This summer’s World Series of Poker is now running simultaneously on two poker networks. The first part of the WSOP 2020 Online began on July 1 on WSOP.com in Nevada and New Jersey for the US market, and GGPoker picked up its part of the series in mid-July for many other parts of the world.
As for the players in the United States, the past week was filled with more exciting tournaments. Several players won a second WSOP bracelet – the first one of this year, though – including WPT commentator Tony Dunst. And well-known poker pro Nick Binger captured a second piece of gold in his career as well. And another player livestreamed his play and his victory this past weekend.
Even more, the first of the WSOP 2020 bracelet winners began receiving their official gold bracelets.
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The first three summaries of this series were as follows:--Events 1-5--Events 6-12--Events 13-19Since we’re here, let’s get to the basics of the past week’s online poker tournaments on WSOP.com, Events 20-26.
US Event 20: $500 PLO Six-Handed
Short-handed PLO drew quite a solid crowd for the $500 buy-in event last Monday, and quite a few of them reentered. And in the end, the winner captured a bracelet to go with his first one that he took down in a Razz event in 2019.
Buy-in: $500Unique players: 627Reentries: 510Total entries: 1,137Prize pool: $511,650Paid players: 150Minimum payout: $819Winner: Kevin “TheRealKG” Gerhart ($97,571.65)2nd place: Cody Brinn ($60,323.53)3rd place: Jenny Svancara ($41,290.15)4th place: Chris Moorman ($28,601.23)5th place: Adam Jones ($20,210.17)6th place: Shanmukha Meruga ($14,479.69)
US Event 21: $777 NLHE 6-Handed
A trio of lucky sevens welcomed players to this event. And one player who watches and analyzes poker regularly took his second career WSOP bracelet with his win.
Buy-in: $777Unique players: 849Reentries: 512Total entries: 1,361Prize pool: $952,700Paid players: 206Minimum payout: $1,048Winner: Tony “Panoramic” Dunst ($168,342.09)2nd place: James Pace ($103,939.57)3rd place: Alec Parslow ($72,214.66)4th place: Charles Phillips ($50,778.91)5th place: Krista Gifford ($36,202.60)6th place: Jon Turner ($26,199.25)
Another reasonable buy-in for the middle of the week, but this was a turbo structure with deep stacks. A new bracelet winner emerged.
Buy-in: $500Unique players: 1,082Reentries: 497Total entries: 1,579Prize pool: $710,550Paid players: 248Minimum payout: $711Winner: Allan “Treeoflife” Cheung ($120,082.95)2nd place: Myles Kotler ($74,039.31)3rd place: Brian Altman ($53,291.25)4th place: Daniel Buzgon ($37,724.97)5th place: Terrell Cheatham ($28,493.05)6th place: Louie Valderrama ($21,174.39)7th place: Derek Salgals ($15,916.32)8th place: Kara Denning ($12,079.35)9th place: Robert Natividad ($9,308.20)
US Event 23: $500 NLHE Knockout
Players have fallen in love with knockout tournaments, as picking up bounties on players is a great way to earn the buy-in back before even making it through the money bubble. They lined up for this KO event.
Buy-in: $500Total players: 1,452Prize pool: $667,920Paid players: 207Minimum payout: $575Winner: Raymond “Avant9201” Avant ($95,475.96)2nd place: Scott Epstein ($58,574.19)3rd place: Ryan Torgersen ($42,342.60)4th place: Upeshka De Silva ($30,390.49)5th place: Byung Jun Kim ($22,592.88)6th place: Zachary Grech ($16,895.23)7th place: Dilip Kumar Natarajan ($14,922.56)8th place: Michael O’Brien ($9,495.32)9th place: Daniel Zack ($7,404.44)
US Event 24: $400 NLHE 8-Handed
Another low buy-in tournament, relatively speaking, brought big numbers to the online tables for this one. And a poker coach and longtime pro was the last player standing to collect his second career bracelet.
Buy-in: $400Unique players: 1,590Reentries: 818Total entries: 2,408Prize pool: $866,880Paid players: 330Minimum payout: $694Winner: Nick “samadhi” Binger ($133,412.83)2nd place: Ryan Leng ($82,440.28)3rd place: Philip Beesley ($60,161.47)4th place: Ian Waldron ($44,297.56)5th place: Mark Bansemer ($32,941.44)6th place: Norman Michalek ($24,706.08)7th place: Matt Berkey ($18,637.92)8th place: Christian Calcano ($14,216.83)
Is the summer over already? It seems not, but regardless, one player hopefully did save his summer with a win in this event.
Buy-in: $500Unique players: 1,484Reentries: 671Total entries: 2,155Prize pool: $969,750Paid players: 330Minimum payout: $776Winner: Nicholas “MrFinalT” Kiley ($149,244.52)2nd place: Guo Liang Chen ($92,223.22)3rd place: Weiyi Mo ($67,300.65)4th place: Stephen Russo ($49,554.22)5th place: Matt Berkey ($36,850.50)6th place: Kevin Calenzo ($27,637.87)7th place: Richard Perrin ($20,849.62)8th place: Michael Policastro ($15,903.90)9th place: Ofir Mor ($12,315.82)
US Event 26: $500 NLHE Grand Finale
Seeing as this was the last Sunday of the American WSOP series, it seemed like a good time to offer a finale. It brought an impressive crowd to the tables and found a new bracelet winner, as he livestreamed it all.
Buy-in: $500Unique players: 1,677Reentries: 825Total entries: 2,502Prize pool: $1,125,900Paid players: 371Minimum payout: $788Winner: Ethan “RampageP” Yau ($164,493.99)2nd place: Brian Patrick ($101,668.77)3rd place: Mohammad Mufti ($74,647.17)4th place: Blake Whittington ($55,281.69)5th place: David Kim ($41,320.53)6th place: Jason Scott ($31,074.84)7th place: Matt Iles ($23,531.31)8th place: Joon Kim ($18,014.40)9th place: Michael Guzzardi ($13,961.16)
Only five tournaments remain for Nevada and New Jersey players. The buy-ins range from $400 to $1K, there’s an Omaha, a freezeout, a turbo, some 6-max action, and one event reserved just for players 50 and older. The Championship event will close it out on Friday night.
July 27: $400 NLHE FreezeoutJuly 28: $1K Omaha-8 6-Max (2 reentries)July 29: $600 NLHE Turbo Deepstack 6-Handed (2 reentries)July 30: $500 NLHE Seniors (2 reentries, players must be 50 or older)July 31: $1K NLHE Championship (2 reentries)
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