The 2020 Online World Series of Poker on GGPoker is underway! From July 19th to September 6th, 85 WSOP gold bracelets are up for grabs on GG Poker. GGPoker's schedule offers a whopping 54 bracelet events in the upcoming month and a half.
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The late registration period is officially over and the final prize pool details are in. The tournament attracted 1,342 entries to create a prize pool of $1,912,350. This means that 188 players will be in the money for at least $3,328 while the winner later today will walk away with an extra $297,496 in their bankroll.
"BluffMeNot" raised to 8,800 from the middle position and was called by "MechBearCat" in the cutoff while the rest folded.
They both checked through the flop to the [js[ on the turn. "BluffMeNot" check-raised the 15,966 bet of "MechbearCat" to 58,400 who made the call.
The river completed the board with the and "BluffMeNot" shoved for 128,530 which "MechBearCat" called with the bigger stack. "BluffMeNot" tabled for king-high so "MechBearCat" could claim the elimination to their name as they held for the rivered straight.
"Doduckduck" just won three all-ins in a row, when "mrsweets29" shoved from the small blind for 62,546 and was called by "Doduckduck" in the big blind with the bigger stack.
"mrsweets29:
"Doduckduck":
The board ran out for "Doduckduck" to flop trips against the pair of "mrweets29".
The hand right after, Bradley "mrbradleyy" Harwood shoved from the cutoff for 48,378 and "Doduckduck" three-bet shoved for more for the blinds to get out of their way.
Bradley "mrbradleyy" Harwood:
"Doduckduck":
The board ran out for "Doduckduck" to flop a set of aces to eliminate Harwood.
A few hands later, "Doduckduck" raised to 8,000 from under the gun and was called by "allin donk" in the big blind. They both checked through the flop to the on the turn. "allin donk" bet 11,000 for "Doduckduck" to raise it up for "allin donk" to call for their tournament life for their last 33,061. "allin donk" tabled for the open-ended straight draw while "Doduckduck" held for top pair. The river completed the board with the to keep "Doduckduck" ahead and propel them into the chip lead.
The 2009 World Series of Poker stood out in history for several things. It was the second year of the now-defunct November Nine, when Joe Cada became the youngest-ever world champion at 21 after defeating Maryland logger Darvin Moon heads-up. Phil Ivey finished seventh in the event, ensuring massive coverage throughout the Main Event and the final table in November.
While the 2009 Main Event is probably what's remembered most from that year, there was another story brewing that year when Australian professional Jeff Lisandro went on an unprecedented tear in the stud portion of the WSOP, and pulled off a feat that's yet to be matched: winning three stud-events in a single year.
To this date, Lisandro remains the only player to have pulled off that feat in nothing but stud events, and was the first player since Ivey in 2002 to win three bracelets in a single summer.
"Wim Hof" raised to 6,300 from the middle position and Patrick "Nelepo10" Ulysséa three-bet shoved from the small blind with the bigger stack. "CigarroEcoca" called for less and "Wim Hof" folded.
"CigarroEcoca":
Patrick "Nelepo10" Ulysséa:
The board ran out for Ulysséa to river the higher pair of aces to eliminate "CigarroEcoca" while "Wim hof" showed they folded the .
Tom "Pik00rs" Delaine raised to 6,899 from the early position and was called by Juan Pardo in the cutoff while the rest folded.
The flop came for Delaine to continue with a bet of 6,751 which Pardo called.
The turn brought them the for Delaine to now barrel a bet of 11,072 over the line for Pardo to go along again.
The completed the board on the river and Delaine bet enough to put Pardo all-in who called for the 45,975 he had behind. Delaine tabled for trip jacks but Pardo held for the flopped full house to double up with.