Jeremy Ausmus, Jesse Lonis, and Soheb Porbandarwala Among Early World Series of Poker Online Winners On WSOP.com

The domestic segment of the 2022 World Series of Online poker Online began on WSOP.com last week, and there have actually currently been eight arm bands granted for players found in Nevada and New Jacket. Nearly $2.4 million in cash prize has been paid out thus far, with nearly 3,800 access through the first 8 occasions.

A number of big names were among the eight champions determined currently in the U.S.-facing sector of the collection. Below we take a closeer check out the outcomes thus far.

Event 1 – $400 No-Limit Hold’em

The initial event on the agenda was a $400 buy-in no-limit hold ’em competition that began on Sept. 10. A total amount of 755 entries were made by the time registration came to a close, developing an overall prize pool of $271,800. The top 90 finishers made the money in this event, but just one would end the day with the arm band and the leading prize of $58,491, which player was Ori Hasson.

This was the first arm band win for the Israeli player and the fourth-largest taped competition cash advance of his profession. Ball game increased his lifetime competition revenues to greater than $660,000.

A number of heavyweights made deep runs in this event, consisting of arm band winner Alex Foxen (37th), bracelet winner Todd Brunson (30th), six-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu (15th), Adam Hendrix (10th), four-time bracelet victor Jeff Madsen (fifth), and also arm band champion Andrew Lichtenberger (fourth).

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Event 2 – $500 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack
Successive on the timetable was the $500 buy-in ‘MonsterStack’ event, which drew 722 complete entries for the largest area of any of the WSOP.com occasions that have actually yet been completed this series. The strong yield constructed a prize pool of $324,900. The biggest share of that was inevitably safeguarded by Benjamin Garrick. The Gold Coastline, Oregon resident gained $64,590 and his first gold arm band for the win.

This was Garrick’s largest taped rating yet, more than doubling the $30,000 he gained as the runner-up in a $600 buy-in event at the Venetian DeepStack Championship Poker Series II last autumn.

Notables among the 126 in-the-money finishers in this occasion included kickoff event champion Ori Hasson (75th), Jeff Madsen (49th), three-time bracelet victor and also World Poker Scenic tour champion Nick Schulman (31st), and also Daniel Buzgon (28th).

PlacePlayerEarnings1Benjamin Garrick$64,5902Aditya Sadhu$39,9303Lily Torrence$27,9414Guy Dunlap$19,8515Andrew Gonder$14,2966David Baba$10,4627Evan Pantano$7,7658Edward Szumski$5,8489Robert Campbell$4,484

Event 3 – $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em

The price of poker went up substantially for the 3rd event on the timetable. The high-stakes gambler occasion cost $3,200 to go into. When all was said as well as done, 124 entrances were made to create a prize pool of $376,960. Drew O’Connell emerged victorious in the end, earning his 2nd career gold arm band and the top prize of $96,087.

O’Connell’s first WSOP victory was available in the $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold ’em on the internet championship last fall. That win saw him beat out 821 entrances to make a career-high cash advance of $146,893. O’Connell now has greater than $530,000 in recorded competition revenues to his name.

Various other big names to make it deep in this event consisted of three-time bracelet winner Shankar Pillai (18th), Alex Foxen (17th), two-time bracelet champion and WPT champ Tony Dunst (15th), Andrew Lichtenberger (11th), Jeff Madsen (7th), bracelet winner Ryan Laplante (4th), as well as two-time arm band champion Calvin Anderson (third).

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Event 4 – $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Max

Six-time WSOP Circuit gold ring victor Soheb Porbandarwala lastly broke through to win his initial arm band in the $1,000 buy-in pot-limit Omaha six-max occasion. The Stamford, Connecticut resident outlived an area of 273 overall access to secure the gold as well as a payment of $57,125.

This was the fifth-largest rating of Porbandarwala’s job, increasing his overall incomes to greater than $1.6 million.

The top 24 finishers cashed in this PLO event, with identifiable names like arm band winner Ian Steinman (24th), Jesse Yaginuma (21st), two-time arm band victor Martin Zamani (9th), Stanley Lee (4th) and bracelet champion Tristan Wade (3rd) among those who ran deep.

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Event 5 – $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo DeepStack
The fast-paced $500 buy-in no-limit hold ’em turbo deepstack occasion drew in 515 overall access, building a prize swimming pool of $231,750 that was paid among the leading 60 finishers.

The race to accumulate all of the chips was ultimately won by Christopher Castiglia. This was the first recorded score ever before for the Jacket City, New Jersey citizen, earning him $44,705 as well as the desired WSOP gold arm band.

There were lots of big names joining Castiglia at the last few tables of this occasion, consisting of the likes of arm band winner and WPT champ Ryan Tosoc (24th), Shannon Shorr (16th), three-time arm band winner RyanLeng (14th), two-time arm band winner Ari Engel (12th), four-time bracelet champion Ben Yu (10th), and also 2013 WSOP main event champion Ryan Riess (7th).

Event 6 – $800 No-Limit Hold’em Ultra DeepStack

Successive on the program was the $800 buy-in ‘ultra deepstack’ no-limit hold ’em event. A $282,960 reward swimming pool was created when 393 access were made, with that cash split among the leading 48 finishers. The biggest share was recorded by Vito Distefano of Chicago, Illinois.

This was the largest cash of his profession, covering the $54,438 he made as the 17th-place finisher in the $1,500 buy-in ‘millionaire maker’ event at this year’s WSOP in Las Vegas. He currently has virtually $470,000 in taped incomes thanks to this most recent success.

Notable who made it deep in this occasion included Ryan Riess (30th), Tony Dunst (17th), and also Katie Lindsay (8th).

PlacePlayerEarnings1Vito Distefano$57,3562Michael Mercaldo$41,4543Michael Menzer$30,1354Taehoon Koo$21,8165William Hutchinson Jr$15,8176John Forlenza$11,5457Bradley Anderson$8,4328Katie Lindsay$6,1979Kevin Lemmer$4,556

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Event 7 – $365 No-Limit Hold’em

Despite a reasonably small buy-in of simply $365, the seventh occasion of this collection wound up with one of one of the most stacked final tables yet. In the end, it was high-stakes event normal Jeremy Ausmus that emerged successful from the field of 571 entrances. For the win, Ausmus gained $51,807 and his 5th WSOP gold arm band.

This was Ausmus’s second arm band win of the year and fourth in the past 2 years. He came into 2021 with simply one bracelet to his name, which he won back in 2013 in a WSOP Europe EUR1,650 pot-limit Omaha occasion.

Ausmus currently has approximately $12.8 million in lifetime live tournament earnings.

As previously pointed out, there were a lot of heavyweights that joined Ausmus in making the business end of this event, consisting of Poker Hall of Popularity member David Oppenheim (13th), Daniel Negreanu (8th), and also Nick Schulman (2nd).

Schulman came within one spot of safeguarding his 4th bracelet, yet he ended up obtaining all-in with an open-ended straight draw facing the flopped top and bottom pairs of Ausmus. Schulman failed to improve on the turn or river and was sent out to the virtual rail with $37,792 for his initiatives.

PlacePlayerEarnings1Jeremy Ausmus$51,8072Nick Schulman$37,7923Christian Loucas$27,6114Srinivas Tummala$20,1545Ryan Dodd$14,8236Kevin Calenzo$10,9907Patrick Eskandar$8,1458Daniel Negreanu$6,0799Don Himpele$4,552

Event 8 – $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max

The champion of occasion no. 8 played Ausmus heads-up for a bracelet at the beginning of the 2021 series. Ausmus triumphed that time, but in this competition, it was climbing star Jesse Lonis that arised triumphant.

Lonis defeated an area of 384 access in the $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold ’em six-max occasion, making $73,370 and also his first gold bracelet. As a result of this win, the Little Falls, New York indigenous enhanced his occupation revenues to greater than $1.8 million.

Other heavyweights to run deep consisted of texas hold’em vlogger Ethan Yau (35th), Alex Rocha (24th), Ryan Riess (20th), and also PokerGo analyst Jeff Platt (9th), who was simply a few weeks eliminated from his win in the Mid-States Online poker Scenic tour Venetian centerpiece.

Signing up with Lonis at the last table were high-roller normal Vikenty Shegal (sixth), bracelet winner Carlos Welch (fifth), bracelet winner Jonathan Dokler (4th), as well as arm band champion Cole Ferraro (2nd).