Event #17: $400 NLH 8-Max
Day 1 Completed
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #17: $400 NLH 8-Max
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$405,000
Entries
1,125
Level
39
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Entries
1,125
Players Left
1
Level 39
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
On Saturday night, the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Event #17: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Max attracted 747 players who rebought 378 times. The 1,125-entry field resulted in a $405,000 prize pool. After nearly 11 hours of play, it was Justin “LappyPoker” Lapka coming out on top to claim the $75,371 first-place prize and his first gold bracelet.
Lapka, who originally hails from St. Paul, Minnesota, is a well-known Twitch streamer at twitch.tv/lappypoker. It’s there he describes himself as “a 29-year-old online poker player trying to find my place in the world through experiencing travel, poker, meeting new people, understanding other perspectives. and learning something new every day.”
He adds: “I have been studying poker as a serious hobby for about 6-7 years now and playing professionally online for close to four years … Traveler, poker player, masters grad, and humanist who is trying to make a better life for myself and other people one day at a time.”
Prior to the win, Lapka had $183,459 inWSOP-related cashes with his previous best being $65,392 for finishing fifth in the 2018 WSOP Event #61: $1,000 WSOP.com Online NLH Championship. According to The Hendon Mob, Lapka has $104,292 in lifetime live earnings.
2021 WSOP Online Event #17 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1 | Justin “LappyPoker” Lapka | $75,371 |
| 2 | Uke “ooopsmybad” Dauti | $46,575 |
| 3 | Eugene “Beratna” Kwak | $32,967 |
| 4 | Chance “BingShui” Kornuth | $23,652 |
| 5 | Jason “TheBigGift” Gooch | $17,172 |
| 6 | Troy “troyrlee” Lee | $12,636 |
| 7 | Joseph “ShoeGoat” Walters | $9,437 |
| 8 | Brandon “Omni27” Ienn | $7,128 |
The top 167 finishers made the money including Jeremiah “freestyler” Williams (13th - $3,362), Donnell “spreezy52” Dais (17th - $2,673), Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng (21st - $2,187), Tony “Panoramic” Dunst (32nd - $1,782), Anthony "heheh" Zinno (40th - $1,539), Jesse “mrjessejames” Sylvia (73rd - $850.50), Anthony “flawlessbink” Maio (100th - $648), Martin “bathroomline” Zamani (123rd - $648), and Ryan “joeyisamush” Depaulo (137th - $648).
Final Table Action
It didn’t take long for Brandon “Omni27” Ienn to run pocket treys smack dab into the nines of Eugene “Beratna” Kwak to fall in eighth place, and then Joseph “ShoeGoat” Walters followed him out the door in seventh losing ace-five all in preflop to the ace-jack of Chance “BingShui” Kornuth.
Troy “troyrlee” Lee lost his short stack with king-nine to the ace-seven of Lapka to fall in sixth and moments later WSOP.com bracelet winner Jason “TheBigGift” Gooch hit the rail after running pocket sevens into Kornuth’s two black nines.
Despite knocking a couple of players out early at the final table, Kornuth saw his run at a third career bracelet come to an end in fourth place. He lost most of his chips in a race holding pocket fives against the ace-king of Uke “ooopsmybad” Dauti, who turned a Broadway straight.
Kwak then lost a big flip with ace-king to Lapka’s pocket eights, and that allowed the latter to take a more than 2:1 chip lead into heads-up play against Dauti. Lapka set about whittling away at his opponent until a cooler hand saw Dauti get it in with the nut flush only to see Lapka roll over a full house.
The 2021 WSOP Online continues on Sunday with Event #18: $1,000 NLH North American Poker Open. PokerNews will be live reporting and streaming the action, so be sure to join us then.
2021 WSOP Online Bracelet Winners Thus Far
| Date | Tournament | Players | Re-entries | Total Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Jul | Event #1: $500 NLH BIG 500 Kick-Off | 837 | 440 | 1277 | $574,650 | Jose "deposit" Nooa | $105,161 |
| 2-Jul | Event #2: $600 NLH Monster Stack | 727 | 311 | 1038 | $560,520 | Manig "Ohio77" Loeser | $104,313 |
| 3-Jul | Event #3: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack | 641 | 309 | 950 | $427,500 | Donnell "Spreezy52" Dais | $90,801 |
| 4-Jul | Event #4: $500 NLH Super Turbo | 608 | 242 | 850 | $382,500 | Jeffery "Steelvikes7" Hoop | $73,861 |
| 5-July | Event #5: $1,000 NLH 8-Max | 459 | - | 459 | $648,700 | Jeremiah “freestylerr” Williams | $139,600 |
| 6-July | Event #6: $2,000 NLH Deepstack | 312 | 104 | 416 | $769,600 | Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson | $175,700 |
| 7-July | Event #7: $777 NLH Lucky 7's | 576 | 312 | 888 | $621,600 | Michael "stiltwalk" Mercaldo | $123,574 |
| 8-July | Event #8: $888 Crazy Eights Hold'em | 514 | 268 | 782 | $625,600 | Carlos "CarlosWelch" Welch | $124,369 |
| 9-July | Event #9: $400 NLH 6-Max | 788 | 429 | 1,217 | $438,120 | Philip "wingsuiter" Beck | $81,534 |
| 10-July | Event #10: $333 NLH | 986 | 531 | 1,517 | $455,100 | Michael "njnj17" Leib | $81,645 |
| 11-July | Event #11: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack | 1,078 | 339 | 1,417 | $510,120 | Vijay “Eclypzed” Para | $86,210 |
| 12-July | Event #12: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack | 654 | 305 | 959 | $431,550 | Bryan "Pellepelle" Piccioli | $83,332 |
| 13-July | Event #13: $1,000 NLH Freezeout | 561 | - | 561 | $504,900 | Ryan "Adopt_aDogg0" Leng | $108,654 |
| 14-July | Event #14: $500 No Limit Hold'em | 673 | 363 | 1,036 | $466,200 | Gionni "COLDWARKID" Demers | $90,023 |
| 15-July | Event #15: $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezout | 188 | - | 188 | $940,000 | Justin "Jsaliba2" Saliba | $253,800 |
| 16-July | Event #16: $600 PLO8 6-Handed | 293 | 295 | 498 | $268,920 | Allen "Acnyc718" Chang | $61,394 |
| 17-Julu | Event #17: $400 NLH 8-Max | 747 | 378 | 1,125 | $405,000 | Justin “LappyPoker” Lapka | $75,371 |
Level 39
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Uke "ooopsmybad" Dauti raised from the button to 400,000 and was called by Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka.
The flop came the 
. Dauti bet 425,000, Lapka check-raised to 1,205,000 and Dauti called.
The turn was the 
. Lapka bet 800,000, Dauti raised to 1,600,000 and Lapka called.
The river ended up being a bombastic one as the 
came to put four hearts on the board, Dauti jammed all for their remaining 2,820,655 and was snap called.
Dauti had the 
for the nut flush but it was second best as Lapka had the 
for a rivered full boat and just like that Dauti was eliminated in 2nd place while Lapka was the champion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,875,000
5,296,094
|
5,296,094 |
|
Busted |
Level 39
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Uke "ooopsmybad" Dauti raised the button to 320,000 and Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka three-bet jammed for 8,216,888 from the small blind. Eugene “Beratna” Kwak then called off for 2,982,018 from the big and Dauti folded.
Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka: 
Eugene “Beratna” Kwak: 
It was a big flip and Kwak needed to improve to stay alive. Unfortunatley for him, that proved easier said than done as the board ran out 
to give Lapka the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,578,906
7,268,267
|
7,268,267 |
|
|
5,296,094
-1,038,092
|
-1,038,092 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 39
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 20,000
Level 38
: 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Uke "ooopsmybad" Dauti raised under the gun, Chance "BingShui" Kornuth shoved from the small blind for 3,251,139 and was called.
Dauti was at risk with the 
, Kornuth barely had him covered with the 
The flop came 
to give a broadway draw. The turn was the 
to give Dauti the straight and the river was the to send Kornuth down to barely over one big blind. He was then eliminated a couple of hands later after one small double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,334,186
3,719,593
|
3,719,593 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 38
: 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Jason "TheBigGift" Gooch moved all in for 1,009,298 from the button and Chance "BingShui" Kornuth called from the big blind.
Jason "TheBigGift" Gooch: 
Chance "BingShui" Kornuth: 
Gooch had the inferior pocket pair and there was no "seven from heaven" to save him as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,650,185
1,150,185
|
1,150,185 |
|
Busted |
Level 38
: 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Troy "troyrlee" Lee jammed for about five big blinds for 540,321 from the button. Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka flatted from the small blind.
Chance "BingShui" Kornuth took a few moments in the big blind before folding.
Lee had the 
up against the of Lapka.
The board ran out and Lee was gone in sixth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,310,639
2,251,821
|
2,251,821 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 38
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 15,000
Level 37
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,128,387
-655,000
|
-655,000 |
|
|
4,588,583
-1,533,726
|
-1,533,726 |
|
|
2,614,593
870,000
|
870,000 |
|
|
2,058,818
1,105,659
|
1,105,659 |
|
|
1,466,798
658,399
|
658,399 |
|
|
1,017,821
-471,250
|
-471,250 |