2024 WSOP Online: Sandberg, Hrabec, Remitio and Dunst Headline Early WinnersA Look At The 13 Online Bracelet Events Completed Thus Far |
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The 2024 World Series of Poker Online has been running alongside the live WSOP in recent weeks, with this year being the first to feature shared liquidity across Nevada, New Jersey, and Michigan on the new WSOP Online client. There have been 13 online bracelets events to wrap up so far. Below is a look at the results from those tournaments.
WSOP Online #1 – $555 No-Limit Hold’em
The first event of the WSOPO saw 1,544 entries made at $555 a pop. The resulting $764,820 prize pool was split amongst the top 240 finishers, with five-figures or more for those that survived to the final table.
The largest payout and the bracelet were captured by Michael Use of Belgium. The $106,613 was the largest recorded score yet for Use, who also finished third later on in this series for another $66,000. He now has $435,000 in career earnings, with the majority coming from his success in WSOP events.
Use is just the fifth Belgian player to have won a bracelet, with Michael Gaithy (4x) and Davidi Kitai (3x) being multi-time winners.
Place | Player | Earnings |
1 | Miguel Use | $106,613 |
2 | Stephen Hemsworth | $77,818 |
3 | Jonathan Rabinowitz | $57,205 |
4 | Bryce McVay | $42,383 |
5 | Allen Pock | $31,343 |
6 | Jawad Abro | $23,392 |
7 | Jackson Spencer | $17,524 |
8 | Scott Ko | $13,278 |
9 | Marc Weinstein | $10,113 |
WSOP Online #2 – $400 No-Limit Hold’em Progressive Knockout Bounty
The $400 bounty event drew 1,962 entries, with $706,320 in prize money paid out to the top 320. Stanton Tentnowski triumphed in the end, earning $39,732 from the main prize pool along with his first bracelet.
Tentnowski also has a WSOP Circuit ring to his name, having won a $525 buy-in online main event back in 2022 for $47,966.
Several big names ran deep, including World Poker Tour champion and two-time bracelet winner Chris Moorman (7th), popular poker vlogger Brad Owen (6th), and bracelet winner and WPT champion Alan Sternberg (4th).
Place | Player | Earnings |
1 | Stanton Tentnowski | $39,732 |
2 | Corbin White | $39,731 |
3 | Christian Marcos | $24,191 |
4 | Alan Sternberg | $17,658 |
5 | Doug Yim | $12,996 |
6 | Brad Owen | $9,535 |
7 | Chris Moorman | $7,063 |
8 | William Meeks | $5,262 |
9 | Kyler Scheriger | $3,955 |
WSOP Online #3 – $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Evan Sandberg won his second career gold bracelet as the last player standing in the $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event. The Bay Area resident earned $124,831 and the hardware for topping the field of 809 entries. He now has more than $1.6 million in recorded tournament earnings.
Israel’s Uri Reichenstein finished second for $91,043. He now has over $4.8 million in career cashes to his name.
Other notables that ran deep included braclet winners Joey Couden (16th), Tyler Brown (15th), and Ryan Laplante (14th), and three-time bracelet winner Dan Zack (11th).
Place | Player | Earnings |
1 | Evan Sandberg | $124,831 |
2 | Uri Reichenstein | $91,043 |
3 | Joseph Hebert | $66,931 |
4 | Noam Muallem | $49,594 |
5 | Trey Brabham | $36,691 |
6 | Patrick Kennedy | $27,418 |
7 | Christian Harder | $20,644 |
8 | Frederic Heller | $15,644 |
9 | Vikrant Shah | $11,935 |
WSOP Online #4 – $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack
Robert Strunk overcome a tough final table to earn his first bracelet and the top prize of $116,708. Strunk bested a field of 1,565 entries in the $600 no-limit hold’em Deepstack for the second-largest score of his career. The biggest was the $162,885 he earned as the third-place finisher in the 2023 Mid-States Poker Tour Firekeepers main event.
Michael Acevedo, author of Modern Poker Theory, finished as the runner-up for $85,186. This was the second-largest score on the Costa Rica residents’ resume.
Other big names that made the final few tables included 2013 WSOP main event champion Ryan Riess (18th), bracelet winner Michael Hotlz (15th), bracelet winner Kartik Ved (7th), two-time World Poker Tour champion and bracelet winner Kevin Eyster (6th), Kevin Rabichow (5th), and bracelet winner Jason Wheeler (3rd).
Place | Player | Earnings |
1 | Robert Strunk | $116,708 |
2 | Michael Acevedo | $85,186 |
3 | Jason Wheeler | $62,622 |
4 | Rajesh Marimuthu | $46,396 |
5 | Kevin Rabichow | $34,311 |
6 | Kevin Eyster | $25,607 |
7 | Kartik Ved | $19,184 |
8 | Brandon Wittmeyer | $14,536 |
9 | James Lillis | $11,071 |
WSOP Online #5 – $333 No-Limit Hold’em
Roman Hrabec has two recorded tournament wins in 2024. His first saw him take down a $100,000 buy-in at the Triton Jeju series for more than $4.3 million. The second came in a $333 buy-in event during the WSOPO. He overcame a field of 2,714 entries to earn his first bracelet and $100,228.
Hrabec, a former professional hockey player who hails from the Czech Republic, now has nearly $9.6 million in recorded earnings under his belt.
Bracelet winner Yong Keun Kwon (15th), ‘Jeff Boski’ Sluzinski (13th), bracelet winner Jason Summerville (12th), and Toby Boas (11th) all ran deep.
Place | Player | Earnings |
1 | Roman Hrabec | $100,228 |
2 | Derek Scott | $71,568 |
4 | Tyler Hirschfeld | $36,558 |
5 | Brandon Navarrete | $26,299 |
6 | Stephen Fraser | $19,134 |
7 | Ramaswamy Pyloore | $14,004 |
8 | Andrew Rose | $10,259 |
9 | Jonathan Stoeber | $7,572 |
WSOP Online #6 – $400 No-Limit Hold’em Ultra Deepstack
Russell Brooks overcame a field of 2,238 entries in the $400 buy-in no-limir hold’em Ultra Deepstack event, earning $99,181 and his first bracelet as the champion.
The Georgia resident and WSOPC ring winner grew his tournament earnings to over $217,000 with the victory.
Several big anems joined him at the business-end of this event, including bracelet winner and PokerGO commentator Brent Hanks (12th), bracelet winner and WPT champion Soheb Porbandarwala (8th), bracelet winner Cole Ferraro (7th), and three-time bracelet winner Upeshka De Silva (5th).
Place | Player | Earnings |
1 | Russell Brooks | $99,181 |
2 | Erik Eshima | $70,819 |
3 | Mark Booth | $50,597 |
4 | Wes Fisher | $36,175 |
5 | Upeshka De Silva | $26,023 |
6 | Eli Perlman | $18,933 |
7 | Cole Ferraro | $13,858 |
8 | Soheb Porbandarwala | $10,152 |
9 | Daniel Coen | $7,493 |
WSOP Online #7 – $500 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty
With 1,603 entries, there was $721,350 in prize money up for grabs in the $500 progressive knockout bounty event. Ilija Savevski captured his second bracelet and the title, earning $40,577 for the win.
Savevski’s first bracelet came in the 2022 WSOP Europe €1,350 buy-in mini main event. He earned a career-best payday of $245,319 for that title run. This most recent win grew the Austrian’s earnings to over $818,000.
Also running deep were Chris Moorman (15th), 2023 WSOP main event seventh-place finisher Toby Lewis (11th), and Michael Moncek (9th).
Place | Player | Earnings |
1 | Ilija Savevski | $40,577 |
2 | Jonah Labranche | $40,576 |
3 | Stanislav Barshak | $24,706 |
4 | Saurav Desai | $18,034 |
5 | Nicholas Gibson | $13,273 |
6 | Pierce McKellar | $9,738 |
7 | John Botticello | $7,214 |
8 | Brian Darmanin | $5,374 |
9 | Michael Moncek | $4,040 |
WSOP Online #8 – $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six Max
The buy-in went up and the table size went down for event no. 8. The $1,000 six-max no-limit hold’em tournament wound up with 1,233 total entries, which was good for a $1,109,700 prize pool.
Sungbin Ma came out on top in the event, earning their first bracelet and the top prize of $153,250.
Ma had to overcome a tough final table that included the likes of four-time bracelet winner and 2009 world champion Joe Cada (7th), WPT champion Matthew Wantman (5th), Felipe Ramos (4th), and bracelet winner Christopher Frank (3rd).
Michael Bosco earned $111,858 as the runner-up.
Place | Player | Earnings |
1 | Sungbin Ma | $153,250 |
2 | Michael Bosco | $111,858 |
3 | Christopher Frank | $82,229 |
4 | Felipe Ramos | $60,923 |
5 | Matthew Wantman | $45,054 |
6 | Brett Murray | $33,624 |
7 | Joseph Cada | $25,190 |
8 | Kyle Miholich | $19,087 |
9 | Sundiata DeVore | $14,537 |
WSOP Online #10 – $600 No-Limit Hold’em Monsterstack
A battle of the Joshes decided the champion in event no. 10. 2021 WSOP main event fourth-place finisher Joshua Remitio six-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh heads-up in the $600 Monsterstack event, earning $125,412 and his first bracelet for the win.
Arieh scored $90,981 as the runner-up to grow his career earnings to $12,797,000.
This event drew 1,781 entries to grow a $961,740 prize pool. The top 320 finishers got paid, with notables like bracelet winner Matthew Bode (17th), Vinny Pahuja (7th), bracelet winner Julien Sitbon (6th), Alex Rocha (5th), and bracelet winner Miguel Use (3rd) running deep.
Place | Player | Earnings |
1 | Joshua Remitio | $125,412 |
2 | Josh Arieh | $90,981 |
3 | Miguel Use | $65,879 |
4 | Alex Todd | $48,087 |
5 | Alexander Rocha | $35,392 |
6 | Julien Sitbon | $25,967 |
7 | Vinny Pahuja | $19,235 |
8 | Jeffery Hoop | $14,330 |
9 | Valentino Konakchiev | $10,771 |
WSOP Online #11 – $500 No-Limit Hold’em Mystery Bounty $1 Million GTD
The $1 million guaranteed $500 mystery bounty drew a massive field of 3,462 entries, beating the guarantee by $557,900.
Simas Karaliunas emerged victorious in the end, earning $122,716 from the main prize pool along with their first gold bracelet. This was the first recorded six-figure score for the Lithuanian.
17-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth finished 12th in this event. Other big names that made it down to the final few tables included 2018 WSOP main event runner-up Tony Miles (11th), Brent Hanks (9th), and 10-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel (5th).
Place | Player | Earnings |
1 | Simas Karaliunas | $122,716 |
2 | Luis Noboa | $87,594 |
3 | Ivan Stankov | $62,522 |
4 | Stuart Pfeifer | $44,961 |
5 | Erik Seidel | $32,583 |
6 | Kurt Jewell | $23,697 |
7 | David Simon | $17,455 |
8 | Kenneth Hicks Jr | $12,906 |
9 | Brent Hanks | $9,733 |
WSOP Online #12 – $888 No-Limit Hold’em
The $888 buy-in event ended with 1,366 entries by the time registration closed. The nearly $1.1 million prize pool was dispersed amongst the top 240 finishers. Ryan Otto secured the most sizable chunk of the pot, walking away with $150,916 and his first gold bracelet.
This was the second-largest score yet for the New Zealander, trailing only the $159,833 he earned as the runner-up in a 2019 WSOP International Circuit Australia high roller.
Big names that ran deep in this tournament included two-time bracelet winner Justin Saliba (13th), two-time bracelet winner Jans Arends (10th), Spencer Champlin (6th), 2022 WSOP ladies event winner Jessica Teusl (5th), two-time bracelet winner Jason DeWitt (4th), and recent BetMGM Poker Championships winner Daniel Maor (3rd).
Place | Player | Earnings |
1 | Ryan Otto | $150,916 |
2 | Nithin Eapen | $110,154 |
3 | Daniel Maor | $80,976 |
4 | Jason Dewitt | $59,995 |
5 | Jessica Teusl | $44,368 |
6 | Spencer Champlin | $33,112 |
7 | Bogdan Munteanu | $24,807 |
8 | Jeffrey Stellwagon | $18,796 |
9 | Patrik Ciklamíni | $14,316 |
WSOP Online #13 – $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout
Even without re-entries, there were still 824 entries made in the $1,000 no-limit hold’em freezeout. The $741,600 prize pool was split amongst the top 144 finishers. Eventual champion Charlie Dawson earned $114,800 and his first bracelet after defeating Zachary Vankeuren heads-up.
This was the second-largest score of Dawson’s career, trailing only the $170,943 he was awarded as the fifth-place finisher in the 2021 WSOP Monster Stack. The 2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Tropicana Evansville main event winner now has nearly $1.5 million in career cashes to his name.
2021 Wynn Millions champion Andrew Moreno (12th), bracelet winner Brian Green (10th), Darren Rabinowitz (7th), John Bunch (6th), and Upeshka De Silva (3rd) all survived to the final couple of tables in this one.
Place | Player | Earnings |
1 | Charlie Dawson | $114,800 |
2 | Zachary Vankeuren | $83,727 |
3 | Upeshka De Silva | $61,553 |
4 | Ryan Dougherty | $45,608 |
5 | Gabriel Tileff | $33,743 |
6 | John Bunch | $25,214 |
7 | Darren Rabinowitz | $18,985 |
8 | Xinrong Zhu | $14,387 |
9 | Shawn Stroke | $10,976 |
WSOP Online #15 – $500 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack
Tony Dunst overcame a field of 2,435 entries to win the $500 buy-in deepstack event for his third career gold bracelet. The World Poker Tour champion and commentator now has nearly $5.4 million in lifetime earnings after adding $134,888 with this victory.
This was the second online bracelet win for Dunst, who also took down the 2020 WSOPO $777 buy-in event. His lone live bracelet win came in a $1,000 buy-in event at the 2016 WSOP.
The $1,095,750 prize pool in this tournament got split up between the 420 in-the-money finishers, with bracelet winner Anthony Spinella (21st), 2023 North American Poker Tour Las Vegas champion Sami Bechahed (18th), Wendy Freedman (11th), bracelet winner Danny Wong (10th), and Florian Duta (8th) running deep.
Place | Player | Earnings |
1 | Tony Dunst | $134,888 |
2 | Leo Lombardozzi | $96,316 |
3 | Frantisek Jirout | $68,813 |
5 | Alfonso Cammarota | $35,393 |
6 | Andrew Kang | $25,750 |
7 | Ryan Dougherty | $18,847 |
8 | Florian Duta | $13,806 |
9 | Hiroki Yamasaki | $10,190 |
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