The United States portion of this summer’s World Series of Poker is more than half over. In fact, it hit its halfway mark last week. The WSOP 2020 Online playing out in New Jersey and Nevada on WSOP.com is running smoothly, and every day brings a new winner of that WSOP gold bracelet.
This weekend, the larger portion of the WSOP 2020 Online began on GGPoker for players outside of the US. It would be nice to say that went smoothly, too, but that’s another story for another article.
Nonetheless, the US-based WSOP events welcomed more players into the winner’s circle in the past week, the most well-known of whom are former WSOP Main Event champion Joe McKeehen and WPT champion Pat Lyons.
The first two summaries of this series were as follows:--Events 1-5--Events 6-12Without further ado, we have the basics of the past week’s online poker tournaments on WSOP.com, Events 13-19.
US Event 13: $1,500 NLHE High Roller Freezeout
In live poker and in normal times, a tournament with a $1,500 buy-in would not be dubbed a high roller event. But the coronavirus pandemic created a new reality for all of us. Ultimately, the winner of this tournament was an eight-time WSOP Circuit winner who now has a bracelet to match.
Buy-in: $1,500Total players: 649Prize pool: $924,825Paid players: 99Minimum payout: $2,035Winner: Michael “MiguelFiesta” Lech ($164,248.91)2nd place: William Romaine ($110,979.00)3rd place: Sean Seifert ($77,407.85)4th place: Chun Lin Mo ($56,599.29)5th place: Paul Dewald ($40,559.81)6th place: Connor Drinan ($29,964.33)7th place: Christopher Fuchs ($22,380.76)8th place: Megan Milburn ($18,404.01)9th place: Michael Dolle ($14,982.16)
Still not usually considered a high roller in most live tournament circles, this event did pose an opportunity for players with bigger bankrolls, as it offered two reentries. And the crown ultimately went to a player who already had two WSOP bracelets, one being the most coveted of all for the WSOP Main Event.
Buy-in: $3,200Unique players: 368Reentries: 128Total entries: 496Prize pool: $1,507,840Paid players: 63Minimum payout: $6,031Winner: Joe “fanofdapoker” McKeehen ($352,985.34)2nd place: Frank Funaro ($219,089.15)3rd place: Roland Israelashvili ($148,974.59)4th place: Zhi Hong Huang ($103,136.25)5th place: Lee Vlastaris ($72,979.45)6th place: Clayton Maguire ($52,623.61)7th place: Nathan Russler ($38,600.70)8th place: David Jackson ($38,950.52)9th place: Dave Alfa ($22,316.03)
Omaha fans came out in force with reentry money in hand for this PLO event, and one player took down his first bracelet at the end.
Buy-in: $1KUnique players: 386Reentries: 277Total entries: 663Prize pool: $629,850Paid players: 99Minimum payout: $1,575Winner: Guy “PhilLaak” Dunlap ($133,780.14)2nd place: Shane Daniels ($82,069.45)3rd place: Todd Sladek ($56,749.48)4th place: Jacob Powers ($39,869.50)5th place: Keith Ferrera ($28,469.22)6th place: Blake Whittington ($20,659.08)7th place: Matt Matros ($15,305.35)8th place: Anthony Zinno ($11,526.25)
US Event 16: $500 NLHE Turbo
A smaller buy-in with a faster structure, players had the chance to knock this one out quickly.
Buy-in: $500Unique players: 1,044Reentries: 484Total entries: 1,528Prize pool: $687,600Paid players: 248Minimum payout: $688Winner: Terrell “Heezahustla” Cheatham ($116,204.40)2nd place: Julian Parmann ($71,647.92)3rd place: Lev Milman ($51,570.00)4th place: Marc Bernal ($37,474.20)5th place: Andrea Buonocore ($27,572.76)6th place: Daniel Chan ($20,490.48)7th place: Jeremy Govert ($15,402.24)8th place: Phillip Rhodes ($11,689.20)9th place: James Messeroll ($9,007.56)
US Event 17: $777 NLHE
For those who believe in lucky sevens, this was the tournament for them, complete with two reentries. And the winner will collect a shiny gold bracelet to go with one WSOP Circuit ring and several high-profile poker titles.
Buy-in: $777Unique players: 917Reentries: 465Total entries: 1,382Prize pool: $967,400Paid players: 207Minimum payout: $1,064Winner: Pat “IchiiKawawa” Lyons ($173,551.56)2nd place: Christopher Ginley ($107,478.14)3rd place: Barry Wenger ($76,327.86)4th place: Jonathan Dokler ($54,948.32)5th place: James Collopy ($40,147.10)6th place: Vincent Pontrello ($29,602.44)7th place: Scott Hempel ($22,250.20)8th place: Julian Parmann ($16,832.76)9th place: Dave Alfa ($12,963.16)
Another Saturday, another turbo, this one with more chips and only eight players per table. When it was over, a Canadian took it down.
Buy-in: $1KUnique players: 697Reentries: 290Total entries: 987Prize pool: $937,650Paid players: 143Minimum payout: $1,594Winner: Scott “BudLightLime” Hempel ($181,060.21)2nd place: Myles Kotler ($111,955.41)3rd place: Andrew Melillo ($78,856.36)4th place: Daniel Fischer ($56,259.00)5th place: Barry Hutter ($40,694.01)6th place: Landon Tice ($29,817.27)7th place: Harrison Dobin ($22,222.30)8th place: Matthew Parry ($16,783.93)
US Event 19: $400 NLHE
Hold’em fans had a low buy-in opportunity on Sunday with only $400 required, though they could reenter up to three times. Many of them did just that.
Buy-in: $400Unique players: 1,757Reentries: 788Total entries: 2,545Prize pool: $916,200Paid players: 371Minimum payout: $641Winner: Kenny “Chopuh” Huynh ($133,856.82)2nd place: Matthew Berger ($82,732.86)3rd place: Vincent Ablahani ($60,744.06)4th place: Sang Lee ($44,985.42)5th place: Kenneth Phillips ($33,624.54)6th place: Waylon Frey ($25,287.12)7th place: Michael Whitman ($19,148.58)8th place: Michael Federico ($14,659.20)9th place: Paul Gunness ($11,360.88)
What’s Up Next?
Today, the action pulls Omaha players into the mix, with the rest of the week set up for Hold’em. There is a knockout and a turbo in there, though. And all of the buy-ins through this Sunday will be under $1K.
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