Ryan "Santasbzack2" Stoker Wins First Bracelet and $95,338 in WSOP.com Online Bracelet $888 PLO Crazy 8’s 8-Max
Ryan "Santasbzack2" Stoker of Washington won his first World Series of Poker bracelet early Monday morning by taking down WSOP.com (NV/NJ) Online Bracelet $888 PLO Crazy 8’s 8-Max [3x Re-entry] for a score worth $95,338. Stoker had to get through a field of 522 entrants before defeating Tony "tonisinz" Sinishtaj during a heads-up battle that finished in under 30 minutes.
The tournament generated a prize pool of $417,600 and it took over 11 hours for a winner to emerge. Stoker entered the eight-handed final table fifth in chips and was able to chip up by knocking out Edward "eddiegood598" Good, who finished in seventh when his two pair was no good against the set of the eventual champion.
WSOP.com Online Bracelet $888 PLO Crazy 8’s 8-Max Final Results
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | PRIZE (USD) | |
| 1 | Ryan "Santasbzack2" Stoker | United States | $95,338 | |
| 2 | Tony "tonisinz" Sinishtaj | United States | $58,756 | |
| 3 | Quang "qpoker205" Ngo | United States | $40,131 | |
| 4 | Alex "Draw5" Ferrari | United States | $27,896 | |
| 5 | Chan Woo "Rikishi" Kim | United States | $19,794 | |
| 6 | Andrew "randylerch" Kelsall | United States | $14,282 | |
| 7 | Edward "eddiegood598" Good | United States | $10,524 | |
| 8 | Allan "atl777" Le | United States | $7,983 |
Stoker began heads-up play with the chip advantage after eliminating Quang "qpoker205" Ngo when he made two pair against the latter player's overpair. Sinishtaj, who entered the final table with a commanding chip lead, briefly took the lead during heads-up play before Stoker took it right back, and he eliminated Sinishtaj shortly after.
Stoker had to get through a star-studded field to earn his first WSOP bracelet — a field that included Daniel "Dnegs" Negreanu, Yuri "domenicus18" Dzivielevski, Jason "EddieVedder" Koon and Dylan "Iheartcookie" Weisman, who himself won his first bracelet just days ago in Event #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha.
That wraps up the PokerNews live reporting team's coverage of WSOP.com (NV/NJ) Online Bracelet $888 PLO Crazy 8’s 8-Max [3x Re-entry], but be sure to check out the live reporting team's coverage of other WSOP events.
2021 WSOP Online Bracelet Winners
| Date | Tournament | Players | Rebuys | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, October 3 | Event #1: $5,300 NLH Freezeout | 156 | 0 | 156 | $780,000 | Martin "BathroomLine" Zamani | $210,600 |
| Sunday, October 3 | Event #2: $500 NLH BIG 500 | 742 | 325 | 1067 | $480,150 | Mark "NJ_AcesmarkA" Herm | $89,336 |
| Sunday, October 10 | Event #3: $400 NLH Ultra Deepstack | 1,023 | 334 | 1,357 | $488,520 | Pete "PeteChen" Chen | $82,560 |
| Sunday, October 17 | Event #4: $888 PLO Crazy 8's 8-Max | 295 | 227 | 522 | $417,600 | Ryan "Santasbzack2" Stoker | $95,338 |
| Sunday, October 24 | Event #5: $1,000 Championship | 555 | 299 | 854 | $768,600 | Kazuki 'hyahhoo3' Ikeuchi | $152,797.68 |
| Sunday, October 31 | Event #6: $666 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max | 720 | 309 | 1,029 | $617,400 | John "Relevancy" Ripnick | $114,898.14 |
| Sunday, November 7 | Event #7: $3,200 NLH High Roller 8-Max | 319 | 115 | 434 | $1,319,360 | Jacob "incel4life" Neff | $318,889 |
| Sunday, November 14 | Event #8: $7,777 NLH High Roller | 183 | 47 | 230 | $1,696,710 | Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs | $432,491 |
| Sunday, November 14 | Event #9: $777 Lucky 7's NLH | 732 | 390 | 1,122 | Yuliyan "Dr.Feelg00da" Kolev | $146,162.94 |