WSOP: Philip Beck Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet in Event #9
Early Saturday morning, Philip ‘wingsuiter’ Beck capped off a dominating World Series of Poker Online final table performance in Event #9 ($400 Six Max NLHE) and earned the first-place prize of $81,534 and the first WSOP bracelet of their career.
They were one of three previously unknown players who advanced to the final table. The event drew 788 unique entries and 429 re-entries to generate a prize pool of $438,120.
It was a dominant final-table performance for the eventual winner. Beck started the final table second in chips with 4,472,849 behind Kenneth Neri’s 5,484,107. En route to victory, Beck scored each of the last four eliminations.
The first elimination of the final table came in under 10 minutes. Justin Wong min-raised to 120,000 from the cutoff position and Aaron Thivyanathan moved all-in for his last 1,364,426 chips. ‘Daaanutzzzzz’ called in the small blind with 
and after the big blind and Wong folded, Thivyanathan’s 
was revealed. The flop came 
to give Thivyanathan some backdoor straight and flush possibilities, though none of those came to be when the 
fell on the turn. The 
completed the board on the river and eliminated Thivyanathan in sixth place.
‘Daaanutzzzzz’ would find himself all-in with the exact same hand just a little over 10 minutes later. The action folded to Beck in the small blind who completed the blind up to 80,000. ‘Daaanutzzzzz’ raised to 160,000 with the and was met with a re-raise to 690,000 from Beck. The big-blind went all-in to make it 3,048,642 to go and Beck made the call with the 
. A 
flop thrust Beck into the lead with top set but left ‘Daaanutzzzzz’ with an open-ended straight draw. The 
on the turn and the 
on the river brought no help to ‘Daaanutzzzzz’, who finished the tournament in fifth place.
Four-handed play lasted for roughly 20 minutes before Beck claimed their next victim. Beck open-raised to 250,000 on the button with 
and after the small blind folded, ‘CashisK1NG’ went all-in with 
for 1,084,168 chips. A flop of 
gave Beck some straight outs to go with their over cards, and that straight came in when the fell on the turn. The board bricked out with a 
on the river to knock ‘CashIsK1NG’ out in fourth place.
All three of the remaining players had over 35 big blinds when ‘CashIsK1NG’ was eliminated. This allowed three-handed play to last for about 40 minutes before Beck, who had built up a nice chip lead with a stack of 12,817,166, moved all-in from the small blind with . Neri called off his last 1,464,841 chips in the big blind with 
. The flop of 
brought an open-ended straight draw for Beck. Neri picked up a pair of threes when the 
came on the turn, but the 
on the river gave Beck the nut straight and eliminated Neri in third.
Heads up play only lasted for 15 minutes. Wong was never able to break the 4,000,000 chip barrier to cut into his opponent’s big chip lead. Beck moved all-in for 16,142,007 chips with and Wong called off his remaining 1,762,993 chips from the big blind with 
. Beck remained in the lead on a 
flop and took away some of Wong’s outs when the 
came on the turn to give Beck a nut flush draw. Wong was forced to settle for a second-place finish when the 
fell on the river and Beck emerged as the event’s winner with a gold bracelet.
Final Table Payouts
- Philip ‘wingsuiter’ Beck – $81,534
- Justin ‘pocketprofit’ Wong – $50,384
- Kenneth ‘ace710’ Neri – $35,663
- ‘CashIsK1NG’ – $25,586
- ‘Daaanutzzzzz’ – $18,576
- Aaron ‘WompDatTHomp’ Thivyanathan – $13,669
