WSOP.com Event #8: No Limit Hold'em Freezeout

On Wednesday night, the 2020 WSOP Online Event #8: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout attracted a whopping 1,479 players to generate an $665,550 prize pool.

After eleven and a half hours of play, it was Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring emerging victorious to capture his first bracelet and $119,399.67 first-place prize.

Goehring is no stranger to the poker world as he has a long list of accomplishments dating back to 1997 in which he has accumulated $5,346,961 in career earnings.

His two largest cashes came after winning two World Poker Tour titles (2003 $25,000 WPT Championship for $1,011,886 and the $10,000 2006 LAPC Championship Event for $2,391,550) but for Goehring, this may be the most important win of his career, as his last closest opportunity at WSOP gold came in 1999 when he was runner-up to Noel Furlong in the WSOP Main Event.

2020 WSOP Event #8 Final Table Results

After "Debaser" bubbled in 208th place, the in-the-money eliminations came at a steady pace. Among the notables to cash were Phil "lumestackin" Hellmuth (109th - $931.77), Kevin "ImaLuckSac" MacPhee (93rd - $1,703.73), Anthony "nowb3atthat" Spinella (75th - $1,331.10), Daniel "centrfieldr" Lupo (62nd - $1,730.43), Ryan "Adopt_aDogg0" Leng (45th - $2,395.98), Don "banhmi" Nguyen (33rd - $2,861.86), Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen (14th - $5,457.51), Steve "gborooo" Gross (11th - $6,921.72), and Matthew "MartyCohen" Weiss (10th - $6,921.72).

Final Table Action

Randy "StayAlive" Ohel began the final table as the chip leader, while Louie Anthony "xILoUieIx" Torres and Scott "miamicane" Davies were the two short stacks. Not surprisingly, they were the first two to go before Timothy "aceviper" Sterns followed them out the door in seventh place after he flopped top-pair only to be rivered by Robert "bustinballs" Kuhn's straight.

Drew "dudeguydrew" O'Connell then bowed out in sixth place when he failed to spike his over holding ace-eight against eventual champ Goehring's pocket eights.

Brendan "clembutt" Torrejon was the next victim to fall as their ace-queen was no match of Ohel's ace-king.

Once four-handed action started, Goehring held almost half of the chips in play and two bracelet winners quickly took their exits as Kuhn ran into Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb's hooks to leave in fourth place while Ohel left in third after he was out-kicked by Goehring.

The heads-up battle started with both players holding even stacks but the match only lasted a few hands after Gottlieb flopped the straight holding king-nine off only to have it flushed by Goehring's ace-three of clubs on the turn and Gottlieb took his exit in second place for $99,708.77.

The next tournament on the schedule – Event #9: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed – will take place at 3 p.m. PDT on Thursday. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will once again be reporting all the action, so be sure to tune in then to see who captures the next 2020 WSOP bracelet!

Randy "StayAlive" Ohel raised to 560,000 from the button, Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring called in the small blind, and Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb called in the big blind.

Action checked to Ohel on a     flop, and he bet 800,000. Goehring check-raised to 2,160,000, and Gottlieb folded. Ohel tanked for a bit before three-bet shoving for 4,083,186, and Goehring quickly called.

Randy "StayAlive" Ohel:   
Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring:   

Ohel, the final WSOP Bracelet winner left in the field, needed an eight to stay alive, and the   turn presented him with chop outs as well. The   river was a brick, and Goehring takes a roughly 2:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Gottlieb.

Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring	18,147,226	3,863,186
Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb	11,432,774	175,000
Randy "StayAlive" Ohel	0	-5,998,186

Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring opened for 560,000 on the button and then called Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb's 1,850,000 three-bet from the big blind.

The flop came    , Gottlieb lead out for 2,200,000 before calling Goehring's all in raise of 5,152,020.

Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb:   
Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring:   

Goehring was ahead after flopping a set but the   turn gave Gottlieb the flush.

Goehring needed the board to pair and his prayer was answered as the   came on the river to secure his massive double-up

Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring	14,284,040	5,952,020
Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb	7,219,752	-1,146,134

Action on the table folded around to Robert "bustinballs" Kuhn who raised all in for 8,594,759 from the small blind and Timothy "aceviper" Stearns called for less from the big blind holding 1,111,520 from the big blind.

Timothy "aceviper" Stearns:   
Robert "bustinballs" Kuhn:   

Stearns held the better hand and connected with the     flop but it also gave Kuhn the straight draw.

The   turn added more outs to Kuhn's hand and the   river completed his straight to send Stears out in seventh place.

Robert "bustinballs" Kuhn	9,881,279	811,520
"aceviper"	0	-1,631,460

In the final hand before the final table was reached, Steve "gborooo" Gross jammed roughly 1.5 million with   , and Matthew "MartyCohen" Weiss called off for just a few chips less with   .

Randy "StayAlive" Ohel was lurking in the big blind with   , however, and he would end up with a set to send the final nine players to the final table.

Randy "StayAlive" Ohel	7,706,459	5,059,299
Steve "gborooo" Gross	0	-3,639,022
Matthew "MartyCohen" Weiss	0	-1,439,577

Jeffrey "bortzork" Miller open-jammed under the gun for 183,285 and Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring,. Action was on Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb who gave Miller isolation after he came over the top for 1,975,960 on the button.

Jeffrey "bortzork" Miller:   
Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb:   

Miller was dominated and didn't find any luck with the       runout ending his tournament in 12th place.

Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring	4,368,444	1,735,367
Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb	2,612,530	-144,180
Jeffrey "bortzork" Miller	0	-1,641,879