WSOP Online 2020: Pat Lyons Takes Down Career-First Gold Bracelet in Event #17

Event #17: $777 No-Limit Hold’em of the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online rallied up 1,382 entries, comprising of 917 unique participants and 465 re-buys, creating a $967,400 prize pool. The tourney played out for over 11 hours, and after the dust had settled, Pat “IchiiKawawa” Lyons emerged as the victor!

Like the real identity of the winner of Event #16: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo, i.e., Terrell “Heezahustla” Cheatham, was announced by the WSOP, the brand was quick to reveal Lyons’ identity as well.

A resident of San Mateo, California, Lyons has $1.58 Million in live tournament winnings, of which $87,772 account for WSOP cashes. He is a former WSOPC ring winner and had shipped Event #12: $580 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo at the 2018 WSOPC The Bicycle Casino for $17,365.

Lyons started out with the third largest stack on the final table, and right from the get-go, he eliminated Dave “DunningKrugr” Alfa. Once three players were left in the fray, Lyons took over the chip lead from Barry “_MLB_” Wenger and eventually knocked out the latter in third place. He faced “NJ_GLive” in the heads-up, but the chip deficit was too vast for the latter to overcome, relegating them to the runner-up spot. Lyons clinched his first-ever gold bracelet, as well as the $173,551 top prize!

With the top 207 places assured payouts, “ejanicom” went out on the stone-cold money bubble when they hit the rail in 208th place.

Roland “prngls12” Israelashvili (12th for $10,060.96), Andrew “PintoPedro” Donabedian (17th for $6,288.10), Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng (26th for $5,127.22), Upeshka “gomezhamburg” De Silva (50th for $2,902.20), Robert “NeverEven” Peacock (79th for $1,934.80), GGPoker Ambassador Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu (123rd for $1,354.36) and Dan “PepperPrince” Zack (147th for $1,257.62), were among the notables who crossed the money line.

Michael “joebiden” Klien bubbled the final table, placing 10th for $10,060.96.

You can watch the FT replay below.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Barry “_MLB_” Wenger – 4,321,234

2. Scott “BudLightLime” Hempel – 3,243,471

3. Pat “IchiiKawawa” Lyons – 2,580,798

4. Dave “DunningKrugr” Alfa – 2,544,998

5. Jim “Bocaratone” Collopy – 2,460,894

6. NJ_Glive – 1,565,015

7. veepoh – 1,327,104

8. Julian “Julian” Parmann – 1,196,001

9. Jonathan “Art.Vandelay” Dokler – 1,027,985

Final Table Recap

Dave “DunningKrugr” Alfa, who had bubbled the final table of Event #14: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller, bowed out in ninth place when his Big Slick lost out to Pat “IchiiKawawa” Lyons’ pocket rockets.

Julian “Julian” Parmann had come close to claiming his career-first WSOP bracelet in Event #16: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo but ended up in the runner-up spot. He made back-to-back final table finishes in Event #17, but yet again fell short of capturing the bracelet when his were bested by Barry “_MLB_” Wenger’s . Parmann exited in eighth place.

Barry “_MLB_” Wenger had started out as the final table chip leader and boosted his stack further by eliminating Scott “BudLightLime” Hempel in seventh place. The hand in question saw Hempel moving all-in for 884,182 with and Wenger called holding . The runout gave Wenger a rivered two pair, sending Hempel to the rail.

About eight minutes later, “veepoh” shoved all-in for 437,104 from UTG. Wenger and Jim “BOCARATONE” Collopy called from the blinds. The duo checked through on the board, following which Wenger fired a bet of 730,656. Collopy folded and “veepoh” turned over . Wenger tabled and found a jack-high straight, eliminating “veepoh” in sixth place.

Jim “Bocaratone” Collopy could not retain his seat on the final table for much longer, and during Level 40, he pitted his against Wenger’s . The board gave Wenger a pair of aces, ousting Collopy in fifth place.

Jonathan “Art.Vandelay” Dokler had etched his name in the annals of poker history by becoming the first player to win a WSOP bracelet in the 2020 WSOP Online series. He was in the hunt for his second bracelet but fell three places short when his was busted by Wenger’s .

Despite bringing about a majority of the eliminations on the final table, Barry “_MLB_” Wenger‘s dream run came to an end in third place. He open-jammed for 2.79 Million from the button with . Lyons called, holding . The runout missed both players, and Lyons’ ace kicker won him the pot.

The heads-up play between Pat “IchiiKawawa” Lyons (18,728,080) and “NJ_GLive” (2,001,920) began with the former enjoying a massive lead over the latter. While “NJ_GLive” fought hard and even managed to bring their stacks up to 8 Million, in the end, the chip deficit was too overwhelming for them to overcome.

On the final hand, “NG_Live” raised to 560,000 from the button, and Lyons moved all-in from the big blind. “NG_Live” called with their remaining 8 Million.

“NG_Live”:

Pat “IchiiKawawa” Lyons :

The community cards opened and Lyons rivered three-of-a-kind queens ended “NG_Live”s tournament run in second place.

Lyons went on to claim his career-first WSOP bracelet, and a top prize worth $173,551!

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Pat “IchiiKawawa” Lyons – $173,551

2. NJ_GLive – $107,478

3. Barry “_MLB_” Wenger – $76,327

4. Jonathan “Art.Vandelay” Dokler – $54,948

5. Jim “Bocaratone” Collopy – $40,147

6. veepoh – $29,602.44

7. Scott “BudLightLime” Hempel – $22,250

8. Julian “Julian” Parmann – $16,832

9. Dave “DunningKrugr” Alfa – $12,963

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