Event #15: $1,000 PLO 8-Max HR
Day 1 Completed
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #15: $1,000 PLO 8-Max HR
Day: 1
Event Info
Level 34
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
On Wednesday night, the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Event #15: $1,000 PLO 8-Max attracted 386 players who rebought 277 times. The 663-entry field resulted in a $629,850 prize pool, and after more than 12 hours of play, it was Guy “PhilLaak” Dunlap, who hails from Portland, Oregon, claiming victory for a $133,780.14 top prize plus his first gold bracelet.
According to HendonMob, Dunlap has $106,317 in live tournament earnings including a career-best $26,104 for finishing third in the Pendleton 2011 Fall Poker Round-Up $500 Main Event. In addition to having success in the Pacific Northwest, which includes several victories in smaller events, Dunlap has also amassed six figures playing online. Now, he’s the proud owner of a WSOP online bracelet.
2020 WSOP Online Event #15 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guy “PhilLaak” Dunlap | $133,780 |
| 2 | Shane “danish01” Daniels | $82,069 |
| 3 | Todd “chi.t.420” Sladek | $56,749 |
| 4 | Jacob “Bandit275” Powers | $39,870 |
| 5 | Keith “thxsimgod” Ferrera | $28,469 |
| 6 | Blake “shampainpopn” Whittington | $20,659 |
| 7 | Matt “jacksup” Matros | $15,305 |
| 8 | Anthony “heheh” Zinno | $11,526 |
After “wippitywap” bubbled the tournament in 100th place, the top 99 players got paid including Jesse “mrjessejames” Sylvia (78th - $1,700.59), Erik “NW1Time” Seidel (60th - $2,015.52), Event #13 champ Michael “miguelfiesta” Lech (43rd - $2,582.38), Event #6 winner Nathan “surfbum” Gamble (28th - $3,023.28), Event #3 bracelet winner Robert “bustinballs” Kuhn (15th - $5,416.71), and Calvin "projector52" Anderson (11th - $6,865.36).
Todd “chi.t.420” Sladek began the final table as the chip leader while two-time WSOP bracelet winner Anthony “heheh” Zinno was the short stack. Not surprisingly, Zinno was the first to go after he got it in on the flop with a set of aces against three-time bracelet winner Matt “jacksup” Matros, who had a flush draw. The diamond flush came in on the turn and Zinno failed to pair the board on the river to fall in eighth place.
Matros wound up following him out the door after getting it in preflop with kings against Sladek’s aces, and then Sladek eliminated six-time circuit ring winner Blake “shampainpopn” Whittington cracking kings when he made two pair on the river.
Next to go was Keith “thxsimgod” Ferrera after getting it in with a flush draw and missing against Shane "danish01" Daniels, who finished the hand with two pair. Daniels then busted Jacob "Bandit275" Powers after the duo got it in on the flop with the former holding an open-ended straight draw and the latter a set. The straight came in and that was all she wrote for Powers.
Sladek bowed out in third place after getting short, and that saw Dunlap take an 8.4 million chip lead into heads-up play against Daniels, who had 4.8 million. For the second time in the 2020 WSOP online series, Daniels was heads-up for a bracelet, though in his first outing he had to settle for second place in Event #6: $600 PLO8 Six-Max for $55,283.
Once again, Daniels was denied WSOP gold as he was unable to spin up his stack, ultimately calling it off when Dunlap had aces in the hole. Both players wound up making a club flush on the runout, but Dunlap’s was best to eliminate Daniels in second for $82,069.
The next tournament on the schedule – Event #16: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo – will take place at 3 p.m. PDT on Thursday. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will once again be reporting all the action, so be sure to tune in then to see who captures the next 2020 WSOP bracelet!
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Level 34
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Shane "danish01" Daniels opened for 400,000 before calling Guy "PhilLaak" Dunlap's 1,200,000 three-bet to see the 
flop appear.
Dunlap lead out for 1,800,000 and Daniels called off his 1,622,632 stack.
Guy "PhilLaak" Dunlap: 
Shane "danish01" Daniels: 
Dunlap was ahead with his aces and nothing changed after the 
paired the board on the turn which gave both players the club flush draw.
Unfortunately for Daniels, the 
river completed the flush for both players but Dunlap held the nut flush to send Daniels out in second place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,260,000
4,822,632
|
4,822,632 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 34
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Shane "danish01" Daniels opened for 600,000 on the button before calling Todd "chi.t.420" Sladek's 679,800 jam from the big blind.
Todd "chi.t.420" Sladek: 
Shane "danish01" Daniels: 
Sladek was behind but didn't mind the 
flop that gave him a straight draw.
The 
turn completed Sladek's straight but the victory was short-lived as the 
completed the board on the river, giving Daniels broadway.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,437,368 | |
|
|
4,822,632
779,800
|
779,800 |
|
Busted |
Level: 34
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 0
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,627,368
1,520,000
|
1,520,000 |
|
|
5,092,832
-2,040,000
|
-2,040,000 |
|
|
1,539,800
120,000
|
120,000 |
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
As the final three players battled, the chips have been moving around in a series of small-to-medium pots.
In a recent hand, Todd "chi.t.420" Sladek limped the small blind and Shane "danish01" Daniels exercised his option with a raise to 480,000 from the big blind. Sladek then made it 1.44 million to go, which left him 1,419,800 behind.
Daniels made the call and the flop came down 
.
Sladek checked, and Daniels bet 1.6 million. Sladek wound up folding and Daniels was pushed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,132,832
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
1,419,800
-1,600,000
|
-1,600,000 |
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,253,716
2,285,000
|
2,285,000 |
|
|
4,092,368
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
|
|
1,913,916
-1,925,000
|
-1,925,000 |
Level: 33
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 0
Level 32
: 60,000/120,000, 0 ante
Shane "danish01" Daniels raised to 270,000 under the gun and Jacob "Bandit275" Powers three-bet to 870,000 from the big blind. Daniels called, the flop came down 
, and Powers bet just 120,000. Daniels moved all in and Powers called off the 596,640 he had behind.
Shane "danish01" Daniels: 
Jacob "Bandit275" Powers: 
Powers was ahead with a set of deuces but Daniels took the lead when the turn completed his open-ended straight draw. Powers had out heads to the river, but the 
was not one of them to end his run in fourth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,838,916
1,826,640
|
1,826,640 |
|
Busted |