David "ZONEDin" Jackson of the United States earned his first WSOP bracelet after taking down Event #25: $777 LUCKY SEVENS as part of the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events. Jackson made it through a field of 2,014 entries to win the bracelet and a $194,178 cash. He defeated Dumitru "DDimancescu" Pora during heads-up play, sending the Romanian pro home with $140,394.
The $777 buy-in tournament did not have a guarantee but saw a prize pool of $1,486,634. Only 22 players made it to Day 2 after nine hours of play on Day 1.
Event #25: $777 LUCKY SEVENS No Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David "ZONEDin" Jackson | United States | $194,178 |
| 2 | Dumitru "DDimancescu" Pora | Romania | $140,394 |
| 3 | Weilin "Ace predator" Wang | China | $101,508 |
| 4 | Mike Watson | Canada | $73,392 |
| 5 | Lucio "WizardOfAz" Lima | Brazil | $53,064 |
| 6 | Ken "[email protected]" Okada | Japan | $38,366 |
| 7 | Masakazu "Brian-Miyamoto" Miyamoto | Japan | $27,740 |
Jackson, who is from Jacksonville, Florida, already had a WSOP ring under his belt from winning the 2017 WSOP Circuit Event #3: $580 No-Limit Hold'em in North Carolina for a score of $39.938. He entered Day 2 of the tournament fourth in chips and reached the seven-handed final table in the same position.
Jackson played tight in the early stages of the final table and took down a big pot when he made two-pair with ace-king against his opponent's smaller two-pair. He later took the chip lead during three-handed play after doubling when his pocket fours held against the ace-queen of eventual runner-up Pora.
Papazian, Matakis, and Lofberg Among 31 Players Left in Event #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS
Only 31 players remain out of 2,350 entrants after 32 levels of play in Event #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed. The biggest stack was bagged by Eugenio "Ausetep_255" Pernia from Venezuela, with Romanian Alex Papazian and Bulgarian Bahar Musa not far behind, all with over 4 million chips.
While all of the remaining 31 players already have $6,345 locked up, the majority of the $1,982,640 prize pool will be given out at the final table tomorrow, including the $241,128 first-place prize which comes with the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Among the notables to make Day 2 was Ian Matakis, who won a WSOP Circuit Ring on GGPoker earlier this year, Patrick Mahoney, Swede Simon Lofberg, and poker streamer Denys Chufarin.
Event #26 Day 1 Top Ten Chips
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eugenio "Ausetep_255" Pernia | Venezuela | 4,953,264 |
| 2 | Alex Papazian | Romania | 4,580,301 |
| 3 | Bahar "reallyeasy" Musa | Bulgaria | 4,106,684 |
| 4 | Cristian "Peitodeperu" Nagaki | Peru | 3,302,121 |
| 5 | Danilo "Olag" Gomes | Brazil | 2,785,192 |
| 6 | La Papualda | Uruguay | 2,671,544 |
| 7 | Ian "potamophobia" Matakis | USA | 2,621,198 |
| 8 | Aleksey "somebody444" Churbanov | Russian Federation | 2,619,776 |
| 9 | Marat "MOB17111" Begenov | Kazakhstan | 2,586,464 |
| 10 | Patrick "CocoTheDog" Mahoney | USA | 2,570,639 |
Day 2 action for Event #26 picks up on Sept. 6 at 9 a.m. EST, and PokerNews will be there to follow it to the end as they play down to a bracelet winner.
