Friday, July 31, 2020 9:15 PM Local Time
Yeh Gets Turned by Avery Ending His Tournament
Action folded around to Evan "RackStar" Avery raised to 28,000 from the cutoff and then called Philip "tomte" Yeh's 59,343 three-bet jam from the small blind.
Philip "tomte" Yeh:
Evan "RackStar" Avery:
Yeh had Avery dominated and nothing changed after the flop.
The tables turned once the appeared on the turn giving Avery two-pair as Yeh needed a ace, king or jack on the river to stay alive.
| Evan "RackStar" Avery | 305,713 | |
| Philip "tomte" Yeh | 0 | -112,287  |
Friday, July 31, 2020 9:10 PM Local Time
Goodbye, Sweet Prince
| Allen "chainsaw" Kessler | 0 | -20,000 |
Friday, July 31, 2020 9:07 PM Local Time
Want to Compete for a 2020 GGPoker Online WSOP Bracelet? Here's How to Do It
Friday, July 31, 2020 8:59 PM Local Time
Six-Time Ring Winner Bubbles
Action folded to Max "Mawkswell" Young who raised to 13,434 from late position and Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva three-bet to 38,880 from the button.
Action folded back around to Young who jammed for 234,068 and De Silva snap-called.
Max "Mawkswell" Young:
Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva:
Young was behind and nothing changed after the flop.
The turn gave Young more outs with the nut flush draw as any diamond or ace would win him the hand.
Unfortunately for Young, a third king fell on the river improving De Silva's hand to a full house and the six-time ring winner exited the tournament on the money bubble.
Six-Time Ring Winner Bubbles | Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva | 545,290 | 328,475  |
| Max "Mawkswell" Young | 0 | -240,000 |
Friday, July 31, 2020 8:40 PM Local Time
Hand-for-Hand Play Begins
With 332 players remaining, just two more need to leave empty-handed before the money is made. As such, hand-for-hand play has begun. Stay tuned to see who secures a payday and who comes up short.
Friday, July 31, 2020 8:39 PM Local Time
Current Top 10 Stacks
| Chelsea "wubalubadubb" Bowden | 652,931 | |
| Ryan "protential" Laplante | 602,089 | 374,275 |
| machine1963 | 518,065 | 403,697 |
| calldawg | 491,914 | |
| homerlimpsin | 457,483 | |
| Arian "4632647" Stolt | 381,761 | |
| Michael "Abaummm" Altbaum | 369,804 | |
| Bryan "Pellepelle" Piccioli [Bryan "Pellepelle" Piccoli] | 364,394 | |
| Louie "pongpong" Valderrama | 338,766 | |
Friday, July 31, 2020 8:36 PM Local Time
Alfa Wins Big With Ladies
Dave "DunningKrugr" Alfa raised to 10,000 from early position and was called by "ImTheBest" from the small blind along with "SmokeFace710" from the big blind.
The flop was checked to Alfa who continued for 10,025 and "ImTheBest" raised all in for 98,114.
"SmokeFace710" mucked their hand while Alfa called off his 72,114 stack and the two players tabled their hands.
"ImTheBest":
Dave "DunningKrugr" Alfa:
Both players flopped a set but Alfa held the better one and neither the turn nor the river changed a thing and Alfa collected his double up.
Alfa Flops the Better Set for a Double Up| Dave "DunningKrugr" Alfa | 178,228 | 178,228 |
Friday, July 31, 2020 8:36 PM Local Time
2020 WSOP Online Recap Show - Interview with Phil Hellmuth
Friday, July 31, 2020 8:27 PM Local Time
Another Round of Bustouts
| Ryan "Joeyisamush" Depaulo | 0 | -34,127 |
| Conrad "iamnotblack" Simpson | 0 | -35,702 |
| Mike "michaelreis" Reis | 0 | |
| Melisa Singh | 0 | -45,628 |
| Roland "prngls12" Israelashvili | 0 | |
| Lena "helixpoker" Evans | 0 | |
| Greg "FossilMan" Raymer | 0 | 0 |
| Darren "darrenelias" Elias | 0 | 0 |
| Tim "married" Begley | 0 | -246,854 |
| Steve "Blewjobbb" Sarmiento | 0 | |
| Owais "oerockets" Ahmed | 0 | -29,619 |
| Matt "RubberFist" Stout | 0 | -105,480 |
| Lauren "sycamore22" Roberts | 0 | -240,643 |
| Clayton "clayfletch" Fletcher | 0 | |
| Benjamin "pr0spector88" Palmer | 0 | |
| Shannon "aulophobia" Shorr | 0 | -21,676 |
| Calvin "projector52" Anderson | 0 | -28,673 |
| Aaron "FrankDux" Massey | 0 | |
| Jordan "HFNeon" Spurlin | 0 | |
| Nipun "Addicted2win" Ajmani | 0 | |
| Michael "ParxBigStax" Marder | 0 | |
| Brett "Metanemesis" Apter | 0 | -26,587 |
| Jorden "mookmook" Helstern | 0 | -20,000 |
| Jonas "dogfacedboy" Wexler | 0 | -44,069 |
| Anthony "flawlessbink" Maio | 0 | |
| Alex "rip_neiko" Rocha | 0 | |
| Jason "haderade" Somerville | 0 | |
| Adam "PHsGoldShoes" Hendrix | 0 | |
| Gordon "veilleux" Vayo | 0 | |
| Mike "pierogi" Ziemba | 0 | -38,976 |
| Pat "ichiikawawa" Lyons | 0 | |
| Dan "pepperprince" Zack | 0 | |
| Randy "StayAlive" Ohel | 0 | |
| Vinny "brownmagic" Pahuja | 0 | |
| Weiyi "wymoney" Mo | 0 | |
| Ralph "sosana" Perry | 0 | |
| Mike "THICC" Del Vecchio | 0 | |
| Jesse "MrJesseJames" Sylvia | 0 | |
Friday, July 31, 2020 8:21 PM Local Time
Elias Hooked by Walters
Darren "darrenelias" Elias raised all in for 87,349 from early position and Joseph "ShoeGoat" Walters called from the cutoff.
Darren "darrenelias" Elias:
Joseph "ShoeGoat" Walters:
Elias was in rough shape and couldn't find a set with the runout ending his tournament.
| Joseph "ShoeGoat" Walters | 296,777 | |
| Darren "darrenelias" Elias | 0 | -70,000 |
Friday, July 31, 2020 8:19 PM Local Time
Be Sure to Tune Into Our Coverage of the 2020 WSOP on GGPoker
WSOP GGpoker
From July 1st to September 6th, 85 WSOP gold bracelets are up for grabs on the digital felt across two different clients: WSOP.com and GG Poker.
WSOP.com will kick off the action with a daily series running from July 1-31, accessible to those only in Nevada and New Jersey. Meanwhile, GGPoker's schedule, offering a whopping 54 bracelet events, will start on July 19 and run all the way through to September 6.
Recently, PokerNews compiled a comprehensive guide about everything you need to know for the GGPoker bracelet events, which you can read here.
Click here to read the PokerNews WSOP GGPoker Updates
Here's a look at the upcoming schedule:
GGPoker WSOP 2020 Online Schedule
| *Date | ET | GMT | | Buy-in | Note* | |
| 01 August 2020 | 08:00 | 12:00 | Event #15: $500 Deepstack No Limit Hold'em | $500 | Asia Time Zone | |
| 02 August 2020 | 08:00 | 12:00 | Event #16: $1,000 Short Deck No Limit Hold'em | $1,000 | Asia Time Zone | |
| 02 August 2020 | 14:30 | 18:30 | Event #17: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER [Day 2], $5M GTD, $1M to 1st | $1,500 | 3-Day Event, 1-RE Flights | |
| 02 August 2020 | 16:00 | 20:00 | Event #18: $500 Turbo Deepstack No Limit Hold'em | $500 | | |
| 04 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #19: $2,100 No Limit Hold'em Bounty Championship | $2,100 | | |
| 05 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #20: $400 Pot Limit Omaha | $400 | | |
| 06 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #21: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em | $1,000 | | |
| 08 August 2020 | 08:00 | 12:00 | Event #22: $800 Double Stack Pot Limit Omaha | $800 | Asia Time Zone | |
| 08 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #23: $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship [No Late Reg, 128 Cap] | $10,000 | 2-Day Event, Freezeout | |
| 09 August 2020 | 08:00 | 12:00 | Event #24: HK$8,000 No Limit Hold'em Asia Championship [Final Day], HK$8M GTD | HK$ 8,000 | 2-Day Event, 1-RE Flights | |
| 09 August 2020 | 13:00 | 17:00 | Event #25: $1,500 GGMasters WSOP Edition [Freezeout], $1M GTD | $1,500 | Freezeout | |
| 09 August 2020 | 13:00 | 17:00 | Event #26: $150 GGMasters WSOP Edition [Freezeout], $1M GTD | $1,500 | Freezeout | |
| 11 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #27: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship | $5,000 | | |
| 12 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #28: $2,500 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em | $2,500 | | |
| 13 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #29: $525 Bounty No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | $525 | | |
| 15 August 2020 | 08:00 | 12:00 | Event #30: $300 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | $300 | Asia Time Zone | |
| 16 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #31: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha | $1,500 | | |
| 16 August 2020 | 14:30 | 18:30 | Event #32: $500 Mini Main Event [Final Day], $5M GTD | $500 | 2-Day Event, 1-RE Flights | |
| 16 August 2020 | 16:00 | 20:00 | Event #33: $840 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em | $840 | | |
| 18 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #34: $600 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship | $600 | | |
| 19 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #35: $800 Pot Limit Omaha | $800 | | |
| 20 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #36: $500 Limit Hold'em | $500 | | |
| 22 August 2020 | 08:00 | 12:00 | Event #37: $500 Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em | $500 | Asia Time Zone | |
| 23 August 2020 | 08:00 | 12:00 | Event #38: $1,500 Marathon No Limit Hold'em | $1,500 | Asia Time Zone | |
| 23 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #39: $25,000 NLH POKER PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, $10M GTD | $25,000 | 2-Day Event | |
| 23 August 2020 | 14:30 | 18:30 | Event #40: BIG 50 [Final Day], $1M GTD | $50 | 2-Day Event, 1-RE Flights | |
| 25 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #41: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Championship | $1,500 | | |
| 26 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #42: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | $1,000 | | |
| 27 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #43: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha | $1,500 | | |
| 29 August 2020 | 08:00 | 12:00 | Event #44: $300 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em | $300 | Asia Time Zone | |
| 30 August 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #45: $400 FORTY STACK No Limit Hold'em | $400 | | |
| 30 August 2020 | 14:30 | 18:30 | Event #46: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event [Day 2], $25M GTD | $5,000 | 3-Day Event, Feezeout Flights | |
| 30 August 2020 | 16:00 | 20:00 | Event #47: $1,000 Turbo No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | $1,000 | | |
| 01 September 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #48: People's Choice Event [Most Popular] | TBA | TBA by Vote | |
| 02 September 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #49: People's Choice Event [Pros Vote] | TBA | TBA by Vote | |
| 03 September 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #50: People's Choice Event [Spin the Wheel] | TBA | TBA by Vote | |
| 05 September 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #51: $1,050 Beat the Pros [Bounty] | $1,050 | | |
| 06 September 2020 | 14:00 | 18:00 | Event #52: $10K WSOP Super MILLION$, $5M GTD | $10,000 | 2-Day Event | |
| 06 September 2020 | 14:30 | 18:30 | Event #53: $100 WSOP MILLION$ [Final Day], $2M GTD | $100 | 2-Day Event, 1-RE Flights | |
| 06 September 2020 | 16:00 | 20:00 | Event #54: $500 The Closer [LAST CHANCE] | $500 | | |
Friday, July 31, 2020 8:18 PM Local Time
Raymer Flushed by Calenzo
Kevin "SpecialK333" Calenzo raised from the hijack and then called Greg "FossilMan" Raymer's 66,330 three-bet jam from the small blind.
Greg "FossilMan" Raymer:
Kevin "SpecialK333" Calenzo:
Raymer was dominated and he didn't like the flop that took away one of his outs.
The turn didn't change a thing as Raymer needed a non diamond six to stay alive.
Unfortunately for Raymer, the river completed Calenzo's flush and eliminated him from the tournament.
| Kevin "SpecialK333" Calenzo | 291,362 | |
| Greg "FossilMan" Raymer | 0 | |
Friday, July 31, 2020 8:08 PM Local Time
MacPhee Falls to Quad Eights
Brian "pure_reason" Wood raised to 6,800 from under the gun and Kevin "ImaLuckSac" MacPhee three-bet jammed for 21,198 from the late position.
Action folded around to "Syracuseball" who came over the top for 51,821 from the big blind and Wood called putting both players at risk.
"Syracuseball":
Brian "pure_reason" Wood:
Kevin "ImaLuckSac" MacPhee:
MacPhee was ahead until the flop appeared giving "Syracuseball" quad eights.
The turn left MacPhee drawing dead and he hit the rail after the completed the board on the river.
MacPhee Falls to Quad Eights | Brian "pure_reason" Wood | 90,235 | 90,235 |
| Kevin "ImaLuckSac" MacPhee | 0 | 0 |
Friday, July 31, 2020 8:06 PM Local Time
A Round of Chip Counts
| Matt "berkey11_s4y" Berkey | 283,957 | |
| Tim "married" Begley | 246,854 | |
| Lauren "sycamore22" Roberts | 240,643 | |
| Ryan "protential" Laplante | 227,814 | |
| Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva | 216,815 | |
| Anthony "heheh" Zinno | 208,480 | 181,478 |
| James "meatsweats" Carroll | 200,444 | 82,084 |
| Eric "circleball" Baldwin | 190,469 | 105,975 |
| Christian "0V0X0" Harder | 175,708 | 6,468 |
| Erica "huckcheevers" Lindgren | 169,982 | |
| Farid "GatoVolador" Jattin | 163,711 | 34,718 |
| Israel "isracolang" Colangelo | 154,882 | 130,502 |
| Bryan "Pellepelle" Piccioli | 154,801 | |
| Nick "samadhi" Binger | 150,135 | 46,098 |
| Max "Mawkswell" Young | 143,572 | |
| Chris "camdi" Ferguson | 133,874 | |
| Matt "Nitr0" Affleck | 126,038 | 106,038 |
| Shankar "burgersssss" Pillai | 125,543 | |
| Phil "lumestackin" Hellmuth | 123,940 | 92,820 |
| Ian "ApokerJoker2" Steinman | 121,064 | 101,064 |
| William "SlaweelRyam" Romaine | 115,000 | |
| Philip "tomte" Yeh | 112,287 | |
| Ryan "GoFeltaFish2" Eriquezzo | 111,446 | 90,226 |
| Matt "RubberFist" Stout | 105,480 | 71,866 |
| Brian "JackBogle" Altman | 104,137 | |
Friday, July 31, 2020 7:57 PM Local Time
King Loses Race to Harder
Action on the table folded around to Christian "0V0X0" Harder who raised all in for 138,584 from the button and Christopher "lionfsssh" King called off his 26,744 stack from the big blind.
Christian "0V0X0" Harder:
Christopher "lionfsssh" King:
King was ahead with his made hand until an ace appeared in the window on the flop.
The turn was no help for King as he was looking for a ten to drop but the completed the board on the river and ended his tournament.
| Christian "0V0X0" Harder | 169,240 | 106,672 |
| Christopher "lionfsssh" King | 0 | |
Friday, July 31, 2020 7:40 PM Local Time
A Look at 2020 WSOP $100K Leaderboard
2020 WSOP Leaderboard
Remember, the WSOP.com portion of the 2020 World Series of Poker online events has a $100,000 Leaderboard.
They're running a $100,000 Leaderboard attached to the Online Bracelets that are running every day in July. The leaderboard will pay out the top 50 players. Climb your way to the top to win a share of the $100,000 in cash prize money.
That leaderboard will be determined upon the conclusion of this event. Here's a look at the rankings as seen on WSOP.com on 7/31/20:
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|
| 1 | Ian "APokerJoker2" Steinman | 3,119.75 |
| 2 | Ryan "Im.Sorry" Torgersen | 3,044.82 |
| 3 | Robert "bustinballs" Kuhn | 2,954.67 |
| 4 | Philip "tomte" Yeh | 2,640.41 |
| 5 | Roland "prngls12" Israelashvili | 2,578.79 |
| 6 | William "SlaweelRyam" Romaine | 2,573.85 |
| 7 | Tony "Panoramic" Dunst | 2,483.61 |
| 8 | Jonathan "Art.Vandelay" Dokler | 2,403.33 |
| 9 | Ryan "Adopt_aDogg0" Leng | 2,389.88 |
| 10 | Joe "fanofdapoker" McKeehen | 2,379.37 |
*The Seniors Event is excluded from the leaderboard
Click here for a look at the full points leaderboard
Friday, July 31, 2020 7:37 PM Local Time
Event #15 Champ Guy "PhilLaak: Dunlap Falls
Zachary "Lovepuddle" Schwartz moved all in for 26,842 from the button and Guy "PhilLaak" Dunlap, whotwo weeks ago won Event #15: $1,000 PLO 8-Max for $133,780, called off for 9,451 from the small blind. Nikolaos "Top5DOA" Platis then called out of the big blind to put both players at risk.
Nikolaos "Top5DOA" Platis:
Zachary "Lovepuddle" Schwartz:
Guy "PhilLaak" Dunlap:
The flop gave Platis a hammerlock on the hand, but the turn did give Schwartz a flush draw. the river proved to be a brick and Platis scored the double elimination.
| Nikolaos "Top5DOA" Platis | 94,123 | |
| Guy "PhilLaak" Dunlap | 0 | |
| Zachary "Lovepuddle" Schwartz | 0 | |
Friday, July 31, 2020 7:32 PM Local Time
Hellmuth Cracks Pantaleo's Kings for Double
Giuseppe "Pantalette" Pantaleo raised all in for 20,993 from the cutoff and action folded to Phil "lumestackin" Hellmuth who called off his 13,880 stack from the big blind.
Phil "lumestackin" Hellmuth:
Giuseppe "Pantalette" Pantaleo:
Hellmuth was way behind but found a lady with the flop.
The turn was a sigh of relief for Hellmuth as it gave him the lead with two-pair and the river secured his double up.
| Phil "lumestackin" Hellmuth | 31,120 | 21,020 |
| Giuseppe "Pantalette" Pantaleo | 7,133 | |
Friday, July 31, 2020 7:28 PM Local Time
Torgersen, Platt & Negreanu Among Latest Batch of Eliminations
| Darren "avocadotoast" Rabinowitz | 0 | -20,000 |
| Terry "mrterry007" Fleischer | 0 | |
| Mike "mouth123" Matusow | 0 | |
| Alan "MossadShark" Sternberg | 0 | |
| Yueqi "anoob" Zhu | 0 | -20,858 |
| Katie "katelin" Lindsay | 0 | |
| Ricky "ratedGTO" Guan | 0 | |
| Blake "ShamPainPopn" Whittington | 0 | |
| Timothy "timtams" Su | 0 | -32,614 |
| Mark "DomCapters" Darner | 0 | |
| Darryll "passtheshuga" Fish | 0 | |
| Robert "bustinballs" Kuhn | 0 | -21,344 |
| Eric "bill_luga" Blair | 0 | |
| David "Twizzlers" Prociak | 0 | |
| Daniel "juice" Buzgon | 0 | -20,000 |
| Sergei "Copone" Kislinskii | 0 | -20,000 |
| Nipun "javatini" Java | 0 | -28,143 |
| Kami "loco4coco" Hudson | 0 | |
| Ryan "Toosick" Tosoc | 0 | |
| Michael "miw210x" Wang | 0 | -20,000 |
| Joe "melonhead" Bartholdi | 0 | -21,927 |
| Rory "peeeeeeeeeno" Brown | 0 | -106,662 |
| Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu | 0 | -21,910 |
| Ryan "adopt_adogg0" Leng | 0 | |
| Mike "mkspresident" Shin | 0 | 0 |
| Ari "philIvey" Engel | 0 | -20,000 |
| Matt "Bodeyster" Bode | 0 | |
| Michael "SnuggleFish" Alfred | 0 | |
| Jason "LUCKDUCK" Lawhun | 0 | |
| Gene "Kaykook" Quinn | 0 | |
| Louis "king_tubby" Salter | 0 | |
| Mark "NostraDonkus" Liedtke | 0 | 0 |
| Scott "BudLightLime" Hempel | 0 | |
| Krista "Pollux" Gifford | 0 | -20,000 |
| Zachary "MagicConch" Gruneberg | 0 | |
| Jeff "mavsusc" Platt | 0 | |
| Jeremy "TheKid101" Pekarek | 0 | -20,000 |
| Matthew "mendey" Mendez | 0 | |
| Michael "annie_r_u_ok" Trivett | 0 | -30,940 |
| Scott "miamicane" Davies | 0 | -20,000 |
| John Allan "beastro" Hinds | 0 | |
| Nick "Duckflush" Pupillo | 0 | |
| Ryan "im.sorry" Torgersen | 0 | |
| Megan "wolverine17" Milburn | 0 | |
| David "dehhhhh" Coleman | 0 | |
| Julian "julian" Parmann | 0 | -20,900 |