The first two bracelet events of the inaugural World Series of Poker Online Pennsylvania series were both awarded in the early-morning hours of Aug. 10. Several hours after Mark ‘riverrats’ Herm won the kickoff event for the first-ever bracelet won in PA, Thomas ‘POTtheRIVER’ Carney emerged victorious in the second event of the series: the $500 buy-in no-limit hold’em PKO (progressive knockout) tournament. Carney secured the gold bracelet and $27,593 in total prize money for the win, with $14,746 in bounty earnings and $12,846 from the prize pool.
The tournament drew 327 total entries to build a $147,150 prize pool. The top 48 finishers made the money in this event. By the time the final table of nine was set, Carney had moved into the chip lead, with ‘m1kecr0ss’ and Jason ‘sandjay’ Rivkin within a few big blinds of the top spot. Rivkin recently finished runner-up in the $1,000 championship event during the WSOP Online series in Nevada and New Jersey for $90,811.
‘bkellssc’ was the first to hit the virtual rail when their A-Q was called by the pocket queens of ‘Snacks22’ and the pocket tens of ‘LooseChangee’. The pocket queens held up to see ‘Snacks22’ surge up the leaderboard, while ‘bkellssc’ settled for $2,120 in total prize money as the ninth-place finisher.
‘POTtheRIVER’ scored the next two knockouts, eliminating ‘PineCreek’ (8th – $2,821) and ‘m1kecr0ss’ (7th – $4,407) to extend their lead. ‘Snacks22’ (6th – $4,468) was the next to fall when their A
2
was unable to beat out the K7 of ‘LooseChangee’. ‘PeachesParty’ ran A-2 into the A-Q suited of ‘PA_iTiltHard’ to finish fifth ($5,941).
The next big hand to arise resulted in a double elimination. ‘PA_iTiltHard’ was all-in preflop and called by both Rivkin and Carney. The flop came down 9
65 and the rest of the chips went in on the side between Rivkin and Carney, who revealed A9 for top pair, top kicker. Rivkin had 76 for a pair and a straight draw, while ‘PA_iTiltHard’ showed A3 for ace high, The turn brought the 9 to improve Carney to trips. The 10 on the river locked up the pot for Carney. ‘PA_iTiltHard’ took home $9,132 in total prize money as the fourth-palce finisher, while Rivkin secured $9,945 for his third-place showing.
Heads-up play began with Carney sitting with approximately 3.8 million in chips to the 2.7 million of ‘LooseChangee’. Carney took a decisive lead when they got all-in with the nut flush draw facing the top pair and second-but flush draw of ‘LooseChangee’. The river brought an ace to give Carney the winning pair and more than a 7:1 chip advantage.
‘LooseChangee’ ended up getting all-in with 2
2 not long after. Carney had 98 and took the lead on the 865 flop. The 3 gave ‘LooseChangee’ some extra outs, but none materialized on the river. The K secured the pot and the title for Carney, while ‘LooseChangee’ earned $14,690 as the runner-up.
Here is a look at the payouts awarded at the final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings (Total) |
| 1 | Thomas ‘POTtheRIVER’ Carney | $27,593 |
| 2 | ‘LooseChangee’ | $14,690 |
| 3 | Jason ‘sandjay’ Rivkin | $9,945 |
| 4 | ‘PA_iTiltHard’ | $9,132 |
| 5 | ‘PeachesParty’ | $5,941 |
| 6 | ‘Snacks22’ | $4,468 |
| 7 | ‘m1kecr0ss’ | $4,407 |
| 8 | ‘PineCreek’ | $2,821 |
| 9 | ‘bkellssc’ | $2,120 |
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