June 17, 2019 (Las Vegas) - Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva won his third World Series of Poker gold bracelet in the $600 Online No-Limit Hold'em Bounty tournament.
It took 11 hours for De Silva to beat the field of 1,224 entries and claim the $98,262.72 first prize.
He defeated Dave "Dave419" Nodes heads up. Nodes took home $60,092.28.
The final table started with BoatyBoatz8A being eliminated in ninth place. He won $7,380.72 after he got all in for five big blinds against Pretabotones. He could not catch up and was sent home in ninth.
B3ndTheKnee was the next to fall, he was also eliminated by Pretabotones and collected $9,583.92 for his eighth place finish. With seven players remaining, Turko held the chip lead, De Silva was in fourth place.
De Silva moved up the leaderboard when he eliminated johnsonck. Johnsonck got his final 11 big blinds drawing pretty thin. He found a pair, but needed more and couldn't find it. He was eliminated in seventh place and won $12,668.40.
P. Bateman fell to Nodes in sixth place. Nodes won a flip and P. Bateman hit the rail, collecting $16,854.48 on his way out the door.
De Silva now held the lead with five remaining and Nodes was just behind him. Nodes and davidas777 both took pots off Turko before, finally, Turko busted in fifth place -- getting a little more than a big blind in against Pretabotones. He won $22,748.04.
Then it was Pretabotones who hit the rail, losing to Nodes after flopping top pair. Nodes turned better and held the lead to eliminate Pretabotones and send him to the rail with $31,065.12.
Davidas777 fell in third place and took home $22,748.04, leaving De Silva heads up with Nodes. De Silva held a four-million chip lead.
Nodes battled back and actually took the lead. At one point, Nodes took a three-to-one chip lead before De Silva doubled up. It took roughly ten minutes for De Silva to finish off Nodes and claim his third WSOP bracelet.
Here are the final table payouts:
1) Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva ($98,262.72)
2) Dave "Dave419" Nodes ($60,092.28)
3) davidas777 ($42,962.40)
4) Pretabotones ($31,065.12)
5) Turko ($22,748.04)
6) P. Bateman ($16,854.48)
7) johnsonck ($12,688.40)
8) B3ndTheKnee ($9,583.92)
9) BoatyBoatz8A ($7,380.72)