The latest WSOP Online Pennsylvania event handed out another bracelet to a first-time winner on Thursday night as ‘Mr.Magoo7’ took down the $777 NLHE Lucky 7’s Event for $40,235. After an exciting final table, yesterday’s winner Dean Morrow was denied a chance to win back-to-back events as the chip leader heading into the final nine got the job done to win in style.
The eventual winner, ‘Mr.Magoo7’ had the lead going into the nine-handed final table of the event, but yesterday’s WSOP event winner, Morrow needed a lot of help to bounce back into contention, entering play ninth of the nine. With only seven big blinds, Morrow was all-in with 
and was probably looking to the next hand when ‘Mr.Magoo7’ called with 
. The board of 
had other ideas, however, and Morrow saw his chances flushed away, claiming $2,769 for his ninth-place finish.
Just a few minutes later, the next player lost their tournament life. ‘ColdCold’ was all-in for 20 big blinds pre-flop with 
but again it was ‘Mr.Magoo7’ who called and this time, they had 
. The flop of 
kept ‘Mr.Magoo7’ in the lead, and after the 
turn and river, ‘Mr.Magoo7’ had rivered a set, sending ‘ColdCold’ out in eighth place for $3,560.
As ‘Mr.Magoo7’ took control, their third elimination was even more devastating to the player who crashed out. It was ‘pokervanman’ who moved all-in with 
on the turn of a board showing 
, but ‘Mr.Magoo7’ had 
, and ‘pokervanman’ needed a miracle on the river. That didn’t come as the [J] river ended the hand with another player falling victim to the chip lead, ‘pokervanman’ winning $4,762.
With six players remaining, ‘Mr.Magoo7’ had treble the chips of anyone else in the hunt and all the other players were looking to ladder up the leaderboard. ‘Tallinn’ faced the most difficult task in doing so, down to just under 10 big blinds. However, over the course of just five minutes, they went on a double-up run that saw them bust two players in one hand.
Travis Herzing moved all-in for just two big blinds with 
and was followed in the hand by ‘CheckCheckCh’, who shoved for 14 big blinds with Jh]. ‘Tallinn’ had woken up with , though, and made the easy call before seeing a 
board eliminate both opponents. Herzing busted in sixth place for $6,360, while ‘CheckCheckCh’ was eliminated in fifth for $8,590.
‘Tallinn’ suddenly had 10 times the stack they had been sitting behind a few minutes earlier and looked a genuine threat to ‘Mr.Magoo7’ as the tournament reached the business end of payouts.
In fourth place, ‘TheReserve’ cashed for $12,007 when they too fell victim to the dominant ‘Mr.Magoo7’. Moving all-in from the small blind with 
, ‘Mr.Magoo7’ saw ‘TheReserve’ call from the big blind with 
. The flop of 
seemed like a good one for ‘TheReserve’, with only a gutshot and backdoor flush draw being open to ‘Mr.Magoo7’. The turn of and river was enough to give the chip leader a runner-runner flush and send play three-handed.
The short-stacked player with three remaining was ‘96Tears’, and they were left sobbing on the rail after busting in third place for $17,133. Moving all-in with 
, ‘96Tears’ saw ‘Mr. Magoo7’ claim yet another bust-out as they called with and rode out the board of 
to go into the heads-up duel with a 3:1 lead.
‘Mr.Magoo7’ was a big leader heading into the heads up battle, but it was far from easy for the eventual bracelet winner. ‘Tallinn’ fought back with the same dogged determination that had seen them recover from being the shortest stack with six players remaining and after ten minutes of heads-up play, had taken the lead, holding 1.8 million to ‘Mr.Magoo7’s 1.5 million.
After the latest scheduled break, however, everything changed. In a big three-bet pot, ‘Mr.Magoo7’ won a massive pot after winning with top pair, top kicker on the turn as the kicker of ‘Tallinn’ was only a ten.
Soon afterwards, it was all over. ‘Mr.Magoo7’ three-bet to set ‘Tallinn’ all-in and the chasing player made the call with . ‘Mr. Magoo7’ needed all the help in the world with 
, but their chances improved dramatically on the 
flop. The open-ended straight draw didn’t come in on the 
turn, but the 
river saw ‘Mr.Magoo7’ make that straight to crack aces and claim their first-ever WSOP bracelet. The tournament had been concluded in stunning style, condemning ‘Tallinn’ to a runner-up result worth $24,917.
The fourth WSOP Online event to take place in Pennsylvania (due to the rescheduling of Event #3 earlier in the week), Event #5 saw 158 players put down the $777 entry and take their chances in the Lucky 7’s. With 68 rebuys, this amounted to a massive $158,200 prize pool, and players such as Barrett ‘Soil_Brunson’ Lipkin (33rd for $1,107) and Taylor ‘dripbaeless’ Nicole (22nd for $1,266) both of whom cashed without threatening the big payouts at the end of the final table.
It was a day that belonged to ‘Mr.Magoo7’, however, after busting all bar two of their opponents. Their victory was worth $40,235 and earning them a first-ever WSOP bracelet in the fourth event to conclude in Pennsylvania. With four more WSOP Online events to come, there will be plenty more chances for players in The Keystone State to win gold.
WSOP Pennsylvania Event #5 Final Table Results:
- Mr.Magoo7 – $40,325
- Tallinn – $24,917
- 96Tears – $17,133
- TheReserve – $12,007
- CheckCheckCh – $8,590
- Travis ‘UnitedWeZag’ Herzing – $6,360
- Pokervanman – $4,762
- ColdCold – $3,560
- Dean ‘TheRealYoshi’ Morrow – $2,769
