Event #4: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max
Day 1 Completed
Event #4: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max
Day 1 Completed
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.
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).
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.
Shortly after doubling up, "ArnoldSlick" raised to 88,000 on the button, and Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow three-bet to 264,000 in the big blind. "ArnoldSlick" called.
Morrow bet 177,540 on the flop, and "ArnoldSlick" raised to 636,000. Morrow three-bet shoved, and "ArnoldSlick" snapped off their 2,424,080 stack.
"ArnoldSlick":
Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow:
Morrow had coolered "ArnoldSlick" with top set over middle set, and the turn meant Morrow just needed to dodge the case eight to earn his first career WSOP Gold Bracelet. The river bricked off, and "ArnoldSlick" had to settle for second-place and an over $22,000 payday.
A recap will follow shortly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow
|
6,315,000
1,674,560
|
1,674,560 |
ArnoldSlick | Busted |
"Voice2skull" raised to 80,000 on the button, then called off their last 982,214 when Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow three-bet shoved in the big blind.
"Voice2skull":
Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow:
Both players picked up straight draws on the flop, and the turn bricked off. The river made Morrow's straight, and he takes a big lead into heads-up play against "ArnoldSlick".
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow
|
4,640,440
618,214
|
618,214 |
ArnoldSlick |
1,674,560
719,633
|
719,633 |
Voice2skull | Busted |
Level: 33
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
"ArnoldSlick" jammed in the small blind, and a short-stacked "Chr0meKing" called off their last 204,230 in the big blind.
"ArnoldSlick":
"Chr0meKing":
"ArnoldSlick" held on a runout, and "Chr0meKing" couldn't rally the short stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow
|
4,022,226
990,044
|
990,044 |
Voice2skull |
1,337,847
613,904
|
613,904 |
ArnoldSlick |
954,927
-241,818
|
-241,818 |
Chr0meKing | Busted |
"ArnoldSlick" raised to 70,400 from the cutoff, then called when "BubbyDubby" three-bet shoved for 192,265 from the big blind.
"ArnoldSlick":
"BubbyDubby":
"ArnoldSlick" got a scare when the flop gave "BubbyDubby" an open-ended straight draw, but the turn and river filled up "ArnoldSlick" instead for the knockout.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
ArnoldSlick |
1,196,745
-685,635
|
-685,635 |
BubbyDubby | Busted |
Level: 32
Blinds: 16,000/32,000
Ante: 4,000
Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow jammed in the small blind, and "DeathNote__" called off their last 426,452 in the big blind.
"DeathNote__":
Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow:
Morrow had the hand locked up by the turn of a runout, and "DeathNote__" was the first elimination at the final table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow
|
3,032,182
415,952
|
415,952 |
DeathNote__ | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dean "TheRealYoshi" Morrow
|
2,616,230
296,219
|
296,219 |
ArnoldSlick |
1,882,380
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
Voice2skull |
723,943
-303,219
|
-303,219 |
DeathNote__ |
429,952
110,600
|
110,600 |
Chr0meKing |
347,730
147,615
|
147,615 |
BubbyDubby |
293,765
-3,500
|
-3,500 |