WSOP.com Event #22: No Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack

On Wednesday night, the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #22: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack attracted 1,082 players who rebought 497 times. The 1,579-entry field created a $710,550 prize pool and after seven hours of play, Allan "Treeoflife" Cheung claimed the bracelet and $120,082.95 top prize.

To claim victory, Cheung played a patient game at the final table, carefully biding his time with the blinds so high. In fact, he didn't score any eliminations until he made it to heads-up play against Myles "Shipthemoney" Kotler, who four days earlier had finished second in Event #18: $1,000 NLH 8-Handed Turbo Deepstack for $111,955. Unfortunately for Kotler, he was once again denied the bracelet and had to settle for another runner-up finish.

According to WSOP.com, Cheung hails from Little Neck, New York, and had three prior cashes in the online series leading up to his victory. The first was 248th in Event #10: $600 Monster Stack for $1,008, followed by 156th in Event #11: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack 6-Handed for $913. The third came in Event #16: $500 NLH Turbo when he placed 113th for $963.

2020 WSOP Online Event #22 Final Table Results

After Giuseppe "Pantalette" Pantaleo bubbled in 249th place, the in-the-money eliminations came at a fast and furious pace. Among those to go deep but fall short of the final table were Anthony "heheh" Zinno (93rd - $1,065.82), Melisa "NJ_Melisa" Singh (86th - $1,207.93), Erica "huckcheevers" Lindgren (69th - $1,492.15), Robert "bustinballs" Kuhn (40th - $2,415.87), Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu (32nd - $2,913.25), and final table bubble boy Mike "mouth123" Matusow (10th - $7,247.61).

The first casualty of the final table was Robert "Nvrstsfied" Natividad, who lost a race with pocket nines to the ace-queen of Kotler.

Not long after, Kara "theLMT90" Denning got it in good preflop with ace-king against the king-ten of Derek "this1smyvice" Salgals, but the latter flopped the nut straight to send the former out the door in eighth place. Kotler then used an ace-king of his own to dispatch Salgal, who got it all in preflop holding ace-ten.

Louie "pongpong" Valderrama bowed out in sixth place after failing to get there with ace-jack against Daniel "juice" Buzgon's pocket jacks, and then Event #16: $500 NLH Turbo winner Terrell "heezahustla" Cheatham ran ace-nine into Kotler's ace-queen to exit in fifth place.

Buzgon busted in fourth after losing a flip with pocket sevens to Brian "JackBogle" Altman's ace-jack, and then Altman, who had started the final table as the chip leader, followed him out the door in third after flopping deuces and threes against Kotler, who flopped the same two pair but held the better kicker.

Kotler began heads-up play with 41 million to Cheung's 22 million, but the latter managed to double into the lead before closing it out with ace-seven after calling a three-bet jam from Kotler, who had ten-eight suited. An ace on the turn sealed the deal and Cheung laid claim to the gold bracelet.

The next tournament on the schedule – Event #23: $500 NLH Knockout – 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!

With blinds at 300,000/600,000/75,000, Brian "JackBogle" Altman opened under the gun for 1,200,000 and then called Daniel "juice" Buzgon's 8,686,438 three-bet jam from the small blind.

Daniel "juice" Buzgon:   
Brian "JackBogle" Altman:   

Buzgon was racing for his tournament life and Altman took the lead after the     flop paired his ace.

The   turn was no help to Buzgon nor was the   river ending his tournament in fourth place.

Brian "JackBogle" Altman	25,408,450	6,228,661
Daniel "juice" Buzgon	0	-9,975,583

With the blinds at 250,000/500,000/62,500, Daniel "juice" Buzgon moved all in under the gun for 6,759,376 and Louie "pongpong" Valderrama called off for 2,591,207 from the big blind.

Louie "pongpong" Valderrama:   
Daniel "juice" Buzgon:   

The board ran out       and Valderrama failed to get there to bust in sixth place.

Daniel "juice" Buzgon	9,975,583	6,593,395
Louie "pongpong" Valderrama	0	-8,031,207

With blinds at 200,000/400,000/50,000, Derek "this1smyvice" Salgals open-jammed for 2,246,920 from early position and Kara "theLMT90" Denning called off her 1,765,822 stack from the cutoff.

Kara "theLMT90" Denning:   
Derek "this1smyvice" Salgals:   

Salgals was dominated until the     flop appeared giving him the straight.

The   turn didn't change at thing nor did the   river ending Denning's tournament in eighth place.

Derek "this1smyvice" Salgals	5,012,722	2,585,802
Kara "theLMT90" Denning	0	-2,424,802

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Brunson was already phasing out his tournament play, having cashed precisely zero times that summer and just three times in the previous two combined, although one had resulted in a bracelet victory.

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With blinds at 160,000/320,000/40,000, Brian "JackBogle" Altman opened for 640,000 from the cutoff and then called Mike "mouth123" Matusow's 3,921,414 three-bet jam from the small blind.

Brian "JackBogle" Altman :   
Mike "mouth123" Matusow:   

Matusow was ahead until the     flop appeared giving Altman the nuts.

The board completed with the   on the turn followed by the   on the river making Matusow the final table bubble boy.

Brian "JackBogle" Altman	19,179,789	3,761,414
Mike "mouth123" Matusow	0	-2,795,602

With the blinds at 160,000/320,000/40,000, Brian "JackBogle" Altman raised to 725,000 from the hijack and then called when "AgioKosta" three-bet all in for 943,652 from the small blind.

"AgioKosta":   
Brian "JackBogle" Altman:   

The board ran out       and Altman rivered jacks to score the knockout.

Brian "JackBogle" Altman	15,418,375	1,463,652
AgioKosta	0	-1,359,326

With the blinds at 140,000/280,000/35,000, Calvin "projector52" Anderson moved all in for 1,322,227 from the hijack and Terrell "heezahustla" Cheatham moved all in over the top from the cutoff for 2,399,469. The rest of the players folded and the hands were turned up.

Terrell "heezahustla" Cheatham:   
Calvin "projector52" Anderson:   

The board ran out       and Cheatham improved to a flush to send Anderson out in 13th place.

Terrell "heezahustla" Cheatham	4,666,696	749,727
Calvin "projector52" Anderson	0	-1,576,900

With blinds at 120,000/240,000/30,000, Ketan "masaverake" Pandya open-jammed for 2,121,903 from early position and was called by Brian "JackBogle" Altman from the small blind.

Brian "JackBogle" Altman:   
Ketan "masaverake" Pandya:   

Pandya was dominated and things got worse after the     flop paired Altman's king.

The   turn left Pandya drawing dead and the   river ended his night in 15th place.

Brian "JackBogle" Altman	10,145,723	2,541,903
Ketan "masaverake" Pandya	0	-2,150,679