Mark Herm Wins Second World Series Of Poker Bracelet Of 2021Pennsylvania Poker Pro Won $500 No-Limit Hold'em Online Event Just Hours After Martin Zamani Became The First To Win Two Bracelets |
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Poker pro Mark Herm became the second player to win two World Series of Poker bracelets this year after it was revealed Wednesday that he won the $500 no-limit hold’em online event in the early hours of Monday morning.
Herm defeated a field of 742 entries to win $89,356 along with the title. His first bracelet came during the Pennsylvania-only online series, taking down the $500 no-limit hold’em Keystone kick off event for $48,420.
With the victory, the Pennsylvania native and longtime poker pro bumped his career earnings to more than $2.1 million.
Herm joins Martin Zamani as the only two players with multiple bracelets thus far this year with their second wins happening just hours apart and both taking place on the virtual felt. Zamani defeated 156 entries in the $5,300 no-limit hold’em online freezeout but given the size of the $500 buy-in event, it took the WSOP longer to verify the names of players linked to each account and announce that Herm was the person behind the “NJ_AcesmarkA” screen name.
Herm defeated Steven Rivero heads-up for the title and bested a final table that featured tournament regular and two-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Jesse Yaginuma, as well as longtime poker pro Karina Jett.
Herm and Rivero started the final table neck-and-neck for the chip lead, and both put on dominating performances throughout. They stayed near the top of the leaderboard for the duration of it before Herm pulled away during three-handed play.
Stephanie Baker was eliminated in ninth place when she was all in preflop with QcQd against Matthew Zazaian’s AdJs. The flop was safe for Baker, but the Ac fell on the turn to eliminate one of three women at the final table.
A very short-stacked Giovanni Balistreri was out next after he got his last two big blinds into the middle from the small blind with J-4 against Jeremy Pekarek’s A-A. Balistreri didn’t hit any miracles and earned $8,541 for his final table appearance.
Melissa Hawkins was eliminated in seventh before Herm started making his move to the top. Yaginuma moved all in on the button with A-8 but ran into Herm’s pocket kings in the big blind. Yaginuma turned a flush draw after Herm flopped top set to give him a glimmer of hope but bricked the river and was out in fifth.
From there, Rivero and Herm ran away from the pack. Rivero busted in Pekarek in fifth and then Herm sent Jett packing in fourth. Herm won a bunch of non-showdown pots three-handed to open a sizable margin. Zazaian ended up as the short stack after losing a big pot to Rivero and was finished off by Herm when Herm’s As8s held up against Zazaian’s J-3.
Herm started head-up play with about a 2.5-to-1 chip lead and finished off the tournament soon after heads-up began. The entire heads-up battle lasted less than 20 minutes.
Final Table Results:
| Place | Player | Earnings |
| 1 | Mark Herm | $89,356 |
| 2 | Steven Rivero | $55,217 |
| 3 | Matthew Zazaian | $39,084 |
| 4 | Karina Jett | $28,041 |
| 5 | Jeremy Pekarek | $20,358 |
| 6 | Jesse Yaginuma | $14,981 |
| 7 | Melissa Hawkins | $11,187 |
| 8 | Giovanni Balistreri | $8,451 |
| 9 | Stephanie Baker | $6,482 |
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