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Sunday, August 23, 2020 to Sunday, August 23, 2020

GGPoker.com Event #69: $1,500 Marathon No Limit Hold'em [Asia Time Zone]

  • Buy-in: $1,500
  • Prizepool: $2,049,150
  • Entries: 1,438
  • Remaining: 1

EVENT UPDATES

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Sunday, August 23, 2020 7:24 PM Local Time
Another Pay Jump

There are now 71 players remaining, each guaranteed a payout of at least $5,119.

Sunday, August 23, 2020 7:22 PM Local Time
Eliminations
Murilo "RaiseBluff" Nascimento415,533279,719
Roy "Federer23" Hinkis0-18,841
Gianluca Speranza0-44,640
Mike Watson0-37,620
Christian Rudolph0-92,253
ICMplay0-183,290
Jeffrey "allin donk" Cormier0-152,418
R1RJ0-143,050
JA-S-N-G-T0-142,317
Ravali "Resurge-" Krishna0-141,111
Bryan "Macallan18" Micon0-35,540
Rafael "horyshet" Do Prado0-43,964
Sunday, August 23, 2020 7:16 PM Local Time
Rockets for Lodge

Shaylen "khushkush15" Anita opened from early position to 35,200. Harry "Vulvasore" Lodge called from the cutoff and Steven Van Zadelhoff also called from the small blind.

Van Zadelhoff checked the     flop. Anita bet 78,400. Lodge called and Van Zadelhoff got out of the way.

Anita then check-raised a bet of 52,024 from Lodge to 448,472 after the   came on the turn and Lodge called off his stack of 207,266.

Shaylen "khushkush15" Anita:   
Harry "Vulvasore" Lodge:   

Anita was drawing dead and Lodge officially doubled up after the   completed the board on the river.

Harry "Vulvasore" Lodge810,890740,159
Shaylen "khushkush15" Anita192,663
Steven van Zadelhoff118,217-329,421
Sunday, August 23, 2020 7:11 PM Local Time
Players with Over 1 Million to Start Level 19 (83 Remaining)
Bert "ILOVECATS" Stevens1,804,64236,000
Sihao "Mr_3rdBullet" Zhang1,243,5281,243,528
Ermo "PublicEnemy7" Kosk1,073,992232,040
Nick "rdcrsn" Maimone1,039,635101,600
Arnaud Enselme1,028,26840,740
Sunday, August 23, 2020 7:09 PM Local Time
End of the Line for Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu opened for 24,000 from under the gun before he called a three-bet to 72,000 from Lucio "WizardOfAz" Lima in middle position.

Both players checked after the     came on the flop and checked again after the   came on the turn.

Negreanu then jammed for 146,217 after the   completed the board on the river and Lima called.

Negreanu turned over    for top pair but he was outkicked by Lima who held   .

It was yet another WSOP cash this year for Negreanu who officially finished in 86th place for $4,370.

Lucio "WizardOfAz" Lima851,538109,017
Daniel Negreanu0-248,217
Playtika - Jason Alexander
Sunday, August 23, 2020 7:05 PM Local Time
Hall Cracks Cowboys

Galen Hall opened to 25,200 from early position. Kyle "Eskimo Bro" Menard three-bet jammed from the cutoff for 132,134 and Hall called.

Kyle "Eskimo Bro" Menard:   
Galen Hall:   

It didn't take long for Menard's kings to get cracked after Hall paired his ace on the     flop. The   paired the board on the turn and Menard was eliminated after failing to get any help with the   coming down on the river.

Galen Hall471,491104,191
Kyle "Eskimo Bro" Menard0
Sunday, August 23, 2020 7:01 PM Local Time
Action Resumes

The action has resumed with 88 players remaining.

Sunday, August 23, 2020 6:56 PM Local Time
Tournament to Resume in Five Minutes

The tournament is now on its official six-minute break. Daniel Negreanu is sitting back in as are others that may have been experiencing connection issues and the action will resume after the scheduled break.

Sunday, August 23, 2020 6:49 PM Local Time
Top Ten Chip Counts at the Pause
Bert "ILOVECATS" Stevens1,768,642202,198
Sebastian "joga_bonito" Henao1,016,53074,390
Arnaud Enselme987,528-198,626
Nick "rdcrsn" Maimone938,035168,611
Samuel Vousden932,763-890
Wojciech "ItOldUbefOre" Barzantny855,13679,640
Aditya "inonhmeansfu" Sushant843,310
Ermo "PublicEnemy7" Kosk841,952454,285
Diego "JaxTeller" Bittar [Diego "TeaLover" Bittar]841,807
Lucio "WizardOfAz" Lima742,521514,717
Sunday, August 23, 2020 6:44 PM Local Time
Pause in Action with 88 Players Remaining

A message appeared on all tables as follows:

"Tournament has been paused by the operator. Please wait for further announcements."

PokerNews will advice when we have more information about this event.

Playtika - Jason Alexander
Sunday, August 23, 2020 6:42 PM Local Time
Top Two for Vousden

Samuel Vousden opened for 24,000 from early position before he called a jam by "888turbo" to 175,108 from the cutoff.

Valerii "888turbo" Lubenets:   
Samuel Vousden:   

Lubenets was in good shape with the cowboys but good turned to bad in a hurry after the     came on the flop to give Vousden two pair.

Neither the   on the turn nor the   on the river were able to save Lubenets and he was eliminated by Vousden.

Samuel Vousden933,653268,898
Valerii "888turbo" Lubenets0
Sunday, August 23, 2020 6:37 PM Local Time
Negreanu Sitting Out

Daniel Negreanu is still in the tournament but is sitting out at the moment.

Daniel Negreanu248,217-114,000
Sunday, August 23, 2020 6:34 PM Local Time
Flush for Van Zadelhoff

Steven Van Zadelhoff raised to 24,000 from the lo-jack and was called by "AlbertMeran" in the big blind.

"AlbertMeran" check-called a bet of 24,000 after the     hit the flop and both players checked after the   came on the turn.

The   completed the board on the river. "AlbertMeran" checked before they called a bet of 57,000 from Van Zadelhoff.

"AlbertMeran" showed    for two pair but this was no match to the flush held by Van Zadelhoff with   .

Steven van Zadelhoff447,638253,336
AlbertMeran54,295
Sunday, August 23, 2020 6:29 PM Local Time
Top Five Stacks Entering Level 19 (119 Remain)
Bert "ILOVECATS" Stevens1,566,444-2,400
Arnaud Enselme1,186,154479,870
Sebastian "joga_bonito" Henao942,140343,190
Wojciech "ItOldUbefOre" Barzantny775,496
Nick "rdcrsn" Maimone769,424-17,300
Sunday, August 23, 2020 6:27 PM Local Time
Huge Set for Stevens

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The table closed fast but Bert "ILOVECATS" Stevens jammed the river for more than 600,000 holding    with both a   and an   on the board with more than 400,000 in the pot.

Kong Keat "HoneyFunny" Ng, who had more than 400,000 remaining in his hand made the call with    and hit the rail after the hand.

Meanwhile, Stevens was the first player over 1 million in chips in the tournament.

Bert "ILOVECATS" Stevens1,568,844766,395
Kong Keat "HoneyFunny" Ng0-379,300
Playtika - Jason Alexander
Sunday, August 23, 2020 6:20 PM Local Time
Pocket Fives No Good for Eyster

Nikolay "PROMsGT" Motsenko opened to 20,000 from the cutoff before he called a three-bet jam by Kevin "Tunde4" Eyster from the button to 156,720.

Kevin "Tunde4" Eyster:   
Nikolay "PROMsGT" Motsenko:   

It was looking good for Eyster to double after the     came on the flop. The   was a safe card for Eyster as well.

But as fate would have it, the   came down on the river to give Montsenko a better pair, and Eyster was eliminated from the Marathon.

Nikolay "PROMsGT" Motsenko516,409
Kevin "Tunde4" Eyster0-246,253
Sunday, August 23, 2020 6:16 PM Local Time
Negreanu Not Hot Against "so hot"

Daniel Negreanu opened to 20,000 from under the gun. "so hot" three-bet jammed for 68,695 from the cutoff and was called by Negreanu.

"so hot":   
Daniel Negreanu:   

Negreanu was not able to run hot as the       ran out on the board and he doubled up his short-stacked opponent.

Daniel Negreanu362,217-89,695
so hot161,990
Sunday, August 23, 2020 6:12 PM Local Time
143 Players Remain

The pay jump to $3,776 for the top 152 was reached and shortly after that a slew of players was ousted leaving just 143 players remaining.

The next pay jump takes place with 107 players remaining, at which time they will be guaranteed at least a $4,397 payday.

Sunday, August 23, 2020 6:09 PM Local Time
Top Five Stacks Entering Level 17 (156 Remaining)
Bert "ILOVECATS" Stevens802,449172,006
Nick "rdcrsn" Maimone786,724
Arnaud Enselme706,284406,195
Samuel Vousden664,755164,195
Sebastian "joga_bonito" Henao598,950116,948
Sunday, August 23, 2020 6:05 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Stacks
Daniel Negreanu451,912162,000
Thomas "MickeyM" Boivin266,287210,198
Giovani "Mandjocka" Torre211,507106,677
Akshat "Ghayal" Jaiswal181,30659,666
Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka122,22311,682
Raghav "ThePunisherr" Bansal113,410-12,072
Jeff Gross69,6484,190
Guntis "UFCsDanaWit" Aleskins0-111,668
Matthew "jajay1963" Moss0-98,648
Mihai "sodooo1" Croitoru0-97,493
Sebastian "flashlight99" Mueller0-98,024
Jans Arends0-22,360
Kitty Kuo0-9,580
Markus "_PrinzOfDTO_" Prinz0-15,600
Juan Pardo0-20,760
Mustapha Kanit0-22,840
Parker Talbot0-28,578
Playtika - Jason Alexander