Monday, December 14, 2020 4:46 AM Local Time
Zamani Miles Ahead
| Martin "Bathroomline" Zamani | 852,000 | -67,750  |
| Justin "cheersfive" Liberto | 539,000 | 490,875  |
| Derek "rickyguan" Sudell | 510,000 | 146,000 |
| Anthony "heheh" Zinno | 444,000 | 325,000 |
| Ryan "Protential" Laplante | 432,000 | 386,539 |
| Mike "miw210x" Wang | 423,000 | 213,000 |
| Faraz "22nevaloose" Jaka | 406,000 | 406,000 |
| Maria "femmeonfelt" Ho | 405,000 | 405,000 |
| Ryan "syChOsId" Hohner | 387,000 | 314,000 |
| Lauren "sycamore22" Roberts | 378,000 | 378,000 |
| Anthony "nowb3athat" Spinella | 360,000 | 283,000 |
| Darren "darrenelias" Elias | 325,000 | 265,000 |
| Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva | 319,000 | 131,255 |
| Dan "pepperprince" Zack | 319,000 | -86,000 |
Monday, December 14, 2020 4:46 AM Local Time
Zamani Takes Firm Chip Lead
Martin "BathroomLine" Zamani's rise to the top continued as he took out an opponent to add more chips to his huge stack.
Zamani raised to 10,000 from middle position. Matt "RubberFist" Stout then moved all in from the big blind for 55,163 and Zamani called.
It was a coin flip as Stout was at risk with the while Zamani had the .
The flop came . The turn was the and the river came the to miss Stout and eliminate him while Zamani surged to above 900,000.
| Martin "Bathroomline" Zamani | 919,750 | 860,750 |
| Matt "RubberFist" Stout | 0 | 0 |
Monday, December 14, 2020 4:44 AM Local Time
Dunst Cracks Kings to Eliminate Riccobono
Action folded around to Al "BigAl16" Riccobono in the cutoff and he moved all in for 44,490. Tony "Panoramic" Dunst, who won an online gold bracelet over the summer, was in the big blind and opted to make the call.
Al "BigAl16" Riccobono:
Tony "Panaramic" Dunst:
Riccobono was way ahead and held good through the and turn, but Dunst picked up a heart draw to go with his pair of sixes. Another heart failed to materialize, but the was just as good for Dunst as he made two pair to eliminate Riccobono.
| Tony "Panoramic" Dunst | 207,124 | 167,124 |
| Al "BigAl16" Riccobono | 0 | |
Monday, December 14, 2020 4:31 AM Local Time
"bubbleboy29" Flushes Away Set of Ladies
"bubbleboy29" raised to 8,000 from middle position preflop. "slappy17" three-bet shoved for their remaining 33,634 and "bubbleboy29" called with their big stack.
"slappy17" was at risk but in good shape with the against the of "bubbleboy29".
The flop came the to give "slappy17" a set of queens but made it a sweat with clubs. The turn was the
It was doom for "slappy" as the came off to bring in the flush for "bubbleboy29" to give them a nice addition to their growing stack.
| Daniel "bubbleboy29" Soltys | 300,543 | 300,543 |
| slappy17 | 0 | 0 |
Monday, December 14, 2020 4:20 AM Local Time
Pocket Rockets Fail to Hold for Zhang
Patrick "Brokerpat" Megna raised to 10,800 from the hijack and Aaron "Fishfold" Frei three-bet jammed for 58,577 from the cutoff. Zhi Chao "Luwvl88" Zhang then called off for 57308 from the button, both blinds folded, and Megna got out of the way.
Zhi Chao "Luwvl88" Zhang:
Aaron "Fishfold" Frei:
Zhang got it in with the granddaddy of all hands, but he fell way behind when the flop gave Frei a set. The and appeared on the turn and river respectively, and Frei improved to a full house to crack aces and send Zhang to the rail.
| Aaron "Fishfold" Frei | 136,285 | 74,048 |
| Zhi Chao "Luwvl88" Zhang | 0 | |
Monday, December 14, 2020 4:14 AM Local Time
Eriquezzo Caught From Behind and Busted
Shawn "shades927" Stroke raised to 8,888 from the cutoff. Ryan "GoFeltAfiSh" Eriquezzo three-bet to 29,749 out of the big blind. Stroke then four-bet all in which Eriquezzo called.
Ryan "GoFeltAfiSh" Eriquezzo:
Shawn "shades927" Stroke:
Eriquezzo was ahead but not after the flop as it came to pair the jack of Stroke. The turn was the and the river came the to send Eriquezzo away.
| Shawn "shades927" Stroke | 330,786 | 330,786 |
| Ryan "GoFeltaFish" Eriquezzo | 0 | -229,000 |
Monday, December 14, 2020 4:10 AM Local Time
Pahuja Takes Down Nice Pot
Mukul "NJ_NeVerMuK" Pahuja raised to 6,800 on the button. The big blind "bbissick" defended.
The flop came . Pahuja bet 5,780 and was called.
The turn was the . Pahuja bet again, this time for 19,040, "bbissick pounced with a raise to 56,553 which Pahuja called to make the pot 143,026.
The river came the . Both players checked. "bbissick" showed nothing with the and Pahuja showed the winning hand, the to give him the nice pot.
| Mukul "NJ_NeVerMuK" Pahuja | 336,425 | 336,425 |
| bbissick | 329,993 | 329,993 |
Monday, December 14, 2020 4:06 AM Local Time
Natividad Set Up to Bust
Robert "Nvrstsfied" Natividad raised to 7,275 from middle position only to have Chris "johnsonck" Johnson three-bet to 18,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Natividad and he jammed for 69,906, which Johnson quickly called.
Robert "Nvrstsfied" Natividad:
Chris "johnsonck" Johnson:
Natividad got it in good but disaster struck when the flop delivered Johnson a set. Neither the turn nor river helped Natividad and he hit the rail.
| Chris "johnsonck" Johnson | 229,516 | 193,516 |
| Robert "Nvrstsfied" Natividad | 0 | |
Monday, December 14, 2020 3:55 AM Local Time
Break Time
The remaining 245 players are now on another brief break.
Monday, December 14, 2020 3:54 AM Local Time
Some Shorter Stacks
| Nipun "javatini" Java | 74,000 | -29,000 |
| Jim "BOCARATONE" Collopy | 71,000 | 17,000 |
| Dylan "thedogsofwar" Wilkerson | 65,000 | 3,000 |
| Matt "Berkey11_S4Y" Berkey | 64,000 | -67,177 |
| Vinny "brownmagic" Pahuja | 63,000 | 10,000 |
| Brian "bexel" Sherrier | 62,000 | |
| Alex "RIP_Neiko" Rocha | 61,000 | |
| Ryan "Joeyisamush" Depaulo | 52,000 | -2,916 |
| Jason "LUCKDUCK" Lawhun | 46,000 | -14,000 |
| Darius "splashbro100" Studdard | 35,000 | |
Monday, December 14, 2020 3:50 AM Local Time
The Ladies Love Nick "nickyp1010" Palma
After an under-the-gun limp, Aaron "Fishfold" Frei raised to 14,620 two spots over. Zhi Chao "Luwvl88" Zhang called next to act and then Nick "nickyp1010" Palma three-bet jammed for 107,482 from the button. Both blinds folded, Frei called, and Zhang got out of the way.
Nick "nickyp1010" Palma:
Aaron "Fishfold" Frei:
It was a classic flip but not after the flop gave Palma top set. Still, Frei had both straight and flush draws, both of which were rendered moot after the turn filled up Palma.
The meaningless was run out on the river and Palma shipped the double.
| Nick "nickyp1010" Palma | 241,144 | 134,144 |
| Aaron "Fishfold" Frei | 62,237 | |
Monday, December 14, 2020 3:45 AM Local Time
Depaulo Doubles
Ryan "Joeyisamush" Depaulo jammed all in from the small blind for his remaining 26,098. He got called by the big stack Barry "puigmyfriend' Hutter in the big blind.
Depaulo was at risk holding the against the of Hutter.
The flop strengthened Depaulo's position as it came . The turn was the and the river came the to secure the double for Depaulo.
| Barry "puigmyfriend" Hutter | 432,010 | 294,010 |
| Ryan "Joeyisamush" Depaulo | 54,916 | 21,712 |
Monday, December 14, 2020 3:38 AM Local Time
De Silva Makes Correct Call
James "robin_hood" Dambrosio raised to 5,600 under the gun. Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva three-bet from the next position to 14,400. It folded back to Dambrosio who called.
The flop came . Action went check-check.
The turn was the . Dambrosio bet 9,999 which De Silva called.
The river came the to pair the board. Dambrosio thought for about a full minute before deciding to make a bet of 22,400 into a pot of 55,518. De Silva called pretty quickly and turned over the winning hand with the which bested the of Dambrosio.
| Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva | 187,745 | 121,076 |
| James "robin_hood" Dambrosio | 105,438 | 105,438 |
Monday, December 14, 2020 3:36 AM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
| Ralph "sosana" Perry | 426,000 | 293,523 |
| Dan "pepperprince" Zack | 405,000 | 218,000 |
| Derek "rickyguan" Sudell | 364,000 | |
| Sean "seanswing" Swingruber | 356,000 | |
| Mohsin "bubbletea3" Charania | 334,000 | |
| Joseph "biueberry" Cheong | 299,000 | 16,000 |
| Nick "DuckFlush" Pupillo | 299,000 | 225,000 |
| Jesse "patient0" Yaginuma | 288,000 | 192,000 |
| Michael "miguelfiesta" Lech | 265,000 | 226,148 |
| Michael "THEGRINDER44" Mizrachi | 254,000 | 170,000 |
| Joe "fanofdapoker" McKeehen | 248,000 | 80,000 |
| Adrian "ParTee" Buckley | 237,000 | 161,820 |
| Mike "miw210x" Wang | 210,000 | 12,000 |
Monday, December 14, 2020 3:36 AM Local Time
Somerville Sends Buzgon Packing
The short-stacked Daniel "juice" Buzgon moved all in for 4,892 from early position and learned the field all the way around to Jason "haderade" Somerville, who called from the big blind.
Jason "haderade" Somerville:
Daniel "juice" Buzgon:
Somerville had the superior ace and remained in the lead throughout the run out.
| Jason "haderade" Somerville | 149,761 | 72,761 |
| Daniel "juice" Buzgon | 0 | -59,000 |
Monday, December 14, 2020 3:30 AM Local Time
Payouts Finalized
With registration closed at 705 entries, the prize pool has been finalized and the payout distribution released by the WSOP.
Those entries produced a prize pool of $6,768,000. That amount will be paid out to the top 107 finishers, with a min-cash worth $14,890.
As for the top payouts, the winner will bank $1,553,256, though that player won't be determined until the live final table plays out in a few weeks. Here's how the top nine shakes out:
| Place | Payout |
|---|
| 1 | $1,553,256 |
| 2 | $1,002,340 |
| 3 | $529,258 |
| 4 | $387,130 |
| 5 | $286,963 |
| 6 | $215,222 |
| 7 | $163,786 |
| 8 | $125,885 |
| 9 | $98,813 |