The 2021 World Series of Poker Online $1,500 no-limit hold’em ‘FIFTY STACK’ event drew a field of 1,308 total entries, building a prize pool of $1,863,900 in the process. In the end, Vlad Martynenko defeated Faraz Jaka heads-up to secure the title, the top prize of $250,198, and his first WSOP gold bracelet. This was by far the largest score of Martynenko’s career when it comes to events with full real-name results reported. The Ukrainian player’s previous largest score in such an event came when he finished 78th in the 2020 WSOP Online $5,000 main event for $30,776. Jaka earned $187,622 as the runner-up finisher, falling just short of securing his first bracelet. The score increased his career earnings to $6,942,730. The final day of this event began with 20 players remaining and Jaka in the lead. Jaka remained atop the chip counts by the time the final table of nine was set, with more than twice as many chips as the next-largest stack, which belonged to Martynenko. Simon Lofberg ran pocket eights into the pocket aces of Nir Amar to finish ninth ($25,020). Peter Traply got all-in not long after that with his pocket queens leading the pocket tens of Ermo Kosk. A ten on the flop gave Kosk a lead that he never relinquished and Traply was knocked out in eighth place ($33,364). Jaka scored his first knockout at the final table when his Q9 outran the A10 of Tzlil Ozer (7th – $44,492). Nir Amar’s run […]
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