GGPoker’s WSOP Online international festival has got off to a blistering start with Bryn Kenney scooping one of the biggest prizes so far – a $225,787 takedown of the $2,100 NL Bounty Championship.
The 33 bracelet online series kicked off, literally, with the $500 5th Annual WSOP Kick Off, which we’ll get to shortly, but let’s first take a look at how Kenney bagged his second WSOP gold.
The $2100 buy in event #3 on the schedule attracted 798 entries, which meant a $1,596,700 prizepool of which the top 92 finishers would partake.
By the time they had been whittled down to the final table, two Brazilians were in contention, Dennys Ramos and Julio Steffen, with Kenney and Timothy “JoeExotic69” Rutherford both sporting the maple leaf flag of Canada. Throw in a Russian, a Ukrainian, an Austrian and a Monegasque I had to look it up too! and the scene was set for some thrilling poker.
Kenney had gone a decade since winning his first WSOP bracelet, the $1,500 Ten Game Mix Six Handed title in Vegas back in 2024. Since then, of course, he has become a household name for both good and bad reasons, including his position as all-time moneywinner in tournament poker with over $67million in lifetime earnings.
This week it was the good Kenney on show, eventually edging out Ukraine’s Andrii Derzhypilskyi heads up to lift the title and a combined $226,057.13 $94,635.24 + $131,421.89 bounty
Event #3: $2,100 NL Bounty Championship
Final Table Results
| 1 | Bryn Kenney | Canada | $226,057 | $94,635 + $131,421 |
| 2 | Andrii Derzhypilskyi | Ukraine | $120,306 | $94,634 + $25,671 |
| 3 | Georgios Manousos | Austria | $108,102 | $75,196 + $32,906 |
| 4 | Julio Steffen | Brazil | $97,188 | $59,750 + $37,432 |
| 5 | Arsenii Karmatckii | Russia | $57,977 | $47,477 + $10,000 |
| 6 | Timothy ‘JoeExotic69’ Rutherford | Canada | $43,225 | $37,725 + $5,000.00 |
| 7 | Jonathan Gan | Monaco | $37,164 | $29,976 + $7,187 |
| 8 | Dennys Ramos | Brazil | $33,007 | $23,819 + $9,187 |
As mentioned, the six-week online series – running until September 30th – actually kicked off with the… kick-off! This $500 buy-in tournament pulled in the crowds, 3369 entries creating a $1,600,225 prize pool.
Malaysia’s William “Lemonw” Teoh emerged triumphant, defeating Russia’s “Pietroc98” heads-up for the bracelet and scooping $169,007 in the process.
Event #1: $500 5th Annual WSOP Online Kick Off
Final Table Results
| 1 | William ‘Lemonw’ Teoh | Malaysia | $169,007 | $74,467 + $94,539
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| 2 | ‘Pietroc98’ | Russia | $83,256 | $74,443 + $8,813
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| 3 | Andrey Stepanov | Serbia | $83,899 | $57,632 + $26,267
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| 4 | ‘Waarkman’ | Belgium | $54,546 | $44,618 + $9,928
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| 5 | Sander ‘Oztlyngen’ Oztlyngen | Belgium | $37,292 | $34,542 + $2,750
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| 6 | Robert Haigh | Austria | $35,701 | $26,742 + $8,959
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| 7 | Duco ten Haven | Netherlands | $26,796 | $20,704 + $6,091
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| 8 | Lander ‘TaPWateR’ Lijo | Andorra | $20,224 | $16,029 + $4,195
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Event #2, $300 NL ‘Gladiators of Poker’ saw Latvia’s Ritvars Cekalins bag his maiden bracelet, picking up $409,886.44 to dwarf even Bryn Kenney’s big win.
That came courtesy of a monster field of 11,630 which set a prizepool $3,244,770 prize pool. Dimov toppled Bulgaria’s Ognyan Dimov heads-up for the win.
Event #2: $300 Gladiators of Poker NL
Final Table Results
| 1 | Ritvars Cekalins | Latvia | $409,886 |
| 2 | Ognyan Dimov | Bulgaria | $315,820 |
| 3 | Jorge ‘toddyjm’ Mattos | Brazil | $243,533 |
| 4 | Christian Jeppsson | Sweden | $187,792 |
| 5 | Felipe ‘godlikeson’ Baraky | Brazil | $144,810 |
| 6 | ‘niko18’ | Israel | $111,666 |
| 7 | ‘Erlango’ | Lithuania | $86,108 |
| 8 | ‘SpicyTaco | Mexico | $66,401 |
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