Justin ��LappyPoker�� Lapka Wins 2021 WSOP Online Event #17: $400 NLH 8-Max ($75,371)
On Saturday night, the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Event #17: $400 No-Limit Hold��em 8-Max attracted 747 players who rebought 378 times. The 1,125-entry field resulted in a $405,000 prize pool. After nearly 11 hours of play, it was Justin ��LappyPoker�� Lapka coming out on top to claim the $75,371 first-place prize and his first gold bracelet.
Lapka, who originally hails from St. Paul, Minnesota, is a well-known Twitch streamer at twitch.tv/lappypoker. It��s there he describes himself as ��a 29-year-old online poker player trying to find my place in the world through experiencing travel, poker, meeting new people, understanding other perspectives. and learning something new every day.��
He adds: ��I have been studying poker as a serious hobby for about 6-7 years now and playing professionally online for close to four years �� Traveler, poker player, masters grad, and humanist who is trying to make a better life for myself and other people one day at a time.��
Prior to the win, Lapka had $183,459 inWSOP-related cashes with his previous best being $65,392 for finishing fifth in the 2018 WSOP Event #61: $1,000 WSOP.com Online NLH Championship. According to The Hendon Mob, Lapka has $104,292 in lifetime live earnings.
2021 WSOP Online Event #17 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1 | Justin ��LappyPoker�� Lapka | $75,371 |
| 2 | Uke ��ooopsmybad�� Dauti | $46,575 |
| 3 | Eugene ��Beratna�� Kwak | $32,967 |
| 4 | Chance ��BingShui�� Kornuth | $23,652 |
| 5 | Jason ��TheBigGift�� Gooch | $17,172 |
| 6 | Troy ��troyrlee�� Lee | $12,636 |
| 7 | Joseph ��ShoeGoat�� Walters | $9,437 |
| 8 | Brandon ��Omni27�� Ienn | $7,128 |
The top 167 finishers made the money including Jeremiah ��freestyler�� Williams (13th - $3,362), Donnell ��spreezy52�� Dais (17th - $2,673), Ryan ��Adopt_aDogg0�� Leng (21st - $2,187), Tony ��Panoramic�� Dunst (32nd - $1,782), Anthony "heheh" Zinno (40th - $1,539), Jesse ��mrjessejames�� Sylvia (73rd - $850.50), Anthony ��flawlessbink�� Maio (100th - $648), Martin ��bathroomline�� Zamani (123rd - $648), and Ryan ��joeyisamush�� Depaulo (137th - $648).
Final Table Action
It didn��t take long for Brandon ��Omni27�� Ienn to run pocket treys smack dab into the nines of Eugene ��Beratna�� Kwak to fall in eighth place, and then Joseph ��ShoeGoat�� Walters followed him out the door in seventh losing ace-five all in preflop to the ace-jack of Chance ��BingShui�� Kornuth.
Troy ��troyrlee�� Lee lost his short stack with king-nine to the ace-seven of Lapka to fall in sixth and moments later WSOP.com bracelet winner Jason ��TheBigGift�� Gooch hit the rail after running pocket sevens into Kornuth��s two black nines.
Despite knocking a couple of players out early at the final table, Kornuth saw his run at a third career bracelet come to an end in fourth place. He lost most of his chips in a race holding pocket fives against the ace-king of Uke ��ooopsmybad�� Dauti, who turned a Broadway straight.
Kwak then lost a big flip with ace-king to Lapka��s pocket eights, and that allowed the latter to take a more than 2:1 chip lead into heads-up play against Dauti. Lapka set about whittling away at his opponent until a cooler hand saw Dauti get it in with the nut flush only to see Lapka roll over a full house.
The 2021 WSOP Online continues on Sunday with Event #18: $1,000 NLH North American Poker Open. PokerNews will be live reporting and streaming the action, so be sure to join us then.
2021 WSOP Online Bracelet Winners Thus Far
| Date | Tournament | Players | Re-entries | Total Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Jul | Event #1: $500 NLH BIG 500 Kick-Off | 837 | 440 | 1277 | $574,650 | Jose "deposit" Nooa | $105,161 |
| 2-Jul | Event #2: $600 NLH Monster Stack | 727 | 311 | 1038 | $560,520 | Manig "Ohio77" Loeser | $104,313 |
| 3-Jul | Event #3: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack | 641 | 309 | 950 | $427,500 | Donnell "Spreezy52" Dais | $90,801 |
| 4-Jul | Event #4: $500 NLH Super Turbo | 608 | 242 | 850 | $382,500 | Jeffery "Steelvikes7" Hoop | $73,861 |
| 5-July | Event #5: $1,000 NLH 8-Max | 459 | - | 459 | $648,700 | Jeremiah ��freestylerr�� Williams | $139,600 |
| 6-July | Event #6: $2,000 NLH Deepstack | 312 | 104 | 416 | $769,600 | Tyler "ShipTheShip" Denson | $175,700 |
| 7-July | Event #7: $777 NLH Lucky 7's | 576 | 312 | 888 | $621,600 | Michael "stiltwalk" Mercaldo | $123,574 |
| 8-July | Event #8: $888 Crazy Eights Hold'em | 514 | 268 | 782 | $625,600 | Carlos "CarlosWelch" Welch | $124,369 |
| 9-July | Event #9: $400 NLH 6-Max | 788 | 429 | 1,217 | $438,120 | Philip "wingsuiter" Beck | $81,534 |
| 10-July | Event #10: $333 NLH | 986 | 531 | 1,517 | $455,100 | Michael "njnj17" Leib | $81,645 |
| 11-July | Event #11: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack | 1,078 | 339 | 1,417 | $510,120 | Vijay ��Eclypzed�� Para | $86,210 |
| 12-July | Event #12: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack | 654 | 305 | 959 | $431,550 | Bryan "Pellepelle" Piccioli | $83,332 |
| 13-July | Event #13: $1,000 NLH Freezeout | 561 | - | 561 | $504,900 | Ryan "Adopt_aDogg0" Leng | $108,654 |
| 14-July | Event #14: $500 No Limit Hold'em | 673 | 363 | 1,036 | $466,200 | Gionni "COLDWARKID" Demers | $90,023 |
| 15-July | Event #15: $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezout | 188 | - | 188 | $940,000 | Justin "Jsaliba2" Saliba | $253,800 |
| 16-July | Event #16: $600 PLO8 6-Handed | 293 | 295 | 498 | $268,920 | Allen "Acnyc718" Chang | $61,394 |
| 17-Julu | Event #17: $400 NLH 8-Max | 747 | 378 | 1,125 | $405,000 | Justin ��LappyPoker�� Lapka | $75,371 |