Level: 17
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #22: $600 NLH Knockout
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$342,720
Entries
612
Level
40
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Entries
612
Players Left
1
Level 16
: 600/1,200, 150 ante
Nick "CashUsKlay" Schulman raised from middle position and only Jason "justanenigma" Wheeler called on the button.
The 
flop saw Schulman continue and then three-bet jammed for 25,475 after Wheeler raised to 10,000. Wheel called and the two hands were revealed.
Nick "CashUsKlay" Schulman: 
Jason "justanenigma" Wheeler: 
Both players connected on the flop but Schulman was ahead after pairing his ace and the 
turn didn't change a thing.
Unfortunately for Schulman, his luck ran out after the 
appeared on the river, completing Wheeler's flush and ending Schulman's tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
151,922 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 600/1,200, 150 ante
Registration has closed with a total number of 612 entries to create a prizepool of $342,720. The top 99 players will be paid and the top prize will be $46,796.
Total Payouts
| Place | Prize Money |
| 1 | $46,796 |
| 2 | $28,708 |
| 3 | $19,851 |
| 4 | $13,964 |
| 5 | $9,958 |
| 6 | $7,266 |
| 7 | $5,354 |
| 8 | $4,032 |
| 9 | $3,084 |
| 10-12 | $2,401 |
| 13-15 | $1,895 |
| 16-18 | $1,542 |
| 19-27 | $1,278 |
| 28-36 | $1,058 |
| 37-45 | $903 |
| 46-54 | $793 |
| 55-63 | $705 |
| 64-72 | $639 |
| 73-81 | $595 |
| 82-90 | $573 |
| 91-99 | $551 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 150
Level 15
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
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Level 15
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
Players are on a five-minute break.
Level 15
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
One player who has been doing quite well on playing online in recent years is bracelet winner Daniel "centrfieldr" Lupo, 37, of West Milford, New Jersey. You might recall in 2019, Lupo topped a 1,767-entry field to win the WSOP.com Online $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack for $145,274 and a gold bracelet. Last year, he added a ring to his résumé by taking down the WSOP.com Online Circuit Event #3: $320 NLH 6-Max for $32,595 and a month later won the WSOP.com $100,000 GTD Sunday for $50,715.
PokerNews caught up with Lupo, who went to NJIT for Architecture and baseball, to ask him about poker, which he squeezes in between working for an Architecture firm in Bridgewater specializing in single-family residential and smaller commercial projects and his family, which includes three kids ages 2-5 and his supportive wife Laura.
PokerNews: When and how did you learn to play poker?
Lupo: I started playing/learning in college during the Rounders and Moneymaker boom with a bunch of the baseball guys. Within a year I found myself hosting games at college, at home on breaks and basically anywhere I could find or make a game. I didn’t play much online early on, regrettably.
What sort of poker do you play these days?
Mostly online MTTs playing like three sessions per week on average with buy-ins typically from $50 to $1k with the occasional $2-$3k buy in for a big event. I average around 500-600 MTTs a month despite not playing full time, I tend to put in a lot of volume when I’m on. The games are mostly NLH and some PLO MTTs, but love when StarsNJ runs a series as they run a fun 8-Game MTT with a bunch of other mixed variants.
What’s it like to play poker while raising young children?
It’s been a constant evolution. I could probably write a book about all the highs and lows and life adjustments I’ve had or chose to make. It gives me a lot of inspiration to succeed while also adding some weight to my losses as it's like 'not only was I way from my kids for all of Sunday afternoon but I lost (insert obnoxious Sunday schedule cost here)'.
What are some of your poker goals?
Try and win everything I play. Actually, my biggest current goal is trying to optimize my MTT game selection. Since quarantine began the schedules have been exploding site to site and while it's been great, with lots of new players and lots of live players playing online it has also drastically increased my average buy-ins and session costs as well as the field size which further increases variance.
I'm trying to optimize the balance of table quantity and expected value vs individual session costs and the variance that comes with it. Having an average buy-in of $250 adds up pretty quickly when it's spread across 60+ entries on a Sunday. My biggest ongoing and long-term goal is to win enough to help my family live comfortably.
Lupo is in action today looking to make a run at his second gold bracelet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,345 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 125
Level 14
: 400/800, 100 ante
Daniel "Dnegs" Negreanu raised to 1,600 from the cutoff, "Moshik111" called on the button and David "dwpoker" Williams called from the big blind.
The flop came the 
. Negreanu bet 4,000 and both players called.
The turn was the 
. It checked around. The river came the 
. Williams led for 800, Negreanu raised with a jam all in to 14,313. "Moshik111" called and action was back on Williams who thought for a while before folding.
Negreanu had the 
for the nut flush while "Moshik111" had the 
for a pair of deuces which were no good.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,150
-5,759
|
-5,759 |
|
|
47,426
27,426
|
27,426 |
|
|
4,454 |
Level 14
: 400/800, 100 ante
After an initial 1,200 raise with two callers, Angel "ChromeKing" Lopez three-bet to 4,800 from the small blind and the initial raiser folded while "guyfox" four-bet all in for 23,744 from middle position. '
Action folded back to Lopez who snap-called and the two hands were revealed.
"guyfox": 
Angel "ChromeKing" Lopez: 
Lopez woke-up with aces at the perfect time and the 
runout secured him the pot along with a bounty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,692 |