Event #77: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, $25M GTD
Day 2 Started
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #77: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, $25M GTD
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$27,559,500
Entries
5,802
Level
25
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
1,171
Players Left
38
The highlight of the 2020 GGPoker World Series of Poker Online Bracelet Events has wrapped up all 23 starting flights. Once the late registration for the last starting day had closed, the flagship Event #77: $5,000 NLHE Main Event gathered a stunning field of 5,802 entries. A total prize pool of $27,559,500 set a new record for the world of online poker and surpassed the ambitious guarantee of $25 million.
Especially throughout the final heats the participation increased a ton with Flight W attracting the biggest field of 858 entries for the turbo heat with a reduced level duration of 20 minutes instead of half an hour. All those that make it to the end of level 15 have a short break and then join the 930 survivors of all previous heats to battle for their share of the record-breaking prize pool.
Only the top 728 spots will get paid at least $11,834 whereas the eventual champion will walk away with a top prize of $3,904,688 and the coveted gold bracelet. Until then it's a long way to go and Day 2 will play down to the final five tables before then wrapping up the following Saturday, September 5th, 2020, as of 6.30 p.m. UTC (2.30 p.m. EST).
Throughout the first 22 starting days, only two participants had managed to turn their starting day of 50,000 into seven figures. Two-time WSOP Bracelet winner Kahle Burns topped the leaderboard with a stack of 1,387,292, followed by Jonathan "Serenity" Dokler with 1,021,967. A shade behind that was "stamina22" with 994,190, Warley "Shikamaru-" Galvao (931,221) and Israel's "TILTTTT1999" (908,569) completed the overnight top five.
Other notables returning to big stacks include Mikalai Vaskaboinikau (796,176), Samuel Vousden (717,497), Arsenii "kastaban" Karmatckii (678,259), Michael "MiguelFiesta" Lech (671,675), Shyngis "somebodyelse" Satubayev (623,401), Pavel "EzzzGame" Plesuv (623,230) and Adam "MikePrice82" Hendrix (621,949) to name all but a few well above the average.
The final turbo heat was topped by "mrdemidov" with 672,533, followed by Phachara "Phachara W" Wongwichit (649,813), Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang (471,061) and Craig Timmis (457,188) also advanced with healthy stacks among the 242 survivors.
Out of the GGPoker ambassadors, Fedor Holz fared the best and accumulated a stack of 464,791, whereas Daniel Negreanu fired the allowed maximum of three bullets without advancing. In the final turbo heat, fellow Felipe Ramos advanced with a stack of 54,523. Former WSOP Main Event champions Ryan Riess (152,782) and record 15-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth (108,644) will be among the shorter stacks when the action resumes at 6.30 p.m. UTC (2.30 p.m. EST).
As of Day 2 and for the remainder of the tournament until the final table has been reached, the levels will last 40 minutes each and the action recommences at blinds of 2,500/5,000 with a running ante of 25. The penultimate tournament day will not only burst the money bubble but continue to play down to the final 40 hopefuls. All those that make it one step further then have a break of six days before a champion is crowned the following Saturday.
Stay tuned to find out who makes the cut right here on PokerNews as the live reporting team will provide updates from start to finish for the record-breaking $5,000 Main Event and all remaining WSOP Online Bracelet events!
Level: 1
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 625
Level 1
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
The tournament has just started with the players in their seats to race to the final 40 players today.
Level 1
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
With the 5,802 players who have entered the tournament, a prize pool of a whopping $27,559,500 has been created. In total, 728 of the 1,171 players on Day 2 will cash for at least $11,834 while the winner will walk away with $3,904,686, the WSOP Main Event bracelet, and a WSOP Europe package.
This is what they are all playing for:
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize | Place | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,904,686 | 10-13 | $161,686 | 162-215 | $22,378 | ||
| 2 | $2,748,605 | 14-17 | $113,465 | 216-278 | $20,124 | ||
| 3 | $1,928,887 | 18-26 | $79,625 | 279-350 | $18,098 | ||
| 4 | $1,353,634 | 27-35 | $55,880 | 351-431 | $16,274 | ||
| 5 | $949,937 | 36-53 | $39,214 | 432-521 | $14,634 | ||
| 6 | $666,637 | 54-80 | $30,776 | 522-620 | $13,160 | ||
| 7 | $467,825 | 81-116 | $27,675 | 621-728 | $11,834 | ||
| 8 | $328,305 | 117-161 | $24,886 | ||||
| 9 | $230,395 |
Level 1
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
There were all-in and call right out of the bat as Mohammed "MarraKechy" El Mazounitooka hit when he got it in preflop with 
against a shorter-stacked "Turya", who tabled the 
.
The board ran out 
and "Turya" doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,395
-48,360
|
-48,360 |
|
107,970
59,610
|
59,610 |
Level 1
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
Phil Hellmuth limped in for 5,000 on the button and Thomas Muehloecker, fresh off a double with ace-queen versus ace-nine, moved all in for 53,263 from the small blind. Hellmuth gave it some thought before giving it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,394
-16,250
|
-16,250 |
|
||
|
68,263
41,944
|
41,944 |
Level 1
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
In a pot worth 315,444, Ruben "Aphex Twin" Abajo was the player at risk with the 
and faced the 
of Kazuki "8809" Ikeuchi.
The board ran out 
and Abajo doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,444
134,722
|
134,722 |
|
197,943
-147,722
|
-147,722 |
Level 1
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
Guilherme "wolverine27" Schreiber raised to 10,000 from under the gun and was called by Kenneth "Forrest_Li" Edberg in the small blind. On a 
flop, Edberg check-called a bet of 19,900 and the turn was checked. Edberg then ledthe 
river for 39,900 and picked up a call.
Edberg tabled the 
for a flush and Schreiber's 
was no good.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
693,514
38,200
|
38,200 |
|
|
296,344 |
Level 1
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
GGPoker ambassador Felipe Ramos started off the day as one of the short stacks and had 53,898 left when his final hand occurred. Seated in the hijack, he moved all in and Michel "CrossfireX" Dattani came over the top from the small blind.
Felipe Ramos: 
Michel "CrossfireX" Dattani: 
The 
flop slashed one of Ramos' outs away, and neither the 
turn nor 
river could save his Main Event life.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
139,922 | |
|
Busted | |
|
||