Saturday, August 1, 2020 1:18 PM Local Time
Poker Can be a Brutal Game
Sumit "rung00se" Sapra raised and then called a three-bet by "Brutalgame1" to see a flop of on which Sapra check-called a bet of 4,895. They checked the turn and Sapra jammed the river only for their opponent to snap-call for the last 22,328.
Sapra tabled for turned two pair but "Brutalgame1" held for the superior two pair on the river.
Brutalgame1 | 64,236 | 64,236 |
Sumit "rung00se" Sapra | 26,797 | 26,797 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 1:13 PM Local Time
Jacks Can't Crack Jacks
Just before the blinds had gone up, Aleeyah "ElleSriracha" Jadavji raised to 1,000 and was called by "MyGamble". "radamapiki" had other plans and three-bet to 3,115, which Jadavji called. "MyGamble" then shoved and "radamapiki" called all-in, Jadavji folded.
Both players tabled and respectively, and the board of provided no miracle flush.
MyGamble | 36,733 | |
Aleeyah "ElleSriracha" Jadavji | 19,159 | -15,371 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 1:10 PM Local Time
A Double for "Rickkk"
On the same table as big stack Kazuhiro "propofol-san" Shirasawa, two players from China got their chips in preflop for a pot of 55,818 and it was "Rickkk" at risk against "alex991289".
"Rickkk":
"alex991289":
The board came and that secured the double for "Rickkk".
Kazuhiro "propofol-san" Shirasawa | 127,451 | 42,801 |
Rickkk | 55,818 | |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 1:04 PM Local Time
Some Early Casualties
At least two players have already busted their second bullet for the tournament in the first hour while some of the casualties below may have already jumped back into the action.
Memories "need2win" Nguyen | 0 | |
Daniel "EL CUSTODITO" De Sousa Custodio | 0 | |
99ImVit99 | 0 | |
Marty "RetremntFund" Mathis | 0 | -39,162 |
Brian Green | 0 | |
Rich "DadPoker" Dixon | 0 | |
Blaaz "Sc4rm4k3r" Azerjav | 0 | |
Jonathan "BladeUK" Walker | 0 | -27,940 |
Or "SnapeCall" Nezer | 0 | |
Spochtaholic | 0 | |
Maksim "IReadB00ks" Pisarenko | 0 | |
tonythetiger | 0 | |
Schleichmaus | 0 | -6,226 |
Ami Barer | 0 | |
de_la_ve_ga | 0 | |
Boon Heng "CowBaby" Siong | 0 | |
Jonathan "Perseus_pL" Kozel | 0 | |
Kunal "JacKKingOff" Patni | 0 | |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:59 PM Local Time
First Break of the Day
More than 100 players have already entered and busted throughout the first three levels and 10 minutes of level four as 1,026 hopefuls out of a field of 1,138 entries head into their first 6-minute break of the day.
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:56 PM Local Time
Big Double for Gebissa
Joshua "IyasusSake" Gebissa three-bet to 3,500 an was called by initial raiser "keysRio" to see a flop of . That's when things got spicy as "keysRio" bet-raised from 2,716 to 29,902. In between, Gebissa had raised to 7,224 and then jammed for 49,928 in order to pick up a reluctant call.
Joshua "IyasusSake" Gebissa:
"keysRio":
The turn and river secured the double for the German.
Joshua "IyasusSake" Gebissa | 108,086 | 51,163 |
Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang | 51,780 | -6,622 |
Jose "2ducklings" Nascimento | 36,290 | 36,290 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:53 PM Local Time
Current Top 10 Stacks
As the field has reached 1,074 entries with 985 players remaining, most players in the current top ten have already tripled up their starting stacks.
Gensheng "danmiku1" Shi | 152,369 | |
rami300 | 127,470 | |
Yun Hong "sheila0703" Yang | 123,408 | 47,336 |
AsiaStylez | 120,996 | |
Tobias "Whooop" Peters | 119,217 | 1,220 |
Banjitino | 118,462 | |
MariaJoao | 116,210 | |
Dani_2207 | 115,147 | 26,809 |
Hun Lee | 110,304 | |
pwhwin | 108,625 | 108,625 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:48 PM Local Time
Early Exit for Campomanes
Hoong Ping "visualize" Yong doubled through Florencio "FLC-4" Campomanes to leave the latter with just 1,323 and those went in the next hand with against the of "99ImVit99". An ace-high flop provided a gutshot for Campomanes but the turn and river bricked.
With two re-entries available, this certainly won't be the last time Campomanes will be spotted at the tables.
Hoong Ping "visualize" Yong | 77,914 | 37,914 |
Florencio "FLC-4" Campomanes | 0 | -40,000 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:46 PM Local Time
A Double for "boneone"
The early carnage of all-in showdown has continued and a recent hand included the clash between China's "boneone" and Thailand's "Piagop".
Jonathan "BladeUK" Walker had raised to 900 from under the gun and "Piagop" three-bet, which "boneone" and Walker called. On a flop, "Piagop" bet 5,236 when the action checked to them and this time just "boneone" came along to then call the shove of their opponent on the turn.
"boneone":
"Piagop":
The on the river was no threat as "boneone" scored a double.
boneone | 66,462 | |
Ashish "NewGambler" Gupta | 28,838 | |
Jonathan "BladeUK" Walker | 27,940 | -12,060 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:39 PM Local Time
Jadavji Not Cruisin Yet
Ghassan "Simbuzzi" Yafaoui raised it up to 800 and was called by Mohammed "JustCruisin" Alamelhuda. The third Canadian entered the pot as Aleeyah "ElleSriracha" Jadavji three-bet to 3,000 from the cutoff and Alamelhuda was the only caller. On a flop of Alamelhuda check-called a bet of 2,150 and they checked the turn.
Alamelhuda then bet the river for 6,450 into 12,100 and forced a fold.
Mohammed "JustCruisin" Alamelhuda | 39,722 | 39,722 |
Ghassan "Simbuzzi" Yafaoui | 38,562 | 38,562 |
Aleeyah "ElleSriracha" Jadavji | 34,530 | 34,530 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:34 PM Local Time
Tsang Doubles Through Gebissa
Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang had lost a portion of his stack early on and was just involved in a three-bet pot when an open-raise to 800 and a call was three-bet by Joshua "IyasusSake" Gebissa. Only Tsang cold-called and called another bet on the flop. They checked the turn and Gebissa bet 11,001 into 14,668 on the river.
Tsang shoved for 21,867 and Gebissa reluctantly called with only to see his trips queens go down in flames to for a rivered full house of Tsang.
Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang | 58,402 | 18,977 |
Joshua "IyasusSake" Gebissa | 56,923 | 56,923 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:30 PM Local Time
Early Casualties
Around three dozen players have been sent to the rail in the first two levels as 840 players out of 874 entries remain. The field is rapidly growing and may soon crack four digits.
TheJourney | 0 | |
hgking | 0 | |
SlamCityJam | 0 | |
Chad "ThefastLayne" Layne | 0 | |
gghunter | 0 | |
Jaswinder "Poker Guru" Sanghera | 0 | |
888jokerchef | 0 | |
clarkliam | 0 | |
pwhwin | 0 | |
RunGood2323 | 0 | |
Shashank "Killer_aoe" Rathi | 0 | |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:26 PM Local Time
Peters Up and Running
Early chip leader in the event is Tobias "Whooop" Peters after he knocked out Rakesh "ArthurMorgan" Singh in a pot worth 97,756.
In a battle small blind versus cutoff, Peters check-called three barrels including the jam on the river with and was good as Singh only had .
Tobias "Whooop" Peters | 117,997 | |
Rakesh "ArthurMorgan" Singh | 0 | |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:21 PM Local Time
"Monkydlufy34" Eliminated in Two Hands
"Monkydlufy34" saw their stack reduced to a few big blinds only when were cracked by the of "Dani_2207" who flopped a set and turned a full house on a board of . The chips trickled in the pot on each street.
One hand later, Yun Hong "sheila0703" Yang claimed the remainder of the chips and has also already nearly doubled the stack.
Dani_2207 | 88,338 | |
Yun Hong "sheila0703" Yang | 76,072 | |
Monkydlufy34 | 0 | |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:17 PM Local Time
Candelari Left With Crumbs; Busts
Francesco "beninonline" Candelari and Alice "La Favolosa" Sicconi were involved in the action on the flop on which Sicconi check-raised and instantly called the shove of Candelari.
Alice "La Favolosa" Sicconi:
Francesco "beninonline" Candelari:
The turn gave Candelari some outs but the river produced no miracle runner runner.
Candelari doubled once with versus but then bowed out with against the of "Schleichmaus".
Alice "La Favolosa" Sicconi | 80,325 | 80,325 |
Schleichmaus | 6,226 | 6,226 |
Francesco "beninonline" Candelari | 0 | -40,000 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:11 PM Local Time
Bad Beat for Chan
The cards were already turned over as Ping San "Garfield" Chan was at risk with the and narrowly covered by Kamal "hki23" Huseynov with the . Both picked up draws on the flop and while the turn bricked, the river did not as Huseynov improved to the nut flush.
Also featured on the table were Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang and Marty "RetremntFund" Mathis but it broke right after the elimination.
Kamal "hki23" Huseynov | 81,250 | |
Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang | 39,425 | |
Marty "RetremntFund" Mathis | 39,162 | |
Ping San "Garfield" Chan | 0 | -40,000 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:08 PM Local Time
Shirasawa and Higgins Off to a Flying Start
Kazuhiro "propofol-san" Shirasawa and Simon Higgins scored very early knockouts and doubled their stacks.
In the case of Higgins, he four-bet preflop and then continued for 7,007 on the flop. After the turn, "TTTTBBBB" jammed with and Higgins called with , the river was a blank.
Kazuhiro "propofol-san" Shirasawa | 84,650 | 44,650 |
Simon Higgins | 80,375 | 40,375 |
TTTTBBBB | 0 | 0 |
s3c378 | 0 | 0 |
JCTailor | 0 | 0 |
Grgur | 0 | 0 |
Jianxi Fu | 0 | 0 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:04 PM Local Time
First Batch of Notables
Pete Chen | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Kazuhiro "propofol-san" Shirasawa | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Yuhan "HansNevrLose" Liu | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Daniel "Dan.Almeida" De Almeida | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Torsten "jektiss" Brinkmann | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Yohwan "BoxerLim" Lim | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Peter "BIG CHI" Chien | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Weazel_1991 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Hoong Ping "visualize" Yong | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Marvin "TheCrippler" Tay | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Justin "noclue_just" Chan | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Francesco "beninonline" Candelari | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Jonathan "BladeUK" Walker | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Florencio "FLC-4" Campomanes | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Plamen "DamnFool" Markov | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Alon Eldar | 40,000 | 40,000 |
John "JBradley" Bradley | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Julio "uroncito" Alfonsin | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Manig Loeser | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Christopher "ChristaBorg" Conley | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Simon Higgins | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Barak "TheAlchemist" Cohen | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Chun Kit "FathiSon" Leung | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Ping San "Garfield" Chan | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:02 PM Local Time
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Some 300 players were signed up for the event one hour prior to the start and that number has grown to more than 500 by the time the first hand was dealt. Expect hundreds of players to join the action shortly!
Saturday, August 1, 2020 10:46 AM Local Time
WSOP Bracelet Up for Grabs in Event #46: $500 Deepstack NLHE
The 2020 GGPoker World Series of Poker Online Bracelet Events continue with another chance to score poker's most-elusive prize in event Event #46: $500 Turbo Deepstack No Limit Hold'em. This is the third Asia Time Zone Event of the festival and all points accumulated in the tournament will count towards the Asia Player of the Series leaderboard, which awards the elusive Pure Gold Dragon trophy.
The action kicks off at noon GMT (8 a.m. EST, 2 p.m. CET) and poker enthusiasts from all over the world are expected to join the bracelet hunt. All players on the GGNetwork can enter the event for $500 and may re-enter for a maximum of two times during the registration period, which lasts for three hours and 15 minutes.
All players receive 40,000 in chips and the levels last 15 minutes each for the entire duration of the tournament. Furthermore, the event will be played in an 8-handed format and the final nine combine for the official final table. At that time, all real names of the contenders for glory will be revealed.
The Asia Time Zone Events at a Glance
Event | Date | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Top Prize |
Event #38: $600 Monster Stack | July 25th, 2020 | 2,007 | $1,143,990 | Aaron Wijaya | China | $171,389 |
Event #39: $1,500 NLHE | July 26th, 2020 | 922 | $1,313,850 | Roberto Romanello | UK | $216,213 |
Event #46: $500 Deepstack | August 1st, 2020 | | | | | |
Event #47: $1,000 Short Deck | August 2nd, 2020 | | | | | |
Event #53: $800 Double Stack PLO | August 8th, 2020 | | | | | |
Event #55: HK$8,000 Asia Championship | August 9th, 2020 | | | | | |
Event #61: $300 Monster Stack NLHE 6-Ma | August 15th, 2020 | | | | | |
Event #68: $500 Deepstack | August 22nd, 2020 | | | | | |
Event #69: $1,500 Marathon | August 23rd, 2020 | | | | | |
Event #75: $300 Double Stack | August 29th, 2020 | | | | | |
Who will follow into the footsteps of Aaron Wijaya and Roberto Romanello to earn vital points for the leaderboard and claim the WSOP bracelet? Find out right here on PokerNews as the live reporting team provides all the action from start to finish.