WSOP Online 2020: Nathan ‘surfbum’ Gamble Takes Down Event #6: $600 PLO8 For 2nd Gold Bracelet

The sixth event on the 85-event roster at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online 2020 played down to the wire on Monday night. Accessible only to Nevada and New Jersey residents, Event #6: $600 PLO8 6-Handed was the first and the only PLO Six-Max event of the series. A total of 497 players joined the action, but galloping to the victory lane at the end of the 12-hour-long grind was Nathan ‘surfbum’ Gamble (cover image).

The 30-year-old Texas native is arguably one of the more talented PLO specialists in the game today. Gamble had won his first piece of WSOP gold in 2017 when he captured Event #46: $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better for $223,339. A persona with an interesting life story – he was kidnapped at 18 at gunpoint, but let go – Gamble has also served as a field artillery officer having completed stints in North and South Korea.

Gamble had gifted his first bracelet to his father, and his 2017 WSOP title victory remains his best live score to date. Nonetheless, the Monday night victory added a sizeable $89,424.21 more to his bankroll. An elated Gamble took to Twitter to share the news.

Told my wife this was my best chance at a bracelet…. so I did a thing. Thanks for the support everyone! pic.twitter.com/Ak1jgNPr96

— Nathan Gamble (@GambleOnPoker) July 7, 2020

The event permitted players to re-enter up to three times, and many of them fired multiple bullets. Late registration closed at the start of Level 12, and with $449,820 in the prize pool, the top 126 spots were assured at least $899.64.

Hand-for-hand play began in Level 16 and didn’t last long, with Connor ‘NYR9414’ Berkowitz becoming the last player to hit the rail empty-handed.

Six-time bracelet winner Daniel ‘Dnegs’ Negreanu (59th for $1,304) fired three bullets and even live-streamed his run on Twitch, Twitter, and Facebook. Working hard to win his $1 Million prop bet, Negreanu was eventually eliminated at Joseph ‘MegolaMan1ac’ Liberta‘s hands.

2020 WSOP Online Event #6 – $600 PLO8 https://t.co/aM2Y75vITj

— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) July 7, 2020

Towards the end of Level 21, Mike ‘Mouth123’ Matusow (30th for $2,069) lost two big pots to be sent packing. A disappointed Matusow tweeted his feelings.

I'm so sick to my stomach finished 30th event 6 plo8 and gave it away! I never give it away in plo8! #positivity

— Mike Matusow (@themouthmatusow) July 7, 2020

Jeremy ‘Chipchecka’ Ausmus (8th for $9,096.76), Max ‘MaxSparrow’ Pescatori (10th for $4,813.07), PeterPaul ‘howaboutthat’ Shaker (11th for $4,813.07), Randy ‘StayAlive’ Ohel (12th for $4,813.07), Joseph ‘MegolaMan1ac’ Liberta (16th for $ $3,058.77), Matthew ‘mendey’ Mendez (20th for $ $2,518.99), Ali ‘sasukeuchiha’ Imsirovic (26th for $2,518.99), Chance ‘BingShui’ Kornuth (39th for $1,754.29),Andrew ‘randylerch2’ Kelsall (43rd for $1,754.29) and Jared ‘darrensrabbi’ Jaffee (96th for $944.62) were some other notables who finished ITM.

Among those who busted empty-handed was 1986 WSOP champion Berry ‘Numbers86’ Johnston, Brian ‘tsarrast’ Rast, Ari’ philivey’ Engel and Chris ‘camdi’ Ferguson.

The final table was formed with the departure of Ryan ‘Flipflip’ Lenaghan in 7th place for $10,750.69.

You can watch the final table replay below.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. rainman3817 – 5,055,052

2. danish01 – 2,856,296

3. surfbum – 1,746,118

4. hansdigalo – 1,191,850

5. Simon ‘bagelbites’ Lam – 1,051,136

6. SSJTimmy – 594,548

Final Table Recap

The eliminations came by swiftly on the six-handed final table. It was Simon ‘bagelbites’ Lam, who was dispatched in sixth place by ‘danish01.’

Around 20 minutes later, ‘SSJTimmy’ who got involved in a three-way hand with their pitted against ‘rainman3817’s and ‘hansdigalo’s . ‘handsdigalo’ hit trip eights on the board, ending ‘SSJTimmy’s run in fifth place.

It took almost as much time for the field to go three-handed, and making his way out next was ‘handsdigalo.’ The player 3-bet from the small blind after Nathan ‘surfbum’ Gamble opened for 320,000. On the flop , ‘handsdigalo’ jammed for 1.799 Million, and Gamble snap-called.

‘handsdigalo’

Nathan ‘surfbum’ Gamble

Gamble had flopped top two-pair, and he stayed ahead through the turn and the river, eliminating ‘handsdigalo’ in fourth place.

The eventual champion scalped another player, this time ‘rainman3817’ in third place. With the board panning out , the latter completed a straight with . Still, Gamble’s turned a flush getting him the pot to add to his chip lead heading into the heads-up play!

Gamble was commanding an overwhelming lead at the start of the heads-up play. He entered the encounter holding a massive 10.1 Million stack, towering the 1.5 Million held by ‘danish01.’ The latter won an early pot. Still, the deficit was just too much to overcome.

The final hand saw ‘danish01’ open for 600K to which Gambler 3-bet to 1.8 Million. ‘danish01’ responded with a 4-bet jam worth 3.36 Million, and Gamble called.

‘danish01’

Nathan ‘surfbum’ Gamble

‘danish01’ had a stronger hand, but the flop gave Gamble a gutshot. The turn paired Gamble, and the on the river was even better as it completed his straight, finishing off ‘danish01’ in second place.

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Nathan ‘surfbum’ Gamble – $89,424.21

2. ‘danish01’ – $55,282.21

3. ‘rainman3817’ – $38,684.52

4. ‘hansdigalo’ $27,484

5. ‘SSJTimmy’ – $19,792.20

6. Simon ‘bagelbites’ Lam – $14,484.20

Content & Images Courtesy: WSOP.com and PokerNews.com

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