WSOP Online 2020: U23 WFDF Gold Medalist Matt Bode Wins 1st Gold Bracelet in Event #4

Event #4: $500 No-Limit Hold ’em Super Turbo of the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online series is now in the books. It took Matt “Bodeyster” Bode about six hours to clinch his first-ever WSOP gold bracelet and $97,091 in prize money. The event logged in 1,179 entries (828 unique and 351 re-entries), creating a prize pool of $530,550. Being a ‘Super Turbo’ event meant that the blinds went up every six minutes.

A behavior therapist by profession and an under-23 World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) Gold Medalist, Bode had no previous WSOP cashes to his name. He started the final table with the second shortest stack and steadily made his way to the top. Along the way, he eliminated “DrJayTrotter,” Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee and Frank “spaghettiii” Marasco.

He was facing a 2:1 chip deficit when he began the heads-up against Brian “XcrazylegsX” Frasca. However, the super turbo format worked to his advantage, and Bode managed to whisk the title away from Frasca, and the latter had to settle for a runner-up finish for $59,952.

Tweeting about his victory, Bode wrote:

I just won a bracelet

— Matt Bode (@Matt_Bode79) July 5, 2020

After “Allergic2Avg” bubbled the tournament in 181st place, other top pros like Ari “philivey” Engel (16th for $3,501.63), Matt “RubberFist” Stout (24th for $2,864.97), Phil “Lumestackin” Hellmuth (37th for $1,963.03), Ryan “protential” Laplante (58th for $1,432.48), Mike “mouth123” Matusow (86th for $954.99), Michael “miguelfiesta” Lech (92nd for $848.88), Ben “WhyIsGamora” Yu (167th for $742.77), John Allan “beastro” Hinds (176th for $742.77) and Jon “havuuuuuc” Turner (179th for $742.77) posted ITM finishes.

You can watch the final table replay below.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. KTUUUH – 7,467,946

2. Brian “XcrazylegsX” Frasca – 5,741,808

3. Frank “spaghettiii” Marasco – 3,972,172

4. Ryan “Whosyourdodd” Dodd – 3,920,883

5. Daluxxx – 3,734,584

6. Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee – 3,696,065

7. DrJayTrotter – 2,754,558

8. Matt “Bodeyster” Bode – 2,619,268

9. Shawn “Saygoodnight” Daniels – 1,462,716

Final Table Recap

It took less than 10 minutes for the first elimination to take place. “Daluxxx” pitted their against Brian “XcrazylegsX” Frasca’s . The runout saw Frasca river a full house, eliminating “Daluxxx” in ninth place.

Shawn “Saygoodnight” Daniels, who was making his second final table appearance of the series following his fourth-place exit in Event #1, yet again fell short of the title. His was bested by Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee’s which bettered to a two pair on the board. Daniels bowed out in eighth place.

Finishing in seventh place was Ryan “Whosyourdodd” Dodd when his was cracked by Frank “spaghettiii” Marasco’s pocket tens which hit a set on the river.

Less than five minutes later, a three-way pot brought about the end of “DrJayTrotter” s deep run in the competition. Matt “Bodeyster” Bode jammed UTG for 2.12 Million, and Marasco moved all-in over the top. “DrJayTrotter” called, risking their tournament life, for 1.04 Million.

“DrJayTrotter”

Frank “spaghettiii” Marasco

Matt “Bodeyster” Bode

The community cards read and Bode won the pot, sending “DrJayTrotter” to the rail in sixth place.

Down to five-handed play, Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee shoved from UTG holding , and Bode called from the small blind with . The board saw Bode secure a two pair on the flop, dismissing MacPhee in fifth place.

Frank “spaghettiii” Marasco became Bode’s next victim. Marasco’s was no match for Bode’s that bettered to a two pair on the flop, eliminating the former in fourth place.

Soon after that, Brian “XcrazylegsX” Frasca jammed from the small blind with and short-stacked “KTUUUH” called from the big blind showing . The rundown gave Frasca a pair of deuces, knocking “KTUUUH” out in third place.

The heads-up play began with Brian “XcrazylegsX” Frasca (22,300,000) enjoying a 2:1 chip advantage against Matt “Bodeyster” Bode (13,000,000). It took Bode about six minutes to make a comeback and claim his career-first WSOP title.

On the final hand, Frasca moved all-in preflop with and Bode called tabling . Bode rivered three-of-a-kind sevens on the runout , relegating Frasca to a runner-up finish. Bode banked a cool $97,091 for his win!

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Matt “Bodeyster” Bode – $97,091

2. Brian “XcrazylegsX” Frasca – $59,952

3. KTUUUH – $42,603

4. Frank “spaghetti” Marasco – $30,772

5. Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee – $22,389

6. DrJayTrotter – $16,500

7. Ryan “Whosyourdodd” Dodd – $12,362

8. Shawn “Saygoodnight” Daniels – $9,338

9. Daluxxx – $7,162

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