WSOP Online 2020: 8-Time Circuit Ring Winner Michael ‘miguelfiesta’ Lech Wins Career-First Bracelet in Event #13

Another bracelet event at the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online series played out on WSOP.com on Monday. The single-day Event #13: $1,500 NLH Freezeout began at 3 PM (PDT) on Monday, logging in 649 entries to create a $924,825 prize pool. There was no dearth on talent in the field, but taking his run to the finish line was the eight-time WSOP Circuit ring winner from Arkansas Michael ‘miguelfiesta’ Lech (cover image). The victory fetched Lech his first WSOP bracelet and $164,248.92 in prize money!

Lech often likes to say, “Everybody needs a little fiesta in their life.” Sure enough, all his WSOP Circuit victories have been recorded since 2016, and he’s won five of them across different countries, including the U.S., Mexico, France, Italy, and St. Maarten. While his live scorecard is replete with more than a million in winnings, he has already cashed an incredible seven times at the ongoing series.

A super elated Lech couldn’t stop dancing after his win!! He even share the video on Twitter.

Sooooo, I won 🤑🍻🍻🍻🍻🥇 https://t.co/V5p9mwtZ5Z

— Michael Lech (@Miguel_Fiesta) July 14, 2020

Poker brat Phil ‘Lumestackin’ Hellmuth was one of many players who busted before the bubble. The 15-time bracelet winner jammed with ace-jack only to run into JJ ‘artiliu’ Liu’s ace-king that turned a king.

Dylan ‘thedogsofwar’ Wilkerson fell out on the money bubble with David Prociak winning the last of his chips. With Wilkerson’s elimination in 100th place, the remaining 99 contenders were in the money for at least $2,034.61.

GGPoker Ambassador Daniel ‘DNegs’ Negreanu chipped up well in the early stages and scored several knockouts that included scalping Frank ‘thewholefunk’ Funaro. He even doubled-up on the money bubble to sail past.

One of the tourney highlights was when Negreanu came on the same table as Hellmuth, and he even tweeted about it.

Looking to make a deep run alongside @phil_hellmuth at my table now in the $1500 Freezeout.

I got 120k and he is on about average with 80k vying for a bracelet with 195 players left

— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) July 14, 2020

He eventually ran out of chips in Level 29, where he lost with king-nine to Paul ‘ToTheMood’ Dewald’s ace-jack. Negreanu placed 27th for $6,381.29.

Nicolas ‘Zskrrrrt’ Zolofra (12th for $11,930.24), Stuart ‘studog’ Gold (13th for $9,618.18), Wendy ‘Cardthartic’ Freedman (16th for $7,491.08), Luke ‘caravels’ Donato

(18th for $7,491.08), Event #12 champion Ryan ‘Joeyisamush’ Depaulo (23rd for $6,381.29), Jason ‘haderade’ Somerville (53rd for $$3,976.74) and Indo-American Ankush ‘rickrosstheb’ Mandavia (60th for $3,421.85) featured among the notable ITM finishers.

Stanton ‘Stonniespokes’ Tentowski (10th for $11,930.24) bubbled the final table.

You can watch the FT replay below.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Sean ‘SPS8710’ Seifert – 5,421,996
2. Connor ‘666666’ Drinan – 2,055,573
3. Bingooo – 1,598,010
4. William ‘SlaweelRyam’ Romaine – 1,365,795
5. Michael ‘miguelfiesta’ Lech – 1,348,314
6. Megan ‘wolverine17’ Milburn – 1,329,161
7. Christopher ‘pokerher2014’ Fuchs – 1,160,320
8. Michael ‘wsopmd’ Dolle – 1,032,123
9. Paul ‘ToTheMoon’ Dewald – 913,708

Final Table Recap

The final table went from nine-handed to six-handed in just 30 mins with Michael ‘wsopmd’ Dolle, Megan ‘wolverine17’ Milburn and Christopher ‘pokerher2014’ Fuchs hitting the rail in places ninth to seventh.

Around 10 minutes later, Connor ‘666666’ Drinan ran ace-eight into William ‘SlaweelRyam’ Romaine’s ace-king. Failing to connect to the board, Drinan fell out in sixth place.

Romaine was also responsible for the elimination of Paul ‘ToTheMoon’ Dewald in fifth place. He flopped top pair holding ace-deuce versus Dewald’s pocket fives.

Play went three-handed pretty quickly, with ‘Bingooo’ departing in fourth place after his ace-five was crushed by Sean ‘SPS8710’ Seifert’s pocket sixes that flopped a set.

It was down to the heads-up after Michael ‘miguelfiesta’ Lech eliminated Sean ‘SPS8710’ Seifert with his completing a straight on the river on the rundown .

Lech entered the heads-up play as the favorite holding 9.70 Million in chips as against William ‘SlaweelRyam’ Romaine’s 6.52 million, and it didn’t take him long to cement his win.

In the final hand, he opened for 560K, and Romaine called. After the flop, Romaine check-jammed for 4.898 Million and Lech continued for 868K. Romaine called.

Michael ‘miguelfiesta’ Lech

William ‘SlaweelRyam’ Romaine

Lech held top pair to Romain`s middle pair, and neither the turn nor the river came to Romaine’s rescue, relegating him to the rail in second place.

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Michael ‘miguelfiesta’ Lech – $164,248.92
2. William ‘SlaweelRyam’ Romaine – $110,979
3. Sean ‘SPS8710’ Seifert – $77,407.85
4. Bingooo – $56,599.29
5. Paul ‘ToTheMoon’ Dewald – $40,599.81
6. Connor ‘666666’ Drinan – $29,964.33
7. Christopher ‘pokerher2014’ Fuchs – $22,380.76
8. Megan ‘wolverine17’ Milburn – $18,404.01
9. Michael ‘wsopmd’ Dolle – $14,982.16

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

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