Thursday, September 3, 2020 7:56 AM Local Time
Jeffrey Dobrin Wins Event #80: People's Choice Event [Pros Vote] ($189,666)
Jeffrey Dobrin kept giving himself a chance, and it finally paid off big.
One of the most persistent grinders throughout the online bracelet events on both WSOP.com and GGPoker this year, Dobrin racked up an impressive 15 cashes over the course of the dozens of tournaments held on the two sites. However, none of the runs were particularly deep, with the best of the bunch being a 31st-place finish back in early July.
Finally, Dobrin had the breakthrough he undoubtedly craved. It came in Event #80: People's Choice Event [Pros Vote], which turned out to be a $600 six-max event. Dobrin won $189,666 and a WSOP Europe package thanks to beating a field of 2,408 for his first bracelet.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
1 | Jeffrey Dobrin | USA | $189,666* |
2 | Idris Ambraisse | France | $144,998 |
3 | Vahe Martirosyan | Armenia | $104,255 |
4 | Joao Santos | Brazil | $74,960 |
5 | Marc MacDonnell | Ireland | $53,897 |
6 | Sergio Veloso | Croatia | $38,752 |
7 | Arvhin Malinab | Canada | $27,863 |
8 | Hiroki Morishita | Japan | $20,034 |
9 | Chris Ferguson | USA | $14,404 |
*also won a WSOP Europe package
Dobrin was certainly far from the headliner at the final table, despite coming in with a slight chip lead. All eyes were on Chris Ferguson, gunning for bracelet No. 7, with some of those eyes undoubtedly anti-sweating the veteran pro. However, Ferguson attempted a sizable hero-call with ace-high that went awry, leading to his early bust.
Meanwhile, Dobrin chose to take a very aggressive approach. As chip leader, he got the option to choose his seat last, and he made what looked to be a very prudent choice to put most of the other big stacks on his right. This frequently allowed him to just shove and put everyone behind him at risk, padding his stack without much fight.
However, the tournament looked to be Vahe Martirosyan's to lose as he had about half of the chips four-handed.
That's when Dobrin revitalized himself after having sunk below an average count. He picked up nines to double through Joao Santos, who was dealt eights. Then, he and Idris Ambraisse left Martirosyan in their dust three-handed to set up a fairly even heads-up match.
The shallow stacks meant the first heater might take it and that went to Dobrin as he turned a gutshot to the nuts versus top two pair and then rolled from there, with a kings-over-nines cooler to finish it.
Dobrin can put his freshly won bracelet on the trophy case next to his two WSOP Circuit rings, which he won in 2012 and 2016. And the way Dobrin's been grinding, expect to see him stay in contention for more cashes as the GGPoker bracelet series winds down in the coming days.
Thursday, September 3, 2020 7:33 AM Local Time
Idris Ambraisse Eliminated in 2nd Place ($144,998)
Idris Ambraisse found a double when it looked like the tournament was about to end, turning a king to crack the of Jeffrey Dobrin with .
However, right after that, stacks went in again as Ambraisse was dealt against . Dobrin's kings held up on the flop, turn and river, and that was it for Event #80.
Jeffrey Dobrin | 60,200,000 | 12,200,000 |
Idris Ambraisse | 0 | -12,000,000 |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 7:29 AM Local Time
Dobrin Closing In
Jeffrey Dobrin made the nut straight over Idris Ambraisse's two pair then won another big pot raising all in over a turn bet. He's got Ambraisse on the ropes with about 15 blinds.
Jeffrey Dobrin | 48,000,000 | 21,100,000 |
Idris Ambraisse | 12,000,000 | -21,300,000 |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 7:26 AM Local Time
Level 46 started
Level: 46
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 100,000
Thursday, September 3, 2020 7:26 AM Local Time
Vahe Martirosyan Eliminated in 3rd Place ($104,255)
Idris Ambraisse min-raised first to act and Vahe Martirosyan defended big blind. On the flop, Martirosyan check-called 1,330,000. Both checked the , bringing a . Martirosyan bet 1.7 million and Ambraisse made it 4.1 million.
Martirosyan called with having flopped kings up, but Ambraisse ran out trips with .
Left with about 6 million, Martirosyan got it in with but fell to the of Jeffrey Dobrin.
Idris Ambraisse | 33,300,000 | 11,000,000 |
Jeffrey Dobrin | 26,900,000 | 8,800,000 |
Vahe Martirosyan | 0 | -20,400,000 |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 7:09 AM Local Time
Even Stacks Three-Handed
Idris Ambraisse | 22,300,000 | 8,700,000 |
Vahe Martirosyan | 20,400,000 | -1,600,000 |
Jeffrey Dobrin | 18,100,000 | -2,100,000 |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 7:08 AM Local Time
Level 45 started
Level: 45
Blinds: 350,000/700,000
Ante: 90,000
Thursday, September 3, 2020 7:07 AM Local Time
Joao Santos Eliminated in 4th Place ($74,960)
Idris Ambraisse shoved for 8.4 million from the button and Joao Santos called for 4.1 million in the big blind.
Santos:
Ambraisse:
The flop didn't look promising for Santos. Neither did the turn, though he could at least chop sometimes. The river was a blank, though.
Idris Ambraisse | 13,600,000 | -1,800,000 |
Joao Santos | 0 | -4,800,000 |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:58 AM Local Time
Santos Short Again
Jeffrey Dobrin shoved for 9.4 million first to act and Joao Santos shoved for a bit more behind him.
Dobrin:
Santos:
Dobrin was looking good with nines, and a board of ensured he'd double up.
Jeffrey Dobrin | 20,200,000 | 8,000,000 |
Joao Santos | 4,800,000 | -12,600,000 |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:46 AM Local Time
Level 44 started
Level: 44
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 75,000
Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:41 AM Local Time
Marc MacDonnell Eliminated in 5th Place ($53,897)
Marc MacDonnell shoved from under the gun for about 4 million and Joao Santos woke up with to make a trivial call from the big blind. That wasn't the sort of hand MacDonnell wanted to see as he had , and Santos flopped a set and turned quads to boot.
Joao Santos | 17,400,000 | 9,700,000 |
Marc MacDonnell | 0 | -6,000,000 |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:33 AM Local Time
Sergio Veloso Eliminated in 6th Place ($38,752)
Vahe Martirosyan opened to 1 million, Jeffrey Dobrin shoved on the button for 5.2 million and Sergio Veloso called it off for 4 million in the small blind. Martirosyan gave it up after some thought.
Dobrin:
Veloso:
The board favored Dobrin, who had the covering stack to score the elimination.
Jeffrey Dobrin | 12,200,000 | 4,100,000 |
Sergio Veloso | 0 | -3,600,000 |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:28 AM Local Time
Level 43 started
Level: 43
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 60,000
Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:24 AM Local Time
Big Pair Taketh
Joao Santos shoved from the small blind for 3.7 million and Marc MacDonnell called with . Santos had a monster with , though, and aces full of kings did him just fine as he had it locked up on the turn.
Joao Santos | 7,700,000 | 4,300,000 |
Marc MacDonnell | 6,000,000 | -4,200,000 |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:21 AM Local Time
MacDonnell Doubles Through Dobrin
Jeffrey Dobrin, as he has done several times, shoved all in covering the stacks behind him. This time, big blind Marc MacDonnell woke up with a snap-call holding . Dobrin was in rough shape with and it got a lot rougher when MacDonnell flopped quads.
Marc MacDonnell | 10,200,000 | 6,900,000 |
Jeffrey Dobrin | 8,100,000 | -4,900,000 |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:15 AM Local Time
Haves and Have-Nots
Vahe Martirosyan | 22,000,000 | 7,000,000 |
Idris Ambraisse | 15,400,000 | 6,400,000 |
Jeffrey Dobrin | 13,000,000 | 1,577,888 |
Sergio Veloso | 3,600,000 | -3,150,000 |
Joao Santos | 3,400,000 | -1,000,000 |
Marc MacDonnell | 3,300,000 | -3,600,000 |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:10 AM Local Time
Level 42 started
Level: 42
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 50,000
Thursday, September 3, 2020 5:46 AM Local Time
Arvhin Malinab Eliminated in 7th Place ($27,863)
Arvhin Malinab shoved from the small blind for 2.55 million and Sergio Veloso called from the big with .
Malinab had a pair in hand with the but the board gave Veloso a straight.
Sergio Veloso | 6,750,000 | 2,845,792 |
Arvhin Malinab | 0 | -5,000,000 |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 5:33 AM Local Time
Hiroki Morishita Eliminated in 8th Place ($20,034)
Hiroki Morishita jammed in the small blind for 874K and Marc MacDonnell called with . Morishita turned over . He picked up outs on the flop and made a straight on the turn. Only a river six could bust Morishita but that's exactly what came when the arrived.
Marc MacDonnell | 6,900,000 | -2,165,989 |
Hiroki Morishita | 0 | -770,000 |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 5:26 AM Local Time
Morishita on Fumes
Idris Ambraisse opened for 616,000 early, Joao Santos called on the button, and small blind Hiroki Morishita shoved for 4.75 million. Ambraisse called off for about 750K less and Santos gave it up.
Ambraisse:
Morishita:
Morishita added kings to his outs when flopped. The and failed to save him.
Idris Ambraisse | 9,000,000 | 4,900,000 |
Hiroki Morishita | 770,000 | -4,428,222 |