‘AlbertCamus’ Big Winner as WSOP Online Bracelet Events Start with a Bang

Whereas gamers like Benny Glaser had been including World Sequence of Poker bracelets to their collections at reside occasions in Vegas this weekend, hundreds of gamers tried for the gold on-line.

Three of them got here up large in bracelet occasions that introduced in very good entry fields thanks partly by Pennsylvania gamers, who’re capable of play on this 12 months’s WSOP occasions alongside gamers in Michigan, New Jersey and Nevada for the primary time.

Thriller Bounty produces two $100K winners

The largest occasion of the weekend was the $555 Thriller Bounty contest that occurred Sunday, June 1. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. EST, it took almost 13 hours to seek out out that “kingjoe” would win the bracelet, the $95,464 that got here with, and one other $5,821 in bounties for a grand complete of $101,285.

And since the highest thriller bounty was $100,000, he would find yourself behind “Lothbroke,” who pulled the massive bounty earlier than being eradicated in thirty fourth place, of which the $1,861 wouldn’t have even lined the price of his 5 buy-ins. He completed the match first in money with $102,163.

The bounty of $50,000 was pulled by “Timduckworth,” who wound up with $51,310 for ending in 161st. Tim Duckworth is the Director of Stay Occasions & Content material for PokerGO, however he isn’t “Timduckworth” on WSOP On-line. That may be his good friend, six-time WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb.

The occasion attracted 1,484 gamers who rebought 1,067 instances to construct a prize pool of $1,275,500.

Opener breaks 2,200 entries

The WSOP On-line bracelet race started Saturday, Could 31, with the $400 opener, and it didn’t disappoint. A discipline of 1,225 (981 rebuys) pushed the non-guaranteed tourney prize pool to $794,160. A majority of that went to “delayedpenalty,” who used energy of two buy-ins to win the bracelet and $97,762.

In actual fact, the highest three finishers relied on a number of buy-ins to make it to the cash. They had been Corey “albertcamus” Thompson, who completed second for $69,806 (minus 4 rebuys), and “fourforthree,” who completed third for $49,873 (minus three rebuys).

Gamers needed to make it to 420 with a view to money a minimal of $794.

Thompson is a web-based participant out of Erie, Penn., who received his first WSOP bracelet a day later within the Loopy 8’s $888 occasion, the place he rode one bullet all the best way to the highest. He additionally completed thirty first within the $555 occasion.

‘AlbertCamus’ goes loopy

The third and remaining WSOP bracelet occasion of the weekend introduced in 564 gamers (356 rebuys) who pushed the prize pool to $736,000. Thompson received his first bracelet and $136,160 for successful all of the chips.

The runner-up was “MAIONESE” who received $95,793, with “Flat_White” rounding out the highest three for $73,600.

Within the first three occasions, Thompson received a complete of $207,827. In accordance with SharkScope, which solely has outcomes since Pennsylvania gamers had been merged with the opposite states in late April, he was down about $16,000 on Friday. Now he’s not.

It must be famous this his outcomes since April 29, and this weekend’s haul pushes the 12-time WSOP On-line circuit winner over the $500,000 mark.

Thompson is now within the driver’s seat for the WSOP On-line Participant of the 12 months however there are 27 extra bracelet occasions to go, so something can occur.