The World Series of Poker has announced more bracelet winners from events being held on WSOP.com's tri-state MI/MV/NJ platform that are being offered in conjunction with the live WSOP in Las Vegas. In recent verified results, the UK's Ryan Otto took down Online Event #12, $888 NL Hold'em Crazy 8's, while Kentucky's Charlie Dawson (pictured), a five-time Circuit ring winner, broke through in Online Event #13, NL Hold'em Freezeout.
The wins marked the first career bracelets for both Otto and Watson. Brief recaps of both events follow:
Online Event #12: $888 No-Limit Hold'em Crazy 8's
In online Event #12, Ryan Otto, a New Zealander now residing in the United Kingdom, picked up the second largest cash of his career in winning the popular Crazy 8's event. Otto, playing as 'JustVar1ance', collected $150,914.68 for topping the event's 1,366-entry field.
Otto busted Nithin 'leader1976' Eapen to close out the bracelet win, while Eapen cashed for $110,154.24 as the runner-up. Third place and $80,976.48 went to Daniel 'NoScams' Maor.
Event #12's 1,366 total entries consisted of 812 initial buy-ins plus 554 re-entries. The top 240 finishers shared in the tourney's $1,092,800 prize pool.
Event #12 final-table finishers:
- Ryan Otto 'JustVar1ance' - $150,914.68
- Nithin Eapen 'leader1976' - $110,154.24
- Daniel Maor 'NoScams' - $80,976.48
- Jason DeWitt 'BreadKnives' - $59,994.72
- Jessica Teusl 'JessicaTeusl' - $44,367.68
- Spencer Champlin 'AntEdwards5' - $33,111.84
- Bogdan Munteanu 'Vierre' - $24,806.56
- Jeffrey Stellwagon 'RocketShips' - $18,796.16
Online Event #13: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
Well-known Circuit regular Charlie Dawson, a fixture at events in the central and southern US, added a brand new bracelet to his five previous Circuit rings. Dawson's latest bling came in the $1,000 NL Freezeout, where he outlasted an 824-player field to claim a $114,799.68 winner's payout.
The win moved Dawson over $1 million in WSOP lifetime earnings, leaving Zachary Vankueren to collect second-place money of $83,726.64. Upeshka De Silva, who notably grabbed the well-known 'ICuRaRook' screen name of ACR Poker brand ambassador Jeff Boski, finished third for $61,552.80.
The 824 entrants combined to create a $741,600 prize pool, which was distributed among the top 144 finishers.
Event #13 final-table finishers:
- Charlie Dawson 'BadRabbit' - $114,799.68
- Zachary Vankeuren 'EternalNow' - $83,726.64
- Upeshka De Silva 'ICuRaRook' - $61,552.80
- Ryan Dougherty 'RyDo.' - $45,608.40
- Gabriel Tileff 'SmurfyShaq' - $33,742.80
- John Bunch 'SirFlipsAlot' - $25,214.40
- Darren Rabinowitz 'voetsek' - $18,984.96
- Xinrong Zhu 'AIDronebaby' - $14,387.04
- Shawn Stroke 'sHaDySTeeM' - $10,975.68
