When you want to win you would play anywhere including in the parking lot.
Literally playing from inside his car in a New Jersey Whole Foods parking lot,Ryan “joeyisamush” Depaulo was playing the 2020 World Series of Poker Online Event #12: $500 The BIG 500 No-Limit Hold’em.
Ryan “joeyisamush” Depaulo is a popular online poker personality, a self-described “degenerate gambler”, last summer he finished third in the 2019 WSOP Event #61: $400 Colossus for $208,643.
2020 World Series of Poker Online Event #12: $500 The BIG 500 No-Limit Hold’em was not a simple tournament, to say the least. The tournament attracted 1,624 entries and 803 re-entries, The 2,427-entries generated a $1,092.150 prize pool.
It took 12.5 hours to finish the tournament.
2020 WSOP Online Event #12 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan “joeyisamush” Depaulo | $159,563 |
| 2 | Jack “EarlGrey” Salter | $98,621 |
| 3 | Sean “FilthyDiaper” Ruane | $72,410 |
| 4 | Hayden “Luckbox89” Fortini | $53,625 |
| 5 | “Jessyboo” | $40,082 |
| 6 | Terry “mrterry007” Fleischer | $30,143 |
| 7 | Shannon “Aulophobia” Shorr | $22,826 |
| 8 | Dominic “rgdoc” Ricciardi | $17,474 |
| 9 | “Givmeaction” | $13,543 |
Final table action
The final table started at level Level 40- 100,000/200,000/25,000 ante. The final table started with Ryan “joeyisamush” Depaulo in the chip lead.
Final table chip count.
| Ryan “joeyisamush” Depaulo | 8,428,078 |
| Hayden “luckbox89” Fortini | 7,089,335 |
| Terry “mrterry007” Fleischer | 6,265,993 |
| Jack “EarlGrey” Salter | 6,226,099 |
| Jessyboo | 5,759,275 |
| Shannon “aulophobia” Shorr | 5,121,760 |
| Sean “FilthyDiaper” Ruane | 3,289,107 |
| Dominic “rgdoc” Ricciardi | 3,255,425 |
| Givmeaction | 3,104,928 |
9th place – “Givmeaction”
Sean “FilthyDiaper” Ruane from under the gun or the position after the big blind went “all-in” for 3,983,214.
“Givmeaction” who was next to act called off his last 3,154,678.
“Givmeaction”: 
Sean “FilthyDiaper” Ruane: 
The Flop 
Ruane was able to hit a set giving him a huge lead.
Turn and River 
Both turn and river gave no help to “Givmeaction” and leaves in 9th place.
8th Place – Dominic “rgdoc” Ricciardi
Dominic “rgdoc” Ricciardi from the button moved all in for 2,205,425
Chip leader Ryan “joeyisamush” Depaulo called from the big blind.
Ryan “joeyisamush” Depaulo: 
Dominic “rgdoc” Ricciardi: 
The Flop 
Depaulo is now ahead
The turn 
The turn gave Ricciardi some hope as he needs to hit another 7 to win.
The River 
The river was blank for Ricciardi making him packed his stuff and exits at 8th place. For Depaulo, this would be the start of his great run.
7th Place – Sean “FilthyDiaper” Ruane
On the button Shannon “Aulophobia” Shorr raised to 3,000,000.
On the Small blind Ryan “Joeyisamush” Depaulo fired back with an “all-in”
Jack “EarlGrey” Salter folded in the big blind Fold and Shorr called off his last 1,152,010.
Shannon “Aulophobia” Shorr: 
Ryan “Joeyisamush” Depaulo: 
The Flop 
Depaulo gets a set with his pocket king and gives him flop a good lead
The Turn and River – and
Shorr simply could not overcome the lead thus exits at 7th place.
6th Place – Terry “mrterry007” Fleischer
From under the gun Ryan “joeyisamush” Depaulo raised to 800,000.
Terry “mrterry007” Fleischer on the big blind called
The Flop 
flop.
Fleischer checked
Depaulo went “all-in”
Fleischer calls for 3,485,993
Ryan “joeyisamush” Depaulo:
Terry “mrterry007” Fleischer: 
Depaulo had just jack-ten high but it was ahead as Fleischer went with his open-ended straight draw.
Turn and River and river
Fleischer could not hit his set or hit any card giving Depaulo the win.
Terry “mrterry007” Fleischer exits at 6th place.
5th place – “Jessyboo”
“Jessyboo” moved all in for 2,651,775
Ryan “joeyisamush” Depaulo from the big blind calls
Ryan “joeyisamush” Depaulo: 
“Jessyboo”: 
The Flop 
The Turn 
The River
“Jessyboo” out at 5th place.
4th place – Hayden “Luckbox89” Fortini
Ryan “Joeyisamush” Depaulo from under the gun went “all-in”
Hayden “Luckbox89” Fortini from the small blind called off his last 5,810,456.
Hayden “Luckbox89” Fortini:
Ryan “Joeyisamush” Depualo: 
The Flop 
The Turn 
The River
Depaulo has now busted 5 players since he entered the final table. Fortini AK couldn’t connect eliminating him at 4th place
3rd Place – Sean “FilthyDiaper” Ruane
Jack “EarlGrey” Salter From the small blind went “all-in” for 10,650,683
Sean “FilthyDiaper” Ruane From the big blind called off his last 9,889,406.
Sean “FilthyDiaper” Ruane:
Jack “EarlGrey” Salter:
The Flop 
The Turn
The River
Salter pocket 4 held thus ending Ruane quest for the bracelet and exits at 3rd place.
Heads-up
Now at Level 46 – 300,000/600,000/ 75,000 ante.
Only two players are left.
| Ryan “joeyisamush” Depaulo |  |
27,774,911 |
| Jack “EarlGrey” Salter |  |
20,765,089 |
Both players are seeking to win a bracelet, but Jack “EarlGrey” Salter is no pushover.
The British player has $8 million in lifetime earnings.
The final hand
Jack “EarlGrey” Salter from the button raised to 1,600,000 from the button
Ryan “Joeyisamush” Depaulo went “all-in”
Salter called off his last 17,000,000
Jack “EarlGrey” Salter: 
Ryan “Joeyisamush” Depaulo: 
The Flop 
The Turn
The river
Ryan Depaulo earned his first WSOP gold bracelet with his pocket queen which held against Salter hand.
