Lyons and McKeehen Among Latest WSOP 2020 Online Winners

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on July 28th, 2020

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The United States portion of this summer’s World Series of Poker is more than half over. In fact, it hit its halfway mark last week. The WSOP 2020 Online playing out in New Jersey and Nevada on WSOP.com is running smoothly, and every day brings a new winner of that WSOP gold bracelet.

This weekend, the larger portion of the WSOP 2020 Online began on GGPoker for players outside of the US. It would be nice to say that went smoothly, too, but that’s another story for another article.

Nonetheless, the US-based WSOP events welcomed more players into the winner’s circle in the past week, the most well-known of whom are former WSOP Main Event champion Joe McKeehen and WPT champion Pat Lyons.

The first two summaries of this series were as follows:

—Events 1-5

—Events 6-12

Without further ado, we have the basics of the past week’s online poker tournaments on WSOP.com, Events 13-19.

US Event 13: $1,500 NLHE High Roller Freezeout

In live poker and in normal times, a tournament with a $1,500 buy-in would not be dubbed a high roller event. But the coronavirus pandemic created a new reality for all of us. Ultimately, the winner of this tournament was an eight-time WSOP Circuit winner who now has a bracelet to match.

Buy-in: $1,500

Total players: 649

Prize pool: $924,825

Paid players: 99

Minimum payout: $2,035

Winner:  Michael “MiguelFiesta” Lech ($164,248.91)

2^nd place:  William Romaine ($110,979.00)

3^rd place:  Sean Seifert ($77,407.85)

4^th place:  Chun Lin Mo ($56,599.29)

5^th place:  Paul Dewald ($40,559.81)

6^th place:  Connor Drinan ($29,964.33)

7^th place:  Christopher Fuchs ($22,380.76)

8^th place:  Megan Milburn ($18,404.01)

9^th place:  Michael Dolle ($14,982.16)

https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1283082787491164160?s=20

US Event 14: $3,200 NLHE High Roller

Still not usually considered a high roller in most live tournament circles, this event did pose an opportunity for players with bigger bankrolls, as it offered two reentries. And the crown ultimately went to a player who already had two WSOP bracelets, one being the most coveted of all for the WSOP Main Event.

Buy-in: $3,200

Unique players: 368

Reentries: 128

Total entries: 496

Prize pool: $1,507,840

Paid players: 63

Minimum payout: $6,031

Winner:  Joe “fanofdapoker” McKeehen ($352,985.34)

2^nd place:  Frank Funaro ($219,089.15)

3^rd place:  Roland Israelashvili ($148,974.59)

4^th place:  Zhi Hong Huang ($103,136.25)

5^th place:  Lee Vlastaris ($72,979.45)

6^th place:  Clayton Maguire ($52,623.61)

7^th place:  Nathan Russler ($38,600.70)

8^th place:  David Jackson ($38,950.52)

9^th place:  Dave Alfa ($22,316.03)

2015 MAIN EVENT CHAMP JOE MCKEEHEN WINS HIGH ROLLER TO CLAIM 3RD BRACELET AND $352,985
Read more and watch rebroadcast of the final table on https://t.co/k6cF9AXBYe pic.twitter.com/bDooCQ9Njy

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 15, 2020

US Event 15: $1K PLO 8-Max High Roller

Omaha fans came out in force with reentry money in hand for this PLO event, and one player took down his first bracelet at the end.

Buy-in: $1K

Unique players: 386

Reentries: 277

Total entries: 663

Prize pool: $629,850

Paid players: 99

Minimum payout: $1,575

Winner:  Guy “PhilLaak” Dunlap ($133,780.14)

2^nd place:  Shane Daniels ($82,069.45)

3^rd place:  Todd Sladek ($56,749.48)

4^th place:  Jacob Powers ($39,869.50)

5^th place:  Keith Ferrera ($28,469.22)

6^th place:  Blake Whittington ($20,659.08)

7^th place:  Matt Matros ($15,305.35)

8^th place:  Anthony Zinno ($11,526.25)

US Event 16: $500 NLHE Turbo

A smaller buy-in with a faster structure, players had the chance to knock this one out quickly.

Buy-in: $500

Unique players: 1,044

Reentries: 484

Total entries: 1,528

Prize pool: $687,600

Paid players: 248

Minimum payout: $688

Winner:  Terrell “Heezahustla” Cheatham ($116,204.40)

2^nd place:  Julian Parmann ($71,647.92)

3^rd place:  Lev Milman ($51,570.00)

4^th place:  Marc Bernal ($37,474.20)

5^th place:  Andrea Buonocore ($27,572.76)

6^th place:  Daniel Chan ($20,490.48)

7^th place:  Jeremy Govert ($15,402.24)

8^th place:  Phillip Rhodes ($11,689.20)

9^th place:  James Messeroll ($9,007.56)

US Event 17: $777 NLHE

For those who believe in lucky sevens, this was the tournament for them, complete with two reentries. And the winner will collect a shiny gold bracelet to go with one WSOP Circuit ring and several high-profile poker titles.

Buy-in: $777

Unique players: 917

Reentries: 465

Total entries:  1,382

Prize pool: $967,400

Paid players: 207

Minimum payout: $1,064

Winner:  Pat “IchiiKawawa” Lyons ($173,551.56)

2^nd place:  Christopher Ginley ($107,478.14)

3^rd place:  Barry Wenger ($76,327.86)

4^th place:  Jonathan Dokler ($54,948.32)

5^th place:  James Collopy ($40,147.10)

6^th place:  Vincent Pontrello ($29,602.44)

7^th place:  Scott Hempel ($22,250.20)

8^th place:  Julian Parmann ($16,832.76)

9^th place:  Dave Alfa ($12,963.16)

PAT LYONS OUTLASTS FIELD OF 917 TO WIN WSOP GOLD AND $173,551 IN $777 NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
Read more and watch rebroadcast of the final table on https://t.co/k6cF9AXBYe pic.twitter.com/kETaMqgrNf

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 18, 2020

US Event 18: $1K NLHE 8-Handed Turbo Deepstack

Another Saturday, another turbo, this one with more chips and only eight players per table. When it was over, a Canadian took it down.

Buy-in: $1K

Unique players: 697

Reentries: 290

Total entries:  987

Prize pool: $937,650

Paid players: 143

Minimum payout: $1,594

Winner:  Scott “BudLightLime” Hempel ($181,060.21)

2^nd place:  Myles Kotler ($111,955.41)

3^rd place:  Andrew Melillo ($78,856.36)

4^th place:  Daniel Fischer ($56,259.00)

5^th place:  Barry Hutter ($40,694.01)

6^th place:  Landon Tice ($29,817.27)

7^th place:  Harrison Dobin ($22,222.30)

8^th place:  Matthew Parry ($16,783.93)

US Event 19: $400 NLHE

Hold’em fans had a low buy-in opportunity on Sunday with only $400 required, though they could reenter up to three times. Many of them did just that.

Buy-in: $400

Unique players: 1,757

Reentries: 788

Total entries:  2,545

Prize pool: $916,200

Paid players: 371

Minimum payout: $641

Winner:  Kenny “Chopuh” Huynh ($133,856.82)

2^nd place:  Matthew Berger ($82,732.86)

3^rd place:  Vincent Ablahani ($60,744.06)

4^th place:  Sang Lee ($44,985.42)

5^th place:  Kenneth Phillips ($33,624.54)

6^th place:  Waylon Frey ($25,287.12)

7^th place:  Michael Whitman ($19,148.58)

8^th place:  Michael Federico ($14,659.20)

9^th place:  Paul Gunness ($11,360.88)

What’s Up Next?

Today, the action pulls Omaha players into the mix, with the rest of the week set up for Hold’em. There is a knockout and a turbo in there, though. And all of the buy-ins through this Sunday will be under $1K.

July 20:  $500 PLO 6-Handed (3 reentries)

July 21:  $777 NLHE 6-Handed (2 reentries)

July 22:  $500 NLHE Turbo Deepstack (2 reentries)

July 23:  $500 NLHE Knockout

July 24:  $400 NLHE 8-Handed (2 reentries)

July 25:  $500 NLHE Summer Saver (2 reentries)

July 26:  $500 NLHE Grand Finale (3 reentries)

For complete recaps and live updates of each event, the WSOP and PokerNews websites offer details.

—PokerNews WSOP 2020 Online landing page

—WSOP 2020 Online updates page

Bracelets en route to our newest winners. Is tonight your night ? pic.twitter.com/odYChe4Kwg

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 18, 2020