Peters Prevails Heads-Up in Past Week of WSOP 2020 Online
In the past week, the WSOP 2020 Online crossed the halfway mark of the international portion of its summer series on GGPoker and its sister sites.
The 2020 World Series of Poker put its first 31 of 85 tournaments on its American site, and the next 54 events have been playing out on the international stage. As players competed in Events 58 and 59 last week, they crossed the halfway point of GGPoker’s part of the series, and only about two dozen events remain.
One of those events is the 2020 WSOP Main Event. It will require a $5K buy-in and a $25 million guarantee. Players can reenter two times, giving them a total of three chances to take a stack of chips into Day 2. There are 22 flights, the first of which got underway on Sunday, August 16. All surviving players from these flights will return for Day 2 of the action on Sunday, August 30.
First, however, let’s cover what happened until now. This is how the entirety of the WSOP 2020 Online has played out thus far:
—End of 31-event series on WSOP.com in US market
Using the live updates and detailed tournament information from PokerNews, here are the basics of the past week’s WSOP action.
GG Event 54: $10K NLHE Heads-Up Championship
One of the most watched events (online) of the 2020 WSOP thus far was this heads-up championship-level event, one that capped at 128 players, highlighted some key match-ups, and postponed the final four playoffs until this past weekend. People did turn up online to watch, and the winner claimed his second career bracelet.
Buy-in: $10K
Total entries: 128
Prize pool: $1,241,600
Paid players: 16
Minimum payout: $24,832
Winner: David Peters (US) $360,480
2nd place: Michael Addamo (Australia) $223,488
3rd place: Alyssa MacDonald (Canada) $124,160
4th place: Chi Zhang (UK) $124,160
David Peters eliminates Michael Addamo to win @WSOP Event 54: $10,000 NL Heads-Up Championship.
Peters receives $360,480 and an added WSOP Europe Package.
Addamo collects $223,488 for his runner-up finish.
Here's how the final hand played out: https://t.co/E1uL2bYvpw /KM
— GGPoker (@GGPoker) August 15, 2020
GG Event 55: HK$8K NLHE Asia Championship
Though this tournament’s starting time was aimed to attract more players from the Asia-Pacific region, it was someone from South America who won it. It also attracted a much larger crowd than expected to more than triple the guarantee.
Buy-in: HK$8K (approximately $1K)
Total entries: 3,247
Prize pool: HK$24,677,200 (approximately $3,208,036) (well past HK$8M GTD)
Paid players: 404
Minimum payout: HK$19,255.61 (approximately $2,503)
Winner: Luis “Xapilskinha” Assuncao Garla (Brazil) HK$3,551,611 (about $461,709)
2nd place: Alexandros Theologis (Greece) HK$2,531,708 (about $329,122)
3rd place: Kunal Bhatia (India) HK$1,804,691 (about $234,610)
4th place: Alan Schein (US) HK$1,286,442 (about $167,237)
5th place: Wenhao Peng (China) HK$917,020 (about $119,213)
6th place: Divanshu Khurana (India) HK$653,684 (about $84,979)
7th place: Eduards Kudrjavcevs (Latvia) HK$465,967 (about $60,576)
8th place: Vladas Tamasauskas (Lithuania) HK$332,158 (about $43,180)
9th place: Ignacio Moron (Spain) HK$236,773 (about $30,780)
GG Event 56: $1,500 NLHE GGMasters High Roller WSOP Edition
This was the high buy-in version of one of GGPoker’s signature tournaments, revamped a bit to be a part of the World Series of Poker. It is considered a high roller for some players, a regular buy-in for others.
Buy-in: $1,500
Total entries: 2,153
Prize pool: $3,068,025 (surpassing $2.5M GTD)
Paid players: 314
Minimum payout: $3,145
Winner: Seth “AbeFroman” Fischer (US) $444,869
2nd place: Arsenii Karmatckii (Russia) $328,491
3rd place: Sebastien Grax (France) $236,188
4th place: Michael Nugent (Canada) $169,821
5th place: Evaldas Aniulis (Lithuania) $122,102
6th place: Dominykas Mikolaitis (Lithuania) $87,793
7th place: Lukas Parednis (Lithuania) $63,124
8th place: Clement Tripodi (France) $45,386
9th place: Yonatan Basin (Israel) $32,633
Seth Fischer is living the High Roller life after winning the #GGMasters $1,500 @WSOP Edition High Roller earlier today -km pic.twitter.com/YigCNOkgUQ
— GGPoker (@GGPoker) August 10, 2020
GG Event 57: $150 NLHE GGMasters WSOP Edition
The most affordable tournament in the international WSOP allowed a chance at a bracelet for just $150. And nearly 10,000 players joined in the freezeout tournament.
Buy-in: $150
Total players: 9,835
Prize pool: $1,357,230
Paid players: 1,232
Minimum payout: $343
Winner: Anatoly “Pohitrusha” Suvarov (Russia) $183,526
2nd place: David Edelstein (Chile) $127,872
3rd place: Tom Hoseth (Norway) $89,098
4th place: Amine Hamza (Dominica) $62,081
5th place: Jean-Francois Alexandre (Canada) $43,256
6th place: Hector Caldero (Andorra) $30,140
7th place: Adam Cader (Canada) $21,000
8th place: Andre Grohnert (Germany) $14,632
9th place: William Overmire (Japan) $10,195
GG Event 58: $5K NLHE 6-Handed Championship
A solid field of players turned out for some short-handed poker, and an Israeli player captured his first bracelet in the end.
Buy-in: $5K
Total entries: 672
Prize pool: $3,192,000
Paid players: 98
Minimum payout: $10,721
Winner: Ravid “jerbi9999” Garbi (Israel) $531,513
2nd place: Chris Moorman (UK) $398,393
3rd place: Preben Stokkan (Norway) $292,021
4th place: Urmo Velvelt (Estonia) $214,051
5th place: Ludovic Geilich (UK) $156,898
6th place: Shyngis Satubayev (Kazakhstan) $115,006
GG Event 59: $2,500 NLHE Double Stack
Deep stacks and a $2,500 buy-in was a good mix for a mid-week poker tournament, and the fourth Brazilian in this international series took down a bracelet for it.
Buy-in: $2,500
Total entries: 1,061
Prize pool: $2,519,875
Paid players: 152
Minimum payout: $5,478
Winner: Leonardo “Babaehduro” Mattos (Brazil) $399,047
2nd place: Christopher Putz (Austria) $298,296
3rd place: Pedro Madeira (Brazil) $216,473
4th place: Nethanel Klein (Israel) $157,095
5th place: Antonio Pedro (Croatia) $114,004
6th place: Kevin Gibson (Canada) $82,733
7th place: Fabiano Kovalski (Brazil) $60,039
8th place: Yiannis Liperis (UK) $43,570
9th place: Manuel Saavedra (unknown) $31,619
GG Event 60: $525 NLHE Bounty
Everyone seems to love bounty tournaments. The eventual winner sure did, taking down a tremendous amount in bounties and claiming the first-ever WSOP gold bracelet for his country of Turkey.
Buy-in: $525
Total entries: 3,170
Prize pool: $1,585,000
Paid players: 368
Minimum payout: $680
Winner: Orhan “yirtil” Ates (Turkey) $180,177 ($114,584 + $65,593 bounties)
2nd place: Tobias Schwecht (Austria) $98,015 ($72,386 + $15,629 bounties)
3rd place: Tomas Jozonis (Lithuania) $61,410 ($59,236 + $2,174 bounties)
4th place: Alexandre Reard (France) $56,475 ($42,591 + $13,884 bounties)
5th place: Caique Sanches (Brazil) $51,300 ($30,624 + $20,676 bounties)
6th place: Gaurav Sood (India) $28,540 ($22,019 + $6,521 bounties)
7th place: Augusto Hagen (Argentina) $27,686 ($15,832 + $11,854 bounties)
8th place: Jeff Hakim (Lebanon) $17,715 ($11,383 + $6,332 bounties)
9th place: Arsens Sakanjans (Latvia) $14,855 ($8,185 + $6,670 bounties)
A historic bracelet for 🇹🇷 as Orhan Ates wins the first @WSOP bracelet for his country, winning Event 60. pic.twitter.com/p0Ak66LAgf
— GGPoker (@GGPoker) August 14, 2020
GG Event 61: $300 NLHE Monster Stack
A smaller of the buy-ins and a time preferential to Asia-Pacific payers drew a few thousand people. It wasn’t a person from that region who won it, though, as the UK took it down.
Buy-in: $300
Total entries: 3,491
Prize pool: $973,989
Paid players: 440
Minimum payout: $697
Winner: Alexander “MightyWarior” Stacey (UK) $127,660
2nd place: Craig Lecompte (US) $99,552
3rd place: Sami Koivuneva (Finland) $70,964
4th place: Arnaud Enselme (France) $50,586
5th place: Michael Schwartz (France) $36,059
6th place: Hui Wang (China) $25,704
7th place: Steve O’Dwyer (Ireland) $18,323
8th place: Wai Ching Cheang (China) $13,061
9th place: Tal Herzog (Israel) $9,311
GG Event 62: $1,500 PLO
Omaha fans gathered ‘round for this PLO event with reentries on a Sunday.
Buy-in: $1,500
Total entries: 990
Prize pool: $1,410,750
Paid players: 134
Minimum payout: $3,476
Winner: Bradley “DrStrange7” Ruben (US) $220,160
2nd place: Dorel Eldabach (Israel) $168,478
3rd place: Jens Lakemeier (Austria) $122,264
4th place: Naman Madan (India) $88,727
5th place: Blaz Zerjav (Slovenia) $64,389
6th place: Sami Kelopuro (Finland) $46,727
7th place: Patrick Serda (Canada) $33,910
8th place: Tal Peretz (Israel) $24,608
9th place: Adam Hendrix (US) $17,858
GG Event 63: $500 NLHE Mini Main Event
This event is a mini version of the WSOP Main Event, one with a buy-in of $500, one-tenth of the actual Main Event. And this one boasted of a $5M guarantee, which was easily surpassed with a massive turnout and numerous reentries.
Buy-in: $500
Total entries: 15,205
Prize pool: $7,222,375 (well beyond $5M GTD)
Paid players: 1,600
Minimum payout: $1,356
Winner: Ivan “zufo16” Zufic (Croatia) $843,460
2nd place: Suraj Mishra (India) $586,157
3rd place: Daniel Neilson (Australia) $401,635
4th place: Daniel Saugspier (Germany) $275,200
5th place: Oleksii Kravchuk (Ukraine) $188,567
6th place: Derek Miller (UK) $129,206
7th place: Troy Mclean (Australia) $88,532
8th place: Royal Pek (Singapore) $60,662
9th place: Fedor Kruse (Austria) $41,566
Ivan Zufic takes down @WSOP Event 63: $500 Mini Main Event, topping a field of over 15,000 entries to win $843,460.48, a WSOP Europe package and the bracelet.
Suraj Mishra makes do with $586,157.12 in their runner-up finish.
That'll do it early Monday where I'm located #zzz /KM pic.twitter.com/P9PpxKL3yl
— GGPoker (@GGPoker) August 17, 2020
GG Event 64: $840 NLHE Bounty
Another bounty event rounded out the weekend, but this one offered a turbo structure. The entire tournament finished in approximately six hours, and a player from India was the last one standing.
Buy-in: $840
Total entries: 2,207
Prize pool: $1,740,800
Paid players: 314
Minimum payout: $905
Winner: Kartik “Mandovi” Ved (India) $234,433 ($131,461 + $102,972 bounties)
2nd place: Konstantin Maslak (Russia) $118,791 ($94,521 + $24,270 bounties)
3rd place: Javier Fernandez (Spain) $79,495 ($67,961 + $11,534 bounties)
4th place: Tim West (US) $56,958 ($48,865 + $8,094 bounties)
5th place: Dan Borlan (Moldova) $57,982 ($35,134 + $22,848 bounties)
6th place: Jon Clark (UK) $36,793 ($25,262 + $11,531 bounties)
7th place: Felipe Ramos (Brazil) $24,176 ($18,163 + $6,013 bounties)
8th place: Ricardo Da Silva (Brazil) $29,944 ($13,060 + $16,884 bounties)
9th place: Gueorgui Gantchev (US) $20,659 ($9,390 + $11,269 bounties)
Just 21 Events Left
That sounds somewhat ominous, but there are still plenty of opportunities to get in on the WSOP action and play for a bracelet…and potentially life-changing money. The rest of the schedule is as follows:
Event 65 on August 18 / 14:00 ET: $600 NLHE Deepstack Championship
Event 66 on August 19 / 14:00 ET: $800 PLO
Event 67 on August 20 / 14:00 ET: $500 LHE
Event 68 on August 22 / 8:00 ET: $500 NLHE Deepstack (Asia time zone)
Event 69 on August 23 / 8:00 ET: $1,500 NLHE Marathon (Asia time zone)
Event 70 on August 23 / 14:00 ET: $25K NLHE Poker Players Championship ($10M GTD)
Event 71 on August 23 / 14:30 ET: $50 NLHE Big 50 (final day, 1 reentry/flight, $1M GTD)
Event 72 on August 25 / 14:00 ET: $1,500 LHE Championship
Event 73 on August 26 / 14:00 ET: $1K NLHE 6-Handed
Event 74 on August 27 / 14:00 ET: $1,500 PLO
Event 75 on August 29 / 8:00 ET: $300 NLHE Double Stack (Asia time zone)
Event 76 on August 30 / 14:00 ET: $400 NLHE Forty Stack
Event 77 on August 30 / 14:30 ET: $5K NLHE Main Event (2nd of 3 days, freezeout flights, $25M GTD)
Event 78 on August 30 / 16:00 ET: $1K NLHE Turbo 6-Handed
Event 79 on September 1 / 14:00 ET: People’s Choice – Most popular
Event 80 on September 2 / 14:00 ET: People’s Choice – Pros vote
Event 81 on September 3 / 14:00 ET: People’s Choice – Spin the wheel
Event 82 on September 5 / 14:00 ET: $1,050 NLHE Beat the Pros Bounty
Event 83 on September 6 / 14:00 ET: $10K NLHE WSOP Super Millions ($5M GTD)
Event 84 on September 6 / 14:30 ET: $100 NLHE WSOP Millions (final day, 1 reentry/flight, $2M GTD)
Event 85 on September 6 / 16:00 ET: $500 NLHE Closer (unlimited reentries)
2019 @WSOP Player of the Year, Robert Campbell, has a message for you all to mark the start of our #WSOP $25M GTD Main Event flights.
Enjoy.#GGPoker pic.twitter.com/hICaOmEqeU
— GGPoker (@GGPoker) August 16, 2020
