Bicknell Wins Bracelet in WSOP 2020 Online on GGPoker

The World Series of Poker found its groove. Its WSOP 2020 Online series wrapped up the US-directed portion of the action with its 31^st 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:

—End of 31-event series on WSOP.com in US

—WSOP Events 32-40 on GGPoker

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.

Buy-in: $400

Total entries: 12,747

Prize pool: $4,796,632 (far exceeding $3M guarantee)

Paid players: 1,575

Minimum payout: $840

Winner:  Ranno Sootla (Estonia) $595,930

2^nd place:  Paraskevas Tsokaridis (Greece) $433,345

3^rd place:  Joni Jouhkimainen (Finland) $308,904

4^th place:  Andre Figueiredo (Brazil) $220,198

5^th place:  Arunas Sapitavicius (Lithuania) $156,964

6^th place:  Agate Ose (Austria) $111,890

7^th place:  Tom Delaine (Malta) $79,759

8^th place:  Lai Sisheng (Singapore) $56,885

9^th place:  Ajay Chabra (Canada) $40,529

GG Event 42: $400 PLOssus

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: $400

Total entries: 4,356

Prize pool: $1,637,856

Paid players: 548

Minimum payout: $938

Winner:  Yuri Dzivielevski (Brazil) $221,557

2^nd place:  Matt Vengrin (US) $165,147

3^rd place:  Tautvydas Jokubauskas (Argentina) $116,777

4^th place:  Gabi Livshitz (Israel) $82,573

5^th place:  Samuel Bernabeu (Spain) $58,388

6^th place:  Juan Perez (Mexico) $41,287

7^th place:  Chad Layne (US) $29,194

8^th place:  Dustin Dirksen (US) $20,643

9^th place:  Marcus Cara (Canada) $14,597

Another bracelet for well-respected Brazilian pro @YuriNerdguy! pic.twitter.com/cRtccGyVG6

— GGPoker (@GGPoker) August 1, 2020

GG Event 43: $10K NLHE Short Deck Championship  

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: $10K

Total entries: 130

Prize pool: $1,261,000

Paid players: 17

Minimum payout: $23,915

Winner:  Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb (Mexico) $276,393

2^nd place:  Mikita Badziakouski (Belarus) $210,249

3^rd place:  Sergi Reixach (UK) $159,933

4^th place:  Nobuaki Sasaki (Japan) $121,659

5^th place:  Dan Shak (US) $92,545

6^th place:  Chi Zhang (UK) $70,397

7^th place:  Bjorn Li (Hong Kong) $53,550

8^th place:  Carl Schrader (Germany) $40,735

9^th 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.

Buy-in: $2,500

Total players:  892

Prize pool: $2,118,500

Paid players: 116

Minimum payout: $6,022

Winner:  Kristen Bicknell (Canada) $356,412

2^nd place:  Belarmino De Souza (Brazil) $261,249

3^rd place:  Ilya Anatsky (Belarus) $191,494

4^th place:  Dong Jiang (China) $140,365

5^th place:  Simon Higgins (UK) $140,365

6^th place:  Jerome Finck (France) $75,416

Kristen Bicknell (@krissyb24poker) won her third bracelet by topping an 892-entry field in the 2020 @WSOP @GGPokerOfficial Event 44: $2,500 NLHE 6-Handed, good for $356,412. That's why she's one of the best!

PokerNews recap here -> https://t.co/CVOZB7X5GN pic.twitter.com/ec6e6d4VHa

— Chad Holloway (@ChadAHolloway) July 31, 2020

Congrats @krissyb24poker on bracelet #3 in 2500 6 max so sickk ❤️❤️

— Alex Foxen (@WAFoxen) July 30, 2020

GG Event 45: $840 NLHE Bounty

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: $840

Total entries:  2,382

Prize pool: $1,906,500

Paid players: 332

Minimum payout: $923

Winner:  Patrick “Muddington” Kennedy (UK) $245,448 ($140,768 for 1^st + $104,680 for bounties)

2^nd place:  Joshua Pollock (US) $113,176 ($101,212 + $11,964 bounties)

3^rd place:  Bernardo Dias (Brazil) $80,303 ($72,772 + $7,530 bounties)

4^th place:  Franco Spitale (Argentina) $63,078 ($52,324 + $10,694 bounties)

5^th place:  Chi Chung Ho (Taiwan) $40,790 ($37,621 + $3,169 bounties)

6^th place:  Arie Kliper (Israel) $45,139 ($27,050 + $18,089 bounties)

7^th place:  Ho Yin Tai (Hong Kong) $34,918 ($19,449 + $15,469 bounties)

8^th place:  Francesco Favia (Italy) $29,350 ($13,984 + $15,366 bounties)

9^th 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.

Buy-in: $500

Total entries:  2,307

Prize pool: $1,095,825

Paid players: 332

Minimum payout: $1,061

Winner:  Sung Joo Hyun (South Korea) $161,898

2^nd place:  Yiduo Yu (China) $116,605

3^rd place:  Jeffrey Mallach (Canada) $83,696

4^th place:  Nikita Kuznetsov (Russia) $60,178

5^th place:  Yu Du (Thailand) $43,269

6^th place:  Che Li Lin (Taiwan) $31,111

7^th place:  Jens Kerper (Germany) $22,369

8^th place:  Wei Zhao (China) $16,084

9^th place:  Yesha Punjabi (Australia) $11,564

GG Event 47: $1K NLHE Short Deck

The second of two events on the Asia time zone schedule found another winner from that region, this one showing off his Short Deck skills.

Buy-in: $1K

Total entries:  487

Prize pool: $462,560

Paid players: 71

Minimum payout: $2,152

Winner:  Paul Teoh (Malaysia) $82,202

2^nd place:  Michelle Shah (US) $60,254

3^rd place:  Mike Watson (Canada) $44,166

4^th place:  Andrei Konopelko (Belarus) $32,373

5^th place:  Joseph Orsino (US) $23,730

6^th place:  Jose Luis Maslhia (Argentina) $18,394

7^th place:  Mykhailo Krasnytskyi (Ukraine) $12,750

8^th place:  Boon Heng Siong (Singapore) $9,345

9^th place:  Shota Nakanishi (Japan) $6,850

Congratulations on your first bracelet Paul! pic.twitter.com/S79uKGQ1h7

— GGPoker (@GGPoker) August 2, 2020

Series Moving Right Along

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 Deepstack

Event 50 on August 4: $2,100 NLHE Bounty Championship

Event 51 on August 5: $400 PLO

Event 52 on August 6: $1K NLHE

Event 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)

The @WSOP $1,500 Millionaire Maker final table is set.

Among the final 9: @DDvoress@filatovpoker and Ronny Kaiser.

They'll return Saturday at 2:30pm ET, streaming with cards-up coverage starts 30 minutes later -km pic.twitter.com/hDtiu7XEe1

— GGPoker (@GGPoker) August 3, 2020