Bradley Ruben Wins 2020 World Series of Poker Online $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Event

Bradley Ruben has won the 2020 World Series of Poker Online $1,500 pot-limit Omaha event. The Florida native defeated a field of 990 total entries to win his first WSOP gold bracelet and the top prize of $220,160. This was the largest record tournament score of Ruben’s career, topping the $55,958 he earned for a third-place showing in the $1,500 razz event held at the 2017 WSOP. Ruben has now cashed in nine events during the WSOP Online series, including finishing fourth in the $1,050 pot-limit Omaha bounty event.

The top 134 finishers made the money in this event, with a min-cash being worth $3,476. Plenty of notables made deep runs, including Belarmino De Souza (20th – $6,982), high-stakes cash game star Patrik Antonius (19th – $6,982), WSOP bracelet winner and World Poker Tour champion Craig Varnell (18th – $6,982), and Christian Rudolph (14th – $8,405).

Canadian poker pro Patrick Serda came into the final table as the chip leader. There were only eight players left, as Simon Mattsson (10th – $17,858) and Adam Hendrix (9th – $17,858) were eliminated simulatenously. Tal Peretz was the first to hit the rail at the official final table, getting all-in with pocket jacks and some suited low cards up against the pocket aces of Finnish poker pro Sami Kelopuro. Peretz picked up a flush draw on the flop, but Kelopuro hit top set and held from there to send Peretz home with $24,608 as the eighth-place finisher.

Serda doubled up short-stack Naman Madan to fall out of the lead. The next big hand he got involved in saw him check-call a 743 flop holding the Q864. He check again on a 10 turn and his opponent, Dorel Eldabach, bet 310,000 with the AK73 for the nut flush and two pair. Serda check-raised to 910,000. Eldabach called and the 10 completed the board. Serda moved all-in for 1,868,679 as a bluff and Eldabach made the call with his ace-high flush. Serda was eliminated in seventh place, earning $33,910 for his deep run in this event.

Ruben earned a double up with his AQ1010 outfloppign the pocket kings of Kelopuro. Ruben made a full house on the river to climb to fourth place, while Kelopuro fell out of the lead to become the second shortest stack. Kelopuro ultimately got his last chips in with 9933 up against the KKJ8 of Blaz Zerjav. The king-high flop gave Zerjav a big lead, which he maintained through the turn and river. Kelopuro was awarded $46,727 as the sixth-place finisher.

Despite earning that knockout, Zerjav was ultimately the next player to be eliminated. He got all-in on a 766 flop holding 9987. He was facing the AAK10 held by Ruben. The Q turn and J river locked up the pot for Ruben, sending Zerjav home in fifth place ($64,389).

Ruben continued his spree by busting Naman Madan next. The two saw a flop of Q54 and Ruben checked to Madan, who bet the pot of around 3.4 million with his KK108. Ruben moved all-in for around 1 million more and Madan called. Ruben had flopped top set and an open-ended straight draw with the QQ76. The turn brought the 6 and the river the 10. Ruben’s top set sent Madan packing in fourth place ($88,727).

Jens Lakemeier called all-in with the AJ85 after a flop of 876. He had been put all-in by Ruben, who held the KKQJ. Ruben hit a set of kings on the K turn. Lakemeier needed a four or a nine on the river, but instead the A completed the board. Lakemeier settled for $122,264 as the third-place finisher.

Ruben took more than a 2:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Dorel Eldabach. It didn’t take long for all of the chips to go in the middle. The two saw a J84 after Ruben raised the button with the A966 and Eldabach three-bet the pot holding KK52. Eldabach bet 3.3 million on the flop and and Ruben clicked it back to put him all-in. Eldabach called and had the best hand for the time being. The 7 on the turn gave Ruben an open-ended straight draw to go along with his flush draw, overcard and a live pair. The Q on the river completed Ruben’s flush to earn him the title and eliminate Eldabach as the runner-up ($168,478).

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

Photo credit: Seminole Hard Rock Poker Blog.

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