Welcome back to PokerNews’ coverage of the 2017 World Series of Poker. Today is the third and final online bracelet event provided to players by WSOP.com. In the last online event Thomas “FLOZTZ” Cannuli conquered the 424 player field to bring home his first World Series of Poker bracelet and the #322,814 first place prize.
This is the second year running for this event. Last year it was Clayton Maguire who took it down by besting 1,247 entrants to take home a first place prize of $210,279 and his first World Series of Poker bracelet.
Today, late registration will last up to 6 p.m. PDT and there will be unlimited reentries up until registration closes. Currently, 101 players sit on the registration list, but this number is sure to grow as we make our way through the day. Blind levels will last 20 minutes and players will start with 15,000 chips.
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Don’t stray too far though, PokerNews is going to be here all day with updates from Event #71.
From under the gun, "OdinTL" raised to 120. "lambonali" called on the button. "blaise" was in the big blind and they raised to 620. "OdinTL" folded but "lambonali" called.
The flop came down and "blaise" led for 690. "lambonali" reraised, making it 1,805. "blaise" shoved all in for 14,200 total and "lambonali" snapped them off.
"lambonali":
"blaise":
The board completed with the and and that secured the knockout for "lambonali" who doubled their chip stack in the process.
One of PokerNews' live reporters on the tournament floor caught Aaron "Suckmedry" Massey on the tournament rail playing on his tablet. According to our reporter, Massey was holding against two opponents who were holding and .
The board ran out , giving Massey a flush to suck out and triple up early in the tournament.
Danny "DannyN13" Noseworthy raised to 575 from the hijack before being three-bet by "BamaJT" on the cutoff to 1,162. From the button, "BeFocus" made it 2,750 and both players called to see a flop of .
Everyone checked over to "BeFocus" who bet 3,000 and only Noseworthy called.
The turn was the and Noseworthy checked again over to "BeFocus" who bet 14,100 which was enough to put Noseworthy all in. He called and the hands were tabled.
Noseworthy:
"BeFocus":
The river was the and that gave "BeFocus" the winning hand and allowed him to get the knockout, while Noseworthy reentered the tournament.
"alienprobed" opened with a raise to 880 from the button and he was three-bet by Aaron "Suckmedry" Massey from the small blind to 2,400. "alienprobed" called and the two headed to a flop.
On the board, Massey check-called a bet of 2,780.
The turn was the and Massey checked a second time. "alienprobed" bet 3,775 and Massey opted to put in a check-raise to 8,775. "alienprobed" called.
On the river, Massey shoved all in for 19,946. "alienprobed" used up most of his timebank, then folded, allowing Massey to take down the big pot.
Marc "PLODonkey17" Scacewater, who placed third in Event #8: $333 WSOP.com No-Limit Hold'em, shoved all in from the lojack with his stack of 18,429. On the button, "biondash" reshoved all in with a covering stack. Everyone else folded so the hands were turned face up.
Scacewater:
"biondash:
Scacewater was completely crushed, but the board ran out , giving Scacewater a flush and allowing him to double up.
"paulgees81" opened with a raise to 4,880 from under the gun and was called by "tishky11" in middle position. The flop came and "paulgees81" led out for 5,100. "tishky11" just called.
On the turn, "paulgees81" checked over to "tishky11" who bet 4,000 and "paulgees81" called.
On the river, "paulgees81" checked once more and "tishky11" put out a bet of 32,760, enough to put "paulgees81" all in. "paulgees81" tanked until their entire time bank ran out, then called and revealed . "tishky11" had the goods though. They revealed for a full house and took down the pot while "paulgees81" was eliminated from the tournament.
"The989" opened to 7,200 from middle position. They were called by "YUDUUUUUUUU" from the button, "omgbrtsprs" from the small blind, and "eztatfark" from the big blind.
The flop came and action checked to "The989" who bet 30,960. "eztatfark" moved all in for 67,953 and "The989" called.
"eztatfark":
"The989""
The turn was the , putting "eztatfark" in a huge lead, but the river changed everything, giving "The989" a straight and putting them among the chip leaders.
"The989" opened with a raise to 13,200 from under the gun. In middle position, "thoughtuknew" reraised all in with a stack of over 100,000. Action folded around, and "The989" called, putting "thoughtuknew" at risk.
"thoughtuknew":
"The989":
The flop came down , putting "The989" in the lead after flopping a set, but "thoughtuknew" was drawing live with an open-ended straight draw. The on the turn was a brick, but the on the river was not. It gave "thoughtuknew" a straight and allowed them to survive for a bit longer.
"backrhodes" opened on the button with a raise to 21,885. He was called by "pipedream16" from the big blind.
The flop came , and both players checked to see the on the turn. "pipedreamer16" led out with a bet of 12,225, and "backrhodes" called. The river was the , and "pipedream16" led out again, this time with a big bet of 61,710.
"backrhodes" quickly called and showed , while "pipedream16" was caught red-handed with .