The World Series of Poker found its groove. Its WSOP 2020 Online series wrapped up the US-directed portion of the action with its 31st tournament on July 31, and the international portion is well underway.
GGPoker moved past its initial hiccups with a site overload and DDoS attack, and tournaments seem to now be running smoothly. More than one dozen poker players have claimed 2020 WSOP bracelets in the past few weeks on GGPoker, including Kristen Bicknell, who claimed her third career bracelet.
To get caught up on the WSOP 2020 Online to this point, check out these links:
And for full live updates and current tournament information about each 2020 WSOP event, skip the WSOP website and go directly to PokerNews’ coverage.
Let’s pick it up at Event 41 and get current with tournament results.
GG Event 41: $400 NLHE Colossus
After multiple starting flights, Day 2 of the Colossus started on Sunday, July 26, and brought 1,946 survivors to the tables to play down to a final table. Nine players returned the following day and played 90 minutes of poker to find a winner.
With the annual popularity of the Colossus in mind, the WSOP added a PLO version to this year’s schedule. It drew a solid field of players over the unlisted number of starting flights and found the winner on Day 3. That player was a two-time winner, having won his initial bracelet at last year’s WSOP in Las Vegas, and this year’s gold comes with a WSOP Europe prize package worth $15K.
Buy-in: $400Total entries: 4,356Prize pool: $1,637,856Paid players: 548Minimum payout: $938Winner: Yuri Dzivielevski (Brazil) $221,5572nd place: Matt Vengrin (US) $165,1473rd place: Tautvydas Jokubauskas (Argentina) $116,7774th place: Gabi Livshitz (Israel) $82,5735th place: Samuel Bernabeu (Spain) $58,3886th place: Juan Perez (Mexico) $41,2877th place: Chad Layne (US) $29,1948th place: Dustin Dirksen (US) $20,6439th place: Marcus Cara (Canada) $14,597
Upping the ante, the $10K championship took committed Short Deck players to the tables and found one to call the champion. He is also a first-time bracelet winner.
Buy-in: $10KTotal entries: 130Prize pool: $1,261,000Paid players: 17Minimum payout: $23,915Winner: Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb (Mexico) $276,3932nd place: Mikita Badziakouski (Belarus) $210,2493rd place: Sergi Reixach (UK) $159,9334th place: Nobuaki Sasaki (Japan) $121,6595th place: Dan Shak (US) $92,5456th place: Chi Zhang (UK) $70,3977th place: Bjorn Li (Hong Kong) $53,5508th place: Carl Schrader (Germany) $40,7359th place: Ami Barer (Canada) $30,987
GG Event 44: $2,500 NLHE 6-Handed
A six-handed game with a couple of reentries was the ticket brought a big crowd to GGPoker and its sister sites. And when the tournament finished, the winner picked up her third career WSOP bracelet.
Who doesn’t like a good bounty tournament? This one drew a solid crowd and a prize pool close to $2M. And the ultimate winner took home quite a stash of cash for bounties.
Buy-in: $840Total entries: 2,382Prize pool: $1,906,500Paid players: 332Minimum payout: $923Winner: Patrick “Muddington” Kennedy (UK) $245,448 ($140,768 for 1st + $104,680 for bounties)2nd place: Joshua Pollock (US) $113,176 ($101,212 + $11,964 bounties)3rd place: Bernardo Dias (Brazil) $80,303 ($72,772 + $7,530 bounties)4th place: Franco Spitale (Argentina) $63,078 ($52,324 + $10,694 bounties)5th place: Chi Chung Ho (Taiwan) $40,790 ($37,621 + $3,169 bounties)6th place: Arie Kliper (Israel) $45,139 ($27,050 + $18,089 bounties)7th place: Ho Yin Tai (Hong Kong) $34,918 ($19,449 + $15,469 bounties)8th place: Francesco Favia (Italy) $29,350 ($13,984 + $15,366 bounties)9th place: Jose Severino (Panama) $14,042 ($10,055 + $3,988 bounties)
GG Event 46: $500 NLHE Deepstack
This one was timed to be more convenient for players in the Asia-Pacific time zone. And someone from that part of the world did win his first piece of WSOP gold.
Event 48 is the Millionaire Maker, and instead of being a two-day event, organizers stopped it with nine final table players remaining to play it out on Saturday, August 8. Everything else is right on schedule.
Event 48 on August 2: $1,500 NLHE Millionaire Maker (2nd of 3 days, $5M GTD, $1M GTD to winner)Event 49 on August 2: $500 NLHE Turbo DeepstackEvent 50 on August 4: $2,100 NLHE Bounty ChampionshipEvent 51 on August 5: $400 PLOEvent 52 on August 6: $1K NLHEEvent 53 on August 8: $800 PLO Double Stack (Asia time zone)Event 54 on August 8: $10K NLHE Heads-Up Championship (freezeout, no late reg, 128-player cap)Event 55 on August 9: HK$8K NLHE Asia Championship (final day, 1 reentry/flight, HK$8M GTD)Event 56 on August 9: $1,500 NLHE GGMasters High Roller WSOP Edition (freezeout, $2.5M GTD)Event 57 on August 9: $150 NLHE GGMasters WSOP Edition (freezeout, $1M GTD)
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