Michael ‘TonyBandanas’ Lavin Wins 2021 World Series of Poker Online $600 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack Event

Michael ‘TonyBandanas’ Lavin is the most recent participant to win a World Series of Poker gold bracelet throughout the Pennsylvania phase of the 2021 WSOP Online. He defeated a area of 288 complete entries within the $600 no-limit maintain’em MonsterStack occasion, incomes $39,642 and his first bracelet.

This was the Beverly, New Jersey resident’s second win in a WSOP branded occasion, having earned a gold ring within the $215 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion throughout the 2020 WSOP.com Online Fall Circuit Series. Lavin took residence $29,800 for that victory.

The last desk of this occasion started with Charles ‘pokervanman’ Alex-Barton within the chip lead and Lavin in third chip place. Anthony ‘Ler0yBr0wn’ Huntsman was the primary to fall. His A-9 bumped into the A-Q of ‘Diceluxovi’, which held to slim the sphere to eight opponents. Huntsman cashed for $2,722 because the ninth-place finisher.

Brian ‘BigTIme2021’ Cassel’s run on this occasion got here to an finish when his pocket nines clashed with the pocket kings of Robert ‘Badbeat1512’ Sembler. The kings remained forward via the river and Cassel hit the digital rail in eighth place ($3,499).

Joshua ‘ClearEyes’ Berardi noticed his AJ go from a preflop favourite to an enormous postflop underdog in opposition to Matthew ‘RunGoodRick’ Boulden’s J10 when the primary three playing cards revealed had been the OkQ9. The 2 o the flip left Berardi in want of a ten on the top, however the Q accomplished the board as an alternative. Berardi completed seventh, incomes $4,681 for his deep run.

Lavin scored his first knockout on the last desk when his pocket eights gained a race in opposition to the Ok10 of Alex-Barton, who flopped an open-ended straight draw however discovered no further assistance on later streets. Alex-Barton took residence $6,252 for his sixth-place displaying.

Kicker issues spelled the top of Greg ‘Donostia’ Wish. He known as off the final of his chips with high pair and an eight kicker, solely to get proven the highest pair, ten kicker of Boulden. Wish cashed for $8,445, whereas Boulden took the chip lead heading into four-handed motion.

That lead was short-lived, although, as Lavin’s quad kings bested the nut flush of Boulden to see the lead change palms. Lavin picked up pocket kings once more shortly after that and held up in opposition to the A10 of ‘Diceluxovi’ (4th – $11,804) to increase his benefit.

Lavin received concerned in yet one more huge pot holding pocket kings, however this time his hand was up in opposition to the pocket aces of Boulden. The superior pair held up and the leaderboard modified but once more. Sembler bowed out in third place when his A10 misplaced a flip in opposition to the pocket eights of Boulden, who flopped a set. Sembler took residence $16,843.

Boulden began heads-up play with 7,342,234 to Lavin’s 4,177,766. The two swapped locations but once more when Lavin rivered an ace-high straight to take down a wholesome pot. In the ultimate hand of the occasion, Lavin min-raised to 320,000 from the button with OkQ and Boulden three-bet all-in for 3,210,832 out of the massive blind with 99. Lavin known as and the board ran out Q8324 to safe the pot and the title for Lavin. Boulden earned $24,494 because the runner-up finisher.

Here is a have a look at the payouts awarded on the last desk:

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