Arnaud Enselme Wins First WSOP Bracelet in Event #33: $500 The Closer ($360,223)
This year's 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online has officially come to an end with Arnaud Enselme standing tall as the champion of Event #33: $500 The Closer.
Enselme, who has over half a million in live cashes according to thehendonmob.com, had a handful of small cashes in this years GGPoker WSOP Online, including in Event 1: $50 The Return NLH for $1,100 and Event #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH for $3,377. However, today's cash of $360,223 marks a career-best score and first WSOP bracelet for Enselme.
The final day of Event #33: $500 The Closer saw 1,089 hopefuls returning from across 16 separate Day 1's, which in total attracted 7,103 entries and generated a $3,373,925 prize pool.
It took just three levels to burst the bubble, with Tien Thanh "Terryboom" Nguyen claiming the unfortunate title of "bubble boy" after blinding down to less than a single big blind and losing with eight-trey all-in preflop against "Humbo"'s 
A few notables who managed to cash before busting include Mark Radoja, Jeff Gross, James Chen, Daniel Dvoress and [Removed:412].
It took just about seven hours from the start to reach a the final table, which included Kazuki Ikeuchi, who got 2nd in the live WSOP 2019 Millionaire Maker event for $830,783.
The bottom four stacks of Ethan Reid, Ryosuke Matsumoto, Koki Kudo, and Qiu Kefei were eliminated in short order after each got all-in preflop against a single opponent and ending up second-best.
Ioannis Konstas, who led in chips going into the final two tables, would eventually fall in 3rd place after incorrectly calling down against Ikeuchi with a pair of fives against the pocket jacks of Ikeuchi.
Heads-up play began with Ikeuchi holding an over 2:1 chip advantage over Enselme. It looked to be Ikeuchi's tournament after increasing his advantage to 4:1 by winning a series of small pots, but the tide quickly turned after Enselme rivered two-pair and doubled through Ikeuchi after Ikeuchi tank-called a river shove from Enselme.
From there, Enselme managed to re-take the chip lead and would eventually get all-in against Ikeuchi's 
with a dominating 
and holding to seal his victory.
Event #33: $500 THE CLOSER Final Table Results
| Place | Players | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arnaud Enselme | Malta | $360,223 |
| 2 | Kazuki Ikeuchi | Japan | $270,127 |
| 3 | Ioannis Konstas | Ireland | $202,566 |
| 4 | Hernando Guzman | Mexico | $151,903 |
| 5 | Yakov Nesterov | United States | $113,911 |
| 6 | Ryosuke Matsumoto | Japan | $85,421 |
| 7 | Koki Kudo | Japan | $64,057 |
| 8 | Ethan Reid | New Zealand | $48,036 |
| 9 | Qiu Kefei | China | $36,022 |
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