EVENT UPDATES
view updates for day:
Monday, September 7, 2020 4:09 AM Local Time
Michael Gathy Wins Fourth WSOP Bracelet in Event #85: $500 Closer and $272,504
Event #85: $500 The Closer has come to a conclusion after close to 8 hours of play.
The tournament field drew 4,012 and after a scintillating day of rapid-fire action, the winner at the end was Michael "Hneves" Gathy who used the final opportunity of the series to claim the fourth bracelet of his career and the grand prize of $272,504.
Gathy won his last WSOP Bracelet in 2016 and has amassed 1.8 million in WSOP earnings in his impressive career.
Final Table Results
Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in USD) |
1 | Michael "Hneves" Gathy | Belgium | $272,504 |
2 | Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li | China | $194,248 |
3 | Shankar Pillai | United States | $138,467 |
4 | Erik "KoiOfTheHill" Von Buxhoeveden | Germany | $98,704 |
5 | Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | Brazil | $70,359 |
6 | Craig "mrfeeny" Mason | United States | $50,154 |
7 | Paul "Wizardofodds" Hockin | New Zealand | $35,751 |
8 | Toni "FinBuddha" Ojala | Finland | $25,485 |
9 | Vitor "SPEWberg" Adiron | Brazil | $18,166 |
The Belgian poker pro was solidly within the top of the chip counts for much of the day but really waited until the final two tables to make his move toward the top.
The final table began with very few big blinds between all the players and the eliminations came rapidly as the entire table took only 30 minutes to complete, with most of the hands being preflop all in battles.
Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li entered the final table as the chip leader and at one point strengthened her lead but eventually Gathy would cut into that lead with several big pots and after Shankar Pillai was eliminated in third place, Gathy held a 2:1 chip lead going into heads up play.
Gathy would not relent in heads up as he did not allow Li to win many pots and quickly whittled Li's stack down to a very short one before eventually securing his fourth bracelet.
Monday, September 7, 2020 3:45 AM Local Time
Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li Eliminated in 2nd Place ($194,248)
After just a few hands of heads up play Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li got it all in the middle preflop.
Li held the against the of Michael "Hneves" Gathy.
The board ran out to bring no help to Li and she was eliminated in 2nd place and Gathy emerged as the winner.
Michael "Hneves" Gathy | 100,300,000 | 62,850,000 |
Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li | 0 | -39,508,000 |
Monday, September 7, 2020 3:33 AM Local Time
Shankar Pillai Eliminated in 3rd Place ($138,467)
The field was cut to heads up almost immediately afterwards as Shankar Pillai fell to Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li in a preflop all in.
Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li | 39,508,000 | 308,000 |
Shankar Pillai | 0 | -17,593,000 |
Monday, September 7, 2020 3:31 AM Local Time
Erik "KoiOfTheHill" Von Buxhoeveden Eliminated in 4th Place ($98,704)
Erik "KoiOfTheHill" Von Buxhoeveden's pocket sixes were no good against the pocket tens Michael "Hneves" Gathy as the board did not provide any help and the field was cut down once again in rapid fashion.
Michael "Hneves" Gathy | 37,450,000 | 3,150,000 |
Erik "KoiOfTheHill" Von Buxhoeveden | 0 | -16,454,000 |
Monday, September 7, 2020 3:28 AM Local Time
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei Eliminated in 5th Place ($70,359)
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei was the next victim of the rapid fire eliminations when his ace-deuce was chased down by the ten-six of Michael "Hneves" Gathy.
Michael "Hneves" Gathy | 34,300,000 | 16,657,000 |
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | 0 | -5,571,000 |
Monday, September 7, 2020 3:25 AM Local Time
Craig "mrfeeny" Mason Eliminated in 6th Place ($50,154)
Craig "mrfeeny" Mason Eliminated was eliminated in 6th place when his extremely short stack was finished off by the of Erik "KoiOfTheHill" Von Buxhoeveden.
Erik "KoiOfTheHill" Von Buxhoeveden | 16,454,000 | 10,027,000 |
Craig "mrfeeny" Mason | 0 | -7,774,000 |
Monday, September 7, 2020 3:15 AM Local Time
Paul "Wizardofodds" Hockin Eliminated in 7th Place ($35,751)
Paul "Wizardofodds" Hockin came up short in a preflop all in when his fell to the as a queen hit the flop and the rest of the board held to give more chips to Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li.
Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li | 39,200,000 | 7,780,000 |
Paul "Wizardofodds" Hockin | 0 | -14,216,000 |
Monday, September 7, 2020 3:08 AM Local Time
Toni "FinBuddha" Ojala Eliminated in 8th Place ($25,485)
Toni "FinBuddha" Ojala moved all his chips into the middle and got a call from Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li.
Things were looking good for him to double as he held the . But the flop brought bad news as it came the to give a set to the of Li.
The turn was the and the river came the and Ojala was gone in 9th place.
Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li | 31,420,000 | 9,695,000 |
Toni "FinBuddha" Ojala | 0 | -9,345,000 |
Monday, September 7, 2020 2:58 AM Local Time
Final Table Chip Counts
Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li | 21,725,000 | 12,705,000 |
Michael "Hneves" Gathy | 17,643,000 | 12,272,000 |
Shankar Pillai | 17,593,000 | 11,688,000 |
Paul "Wizardofodds" Hockin | 14,216,000 | 6,147,000 |
Toni "FinBuddha" Ojala | 9,345,000 | 5,551,000 |
Craig "mrfeeny" Mason | 7,774,000 | 5,983,000 |
Erik "KoiOfTheHill" Von Buxhoeveden | 6,427,000 | 3,916,000 |
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | 5,571,000 | -3,578,000 |
Monday, September 7, 2020 2:54 AM Local Time
Break Time
The remaining 9 players will take a brief break as the final table is now set.
Monday, September 7, 2020 2:36 AM Local Time
Recent Eliminations
A look at the 19th through 12th finishers who have been eliminated within the past hour.
Monday, September 7, 2020 2:21 AM Local Time
Kamei Eliminates Von Kriegenbergh
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei took out Taylor "TheFlaneur" Von Kriegenbergh when his ace-jack held against the to bring the field ever closer to the final table.
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | 9,149,000 | 4,847,000 |
Taylor "TheFlaneur" Von Kriegenbergh | 0 | -4,021,000 |
Monday, September 7, 2020 1:56 AM Local Time
Break Time
The remaining 19 players are now on their brief hourly break.
Monday, September 7, 2020 1:52 AM Local Time
Final Three Table Chip Counts
Feargus "LemonSqueezy" Murphy | 10,760,000 | 10,760,000 |
Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li | 9,020,000 | 7,194,000 |
Paul "Wizardofodds" Hockin | 8,069,000 | 8,069,000 |
Shuki Saadon | 6,415,000 | 4,389,000 |
Miguel "kryingkid10" Silva | 6,227,000 | -113,000 |
Shankar Pillai | 5,905,000 | 5,665,000 |
Vitor "SPEWberg" Adiron | 5,586,000 | 5,586,000 |
Michael "Hneves" Gathy | 5,371,000 | 4,730,000 |
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | 4,302,000 | 4,302,000 |
Sang Yeon "alltimehigh" Hwang | 4,074,000 | 4,074,000 |
Taylor "TheFlaneur" Von Kriegenbergh | 4,021,000 | -894,000 |
Toni "FinBuddha" Ojala | 3,794,000 | 3,794,000 |
Alessandro "MonkeyD93" Pichierri | 2,727,000 | 2,727,000 |
Nicolas "Messi" Maillaud | 2,718,000 | 799,000 |
Anatoly "bolomoute" Zlotnikov | 2,675,000 | 88,000 |
Damian "IMPERIAL!" Zachowicz | 2,661,000 | 2,661,000 |
Erik "KoiOfTheHill" Von Buxhoeveden | 2,511,000 | 2,511,000 |
Sergi Reixach | 2,447,000 | 664,000 |
David "sweetlips6" Dusome | 2,363,000 | 2,363,000 |
Lucas "GreenFrogX" Tabarin | 2,065,000 | 2,065,000 |
Craig "mrfeeny" Mason | 1,791,000 | 1,791,000 |
Mitch "MonsonMagic" Johnson | 1,760,000 | 1,760,000 |
Ren Le "li_xiaolong" Lin | 1,480,000 | 1,480,000 |
Donkey_Fish | 1,124,000 | 1,124,000 |
Monday, September 7, 2020 1:37 AM Local Time
Two Pair Over Two Pair Hits for Silva
Action was on the flop that read . Miguel "kryingkid10" Silva bet 200,000 and was raised to 700,000 and called.
The turn was the . "DaPunisher" then moved all in and Silva called quickly.
Silva had two pair with the which was ahead of the of DaPunisher.
The river was the and Silva took the large pot.
Miguel "kryingkid10" Silva | 6,340,000 | 6,340,000 |
DaPunisher | 683,000 | -1,387,000 |
Monday, September 7, 2020 1:20 AM Local Time
Finishers 49-40
A look at the most recent eliminations and their respective prize money.
Monday, September 7, 2020 1:10 AM Local Time
Von Kriegenbergh Continues to Build
Taylor "TheFlaneur" Von Kriegenbergh took out a short stacked opponent in a preflop all in when his hit the flop to overcome the of his opponent to move his stack close to 5 million.
Taylor "TheFlaneur" Von Kriegenbergh | 4,915,000 | 2,435,000 |
Monday, September 7, 2020 1:02 AM Local Time
Upcoming Payouts
A look at the next few payout levels.
Monday, September 7, 2020 12:45 AM Local Time
"twigsey" Takes Chunk From Chip Leader
In a preflop all in "twogsey had a chance to double up vs the big stack of the tournament of Shankar Pillai.
twigsey held the against the . The board ran out safely for the nines and twigsey gathered in a nice double and prevented Pillai from taking a large chip lead.
twigsey | 1,345,000 | |
Shankar Pillai | 240,000 | -1,466,000 |
Monday, September 7, 2020 12:27 AM Local Time
Level 30 Top Chip Counts
Anatoly "bolomoute" Zlotnikov | 2,587,000 | 2,587,000 |
Taylor "TheFlaneur" Von Kriegenbergh | 2,480,000 | 2,480,000 |
DaPunisher | 2,070,000 | 2,070,000 |
William "OveyGG" Overmire | 2,050,000 | 2,050,000 |
Shuki Saadon | 2,026,000 | -164,000 |
Felipe "LisFlower" Boianovsky | 1,986,000 | 1,909,000 |
Nicolas "Messi" Maillaud | 1,919,000 | 1,919,000 |
Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li | 1,826,000 | 1,826,000 |
Sergi Reixach | 1,783,000 | 1,783,000 |
Shankar Pillai | 1,706,000 | 1,706,000 |