Michael "stiltwalk" Mercaldo Wins WSOP Online Event #7: $777 Lucky 7��s ($123,574)
The 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online continued Wednesday evening with Event #7: $777 NLH Lucky 7��s, a tournament that attracted 888 entries and offered up a $621,600 prize pool. It took nearly 11 hours of play for New Jersey��s Michael "stiltwalk" Mercaldo to emerge victorious to claim a $123,574 top prize and the first bracelet of his career.
He did so by defeating 2019 WSOP Little One for One Drop champ James "biggs2424" Anderson in heads-up play, denying him a second bracelet in the process. According to The Hendon Mob, Mercado more than $148K in live tournament earnings, of which $98K has come from WSOP-related cashes.
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Event #7: $777 Lucky 7��s Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael "stiltwalk" Mercaldo | $123,574 |
| 2 | James "biggs2424" Anderson | $76,395 |
| 3 | Justin "MadTitan" Turner | $53,458 |
| 4 | Angel "ChromeKing" Lopez | $37,980 |
| 5 | Ryan "Protential" Laplante | $27,350 |
| 6 | Jake "nattydaddy24" Hernandez | $20,016 |
| 7 | Paul "presicion" Zappulla | $14,856 |
| 8 | Krista "Pollux" Gifford | $11,189 |
The top 126 finishers made the money including Dylan "PokerNpizza" Hortin (11th - $6,651), Matthew "saul_goodman" Rosen (21st - $3,481), Ema "Momma_says" Zajmovic (35th - $2,859), Jamie "DanBilzerian" Kerstetter (52nd - $2,113), Daniel "centrfieldr" Lupo (56th - $1,803), Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu (66th - $1,616), Kyle "kdruck" Draucker (82nd - $1,368), and Scott "miamicane" Davies (90th - $1,368).
Final Table Action
Krista "Pollux" Gifford was the first to fall from the final table after her king-nine suited failed to outdraw the king-queen of Anderson, and then Paul "presicion" Zappulla lost with king-eight to the king-jack of Jake "nattydaddy24" Hernandez.
Despite winning that hand, Hernandez was the next to go after running jacks smack dab into Anderson��s kings, and then bracelet winner Ryan "Protential" Laplante followed him out the door losing a flip with queen-jack to Justin "MadTitan" Turner��s pocket nines.
Turner then dispatched Angel "ChromeKing" Lopez in fourth place before taking his own leave in third place running king-jack into Mercaldo��s pocket aces.
Heads-up play began with Mercaldo and Anderson nearly even in chips, but it proved to be a wild back-and-forth affair with both players holding the chip lead. Eventually, Mercaldo picked off a bluff to double through Anderson and then flopped a straight against the latter��s two pair to seal the deal.
The 2021 WSOP Online continues on Thursday with Event #8: $888 NLH Crazy Eights. PokerNews will be live reporting and streaming the action, so be sure to join us then.
