser Wins Event [Online] No-Limit Hold'em BIG $500 ($127,153) 2nd Online Bracelet In As Many Years
- Brian "JackBogle" Altman Captures Maiden Bracelet By Winning WSOP [Online] $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack
- Matt "PmpknHead" Szymaszek Wins WSOP Online Bracelet Event #4: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max
- Harry "timexCNT" Lodge Wins His First Bracelet in the $7,777 Lucky 7's Online High Roller ($396,666)
- Yevgeniy "Kazak132" Minakrin Wins Online Event #9: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship ($238,315)
- Julien Perouse Captures Bracelet In Online $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 8-Max ($324,767)
- Martin "115FTW" Stoyanov Wins The $500 WSOP Bracelet Turbo Deepstack
- Sane "Oohwee213" Chung Wins $500 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack For $149,729
However, the other bracelets have been awarded in segregated markets in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Here’s a look at those winners from the "Wolverine State."
| Date | State | Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
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| June 5 | MI | Event #1: NLH BIG $500 | 310 | $139,500 | Brett “Gotcha1121” Blackwood | $35,558.55 |
| June 12 | MI | Event #2: $400 NLH Ultra Deepstack | 326 | $119,160 | Todd “Rooster_777” Estes | $27,895.64 |
| June 19 | MI | Event #3: $500 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max | 188 | $84,600 | John “HairyAce” MacLeod | $21,386.88 |
| June 26 | MI | Event #4: $600 Online Deepstack Championship | 221 | $119,340 | Adam “Akittle” Kittle | $30,419.83 |
| July 3 | MI | Event #5: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack | 227 | $102,150 | Freddie “zengardener” Kirkland | $26,038.10 |
| July 10 | MI | Event #6: $1,000 NLH Online Bracelet Championship | 130 | $117,000 | Cade “ethmonsta” Lautenbacher | $28,828.80 |
Click here for a full recap of Michigan online bracelet winners!
Level: 3
Blinds: 40/80
Ante: 0
