Lucio Lima Makes it Four for Brazil With WSOP Online Event #9 Win
After each 2021 World Series of Poker Online bracelet event wraps up, the WSOP ships the event winner their gold bracelet via FedEx. The way the first nine events have gone, somebody needs to inquire about bulk shipping rates to Brazil.
For the fourth time in nine events, a Brazilian grinder has managed to take down a WSOP Online event on GGPoker. Lucio Lima defeated 2,228 other players to win Event #9 ($525 Superstack Turbo Bounty NLHE) for $95,205. The final table included a pair of previous bracelet winners as well as a Polish player looking to capture the third bracelet this week for his homeland. In the end, it was Lima joining Joao Simao, Eduardo Pires, and Thiago Crema as Brazilian players who have capture gold already this summer.
Action folded to Krzysztof Dulowski in late position and he raised to 700,000 with 
before William Romaine made it 1,995,000 with 
from his direct left. Dulowski called. The flop came 
and Dulowski check-called after Romaine bet 2,170,000. The turn was the 
to give Dulowski trip jacks and Dulowski checked to Romaine who checked behind. The river was the 
and Dulowski moved all in to put Romaine to a decision for his tournament life. The American, who is residing in Mexico during this series, called off the rest of his chips only to be shown a better hand and was eliminated in ninth place.
A few moments later, Lima used a dominating hand to pick up his first elimination of the night. From UTG, Japan’s Daisuke Ogita moved all in for 9,124,815 with 
and action folded to Lima in the cutoff. He re-shoved with 
, forcing the rest of the table to fold. The board ran out 
to give both players top pair with Lima’s king kicker coming into play to eliminate Ogita in eighth.
With blinds of 300,000/600,000 (75,000 ante), Yngve Steen moved all in for 7,593,157 holding 
. Everybody folded until Stanislav Kuvaev re-shoved for 8,965,336 on the button with 
. The 
flop changed nothing and the meant Steen was drawing very thin. The river was the 
to give Kuvaev the pot and send Steen out in seventh place.
When the final table began, Joaquin Melogno was the second shortest stack. After seeing three others bust around him, Melogno’s rise up the ladder came to a halt. Melogno raised to 1,470,000 from UTG and Lima called from the big blind. Both players checked after the 
flop. The turn was the and Lima bet 4,060,000 and Melogno called. The river was the and Lima moved all in. Melogno called off his 11,892,512 stack and tabled but Lima showed 
for a bigger pair to give him his second elimination of the night as Melogno departed in sixth.
Kuvaev was the only player who had a shorter stack than Melogno at the start of the final table. His run lasted just five minutes longer than Melogno. Kuvaev moved all in from UTG for 11,475,993 with before Dulowski re-shoved with . Dulowski stayed in control after the 
flop before Kuvaev got a little tease on the turn. The river completed the board and eliminated Kuvaev in fifth position.
A battle of the blinds took the tournament from hour-handed to three-handed just 11 minutes later. Lima raised from the button to 1,600,000 before Dulowski three-bet to 6,560,000 in the small blind. Johnathon French then moved all in from the big blind for 9,820,175. Lima folded but Dulowski called and turned over 
which put French in great shape holding . The 
flop was a great one for French but the spelled disaster and sent the Canadian to the river with only seven outs. The river was the 
and French failed to improve and was sent to the rail in fourth.
Thanks to that pot, Dulowski started three-handed play with the chip lead and almost 50% of the total chips in play. Just 12 minutes later, he was out. Anson Tsang, who won a bracelet at 2018 WSOP Europe, raised the button to 2,400,000 and Lima came along in the small blind. Dulowski moved all in for 11,794,214 and Tsang re-shoved for 50,286,066 forcing Lima to fold. Dulowski showed 
which put him behind Tsang’s 
. The board ran out 
to miss both players and allowed Tsang to take the pot thanks to his ace as Dulowski went home in third place, denying himself the chance to become the third Polish player to win a 2021 WSOP Online event.
Tsang started heads up play with 58% of the chips in play and through the early hands of play, he increased that to holding nearly 75%. That was as close as Tsang got to winning the bracelet though. Over the next 17 minutes of play, Lima grinded back to even stacks and eventually took the lead. At this point both players were sitting on stacks of roughly 20 big blinds each. On the final hand of the night, Lima open-shoved for 55,468,880 with and Tsang called for 55,281,120 with 
. The 
flop paired Tsang’s ace but gave Lima bottom set. The turn was the to leave Tsang drawing dead as the 
river completed the board and eliminated Tsang in second place and handed Lima his first career WSOP bracelet.
Event #9 Final Table Payouts
- Lucio ‘WizardOfAz’ Lima – $95,205
- Anson Tsang – $66,918
- Krzysztof ‘ZryjGruz’ Dulowski – $60,634
- Johnathon ‘Resolve’ French – $29,320
- Stanislav Kuvaev – $23,741
- Joaquin Melogno – $18,314
- Yngve ‘IAMWILLIAM’ Steen – $18,390
- Daisuke ‘REDJOE’ Ogita – $17,123
- William ‘BigCharles’ Romaine – $16,438
