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Got milk? WSOP bracelet won at Whole Foods

- By Jim Barnes Las Vegas Review-journal

Ryan Depaulo likely made World Series of Poker history early Monday by winning a bracelet from a Whole Foods parking lot in New Jersey.

Depaulo posted a photo on Twitter showing his laptop propped up on the dashboard of his vehicle en route to winning Event 12 of the WSOP Online, dubbed the Big 500, a $500 buy-in No-limit Hold’em tournament.

“I think people are showing up for work at this Whole

Foods,” he tweeted during thelatesta­gesoftheto­urnament.

Depaulo(screenname Joeyisamus­h) earned his first WSOP bracelet and $159,563.11. He finished third in the $400 buy-in Colossus at the WSOP in 2019 for $208,643.

Depaulowon­headsup against Jack Salter (Earlgrey), who earned $98,621.14. In the final hand, Depaulo went allin before the flop with a pair of queens and held off Salter’s ace-jack. Salter had a chance to win earlier in the match when he called all-in with king-ten against Depaulo’s queen-eight, but Depaulo hit an eight on the flop and doubled up.

The flagship WSOP that is normally held every summer at the Rio Convention Center has been postponed because of the coronaviru­s pandemic.

The U.S. leg of the WSOP Online includes one event every day through July 31. Players must be physically located in Nevada or New Jersey to play.

Event 13, a $1,500 buyin No-limit Hold’em High

Roller freezeout, starts at 3 p.m. Monday and is expected to end early Tuesday. Event 14 is the largest buy-in of the U.S. events, a $3,200 No-limit Hold’em High Roller that starts at 3 p.m. Tuesday.

A series for players who live outside the U.S. — or Americans who can travel out of the country — will be held July 19 to Sept. 6 on Ggpoker.

Contact Jim Barnes at jbarnes@reviewjour­nal.com or 702-383-0277. Follow @Jimbarnesl­v on Twitter.

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