Beck takes down WSOP Online $400 No Limit 6-Max event

(PRESS RELEASE) -- After nearly 11 hours of battle on the virtual felt on Friday evening, Philip "wingsuiter" Beck defeated Justin "pocketprofit" Wong in heads-up play to win the 2021 WSOP Online Event #9: $400 NLH 6-Max for his first WSOP bracelet and the huge $81,534 top prize.

The event attracted 788 entries including 429 re-entries to create a $438,120 prize pool with the top 167 players collecting at least a $657 min-cash.

2021 WSOP Event #9: $400 NLH 6-Max Final Table Results

1. Philip "wingsuiter" Beck $81,534
2. Justin "pocketprofit" Wong $50,384
3. Kenneth "ace710" Neri $35,663
4. Ameer "CashIsK1NG" Wakil $25,586
5. Kristian "Daaanutzzz" Michl $18,576
6. Aaron "WompDatTHomp" Thivyanathan $13,669

After Daniel "Ultradonk420" Pricola eliminated Katie "katelin" Lindsay on the money bubble, the 126 remaining players started dropping like flies.

Among the notables to cash were Michael "thegrinder44" Mizrachi (149th - $701), Craig "imgrinding" Varnell (101st - $701), Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu (64th - $1,008), Anthony "Flawlessbink" Maio (31st - $1,928), Anthony "heheh" Zinno (18th - $2,892), and Robert "Nvrstsfied" Natividad (8th - $7,711).

Final Table Action
With six players to start the final table, one of them had to be the first to fall and that was Aaron "WompDatTHomp" Thivyanathan who lost a race with a suited big slick against Kristian "Daaanutzzzzz" Michl holding a pair of tens.

A few hands later, Michl held pocket tens once again only this time they were set up by was set-up by Beck who held a pair of nines. Beck continued his momentum winning another race with Big sSick to eliminate Ameer "CashIsK1NG" Wakil holding a pair of fives in fourth place for $25,586.

With the final three players sitting fairly even, the action was slow for the first two levels until Beck started gaining traction once again, hitting an open-ender on the river to eliminate Kenneth "ace710" Neri in third place for $35,663. The heads-up battle saw Beck hold almost a 5:1 chip advantage over Wong and the match only lasted a few hands until Wong walked away with the $50,384 second-place prize.

The 2021 WSOP Online continues on Saturday with Event #10: $333 No-Limit Hold'em. PokerNews will be live reporting and streaming the action, so be sure to join us then.

(Article courtesy of World Series of Poker)