Tuesday, July 28, 2020 8:13 PM Local Time
"Koi8888" Rivers It
"Koi8888", Oliver Weiss, and Aleksandr Ryzhenkov all limped before Danny Tang raised to 27,500 from the button. "Koi8888" and Ryzhenkov called to see on the flop, and action checked to the turn, and again to the river where it checked around a third time.
Erik "Koi8888" Seidel:
Aleksandr Ryzhenkov:
Danny Tang:
Board:
Once the board started coming out, everyone shut down, but "Koi8888" ended up best with the straight on the river.
Danny Tang | 622,307 | -27,425 |
Erik "Koi8888" Seidel | 575,145 | -132,272 |
Aleksandr Ryzhenkov | 438,520 | 93,898 |
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 7:59 PM Local Time
Second Break of the Day
Players are on their second break of the day, and the field is now up to 79 entries with 52 stacks still in play. There have been numerous rebuys, and several players are already on their third bullet, including 2019 runner-up Thai Ha, Ihor Shkiliaruk, and Isaac Haxton.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 7:57 PM Local Time
GGPoker Launches Day 2 Staking in Time for 2020 WSOP Online
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
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 7:53 PM Local Time
First Millionaire
Martin "FuTimReilly" Zamani is the first player to crack 1 million chips in today's game.
Martin "FuTimReilly" Zamani | 1,249,993 | 419,300 |
Suckadeck | 892,450 | 10,000 |
Jason Koon | 887,340 | -27,756 |
George Wolff | 851,512 | 538,912 |
ThePomo | 837,863 | 70,895 |
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 7:49 PM Local Time
Tang Takes Kanit's Second Stack
Mustapha Kanit was in for two bullets when Danny Tang limped early and he shoved the cutoff for 177,483. Tang called it off with the covering stack.
Danny Tang:
Mustapha Kanit:
Board:
Tang flopped the straight, and Kanit couldn't catch up.
Danny Tang | 649,732 | 242,668 |
Mustapha Kanit | 0 | -229,537 |
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 7:42 PM Local Time
Top Ten Starting Level 4
Jason Koon | 915,096 | 206,126 |
Suckadeck | 882,450 | 682,325 |
Federico "Poch0Loc0" Anselmi | 868,646 | 52,000 |
Martin "FuTimReilly" Zamani | 830,693 | 180,850 |
Sam Greenwood | 800,857 | 167,750 |
ThePomo | 766,968 | -45,100 |
Shaul "yoffitoffi" Meir | 722,819 | -146,828 |
Erik "Koi8888" Seidel | 707,417 | 95,037 |
Felipe Ramos | 679,158 | -22,000 |
Joao Vieira | 641,750 | 131,750 |
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 7:33 PM Local Time
Some New Notable Stacks
Federico "Poch0Loc0" Anselmi | 816,646 | |
Dario Sammartino | 395,140 | |
Oliver Weiss | 312,000 | |
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 7:26 PM Local Time
Field Up to 65 Entries
There have now been a total of 65 entries for the Short Deck Championship, with 51 stacks still in action. Multiple players have rebought for this event, including Mustapha Kanit, Isaac Haxton, and Seth Davies.
Shaul "yoffitoffi" Meir | 869,647 | 381,363 |
ThePomo | 812,068 | 36,200 |
Jason Koon | 708,970 | 317,500 |
Felipe Ramos | 701,158 | -16,000 |
Martin "FuTimReilly" Zamani | 649,843 | 415,031 |
Sam Greenwood | 633,107 | 87,588 |
Oasis | 630,762 | 305,982 |
Erik "Koi8888" Seidel | 612,380 | -31,205 |
Sergi Reixach | 607,160 | 334,250 |
Sergey Lebedev | 590,483 | -4,835 |
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 7:21 PM Local Time
Ramos Chips Up
Rono Lo limped under the gun, and that set off a limp-fest from Jesus Cortes, Felipe Ramos, and "ThePomo" while "Lokusin" checked their big blind.
After a check from Lo on the flop, Cortes bet 2,000, and Ramos and Lo both called. Lo fired 21,000 on the turn, pushing Cortes off his hand, but Ramos bumped it up to 78,000 and forced Lo to much his hand as well.
ThePomo | 775,868 | 184,100 |
Felipe Ramos | 717,158 | 176,687 |
Jesus Cortes | 541,855 | 81,750 |
Rono Lo | 442,376 | -21,900 |
Lokusin | 165,750 | -134,250 |
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 7:05 PM Local Time
All Stacks at Break
There are 46 stacks in play right now, and here's a look at how they stack up.
Erik "Koi8888" Seidel | 643,585 | |
Michael Watson | 635,175 | 11,950 |
Sergey Lebedev | 595,318 | -37,432 |
ThePomo | 591,768 | -18,000 |
presta | 569,755 | -1,500 |
Sam Greenwood | 545,519 | -1,111 |
Felipe Ramos | 540,471 | -15,000 |
Joao Vieira | 510,000 | |
Shaul "yoffitoffi" Meir | 488,284 | |
Rono Lo | 464,276 | 34,875 |
Jesus Cortes | 460,105 | 118,780 |
Danny Tang | 407,064 | 122,064 |
Jason Koon | 391,470 | |
shorta222 | 377,730 | 77,730 |
Chen Guang | 373,070 | 21,000 |
Jordi Urlings | 372,618 | |
ilike2goktv | 347,390 | |
Aleksandr Ryzhenkov | 344,622 | |
Carl "Swetomir" Schrader | 338,000 | -15,300 |
Sean Winter | 335,455 | -13,545 |
Mr Lee | 326,791 | |
Oasis | 324,780 | |
James "Pareidolia" Chen | 322,500 | |
Joaquin | 314,596 | |
George Wolff | 312,600 | -21,780 |
Borys Turitsa | 303,000 | |
Robert Fink | 300,000 | |
Lokusin | 300,000 | |
OscarBrown | 299,250 | |
superbigfish | 295,420 | |
Yuri Dzivielevski | 287,955 | |
Tara@0z | 286,750 | |
Sergi Reixach | 272,910 | |
Isaac Haxton | 261,375 | |
Lucas Greenwood | 249,600 | 0 |
Ihor Shkiliaruk | 241,394 | |
Nobuaki "Sasa JHR" Sasaki | 236,706 | -60,294 |
Martin "FuTimReilly" Zamani | 234,812 | -85,465 |
Mustapha Kanit | 229,537 | |
SoyYo88 | 209,696 | |
Suckadeck | 200,125 | |
Ruslan Khadartsev | 178,500 | |
Moeee | 177,705 | -100,295 |
Excrate5432 | 132,694 | |
Thai Ha | 108,823 | -255,750 |
Seth Davies | 103,416 | -192,584 |
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 6:46 PM Local Time
Field Up To 47 Entries
There are just 42 players at the tables now, but 47 entries have been recorded. New entries include Russia's Sergey Lebedev, and Canadian high stakes grinder Sam Greenwood, as well as George Wolff and Rono Lo.
Sergey Lebedev | 632,750 | 632,750 |
Michael Watson | 623,225 | -45,775 |
ThePomo | 609,768 | 26,888 |
presta | 571,255 | 170,521 |
Felipe Ramos | 555,471 | -19,500 |
Sam Greenwood | 546,630 | 546,630 |
Rono Lo | 429,401 | 429,401 |
George Wolff | 334,380 | 334,380 |
Lucas Greenwood | 249,600 | -47,400 |
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 6:41 PM Local Time
Watson Busts Brewe
Michael Watson limped under the gun, and "Sasa JHR" raised to 10,155 from the middle. Christopher Brewe called from the button, but Watson raised to 64,000.
Only Brewe called to see the flop. Watson shoved for 267,450, and Brewe called for slightly less.
Michael Watson:
Christopher Brewe:
Board:
Watson had the aces, but Brewe flopped a straight. Brewe bricked the turn and river though, and Watson took the chip lead.
Michael Watson | 669,000 | 260,220 |
Christopher Brewe | 0 | -298,000 |
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 6:33 PM Local Time
Field Size at 40
There are now 40 players in the Short Deck event, with 39 stacks still in play.
ThePomo | 582,880 | 233,640 |
Felipe Ramos | 574,971 | 318,526 |
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb | 459,144 | 6,180 |
presta | 400,734 | |
Carl "Swetomir" Schrader | 353,300 | |
Chen Guang | 352,070 | |
Sean Winter | 349,000 | |
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 6:19 PM Local Time
Championship Field now at 30 Players
The field for the Short Deck is now up to 30 players, and among the newest entries is Canada's Lucas Greenwood.
Lucas Greenwood | 297,000 | 297,000 |
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 6:14 PM Local Time
Early Leaders
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb | 452,964 | 193,044 |
Michael Watson | 408,780 | 85,780 |
Thai Ha | 364,573 | 85,375 |
ThePomo | 349,240 | |
Jesus Cortes | 341,325 | |
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 6:10 PM Local Time
Field Up to 27 Players
The field size is growing for the Short Deck Championship. Among the new faces in the crowd are Canada's Michael Watson, as well Seth Davies and Christopher Brewe from the United States, but playing from Canada.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 6:04 PM Local Time
Some Early Stacks
Michael Watson | 323,000 | |
Martin "FuTimReilly" Zamani | 320,277 | |
shorta222 | 300,000 | |
Christopher Brewe | 298,000 | |
Nobuaki "Sasa JHR" Sasaki | 297,000 | |
Seth Davies | 296,000 | |
Danny Tang | 285,000 | |
Thai Ha | 279,198 | |
Moeee | 278,000 | |
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb | 259,920 | |
Felipe Ramos | 256,445 | |
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 6:01 PM Local Time
The Short Deck Championship is On
Cards are now in the air for Event #43: $10,000 Short Deck No Limit Hold'em Championship. The total field is now up to 20 players with 240 minutes of late registration available. Among the names currently registered are Jason Koon, Christopher Brewe, Felipe Ramos, and the runner up of last year's Short Deck Championship, Thai Ha.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 3:37 PM Local Time
Event #43: $10,000 Short Deck Championship is On Deck
Outside of the Main Event title, there's no bracelet more coveted than one that comes in a $10k Championship event. Today's Event #43: $10,000 Short Deck Championship marks the first chance to score a Championship bracelet from the GGPoker World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online series.
Short Deck is a new variant of no limit hold'em that reduces the size of the deck by removing all cards from deuce to five. That leaves just 36 cards to play with, and changes the odds and hands substantially. For example, the "wheel straight" in Short Deck is , and because it's easier to hit a full house than five suited cards, your boat won't float against the villain's flush.
Last year during the live event in Las Vegas, the $10,000 Short Deck Championship drew 114 entries, and built a prize pool of over $1 million. It came down to a heads up match between two Americans, where Oakland, CA's Alex Epstein took down Thai Ha from Factoryville, PA for the bracelet. Epstein bagged nearly $300k for the win, while Ha won $183,081 for second.
With just under three hours to go till cards are in the air, there are 11 players currently registered for the event, and it's no surprise the field of full of familiar names including Pete Chen, Danny Tang, Martin "FuTimReilly" Zamani, and Boon Heng "CowBaby" Siong. They'll all start the game with 300,000 in chips, and play 30 minute levels. Once play reaches the final table, they'll stop the timer, and play 60 hands per level until a champion is decided.
Action gets underway at 6 p.m. GMT today, 2 p.m. Eastern, and PokerNews will be there to bring you the details throughout the day's action. Even with fewer cards in the deck, there will still be plenty of action as they compete for the first Championship bracelet to be awarded in the GGPoker WSOP Online series.