WSOP Online Circuit MI/NV/NJ: Porbandarwala makes it 12

Posted on: June 25, 2024 16:25 PDT

The World Series of Poker has released official results for five more online WSOP.com Circuit ring events on its MI/NV/NJ platform. Event #8 featured the 12th Circuit victory for Soheb 'Spewheb' Porbandarwala. moving him into a tie for sixth on the all-time list. Events #4 through #8 also featured return winners, with Joseph Altomonte and Brent Roberts each capturing their second career rings.

The middle section of the June Online Circuit's 12-event slate offered two PKO events in addition to a mystery-bounty tourney, with a $1,000 high-roller and a more affordable 'Double Stack' event also drawing healthy numbers. All five of these events easily topped their prize-pool guarantees. Brief summaries of each of the five ring events follow:

Event #4 - $320 NLH PKO Deepstack 6-Max $150K Gtd.

New Jersey's Joseph Altomonte was one of the stars of recent days. The 2023 bracelet winner, playing as '3BettingYou', picked up his second career bracelet in Event #4. Two days later, he'd almost win a third, finishing as the runner-up to Florida's Justin Datloff in Event #6.

In the Event #4 Deepstack, Altomonte topped well-known pro Dave Alfa for the win for a combined payout of $22,635.88 in prize and collected bounties. Alfa, a three-time ring winner himself, earned a combined $21,229.37 as the runner-up after collecting a large number of bounties before reaching heads-up play. Dutch pro Martijn Gerrits, another prior ring winner, finished third for a combined $8,696.13.

Event #4 drew 629 total entries (412 buy-ins and 217 re-entries) and offered a total prize pool of $188,700. The top 120 finishers made the money.

Event #4 final-table finishers - total (prize + bounties):

Joseph Altomonte '3BettingYou' - $22,635.88 ($13,322.48 + $9,313.40)
Dave Alfa 'WiseWolf' - $21,229.37 ($13,312.78 + $7,916.59)
Martijn Gerrits 'visacard' - $8,696.13 ($8,236.75 + $459.38)
Ryan Otto 'JustVar1ance' - $8,679.92 ($6,057.27 + $2,622.65)
Thomas Metz 'toboggan47' - $9,496.07 ($4,481.62 + $5,014.45)
Ngoc Minh Hoang 'fakery' - $4,610.19 ($3,321.12 + $1,289.07)

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Event #5 - $215 NLH Mystery Bounty $150K Gtd.

In the Circuit series' Mystery Bounty tourney, New Jersey's Brent Roberts won his second career ring, fifteen and a half years after he won his first in a live Circuit event in New Jersey in late 2008. Roberts has won well over $1 million in WSOP-branded events over the past two decades.

Roberts earned a winner's payout of $27,150.46 in the event, and collected another $1,632.12 in collected mystery bounties for a combined cash of $28.782.58. Second place went to 'roodyawake', who took down a combined $20,244.35, and third went to Aleks Dmitrov, who cashed for a combined $16,373.11.

Event #5 attracted 809 unique players, who contributed another 549 re-entries, producing a 1,358-entry field and a $271,600 prize pool. 240 players cashed in the event.

Event #5 final-table finishers - total (prize + bounties):

Brent Roberts 'BeauPeaches' - $28,782.58 ($27,150.46 + $1,632.12)
'roodyawake' - $20,244.35 ($19,817.28 + $427.07)
Aleks Dimitrov 'ScamIsArt' - $16,373.11 ($14,568.06 + $1,805.05)
Johannes Straver 'Fresh_OJ' - $15,059.40 ($10,793.34 + $4,266.06)
Jamie Kerstetter 'Vizzini' - $8,349.66 ($7,981.96 + $367.60)
Kevin Dipasquale 'Shakira_CSG' - $6,740.01 ($5,956.98 + $783.03)
Dan Stavila 'TakeMyMoneey' - $5,489.89 ($4,462.82 + $1,027.07)
Bryan Micon 'RAREPEPE' - $3,808.59 ($3,381.52 + $427.07)
Jeff Gotts 'BuriedGiant' - $2,758.49 ($2,575.46 + $183.03)

Event #6 - $320 NLH Double Stack $150K Gtd.

In the $320 NLH Double Stack Event #6, Florida's Justin 'KingJutty69' Ratloff stopped Joseph '3BettingYou' Altomonte from winning his third career Circuit ring in a three-event span. For Datloff, it was a breakthrough win, with the $32,529.36 payday representing more than half of his WSOP earnings to date.

Altomonte's near-miss was still worth $23,794,80, while Derin 'Lakshmi Tyche' Goodman earned $17,390.16 for third. 664 entries (438 players, 226 re-entries) made for a $199,200 prize pool. The top 120 players earned a cash.

Event #6 final-table finishers:

Justin Datloff 'KingJutty69' - $32,529.36
Joseph Altomonte '3BettingYou' - $23,704.80
Derin Goodman 'Lakshmi Tyche' - $17,390.16
David Avina 'CrispyLaneta' - $12,788.64
Bryan Allen 'Ballen101' - $9,462.00
Thomas Francis 'kneaddough' - $7,011.84
Justin Hutton 'wHySOsErIOuS' - $5,219.04
Assad Kamran 'Vegaslover84' - $3,884.40
William Romaine 'lactaAleaEst' - $2,948.16

Event #7 - $1,000 NLH High-Roller $175K Gtd.

Michigan's Firas Sadou picked up the first major win of his career by taking down Event #7, $1,000 NLH High Roller, and the accompanying Circuit ring. Sadou's win was worth $62,856.62, but it's not close to his largest live tournament score. At the 2023 WSOP, he placed seventh in the $25,000 PLO High Roller event for a live career best of $276,141 that still represents more than half of his known live tourney winnings.

Sadou topped Pennsylvania's Matthew Sabia for the win, leaving Sabia to collect $45,888.66 for second. Minnesota's Jeffery Hoop, a prior bracelet winner, finished third.

Event #3 drew 343 total entries -- 225 unique players, 118 re-entries -- to build a $325,850 prize pool. The event paid the top 60 finishers.

Event #7 final-table finishers:

Firas Sadou 'Ronaldo1981' - $62,856.62
Matthew Sabia 'DreamsTonite' - $45,488.66
Jeffery Hoop 'spelunker' - $33,106.36
Lander Lijo 'TheButcher13' - $23,982.56
Joseph Walters 'KarolG' - $17,465.56
Jonathan Wang 'rudisco' - $12,903.66
Jordan Gojcaj 'Pokerpro777' - $9,482.23
Nipun Java 'ekagrata' - $7,038.36
Thomas Shepard 'Runthatdog' - $5,213.60

Event #8 - $500 PLO PKO 6-Max $75K Gtd.

It's an even dozen Circuit rings for Soheb Porbandarwala after his win in Event #8, the PLO PKO 6-Max. Connecticut's Porbandarwala, playing on WSOP.com as 'Antefada', made up for a near-miss earlier in the series by claiming the ring here.

Porbandarwala earned a combined $26,279.75 in prize and accumulated bounties after busting five-time ring winner Mark Liedtke for the win. Liedtke collected $20,909.05 in total. Guan Huang took third for a combined $16,641.61.

Event #8 drew 335 total entries -- 193 unique players plus 142 re-entries -- to create a $156,445 prize pool. The top 60 players cashed in this event.

Event #8 final-table finishers - total (prize + bounties):