2021 WSOP Online [International]: Polish pro Dominik Panka clinches first bracelet at the Bounty NLH Championship; Chris Moorman finishes 7th

Last year, Polish pro Dominik Panka placed eighth at the $2,100 Bounty NLH Championship for his deepest WSOP run. Last night, he reached the final table of the same event then took it to the limit to capture his first ever WSOP title and gold bracelet. Panka outlasted China’s Dian Feng “Shandongmenghu” Wang and Israel’s Nir “NIRUSHHH” Amar in a near two hour three-handed battle. Also running deep was double bracelet holder Chris Moorman who finished 7th. Check out our event recap, updated N8 leaderboards, and other festival stats down below.

The 2021 World Series of Poker Online [International] is down to its final days with the last games taking place on September 12 at Natural8 [GG Network]. To date, US$ 60.5 Million has been paid out across 27 completed bracelet events. Only five bracelets remain. For newcomers, make sure to sign up on Natural8 for added perks and exclusive prizes. You can read up on those incentives at the bottom of the page.

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WSOP #28: $2,100 Bounty NLH Championship – Dominik Panka – US$ 185,228

740 players came out for a shot at the WSOP #28: $2,100 Bounty NLH Championship bracelet with 324 re-entering for 1,064 total entries and a prize pool of US$ 2,128,000. Polish pro Dominik Panka closed it out in just over 4.5 hours of final day play for his first WSOP title and dream gold bracelet. In addition to the shine, Panka pocketed the US$ 86,702 first prize plus a whopping US$ 98,526 in bounties for a US$ 185,228 payout.

Taking a look at Panka’s career, he emerged from obscurity in 2014 after winning the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,300 Main Event for a career high US$ 1,423,096. This was his first major victory and largest score to date. A few weeks later, he carried the momentum over to EPT Deauville and won the $10,300 High Roller 8-Handed for € 272,000 (~US$ 371,498). Based on his stats on The Hendon Mob, Panka has US$ 3,163,195 in total live earnings.

APAC and Series champions in the money

Out of the 1,064 entries, only 152 earned a cut of the pot. Among the Asia Pacific players and series champions cashing in on Day 1 were Takashi “IKAIKA” Ogura (35th), Fang “nanafish” Wang (39th), Chunlei “judd trump” Zhou (49th), Eduardo Pires (50th), Longyun “Mr Li” Li (53rd), Aksahy “minfold” Bharadwaj (63rd), Tarun “AreYouAhead” Goyal (83rd), Gabi “kidrurim” Livshitz (87th), Wang Kun (101st), Shardul “tiltjam” Parthasarathi (116th), Dicky “Floatinworld” Tsang (117th), Arthur Conan (128th), Eduardo Cappellaro “Ghazbaran” Rodrigues (133rd), Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas (140th), Xiongbin “zxb8553624” Zhang (144th), Bin “duolaoshi” Li (148th), and Anson Tsang (149th).

Date: September 7 to 8
Buy in: US$ 2,100
Entries: 1,064 (740 uniques, 324 re-entries)
Prize pool: US$ 2,128,000
ITM: 152 places

Final Day recap

22 players returned with six Asia Pacific players in the running. Only Vincent “Moist” Huang and Dian Feng “Shandongmenghu” Wang reached the final table. Jinho Hong was first to fall (22nd – US$ 13,561), Fan “steve zf” Zhang next in 12th place for US$ 17,756, followed by Sheng “asdf3578” Liu in 11th for US$ 37,789. WSOP bracelet winner Abhinav “OBellaCiao” Iyer was stopped by Natalya “Nikitina N1” Nikitina with outdrawing , nine on the river. Iyer finished 10th for US$ 17,382. (Hand pictured below)

On the flip side, Dominik Panka and USA pro Chris Moorman were the biggest movers. Moorman charged from 18th rank to the final table, eventually bowing out 7th, and Panka raced from 16th rank to champion. Out of the final 9 players, Moorman was the only WSOP decorated player with two bracelets and one ring. He also carried in the most experience with US$ 6.7 Million in THM tracked earnings. Moorman was on his second final table in this series having finished 4th at the WSOP #6: $200 FLIP & GO No Limit Hold’em. Fellow countryman David “Mclovin86” Mzareulov was also back for a second appearance with a 5th finish at the WSOP #24: $1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha. Up top was Nikitina who placed 12th at the MILLIONAIRE MAKER.

The final table clocked in at just under three hours. Six players fell in the first hour with Panka railing the first three – Vincent “Moist” Huang (9th) with over , Noam “silverplat” Makavy (8th) who check-called all in with two pair on a board to Panka’s trips, and Moorman (7th) with dusted by . This gave Panka a commanding lead which he held until the final three. Due to the number of bounties earned by Huang and Makavy, they cashed out more than Moorman.

Next called shove saw Mzareulov eliminate both Oleg “Pbl6AFiSH” Eltsov (6th) and Nikitina (5th). Against Eltsov, it was pocket Aces over QJ suited, and against Nikitina, Mzareulov’s spiked the ace to dust pocket Fives. To form the final three, Nir “NIRUSHHH” Amar shut the door on Mzareulov with pocket Aces over pocket Threes.

With the average stack at 71 BB, the three-handed match ran a lengthy one hour and forty-five minutes. During that time, Panka, Wang, and Amar took turns up top. Panka dropped the lowest of 11 .9 BB then recovered on a double up with beating Amar’s on a board . (Hand pictured below)

Nearly one hour after that hand, chip leader Amar plummeted to 8 BB on a failed bluff against Wang. On a board , Wang checked, Amar fired a big bet, Wang called with two pair, Amar had missed draw. Several minutes later, Wang finished off Amar with dominating .

Unlike the final three, heads up ran less than ten minutes. At the kickoff, Wang was ahead by just 2 BB. Panka quickly jumped out front and the final hand came down. Panka’s improved to a straight on a board { kd} to dust Wang’s . Panka locked up the coveted gold and a third win for Poland in this series. For runner up Wang, it was his largest tracked score of US$ 107,117.

Final table payouts

1st Dominik Panka – Poland – US$ 86,702 + US$ 98,526 bounty = US$ 185,228
2nd Dian Feng “Shandongmenghu” Wang – China – US$ 86,589 + US$ 20,628 bounty = US$ 107,117
3rd Nir “NIRUSHHH” Amar – Israel – US$ 67,793 + US$ 35,255 bounty = US$ 103,048
4th David “Mclovin86” Mzareulov – USA – US$ 53,073 + US$ 29,074 bounty = US$ 82,147
5th Natalya “Nikitina N1” Nikitina – Russia – US$ 41,549 + US$ 20,430 bounty = US$ 61,979
6th Oleg “Pbl6AFiSH” Eltsov – Russia – US$ 32,528 + US$ 18,937 bounty = US$ 51,465
7th Chris Moorman – USA – US$ 25,465 + US$ 8,031 bounty = US$ 33,496
8th Noam “silverplat” Makavy – Israel – US$ 19,936 + US$ 26,257 bounty = US$ 46,193
9th Vincent “Moist” Huang – Australia – US$ 15,607 + US$ 26,828 bounty = US$ 42,435

Final week bracelet events

September 9: WSOP #29: $1,500 FIFTY STACK No Limit Hold’em
September 11: WSOP #30: $525 WSOP Beat the Pros [Freezeout]

Phased Events – Day 1 flights running

September 12: WSOP #31: ¥815 WSOP Zodiac Autumn Festival [Final Day]
September 12: WSOP #32: $210 WSOP Bounty Double MILLIONS [Final Day]
September 12: WSOP #33: $500 The Closer [Final Day]

2021 WSOP Online bracelet events stats

WSOP #1 – #28 prize pool: US$ 80,490,936.10
Seven figure prize pools: 23 events
Cumulative entries: 96,766
First time bracelet winners: 22
Natural8 champions: 3
Million dollar payouts: 2
Multiple final tables: 19 players
Deepest run by Asian player: Keun Woo “POLALIFE!” Lee – Korea – 1st place at WSOP #12: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No Limit Hold’em

Fields and Prize Pools

Largest phased field: WSOP #1: $50 The Return NLH – 30,810 entries
Largest one day entry field: WSOP #5: $315 Bounty Deepstack NLH – 2,989 entries
Biggest pot (phased):WSOP #27: $5,000 MAIN EVENT Online Championship – US$ 20,000,000
Biggest pot (single day entry): WSOP #21: $25,00 Super High Roller Championship NLH – US$ 6,247,500
Smallest field: WSOP #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship – 144 entries
Smallest pot: WSOP #9: $400 DOUBLE CHANCE PLO – US$ 366,600

2021 WSOP Online champions

WSOP #1: $50 The Return NLH – Bartlomiej “Chester20o” Swieboda – Poland – US$ 161,110
WSOP #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event – Joao Simao – Brazil – US$ 206,075
WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship – Nicolo Molinelli – Italy – US$ 88,461
WSOP #4: $800 DOUBLE CHANCE NLH – Thiago “IneedWasabi” Macedo – Brazil – US$ 161,636
WSOP #5: $315 Bounty Deepstack No Limit Hold’em – Kacper Pyzara – Poland – US$ 79,789
WSOP #6: $200 FLIP & GO No Limit Hold’em – Georgios Sotiropoulos – Greece – US$ 117,022
WSOP #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH – Eduardo Pires – Brazil – US$ 1,384,013
WSOP #8: $5,000 6-Handed NLH Championship – Daniel Smiljkovic – Germany – US$ 423,426
WSOP #9: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty NLH – Lucio “WizardOfAz” Lima – US$ 91,204
WSOP #10: $400 DOUBLE CHANCE PLO – Roland “Quina Quen” Czika – Hungary – US$ 55,369
WSOP #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller – Erik Seidel – USA – US$ 977,842
WSOP #12: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No Limit Hold’em – Keun Woo “POLALIFE!” Lee – Korea – US$ 635,575
WSOP #13: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship – Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas – Lithuania – US$ 268,926
WSOP #14: $500 THE BIG 500 – Renan Carlos Bruschi – Brazil – US$ 150,326
WSOP #15: $10K Heads Up NLH Championship – Arthur Conan – France – US$ 466,167
WSOP #16: $1,050 WSOP GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH – Samuel Vousden – Finland – US$ 274,519
WSOP #17: $400 PLOSSUS [Bounty] – Gabi “kidrurim” Livshitz – Israel – US$ 152,165
WSOP #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship – Radmir “KOPOBA” Sadirov – Russia – US$ 169,110
WSOP #19: $840 6 Handed Bounty No Limit Hold’em – Andrii Derzhypilskyi – Ukraine – US$ 154,322
WSOP #20: $1,500 Monster Stack NLH Freezeout – Eduardo Cappellaro “Ghazbaran” Rodrigues – Brazil – US$ 212,815
WSOP #21: $25,000 Super High Roller Championship NLH – Alexandros Theologis – Greece – US$ 1,212,032
WSOP #22: $400 COLOSSUS – Armando D’avanzo – Italy – US$ 409,007
WSOP #23: $600 Deepstack Championship NLH – Nuno “Albertov” Capucho – US$ 190,273
WSOP #24: $1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha – Dmitry Yurasov – Russia – US$ 92,710
WSOP #25: #777 LUCKY SEVENS 7-Handed NLH – David “Z0NEDin” Jackson – USA – US$ 194,178
WSOP #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS 8-Handed NLH – Alexandru Papazian – Romania – US$ 241,127
WSOP #28: $2,100 Bounty NLH Championship – Dominik Panka – Poland – US$ 185,228

Seven figure prize pools

WSOP #1: $50 The Return NLH – US$ 1,417,260
WSOP #2: Caesars Cares Charity Event – US$ 1,759,824
WSOP #4: $800 Double Chance NLH – US$ 1,248,680
WSOP #6: $200 FLIP & GO No Limit Hold’em – US$ 1,209,920
WSOP #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH – US$ 7,747,725
WSOP #8: $5,000 6-Handed NLH Championship – US$ 2,275,250
WSOP #9: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty NLH – US$ 1,114,500
WSOP #11: $1,000 DOUBLE CHANCE NLH – US$ 5,599,300
WSOP #12: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller NLH – US$ 6,052,800
WSOP #13: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship – US$ 1,268,250
WSOP #14: $500 THE BIG 500 – US$ 1,253,525
WSOP #15: $10K Heads Up NLH Championship – US$ 1,561,700
WSOP #16: $1,050 WSOP GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH – US$ 2,240,000
WSOP #17: $400 PLOSSUS – US$ 1,738,880
WSOP #19: $840 6 Handed Bounty No Limit Hold’em – US$ 1,642,000
WSOP #20: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH, Freezeout – US$ 1,539,000
WSOP #21: $25,00 Super High Roller Championship NLH – US$ 6,247,500
WSOP #22: $400 COLOSSUS – US$ 4,099,528
WSOP #23: $600 Deepstack Championship NLH – US$ 1,607,400
WSOP #25: #777 LUCKY SEVENS 7-Handed NLH – US$ 1,486,634.10
WSOP #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS 8-Handed NLH – US$ 1,982,460
WSOP #27: $5,000 MAIN EVENT Online Championship – US$ 20,000,000
WSOP #28: $2,100 Bounty NLH Championship – US$ 2,128,000

Ninth career bracelet won

Erik Seidel – USA – WSOP #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller

Second career bracelet won

Nicolo Molinelli – WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship
Georgios Manousos Sotiropoulos – WSOP #6: $200 FLIP & GO No Limit Hold’em
Dmitry Yurasov – WSOP #24: $1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha
Alexandru Papazian – WSOP #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS 8-Handed NLH

Seven figure payouts

Eduardo Pires – WSOP #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH – US$ 1,384,013
Alexandros Theologis – WSOP #21: $25,000 Super High Roller Championship NLH – US$ 1,212,032

Bracelets by Country

Brazil – 6
Poland – 3
Italy – 2
Greece – 2
Russia – 2
USA – 2
Germany – 1
Hungary – 1
Korea – 1
Lithuania – 1
Israel – 1
Finland – 1
Ukraine – 1
Portugal – 1
France – 1
Romania – 1

Multiple final tables

Stanislav Kuvaev
8th – WSOP #3: $2,500 Limit Hold’em Championship
5th – WSOP #9: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty NLH

Renan Carlos Bruschi
2nd – WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship
1st – WSOP #14: $500 THE BIG 500

David “MPEW299” Wang
5th – WSOP #13: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship
8th – WSOP #14: $500 THE BIG 500

Joao Vieira
7th – WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship
2nd – WSOP #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship

Yen Liang “yao_poker” Yao
2nd – WSOP #6: $200 FLIP & GO No Limit Hold’em
3rd – WSOP #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship

Giuseppe Dario Sammartino
5th – WSOP #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship
2nd – WSOP #20: $1,500 Monster Stack NLH Freezeout

Romain Jean “Flingue” Dours
6th – WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship
6th – WSOP #20: $1,500 Monster Stack NLH Freezeout

Karolis “Internecik” Sereika
7th – WSOP #19: $840 6 Handed Bounty No Limit Hold’em
9th – WSOP #20: $1,500 Monster Stack NLH Freezeout

Mark Radoja
9th – WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship
5th – WSOP #21: $25,000 Super High Roller Championship NLH

Rui Neves Ferreira
9th – WSOP #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller
7th – WSOP #21: $25,000 Super High Roller Championship NLH

Felipe Ramos
2nd – WSOP #12: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No Limit Hold’em
9th WSOP #23: $600 Deepstack Championship NLH

Yan Shing “Anson” Tsang
2nd – WSOP #8: $5,000 6-Handed NLH Championship
7th – WSOP #24: $1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha

Arthur Conan
4th – WSOP #14: $500 THE BIG 500
1st – WSOP #15: $10K Heads Up NLH Championship

Lucio “Wizard0fAz” Lima
1st – WSOP #9: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty NLH
5th – WSOP #25: $777 LUCKY SEVENS 7-Handed NLH

Michael Watson
3rd – WSOP #10: $400 DOUBLE CHANCE Pot Limit Omaha
4th – WSOP #25: $777 LUCKY SEVENS 7-Handed NLH

Nikola Minkov
5th – WSOP #14: $500 THE BIG 500
7th – WSOP #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS 8-Handed NLH

Eugenio “Ausestep_255” Pernia
7th – WSOP #14: $500 THE BIG 500
9th – WSOP #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS 8-Handed NLH

David “Mclovin86” Mzareulov
5th – WSOP #24: $1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha
4th – WSOP #28: $2,100 Bounty NLH Championship

Chris Moorman
4th – WSOP #6: $200 FLIP & GO No Limit Hold’em
7th – WSOP #28: $2,100 Bounty NLH Championship

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Natural8 Team Bling Sponsorship Package winners

Joao Simao – WSOP #2: Caesars Cares Charity Event – US$ 10,000 Sponsorship
Eduardo Augusto Pires – WSOP #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH – US$ 10,000 Sponsorship
Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas – WSOP #13: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship – US$ 10,000 Sponsorship

Natural8 WSOP 2-in-1 Challenge winners

Week 1
“Masukito83” – Dominican Republic – US$ 823.61
“DanielTsai” – Taiwan – US$ 597.12
“LotusFocus” – India – US$ 433.33

Week 2
Wai Yew “wong0410” Wong Malaysia – US$ 851.94
Richard Gryko – Canada – US$ 624.04
“All6886” – Vietnam – US$ 457.42

Week 3
Jonathan Katz – Argentina – US$ 851.94
“Flip888” – Hong Kong – US$ 624.04
“PhilIveyBrother” – Vietnam – US$ 457.42

Week 4
“Alexander800” – Taiwan – US$ 841.51
“IMEMYSELF” – India – US$ 616.58
“Kachikaku” – Japan – US$ 451.95

Natural8 WSOP Amazing Race Leaderboard update

Asia Pacific
Joshua McCully – New Zealand – 8,483.44 points
Vincent “Moist” Huang – New Zealand – 4,140.24 points
Luke “Imar54” Martinelli – New Zealand – 4,012.35 points
David “MPEW299” Wang – Malaysia – 2,630.26 points
David Yan – Australia – 2,510.66 points
BeginAgain – New Zealand – 2,411.02 points

Latin America
Rafael “riskgambler” Furlanetto – Brazil – 8,437.90 points
Eduardo Augusto Pires – Brazil – 5,910.42 points
Marcelo Asensio – Brazil – 5,504.11 points
Luciano Santos de Hollanda – 5,201.51 points
Assad “KammyStyyle” Kamran – Argentina – 4,638.98 points
Allison Eleres – Brazil – 4,379.44 points
Daan “DaanOss” Mulders – Mexico – 4,169.51 points

Rest of World
Tomas “CoronaMyAss” Jozonis – Lithuania – 8,045.46 points
Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas – 7,479.82 points
Isaac Haxton – Canada – 6,781.16 points

Taiwan
Pete Chen – 4,553.06 points
Yen-liang “yao_poker” Yao – 2,847.70 points
“SuperB2000” – 1,397.42

Thailand
George Kitsios – 3,225.32 points
Sorakit “LuffyJd” Saengcharuern – 2,103.07 points
Jitlada “SpeedWrap” Boonnak – 1,193.66

Vietnam
Ahn Nguyen “LittleFishVN” Ngoc – 1,805.16 points
Van Phinh “QuiCoc” Nguyen – 1,308.9 points
“huethuong89” – 1,010.35 points

Japan
Kazuki “8809” Ikeuchi – 2,220.70 points
Takashi “IKAIKA” Ogura – 1,598.60 points

Hong Kong
Dicky Siu Hang “Floatinworld” Tsang – 6,049.12 points
Edward “edyam1” Yam – 2,530.92 points

India
Sriharsha “Upswinger” Doddapaneni – 5,458.26 points
Abhinav “OBellaCiao” Iyer – 2,584.69

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Natural8 offers $400,000 incentive to play 2021 WSOP Online

Last weekend ahead so stick with us at Somuchpoker as we bring you recaps of the ongoing 2021 WSOP Online [International] on Natural8.