WSOP.com - $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

Ryan "protential" Laplante raised to 20,000 under the gun and Faraz "22NevaLoose" Jaka called from the hijack. Ruth "crazeelf666" Ruffman came along from the big blind and it was three-way action to the    .

Ruffman checked, Laplante continued for 30,000, and the other two players called to see the   turn.

Two checks saw Jaka bet 105,000, Ruffman folded, and Laplante just called to see the   river.

Laplante checked and then snap-called when Jaka jammed for 368,553.

Faraz "22NevaLoose" Jaka:   
Ryan "protential" Laplante:   

Jaka had flopped a set but it was no good as Laplante had completed his gutshot straight on the turn to take down the massive pot.

Ryan "Protential" Laplante	1,221,000	419,686
Faraz "22nevaloose" Jaka	0	-522,000

Ruth "crazeelf666" Ruffman raised to 19,900 from middle position. "Boxy1" then three-bet all in for 63,672 from the button. Justin "cheersfive" Liberto re-shoved his larger stack of 322,95 which forced Ruffman out.

"Boxy1" was at risk holding the [10c01d] against the    of Liberto.

The flop came     to pair up Liberto and put "Boxy1" in trouble. The turn   and the river   did nothing to save "Boxy1" who was sent packing.

Justin "cheersfive" Liberto	417,723	-431,505
Ruth "crazeelf666" Ruffman	218,754	218,754
Boxy1	0	0

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) closed registration on its unique 2020's hybrid online and live edition of the $10,000 No-Limit Hold-Em World Championship, known better to poker fans as the Main Event.

Previously GGPoker played the online portion of the international bracket, drawing 674 players and creating a prize pool of $6,470,000. The remaining eight players from eight different nations will convene for live play on Tuesday, Dec. 15 at King's Casino in the Czech Republic with its champion traveling to Las Vegas for a heads-up showdown for an additional million dollars on Wed., Dec. 30.

On Sunday, Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. local time in Las Vegas, registration closed on WSOP.com's real money gaming platform for the USA field. Once tallied up, the tournament drew 705 entrants who posted the $10,000 buy-in creating a total prize pool of $6,768,000.

The 2020 Main Event will establish a new benchmark for prize pool in U.S. regulated markets, easily eclipsing the $2.019 million achieved for the 2020 WSOP Online championship in July 2020. Also of note, since regulations began for online poker in 2014, never had a player won $1 million or greater on a U.S. licensed poker site. The 2020 Main Event will make millionaires of both first and second place for the domestic field, and when combined with first and second place payouts for the international bracket, will see four players hitting the magic mark from the tournament.

"It's a great result so far," said Ty Stewart, Executive Director of the World Series of Poker. "I think considering the circumstances 1,379 players is a strong field size that can stand up to the history of the event. It's also an important milestone for regulated online poker. Can't wait to see who will win this world championship bracelet."

By The Numbers

Total Entrants – 1379
Total Prize Pool - $13,238,000 + $1,000,000 to be added

Total Entrants on WSOP.com– 705
Total Prize Pool on WSOP.com - $6,768,000

Total Entrants on GGPoker - 674
Total Prize Pool on GGPoker: $6,470,000

Frank "Spaghettiii" Marasco moved all in for 51,281 from the hijack and Freddy "nevera" Deeb called from the small blind. The player in the big got out of the way and the hands were turned up.

Freddy "nevera" Deeb:   
Frank "Spaghettiii" Marasco:   

It was a flip and Marasco was looking to hold to stay alive. Unfortunately for him, that proved easier said than done as the board ran out       to give Deeb a winning two pair.

Freddy "nevera" Deeb	426,739
Frank "spaghettiii" Marasco	0	0

Mohsin "BubbleTea3" Charania raised to 12,030 from early position. It folded around to Martin "BathroomLine" Zamani in the big blind who called.

The flop came    . Charania made a small bet of 6,500 which was raised to 17,800 by Zamani, Charania called.

The turn was the  . Zamani led out with a bet of 78,900 into a pot of 68,060. Charania thought for a while before calling.

The river came the  . Zamani shoved all in and was snap called by Charania who turned over top full house with the    to beat the    flush of Zamani as Charania carved a lot of chips away from the previous chip leader.

Mohsin "bubbletea3" Charania	628,060	294,060
Martin "Bathroomline" Zamani	625,666	-226,334

"LAGityTAGity" raised to 14,789 from middle position, the next player to act, Galen "turkmalloy" Hall three-bet to 36,666 which the initial raiser called.

The flop came    . Hall bet 18,923 after a check and was called.

The turn was the  . Hall then bet all his chips for 445,854 which had the 117,051 of "LAGityTAGity" easily covered who folded after a few moments of thought and Hall collected his new chips.

Galen "turkmalloy" Hall	570,832	570,832
LaGityTAGity	117,051	117,051

Michael "vagab0nd" Youngman raised to 11,455 and "joefire" called from the hijack. 2013 WSOP Main Event champ Ryan "BiTC0iN" Riess then three-bet all in for 53,476 from the cutoff and action folded back around to Youngman, who also folded. "joefire" opted to make the call and the hands were turned up.

Ryan "BiTC0iN" Riess:   
"joefire":   

Riess had the better pocket pair and he shipped the double after the board ran out a safe      .

The remaining 177 players are now on another brief break.