Thursday, July 23, 2020 9:21 PM Local Time
GGPoker Launches Day 2 Staking in Time for 2020 WSOP Online
WSOP on GGpoker
The innovative staking feature on GGPoker just got even better in time for the 2020 WSOP Online. Poker fans and players can now buy a piece of their favourite player's action or sell their own should they survive Day 1 of phased tournaments.
It makes railing players in the 2020 WSOP Online even more exciting, as they close in on a share of some HUGE guarantees as part of the schedule.
Here's everything you need to know about staking on GGPoker
Thursday, July 23, 2020 9:19 PM Local Time
Prize Pool Finalized
A few more entries fired at the last second, and in total, 971 were logged. That means a prize pool of 971,000, with half of that coming to bounty hunters who score knockouts.
A total of 134 players will be paid, with the bracelet winner collecting $79,896 plus a heap of bounty money. A min-cash in 134th will be worth $1,196. Check the "Payout" tab for full prize information shortly.
Thursday, July 23, 2020 8:57 PM Local Time
Break and the End of Registration
Registration for Event #37 will close at the end of the current break. Currently, 961 entries are logged, leaving the prize pool just a bit shy of $1 million.
Thursday, July 23, 2020 8:53 PM Local Time
"ElkY" Out of Chances
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier managed to triple up his crumbs but then stuck the last 20,000 in the next hand with . He was behind the of "Yunaa" and the latter hand prevailed on the board.
As that was ElkY's third shell, he's finished for this particular event.
| Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | 0 | -30,000  |
Thursday, July 23, 2020 8:48 PM Local Time
Bountiful Play for De Souza
While no longer the chip leader, Belarmino "Iseey0urcard" De Souza has nearly $2K in bounties to his credit after adding a double knockout. Three players were all in preflop with De Souza holding against and .
The board gave De Souza winning two pair.
| Belarmino "Iseey0urcard" De Souza | 247,000 | 27,000  |
Thursday, July 23, 2020 8:40 PM Local Time
Chen on Crumbs
Pete "TurboPete" Chen raised to 4,800 in the small blind and "Fructu" called in the big. Chen potted for 9,600 on and then piled the last 24,415 on the . Fructu quickly called with for the nuts, and Chen was stone dead with .
| Pete "TurboPete" Chen | 6,000 | -77,000 |
Thursday, July 23, 2020 8:34 PM Local Time
Jattin on the Rise
Farid Jattin's second shell is going very well as he's up to almost 200,000 after a recent knockout. Michael Drummond opened for 3,600 in the cutoff, Jattin made it 11,800 in the big blind, and Drummond came back with 34,800. Jattin called and put the last crumbs in on .
Jattin:
Drummond:
Jattin was a mile ahead but did have to sweat the river when the turned. It was a harmless that arrived though.
| Farid Jattin | 199,000 | 41,000 |
Thursday, July 23, 2020 8:28 PM Local Time
Kaiser Waits for the Turn
"jochee" opened for 2,400 second to act and called a three-bet to 9,000 from Ronny Kaiser on the button. The flop checked through to the . jochee led small with 10,800 but folded to a big raise from Kaiser to 65,268.
| Ronny Kaiser | 200,000 | 113,400 |
Thursday, July 23, 2020 8:20 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
| Mike Watson | 64,000 | 29,000 |
| Mike "GoJiGo" Leah | 63,000 | 51,400 |
| Gavin Cochrane | 54,300 | 54,300 |
| Javier "drilling" Zarco | 48,000 | |
| Thomas Muehloecker | 47,000 | |
| Mikhail Semin | 44,700 | 10,700 |
| Dario Alioto | 44,600 | 19,600 |
| Chris Hunichen | 40,100 | 25,100 |
| Felipe Ramos | 32,200 | 32,200 |
| Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Thursday, July 23, 2020 8:16 PM Local Time
De Souza Still on Top
| Belarmino "Iseey0urcard" De Souza | 220,000 | -87,000 |
| Sorel Mizzi | 185,000 | 110,000 |
| Farid Jattin | 158,000 | 158,000 |
| Sergi Reixach | 97,300 | -8,700 |
| Ami Barer | 91,500 | 91,500 |
| Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker | 77,000 | |
| Joao Vieira | 69,000 | 69,000 |
| Dario Sammartino | 68,000 | |
Thursday, July 23, 2020 8:13 PM Local Time
KO for Kaiser
We didn't see when all the chips went in, but Ronny Kaiser was in fantastic shape with on an board against a player holding . The turn and river failed to crack Kaiser's set, and he scored a knockout.
Thursday, July 23, 2020 7:56 PM Local Time
Six Figures for Eibinger
Four players went to for a min-raise and "mothernight" potted for 6,800. Matthias Eibinger potted from their left on the button and mothernight jammed for 48,200.
mothernight:
Eibinger:
It was a bad spot for mothernight but they still had some outs. The and didn't quite bring enough and Eibinger added to his bounty collection.
| Matthias Eibinger | 103,000 | 38,000 |
Thursday, July 23, 2020 7:53 PM Local Time
WSOP Legend: 10-Time Bracelet Winner Phil Ivey
Few poker players have captured the attention of the poker universe quite like Phil Ivey. There have been plenty of champions of the game who crushed it at the felt, but none who built up the mystique of Ivey, who remains to this day arguably the most magnetic player in poker despite results that no longer match his days of utmost dominance.
A day after the anniversary of Ivey's induction into the Poker Hall of Fame, PokerNews examines the legacy of his WSOP success.
Ivey Takes WSOP By Storm
Prior to 2000, Ivey didn't have any recorded WSOP cashes.
The 23-year-old didn't waste any time establishing himself as one of the top up-and-coming players. That year, after already making one final table and finishing fifth, Ivey secured his first bracelet. He beat none other than fellow Hall of Famer Amarillo Slim Preston heads up to win Event #14: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, a rebuy event, for his first bracelet and $195,000. Three other Hall of Famers — Chris Bjorin, Phil Hellmuth and David "Devilfish" Ulliott — also competed at that final table, so shipping it was about more than just getting his first taste of gold. Ivey showed he could beat the best in the business.
Two years after that, though, would be when Ivey really showed he was the present and future of the game.
Want to read more? Check out Ivey's full WSOP story right here
Thursday, July 23, 2020 7:52 PM Local Time
Winter is Coming
Sean Winter potted second to act and got multiple callers before Ronny Kaiser made it 16,800 in the big blind. Winter repotted to 58,800, "Ham Sandwich" shoved for 81,274, Kaiser called all in for 9,450 more and Winter did the same for 22,474.
Winter:
Kaiser:
Ham Sandwich:
The board ran and Winter and Kaiser each played tens and eights. Winter has a pile of chips now while Kaiser has a little under two starting stacks.
| Sean Winter | 155,000 | 155,000 |
Thursday, July 23, 2020 7:45 PM Local Time
Under the Starting Stack
These regs have yet to get off the ground, and most are on more than one bullet.
| Jesus Cortes | 22,600 | 22,600 |
| Andreas Torbergsen | 22,500 | 22,500 |
| Carter Swidler | 22,200 | 22,200 |
| Martijn "visacard" Gerrits | 16,000 | |
| Markus "_PrinzOfDTO_" Prinz | 16,000 | |
| Alex Foxen | 13,100 | |
| Cliff "LampShade" Josephy | 12,000 | |
Thursday, July 23, 2020 7:25 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
| Chi "ICalluDown" Nguyen | 166,000 | |
| Sergi Reixach | 106,000 | 44,000 |
| Alex "rubbherducky" Difelice | 102,000 | 45,000 |
| Pete "TurboPete" Chen | 83,000 | 52,000 |
| Sorel Mizzi | 75,000 | |
| David Miscikowski | 73,000 | |
Thursday, July 23, 2020 7:24 PM Local Time
Everything You Need to Know to Compete for a 2020 GGPoker Online WSOP Bracelet
The 2020 Online World Series of Poker on GGPoker is underway! From July 19th to September 6th, 85 WSOP gold bracelets are up for grabs on GG Poker. GGPoker's schedule offers a whopping 54 bracelet events in the upcoming month and a half.
PokerNews has compiled a comprehensive guide about everything you need to know in order to compete for the coveted prizes on the poker client. Follow the link below for a detailed description or check out Sarah Herring's video above to have all your questions answered.
Click here for more information
Thursday, July 23, 2020 7:21 PM Local Time
Even More for De Souza
Three players saw a flop for a preflop three-bet and action checked to "Respect!" on the button, who potted 18,000. Belarmino "Iseey0urcard" De Souza repotted and Respect! called off for 16,826 more.
De Souza:
Respect!:
Respect! needed help but another bounty went to De Souza when the board ran , .
De Souza has more than double his nearest competitor at this point.
| Belarmino "Iseey0urcard" De Souza | 307,000 | 128,000 |