Event #6: $2,000 NLH Deepstack
Day 1 Completed
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #6: $2,000 NLH Deepstack
Day: 1
Event Info
Level 36
: 60,000/120,000, 12,000 ante
After 12 hours of play, Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson got his first taste of WSOP with a victory in the WSOP Online Series Event #6: $2,000 NLH Deepstack Hold'em for $175,700 after defeating Steven "Girlcanplay2" Kelly in heads-up play.
Prior to the victory, Denson had $113,445 in live tournament earnings, according to the Hendon Mob, with his largest cash coming from 2013 when he took 245th in the Main Event for $37,019.
The tournament was a roaring success 416 entry field resulted in a $769,600 prize pool with 72 players awarded at least a min-cash of $2,693.
2021 WSOP Event #6 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson | $175,700 |
| 2 | Steven "Girlcanplay2" Kelly | $108,282 |
| 3 | Ben "WhyIsGamora" Yu | $73,958 |
| 4 | Demetrios "GOGGINS" Petrou | $51,409 |
| 5 | Al "bigal16" Riccobono | $36,479 |
| 6 | Jeffrey "PlusEv905" Schwartz | $26,320 |
| 7 | David "ImDeboGodz" Dibernardi | $19,393 |
| 8 | Kenneth "ACE710" Neri | $14,545 |
| 9 | Michael "helionic" Dyer | $11,159 |
After Will "willby4" Berryl was eliminated by "BradOwen" on the money bubble, the 72 remaining players began to fall at a rapid pace. Among the notables to cash short of the final table were bracelet winner Bryan "Pellepelle" Piccioli (47th - $3,155), Kathy "Luckygal" Liebert (27th - $4,695), Galen "turkmalloy" Hall (19th - $4,695), Michael "Rua11" Michnik (12th - $8,696), and "Rocroe" (10th - $8,696).
Final Table Action
After losing the majority of his stack in the previous hand, it was no surprise to see Michael "helionic" Dyer as the first elimination of the final table after his six-three suited fell to David "ImDeboGodz" Dibernardi's cowboys.
Kenneth "ACE710" Neri then bowed out in eighth after losing jack-ten off to the suited ace-king of Denson, who began the final table the chip leader. From there, Denson got lucky with ace-queen to bust Dibernardi, who got his short stack all-in preflop with ace-king. Denson flopped turned a lucky lady to send Dibernardi out in seventh place.
Denson continued on his elimination spree, winning a race against Jeffrey "PlusEv905" Schwartz to send him out in sixth place while Al "bigal16" Riccobono was out-kicked in fifth place holding an inferior ace to Steven "Girlcanplay2" Kelly.
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Demetrios "GOGGINS" Petrou was running hot for most of the tournament until Denson caught fire. Petrou got his chips in good with a dominating ace-jack while Denson held the deadman's hand. Both players flopped an ace with everything looking good for Petrou until an eight fell on the river giving Denson two-pair to send Petrou out in fourth place for $51,409.
Three-time WSOP bracelet winner Ben "WhyIsGamora" Yu was the next to fall victim to Denson's heater. Yu called off his stack after waking up with pocket tens in the big blind only to have Denson after he flopped a jack holding jack-four.
The tournament came to an end when Kelly got his chips all in preflop holding a strong suited king-queen to Denson's suited jack-ten. Unfortunately for Kelly, Denson flopped a ten then rivered a jack and he had to settle for second place with a $108,282 consolation prize.
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Level 36
: 60,000/120,000, 12,000 ante
Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson moved all in from the small blind. Steven "Girlcanplay2" Kelly called from the big to put his final 1,934,103 at risk.
Steven "Girlcanplay2" Kelly: 
Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson: 
Flop came 
to hit Denson and put him inches from his first bracelet. The turn was the 
and the river the 
to end things and knock Kelly out in second place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,480,000
4,062,464
|
4,062,464 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 36
: 60,000/120,000, 12,000 ante
Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson raised all in from the small blind and Ben "WhyIsGamora" Yu called off his 698,544 stack from the big blind.
Ben "WhyIsGamora" Yu: 
Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson: 
Yu woke up with a made hand of tens in the big blind but a jack appeared in the window on the 
flop. The 
paired the board on the turn and the river denied Yu his fourth WSOP bracelet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,417,536
619,272
|
619,272 |
|
|
4,062,464
4,062,461
|
4,062,461 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 36
: 60,000/120,000, 12,000 ante
Demetrios "GOGGINS" Petrou raised all in for 743,048 from the small blind and Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson called from the big blind.
Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson: 
Demetrios "GOGGINS" Petrou: 
Petrou had Denson dominated and nothing changed after the 
flop. The 
turn paired both players and Petrou was looking good until the 
completed the board on the river, ending his tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,798,264
2,093,048
|
2,093,048 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 36
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 12,000
Level 35
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Al "bigal16" Riccobono moved all in for just over 7 big blinds, Steven "Girlcanplay2" Kelly re-shoved to force others out.
Riccobono had the and was well behind the 
of Kelly.
The board ran out 
to eliminate Riccobono.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 35
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson raised all in on the button and Jeffrey "PlusEv905" Schwartz called off his 736,785 stack from the big blind.
Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson: 
Jeffrey "PlusEv905" Schwartz: 
Schwartz was behind and racing for his tournament life with no help coming from the 
flop. The turn came the which was all she wrote for Schwartz who exited in sixth place for $26,320.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,705,216
505,153
|
505,153 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 35
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 34
: 40,000/80,000, 8,000 ante
David "ImDeboGodz" Dibernardi jammed 1,326,011 from the button. Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson called from the big blind.
Dibernardi was ahead with the vs the .
The flop came the 
, the turn was the 
to pair Denson. The on the river missed the flush draw and Dibernardi was eliminated in 7th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,200,063
1,494,011
|
1,494,011 |
|
Busted |