GGPoker Provides Final WSOP 2020 Online Numbers
The WSOP 2020 Online is over. There were 85 tournaments – 31 for the US market and 54 for those in some parts of the international market – and they are now in the history books.
GGPoker released the numbers for its 54 tournaments, and they include these highlights:
–Total prize pools: $147,789,550
–Total entries: 239,754
–Total participating nationalities: 166
We’ll do a breakdown of the GGPoker and WSOP.com events soon. Meanwhile, let’s look at the updates we provided to this point and the stats and final table results for the last of the official World Series of Poker events for this summer.
—End of 31-event series on WSOP.com in US market
—WSOP 2020 Online Main Event summary
With help from live updates by PokerNews, here are the last of the results.
GG Event 79: $25K NLHE Heads-Up (People’s Choice for Most Popular)
This was an event that started on one weekend and finished the next to give fans a chance to rail the final four players in the heads-up high roller tournament. And when it was done, a GGPoker ambassador captured his second WSOP bracelet.
Buy-in: $25K
Total entries: 127
Prize pool: $3,111,500
Paid players: 8
Minimum payout: $194,469
Winner: Fedor Holz (Germay) $1,077,025
2nd place: Brunno Botteon (Brazil) $622,300
3rd place: Oktay Kahyaoglu (Turkey) $311,150
4th place: Sergi Reixach (Spain) $311,150
Crazy emotions right now. Shipped my second bracelet and a million bucks (also for 130 lucky staker)! 🕺🚀 pic.twitter.com/mDvnq4J7Io
— Fedor Holz 🐧 (@CrownUpGuy) September 6, 2020
GG Event 80: $600 NLHE Six-Max (Pros’ Choice)
Unclear as to who exactly voted in this pros’ choice event, they made the decision to play a six-max tournament. And it ended with one American player winning his first bracelet.
Buy-in: $600
Total entries: 2,408
Prize pool: $1,372,560
Paid players: 350
Minimum payout: $1,259
Winner: Jeffrey Dobrin (US) $189,666
2nd place: Idris Ambraisse (France) $144,998
3rd place: Vahe Martirosyan (Armenia) $104,255
4th place: Joao Santos (Brazil) $74,960
5th place: Marc MacDonnell (Ireland) $53,897
6th place: Sergio Veloso (Croatia) $38,752
GG Event 81: $1K NLHE 6-Handed Bounty (Random Choice)
Two hosts of a GGPoker On-Live webcast determined the details for this event. Dan Stemkoski and Calvin Lee spun a wheel at the very end of this very long video (starting at 2:09:00), and the spins made it a NLHE Bounty event with a $1,050 buy-in to be played six-handed.
Buy-in: $1K
Total entries: 1,925
Prize pool: $1,925,000
Paid players: 278
Minimum payout: $1,184
Winner: Nicolo “Paquitooo” Molinelli (Italy) $144,199 (plus $99,216 bounties)
2nd place: Kyle Menard (Canada) $104,644 (plus $23,773 bounties)
3rd place: Lukas Hafner (Austria) $75,940 (plus $22,959 bounties)
4th place: Longyun Li (China) $55,110 (plus $11,765 bounties)
5th place: Sami Kelopuro (Finland) $39,993 (plus $7,828 bounties)
6th place: Aleksandr Grishchuk (Russia) $29,023 (plus $1,966 bounties)
GG Event 82: $1K NLHE Bounty (Beat the Pros)
This was a tournament with quite a few well-known pros in the event, and it added a progressive bounty element. Bounties started at $250 each but increased in value as the tournament progressed.
Buy-in: $1K
Total players: 2,024
Prize pool: $2,024,000
Paid players: 26
Minimum payout: $4,012
Winner: Melika “Melirazavii” Razavi (Iran) $239,180
2nd place: Dylan Linde (US) $147,447
3rd place: Andre Difelice (Canada) $114,413
4th place: Leonid Yanovski (Israel) $66,056
5th place: Martin Zamani (US) $51,081
6th place: Mike Leah (Canada) $41,892
7th place: Peter Chien (Canada) $40,251
8th place: Elio Fox (US) $28,450
9th place: Vadim Stoyanov (Russia) $2,704
GG Event 83: $10K NLHE WSOP Super Millions
As the last big buy-in event of the series, players lined up to participate in the Super MILLION$ event. And when it was complete, a well-known US pro captured his first bracelet.
Buy-in: $10K
Total entries: 899
Prize pool: $8,720,300 (far surpassing $5M guarantee)
Paid players: 134
Minimum payout: $21,483
Winner: Connor Drinan (US) $1,423,049
2nd place: Daniyar Aubakirov (Kazakhstan) $1,041,414
3rd place: Viktor Ustimov (Russia) $755,754
4th place: Chris Oliver (US) $548,450
5th place: Sylvain Loosli (France) $398,010
6th place: Suraj Mishra (India) $288,836
7th place: Christopher Kruk (Canada) $209,609
8th place: Arsenii Malinov (Russia) $152,113
9th place: Kenneth Smaron (US) $110,389
What a way to end the 2020 WSOP on GG!
Connor Drinan wins WSOP Event 83: $10,000 WSOP Super MILLION$ and receives:
$1,423,048.71
His first @WSOP bracelet
$100,000 from @RealKidPoker
A WSOP Europe ticket package
Daniyar Aubakirov earns $1,041,413.97 for his runner-up finish. pic.twitter.com/s8NeMV6vFD
— GGPoker (@GGPoker) September 8, 2020
GG Event 84: $100 NLHE WSOP Millions
This smaller buy-in version of the MILLION$ allowed more people to participate.
Buy-in: $100
Total entries: 34,787
Prize pool: $3,200,404 (easily surpassing $2M guarantee)
Paid players: 3.600
Minimum payout: $286
Winner: Alexander “Kobbajun” Kobbeltvedt (Norway) $296,403
2nd place: Kostiantyn Vovhcenko (Ukraine) $203,081
3rd place: Anshuman Dash (Germany) $139,151
4th place: Anthony Cheung (Canada) $95,346
5th place: Beka Mukhiguli (Turkey) $65,331
6th place: Edvinas Jankaitis (Austria) $44,764
7th place: Renato Sakamoto (Brazil) $30,672
8th place: Kim Jaehyuk (China) $21,016
9th place: Alexandre Mantovani (Brazil) $14,400
GG Event 85: $500 NLHE Closer
The final chance to win a WSOP bracelet in the main series in 2020 was a $500 opportunity with unlimited reentries. And the winner walked away with serious money and his fourth career WSOP gold bracelet.
Buy-in: $500
Total entries: 4,012
Prize pool: $1,905,700
Paid players: 476
Minimum payout: $1,259
Winner: Michael “Hneves” Gathy (Belgium) $272,504
2nd place: Yuan Yuan Li (China) $194,248
3rd place: Shankar Pillai (US) $138,467
4th place: Erik Von Buxhoeveden (Germany) $98,704
5th place: Luis Gustavo Kamei (Brazil) $70,359
6th place: Craig Mason (US) $50,154
7th place: Paul Hockin (New Zealand) $35,751
8th place: Toni Ojala (Finland) $25,485
9th place: Vitor Adiron (Brazil) $18,166
Moving into an elite group of players with 4 @WSOP Bracelets, Michael Gathy wins the final event of the WSOP; Event 85 – $500 The Closer /KM pic.twitter.com/8EqJa4IYbO
— GGPoker (@GGPoker) September 7, 2020