Brad ‘1badcajun’ Zusman arised triumphant from a field of 917 entries in the 2021 World Collection of Casino Poker Online $500 buy-in ‘Summertime Saver’ no-limit hold ’em event, earning his first gold bracelet and $79,683 for the win.
This was Zusman’s first recorded competition success, as well as by far the biggest score of his occupation. His previous top payday came when he made the cash in the 2019 WSOP $10,000 main event, making $17,135 as the 941st-place finisher.
Amongst the heavyweights to cash in this occasion were bracelet victor Kathy ‘Luckygal’ Liebert (132nd– $701), four-time bracelet victor Jeff ‘NedrudRelyt’ Madsen (82nd– $867), bracelet victor Jim ‘BOCARATONE’ Collopy (37th– $1,568), arm band victor and 2010 WSOP centerpiece third-place finisher Joseph ‘biueberry’ Cheong (33rd– $1,857), as well as recent bracelet victor Sang ‘youngkoi’ Lee (13th– $3,466).
The last table started with Josh ‘YoelRomero’ King in the chip lead as well as Zusman in 2nd place. David ‘dave419’ Nodes was eliminated thanks to a preflop cooler, with his pocket queens facing the pocket kings of bracelet winner Jason ‘TheBigGift’ Gooch. Nodes was not able to find from behind as well as strike the rail in 9th area ($ 5,653). Jeremy ‘g00sebumps’ Menard (8th– $7,386) as well as ‘KerriP’ (7th– $9,780) adhered to in no time.
Gooch made an additional knockout when his 2 pair defeated the flopped top pair of Orson ‘borgatcha’ Young (sixth– $13,122). Gooch lost a preflop all-in against Zusman, who was the brief pile. Therefore, he fell to the bottom of the leaderboard. He soon located himself as the one in jeopardy, with his K-J shove from the cutoff getting a call from Mark ‘victb’ Ioli’s A-K in the big blind. Ioli tumbled trip aces and also Gooch was drawing dead by the turn. He was granted $17,909 for his fifth-palce proving.
Ioli made another ko when his pocket nines stood up against the KClub Suit6Club Fit of Jeff ‘bortzork’ Miller (fourth– $24,759). He continued to rise, besting Josh ‘YoelRomero’ King’s QDiamond Suit10Diamond Fit with AClub SuitQHeart Suit to take a mild introduce heads-up have fun with Zusman.
Zusman was able to fight his means right into the lead before the last hand of the occasion was dealt. Ioli elevated to 480,000 from the little blind with QSpade SuitQHeart Fit and also Zusman three-bet to 1,245,000 with AHeart SuitJHeart Suit. Ioli four-bet pushed for 7,944,932 with his large pocket set as well as Zusman called. The board went out ASpade Suit5Diamond Suit3Heart Suit3Diamond Suit2Club Fit as well as Zusman’s pair of aces sufficed to take down the pot as well as the title. Ioli gained $49,270 as the runner-up finisher.
Here is a look at the payouts awarded at the final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings |
| 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 | ‘KerriP’ | $9,780 |
| 8 | Jeremy ‘g00sebumps’ Menard | $7,386 |
| 9 | David ‘dave419’ Nodes | $5,653 |
