Dunst and Binger Pick Up WSOP 2020 Bracelets in US

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on August 2nd, 2020

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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.

Another bracelet winner “unboxing”. Next one we’ll send chew toys too @Surfbum4life ! pic.twitter.com/18MSV17LHs

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 24, 2020

The first three summaries of this series were as follows:

—Events 1-5

—Events 6-12

—Events 13-19

Since 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: $500

Unique players: 627

Reentries: 510

Total entries: 1,137

Prize pool: $511,650

Paid players: 150

Minimum payout: $819

Winner:  Kevin “TheRealKG” Gerhart ($97,571.65)

2^nd place:  Cody Brinn ($60,323.53)

3^rd place:  Jenny Svancara ($41,290.15)

4^th place:  Chris Moorman ($28,601.23)

5^th place:  Adam Jones ($20,210.17)

6^th 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: $777

Unique players: 849

Reentries: 512

Total entries: 1,361

Prize pool: $952,700

Paid players: 206

Minimum payout: $1,048

Winner:  Tony “Panoramic” Dunst ($168,342.09)

2^nd place:  James Pace ($103,939.57)

3^rd place:  Alec Parslow ($72,214.66)

4^th place:  Charles Phillips ($50,778.91)

5^th place:  Krista Gifford ($36,202.60)

6^th place:  Jon Turner ($26,199.25)

Series check list:
1. Make a final table ✅
2. Win a bracelet ✅
3. Slow-roll Matusow ⭕️

Still a week left…

— TonyDunstTV (@tonydunsttv) July 23, 2020

US Event 22: $500 NLHE Turbo Deepstack

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: $500

Unique players: 1,082

Reentries: 497

Total entries: 1,579

Prize pool: $710,550

Paid players: 248

Minimum payout: $711

Winner:  Allan “Treeoflife” Cheung ($120,082.95)

2^nd place:  Myles Kotler ($74,039.31)

3^rd place:  Brian Altman ($53,291.25)

4^th place:  Daniel Buzgon ($37,724.97)

5^th place:  Terrell Cheatham ($28,493.05)

6^th place:  Louie Valderrama ($21,174.39)

7^th place:  Derek Salgals ($15,916.32)

8^th place:  Kara Denning ($12,079.35)

9^th 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: $500

Total players:  1,452

Prize pool: $667,920

Paid players: 207

Minimum payout: $575

Winner:  Raymond “Avant9201” Avant ($95,475.96)

2^nd place:  Scott Epstein ($58,574.19)

3^rd place:  Ryan Torgersen ($42,342.60)

4^th place:  Upeshka De Silva ($30,390.49)

5^th place:  Byung Jun Kim ($22,592.88)

6^th place:  Zachary Grech ($16,895.23)

7^th place:  Dilip Kumar Natarajan ($14,922.56)

8^th place:  Michael O’Brien ($9,495.32)

9^th 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: $400

Unique players: 1,590

Reentries: 818

Total entries:  2,408

Prize pool: $866,880

Paid players: 330

Minimum payout: $694

Winner:  Nick “samadhi” Binger ($133,412.83)

2^nd place:  Ryan Leng ($82,440.28)

3^rd place:  Philip Beesley ($60,161.47)

4^th place:  Ian Waldron ($44,297.56)

5^th place:  Mark Bansemer ($32,941.44)

6^th place:  Norman Michalek ($24,706.08)

7^th place:  Matt Berkey ($18,637.92)

8^th place:  Christian Calcano ($14,216.83)

NICK BINGER WINS 2ND WSOP BRACELET AND $133,413 IN ONLINE EVENT #24 NLH 8-HANDED
Read more and watch rebroadcast of the final table on https://t.co/k6cF9AXBYe pic.twitter.com/zv43I3q0No

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 25, 2020

US Event 25: $500 NLHE Summer Saver

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: $500

Unique players: 1,484

Reentries: 671

Total entries:  2,155

Prize pool: $969,750

Paid players: 330

Minimum payout: $776

Winner:  Nicholas “MrFinalT” Kiley ($149,244.52)

2^nd place:  Guo Liang Chen ($92,223.22)

3^rd place:  Weiyi Mo ($67,300.65)

4^th place:  Stephen Russo ($49,554.22)

5^th place:  Matt Berkey ($36,850.50)

6^th place:  Kevin Calenzo ($27,637.87)

7^th place:  Richard Perrin ($20,849.62)

8^th place:  Michael Policastro ($15,903.90)

9^th 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: $500

Unique players: 1,677

Reentries: 825

Total entries:  2,502

Prize pool: $1,125,900

Paid players: 371

Minimum payout: $788

Winner:  Ethan “RampageP” Yau ($164,493.99)

2^nd place:  Brian Patrick ($101,668.77)

3^rd place:  Mohammad Mufti ($74,647.17)

4^th place:  Blake Whittington ($55,281.69)

5^th place:  David Kim ($41,320.53)

6^th place:  Jason Scott ($31,074.84)

7^th place:  Matt Iles ($23,531.31)

8^th place:  Joon Kim ($18,014.40)

9^th place:  Michael Guzzardi ($13,961.16)

How did we get here… pic.twitter.com/ecp7oYFgTb

— Rampage (@rampagepoker) July 27, 2020

What’s Up Next?

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 Freezeout

July 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)

For complete recaps and live updates of each event, the WSOP and PokerNews websites offer details.

—PokerNews WSOP 2020 Online landing page

—WSOP 2020 Online updates page