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Tuesday, August 4, 2020 7:27 PM Local Time
Closing in on 1000 Entries
There's just over 90 minutes left in registration, and more than 900 entries have been recorded so far, with 674 stacks still in play.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 7:22 PM Local Time
Top Stacks and Updates
Francisco "VaPaCooler" Benitez | 153,857 | 25,999 |
Arie "abush" Kliper | 129,264 | 76,869 |
Juan "4!8!15!16!23" Vecino | 120,189 | 9,001 |
Syed "TooDust2Care" Shah | 105,809 | 38,596 |
zafjekis | 104,168 | |
paidosolver | 103,300 | 8,936 |
Bernardo "GGeKKo" Dias | 84,290 | -4,070 |
Danny Tang | 66,698 | 15,778 |
Simon Higgins | 65,812 | |
Rain "turumutt" Molderkivi | 57,765 | -2,320 |
Niklas "NikkyMouse" Ehrenholz | 50,670 | -20,596 |
Ben Farrell | 36,976 | -9,056 |
Mike McDonald | 32,799 | -5,390 |
Pete Chen | 31,013 | -1,361 |
Andrii "BabyShark19" Kozlenko | 28,132 | 13,290 |
JinHo Hong | 25,754 | 1,970 |
Daniel Negreanu | 23,224 | 5,596 |
Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker | 23,118 | -2,400 |
Daniel "Dan.Almeida" De Almeida | 21,813 | 3,754 |
Mikhail Semin | 12,581 | -2,760 |
Sergey Rybachenko | 10,778 | -26,339 |
Joel "Pertti_58" Holmberg | 0 | -18,915 |
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 7:13 PM Local Time
Prize Pool Nearing $1.75 Million
The field size is up over 850 entries now, which means the prize pool is almost $1.75 million with more than 90 minutes left in registration.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 7:09 PM Local Time
Anatski Takes a Bounty
Thi "HoneyandTHI" Truong raised the button to 1,000 and Ilya Anatski called from the big blind. The flop came and Anatski check-choved for 52,270 over the 1,000 bet. Truong called down.
Ilya Anatski:
Thi "HoneyandTHI" Truong:
Board:
Anatski only had bottom pair when the money went in on the flop, but then went runner-runner straight for the win and the bounty.
Ilya Anatski | 62,220 | 62,220 |
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:54 PM Local Time
Current Top Five and Updates
Francisco "VaPaCooler" Benitez | 127,858 | 127,858 |
Juan "4!8!15!16!23" Vecino | 111,188 | 111,188 |
paidosolver | 94,364 | 94,364 |
honey_tv | 90,258 | 28,025 |
Bernardo "GGeKKo" Dias | 88,360 | 17,499 |
Niklas "NikkyMouse" Ehrenholz | 71,266 | 20,402 |
Rain "turumutt" Molderkivi | 60,085 | 6,210 |
Danny Tang | 50,920 | 21,675 |
Mike McDonald | 38,189 | -700 |
Sergey Rybachenko | 37,117 | 16,061 |
Pete Chen | 32,374 | -12,507 |
Diego "El Motron" Ostrovich | 28,734 | -3,778 |
Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker | 25,518 | -690 |
JinHo Hong | 23,784 | 7,046 |
Joel "Pertti_58" Holmberg | 18,915 | -3,940 |
Peter "BIG CHI" Chien | 18,110 | -6,890 |
Daniel "Dan.Almeida" De Almeida | 18,059 | 2,520 |
Daniel Negreanu | 17,628 | -3,805 |
Patrick "Egption" Tardif | 17,462 | -6,513 |
Mikhail Semin | 15,341 | -3,682 |
Andrii "BabyShark19" Kozlenko | 14,842 | -5,164 |
Dara "OriginalDoke" O'Kearney | 14,838 | |
Ramon "PapaChips" Kropmanns | 0 | |
Kevin Martin | 0 | -9,598 |
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:46 PM Local Time
Prize Pool Tops $1.5 Million
The field is still growing, and with the total entries over 750, the prize pool is now at $1,530,000 and climbing.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:44 PM Local Time
5 Things You Don’t Know About the WSOP Online at GGPoker
Now through the first part of September, the WSOP Online will be exclusively on GGPoker, so whether you're playing on the client for the first time or you're a seasoned online pro, we thought we'd bring you five things you didn't know about the WSOP Online on GGPoker.
- 1. STAKING on DAY 2:
Poker fans and players can now buy a piece of their favourite player's action or sell their own should they survive Day 1 of phased tournaments. - 2. Convert Multiple Event Tickets into T$
After the series has finished, your unused tickets will be exchanged for T$ that you can use to enter any tournament on GGPoker - 3. Pick Your Own WSOP Event
When the WSOP Online schedule on GGPoker was announced, the poker community was intrigued to see a new type of bracelet event announced! Three 'People's Choice' events were announced, with the formats and buy-ins yet to be announced. - 4. Best Stack Forward
Any player that makes it to the end of a Day 1 with a stack is allowed to take part in additional Day 1s if they want to, providing they have not exceeded the maximum number of re-entries.
However, if a player finishes multiple Day 1s with chips, only the highest chip stack will go to Day 2. - 5. Take Advantage of Bubble Protection
GGPoker's popular Bubble Protection is available throughout the WSOP Online. It's available for all non-phase events with buy-ins less than $999. This means that if you register before the start of play and go on to bubble the tournament, you'll receive your buy-in back.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:35 PM Local Time
Top Five, New Stacks, and Updates
Hannes "BlackFortuna" Speiser | 77,398 | 77,398 |
Bernardo "GGeKKo" Dias | 70,861 | 4,636 |
Syed "TooDust2Care" Shah | 67,213 | 17,418 |
honey_tv | 62,233 | 10,328 |
Kazuki "8809" Ikeuchi | 61,060 | 61,060 |
Rain "turumutt" Molderkivi | 53,875 | 53,875 |
Niklas "NikkyMouse" Ehrenholz | 50,864 | 25,864 |
Ben Farrell | 46,032 | 46,032 |
Pete Chen | 44,881 | 19,881 |
Mike McDonald | 38,889 | 38,889 |
Diego "El Motron" Ostrovich | 32,512 | 7,512 |
Danny Tang | 29,245 | 4,245 |
Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker | 26,208 | 1,208 |
Patrick "Egption" Tardif | 23,975 | -1,025 |
Joel "Pertti_58" Holmberg | 22,855 | -2,145 |
Daniel Negreanu | 21,433 | -3,567 |
Sergey Rybachenko | 21,056 | -3,944 |
Felipe Ramos | 20,123 | -4,877 |
Andrii "BabyShark19" Kozlenko | 20,006 | -4,994 |
Mikhail Semin | 19,023 | -5,977 |
JinHo Hong | 16,738 | -8,262 |
Daniel "Dan.Almeida" De Almeida | 15,539 | -9,461 |
Kevin Martin | 9,598 | 3,319 |
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:25 PM Local Time
Yafaoui Coolers Martin's Stack
Ghassan "Simbuzzi" Yafaoui raised early, and Kevin Martin reraised the button to 1,420. It folded back to Yafaoui who raised to 3,892, and Martin called to see on the flop.
Yafaoui led for 6,530 and Martin smooth-called to the turn. Yafaoui shoved for 13,853 and Martin called with a bigger stack.
Ghassan "Simbuzzi" Yafaoui:
Kevin Martin:
Board:
It was a cooler from the start with Martin's kings crushed against the aces of Yafaoui. The board didn't help, and Yafaoui took a nice pot from the Canadian Big Brother and Twitch star.
Ghassan "Simbuzzi" Yafaoui | 49,050 | 49,050 |
Kevin Martin | 6,279 | -25,040 |
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:17 PM Local Time
Field Pushes Above 500
The field is growing here in Event #50: $2,100 No Limit Hold'em Bounty Championship, as there are 560 entries recorded now with about 160 minutes left in late registration.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:10 PM Local Time
Top Five Stacks
The chips are already flying around and several players already have at least one bounty.
Bernardo "GGeKKo" Dias | 66,225 | |
Arie "abush" Kliper | 52,395 | |
honey_tv | 51,905 | |
Bruno Volkman | 50,125 | |
Syed "TooDust2Care" Shah | 49,795 | |
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:07 PM Local Time
Martin Takes Pot First Hand
On the first hand of the day, Julien "GiuseppeL" Perouse raised the middle to 480, and Kevin Martin bumped it up to 2,440 from the small blind. Perouse called and the flop came .
Both players checked to the turn where Mertin check-called a bet of 3,504. Both players checked the river.
Julien "GiuseppeL" Perouse:
Kevin Martin:
Martin had the best of it from the start, but the turned seven helped him get there for a big pot to start the day.
Kevin Martin | 31,319 | 6,319 |
Julien "GiuseppeL" Perouse | 19,031 | |
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:00 PM Local Time
Cards Are in the Air for the Bounty Championship
The action is on in Event #50: $2,100 No Limit Hold'em Bounty Championship. As the day begins, the field is now nearing 400 players.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 5:00 PM Local Time
Some Starting Stacks
Felipe Ramos | 25,000 | |
Niklas "NikkyMouse" Ehrenholz | 25,000 | |
Diego "El Motron" Ostrovich | 25,000 | |
Joel "Pertti_58" Holmberg | 25,000 | |
Peter "BIG CHI" Chien | 25,000 | |
JinHo Hong | 25,000 | |
Kevin Martin | 25,000 | |
Andrii "BabyShark19" Kozlenko | 25,000 | |
Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker | 25,000 | |
Daniel Negreanu | 25,000 | |
Daniel "Dan.Almeida" De Almeida | 25,000 | |
Thai Ha | 25,000 | |
Danny Tang | 25,000 | |
Mikhail Semin | 25,000 | |
Sergey Rybachenko | 25,000 | |
Pete Chen | 25,000 | |
Patrick "Egption" Tardif | 25,000 | |
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:52 PM Local Time
No Limit Hold'em Bounty Championship is Set to Go
The GGPoker World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online is well underway, and there's another bracelet to give away today. On deck for Tuesday is Event #50: $2,100 No Limit Hold'em Bounty Championship.
The progressive bounty format is just like a typical multi-table tournament, except there are extra prizes to be won with every knockout. Player bounties start at $500, and for every other player they knock out, 50% of the busted player's bounty is given out immediately in cash, while the other 50% is added to the surviving player's bounty. That tends to open the action up significantly, as when a bounty is in play, the odds required to call can drop so much, there are spots where it's profitable to call off with any two to take a bounty.
With just over an hour to go till the first hand is dealt, there are just under 150 entries recorded for today's Championship, including some very big names. Among the runners already in the field are GGPoker ambassadors Felipe Ramos, Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker, and Daniel Negreanu, as well as Pete Chen, Sergey Rybachenko, Mikhail Semin, Danny Tang, Thai Ha, Daniel "Dan.Almeida" De Almeida, Niklas "NikkyMouse" Ehrenholz, Andrii "BabyShark19" Kozlenko, Kevin Martin, JinHo Hong, Peter "BIG CHI" Chien, Ramon "PapaChips" Kropmanns, Joel "Pertti_58" Holmberg, Diego "El Motron" Ostrovich and Patrick "Egption" Tardif among many others.
Action on the Bounty Championship gets underway at 2 p.m. Eastern time, and they'll play down to a winner in this one-day event. PokerNews will be following the action to bring you chip counts and big hands through the day, so stay tuned here to find out who is going to win the next GGPoker WSOP Online bracelet.