Jonathan 'Art.Vandelay' Dokler Wins First Bracelet of 2020 WSOP Online Series

The first World Series of Poker bracelet of 2020 has officially been awarded. Jonathan “Art.Vandelay” Dokler outlasted a field of 1,715 total entries to take down the WSOP Online $500 buy-in no-limit hold’em ‘kick-off’ event. The Ohio native earned his first bracelet and the top prize of $130,425.75 after defeating Justin ‘MadTitan’ Turner heads-up for the title. This was Dokler’s second big victory in an online event this year, having won a WSOP Circuit Online gold ring in late March for $77,910. he also won a $5,100 buy-in event at the Borgata Winter Poker Open earlier this year for $100,829, which was his largest recorded score prior to capturing this title.

With 1,195 players and 520 re-entries made in this event, the prize pool soared to $771,750. The top 248 finishers made the money, with a min-cash being worth $772 while the top nine finishers all earned at least five-figure paydays.

11th-place finisher Phil Hellmuth

Hellmuth lost two massive pots with pocket queens after taking the lead, and eventually hit the rail in 11th place ($7,871.85). He first ran queens into the pocket kings of Jim ‘aggie69’ Agate with 18 players remaining to fall back down the counts a bit.

He then got all-in with QQ up against the AK of Shawn ‘SayGoodNight’ Daniels. Daniels hit a king on the flop and held from there to end Hellmuth’s run at winning his record-furthering 16th bracelet.

World Poker Tour champion Taylor ‘ZeroTo100’ Von Kriegenbergh was the first elimination at the final table. He got all-in with K-10, but ran into the A-K of Michael "DDSpade“ Balan and was unable to come from behind. He took home $10,109.92 as the ninth-place finisher.

Eliminations came fast and furious at the final table, with Dokler knocking out two of the next four players to take a sizable chip lead into four-handed action. Two-time WSOPC ring winner Shawn ‘SayGoodNight’ Daniels was the next to hit the virtual rail. He got all-in with A10 up against the KK of Tony ‘Panoramic’ Dunst. The 986 flop gave Daniels outs to an ace, a flush or a straight. The turn was the 6, leaving him behind with one card remaining. The J on the end was no help and Dunst’s pocket kings held to knock Daniels out in fourth place ($42,060.37).

Tony Dunst earned $57,881.25 for finishing third

With that Dokler took nearly a 3:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Justin ‘MadTitan’ Turner. Turner ultimately shoved his last chips in from the button with 106 and got called by Dokler’s 44. Turner took the lead on a 653 flop, but the 2 turn gave Dokler a straight. The 5 on the river was no help to Turner, and he was eliminated in second place. He earned $80,416.35 for his strong showing in this event.

Here is a look at the payouts awarded at the final table:

Dokler photo via Borgata / PokerNews.

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