The first ever World Series of Poker online bracelet event attracted 905 entrants, creating a prize pool of $859,000. The top 100 will finish in the money, with a top prize of almost $200,000 on the line.

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WSOP officials Tweeted on Thursday afternoon, “Congrats to Nevada residents & visitors playing the online bracelet on @WSOPcom. You are part of history. Largest prize pool & 1st place prize in regulated U.S. online poker history!”

The top six will return to the Rio on Saturday to play down to a winner. Here’s how the final six will pay out:

1st Place: $197,743
2nd Place: $116,066
3rd Place: $73,079
4th Place: $55,884
5th Place: $47,286
6th Place: $33,530

Twitter was on fire about the tournament, a first for the industry. Tournament Poker Edge’s Derek Tenbusch said, “Railing a friend in the WSOP online event, drinking a beer, and taking questions. Come hang out… Showered from the online event. Structure was horrid. Hopefully they improve on that next year.”

Also Tweeting was Phil Hellmuth (pictured), who said, “Online poker is back!! Sort of: I just played $1,000 WSOP No Lim Hold’em tourn here in Las Vegas. Can’t wait for full legalization in USA!” Hellmuth was spotted at his home casino, Aria, later on Thursday night.

Also weighing in was Dan WretchyMartin, who lamented on Twitter, “Just got showered in the online wsop bird, sighhhh what a fun day that coulda been.” Grayson the_dean22 Nichols added, “Busted just short of the $ in the first online @WSOP event. Great turn out, lots of fun. Please do more of these in the future.”

The tournament’s field sat at 879 with 20 minutes left in late reg, so the event got a nice boost at the last minute. Everyone began with 10,000 in chips and the levels will last 40 minutes when the final six reconvene at the Rio on Saturday at Noon Pacific. Here’s how the final six stack up:

1. Craig imgrinding Varnell – 2,572,767
2. Anthony holdplz Spinella (pictured at top) – 2,013,330
3. Ryan HITTHEPANDA Franklin – 1,832,138
4. Andrew Rose – 1,104,863
5. Hunter Cichy – 1,059,089
6. David lolcats Tuthill – 467,813

Amazingly, four of the final six are members of the PocketFives community. Varnell, who calls Colorado home, has $332,000 in career online tournament winnings. Behind him is Spinella, whom you could argue is the favorite to win it all. He has $4.6 million in career online tournament winnings and another $654,000 in the live world. Franklin, who has almost $4 million in online MTT winnings, was ranked #14 in the world on PocketFives in 2010, while Tuthill calls Oregon home.

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