Event #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, $5M GTD, $1M to 1st Jour 2 | 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events

2020-08-02 17:02 UTC

Who Wants to be a Millionaire

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Action is now in full swing for the GGPoker World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online series. Fifteen bracelets have already been awarded, with dozens more yet to be handed out. On deck for today is one of the most popular events of any WSOP schedule, Day 2 of Event #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER.

The final Day 1 starting flight is still playing out for the MILLIONAIRE MAKER. but 820 players have already booked their seat in today's final day. Through the 15 starting flights, a total of 6,232 players tried their hand at becoming a millionaire. As things stand now, 764 players will share in the massive prize pool sitting at almost $9 million, and the winner is slated to get just shy of $1.5 million.

Kenny Hallaert — Kenny "Lambert44" Hallaert, chip leader going into Day 2 of MILLIONAIRE MAKER

There are quite a few big names already in the event including GGPOker ambassador Felipe Ramos, Daniel "Dan.Almeida" De Almeida, Peter Chen, Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker, Brad Owen, Markus "_PrinzOfDTO_" Prinz, Dan "oiltrader" Shak, Pedro "WhyNotChili" Ivars, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Fedor Holz, Mike McDonald, and Leon Tsoukernik among many others. Currently the player at the top of the chip counts is Kenny "Lambert44" Hallaert who will be unbagging 1,213,754 chips for Day 2, with the winner of last week's Short Deck Championship, Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb, sitting down on Day 2 with the second biggest stack, 1,144,317.

Action proceeds on Day 2 with 15 minute levels until the final table is set, with Day 2 starting at blinds of 5,000/10,000/1,000. Players started Day 1 with stacks of 50,000, but of course by the time they make today's Day 2 they'll have added more chips to those stacks. Stay tuned here throughout the day for updates on the action as they play down to crown poker's newest millionaire by the end of the day.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kenny "Lambert44" Hallaert	1,213,754 1,213,754	1,213,754
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb	1,144,317 1,144,317	1,144,317
Joao "golubici" Barbosa	1,114,218 1,114,218	1,114,218
BlindPew	1,098,738 1,098,738	1,098,738
Steven "Numb Nuts" Halcovitch	1,056,719 1,056,719	1,056,719
TeaLover	1,055,476 1,055,476	1,055,476

Tags: Brad Owen Dan Shak Fedor Holz Felipe Ramos Kenny Hallaert Leon Tsoukernik Mike McDonald Peter Chen

2020-08-02 19:11 UTC

Top Ten Stacks

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Niveau 3 : 7,000/14,000, 1,400 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb	1,680,071 357,834	357,834
Michael Addamo	1,547,157 282,024	282,024

TeaLover	1,292,990 119,724	119,724
Joao "golubici" Barbosa	1,280,271 211,990	211,990
Steven "Numb Nuts" Halcovitch	1,165,387 164,668	164,668
Kenny "Lambert44" Hallaert	1,140,554 -25,200	-25,200
Guillaume "Luckyshiba" Diaz	1,124,200 1,124,200	1,124,200
Andrew "TonyTheSuit" Hulme	1,114,874 1,114,874	1,114,874
Hermogenes "VORAZ 74" Gelonezi Junior	1,114,722 1,114,722	1,114,722
Brutalgame1	1,073,898 1,073,898	1,073,898

2020-08-02 19:18 UTC

Noach Doubles Through Hallaert

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Niveau 3 : 7,000/14,000, 1,400 ante

Tal "Vamoschico" Noach raised all in early for 152,563 and Kenny "Lambert44" Hallaert called off from the small blind with the bigger stack.

Kenny "Lambert44" Hallaert:
Tal "Vamoschico" Noach:

Board:

Noach was in rough shape after the call, and worse after the flop, but the gutshot eight spiked on the river to keep them alive.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kenny "Lambert44" Hallaert	978,391 -162,163	-162,163
Tal "Vamoschico" Noach	330,326

2020-08-02 19:55 UTC

Droushiotis Cuts into Gottlieb

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Niveau 5 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Ioannis "Chitirijr" Droushiotis raised under the gun to 43,000 and Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb came over top to 173,000 from one spot left. Droushiotis called to see on the flop, then shoved for 235,145. Gottlieb called.

Ioannis "Chitirijr" Droushiotis:
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb:

Board:

They both flopped well, with Droushiotis hitting middle pair, but Gottlieb flopping open ended. The turn completed the straight for Gottlieb, but also set up the river boat for Droushiotis in the roller coaster hand.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb	1,028,986 -895,653	-895,653
Ioannis "Chitirijr" Droushiotis	860,290 860,290	860,290

2020-08-02 20:45 UTC

Latchayya Latches Onto Stack

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Niveau 8 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

"Zongluuu" opened from the middle for a shove worth 565,744 and Pranesh "Polop" Latchayya called down with the bigger stack from the cutoff.

Pranesh "Polop" Latchayya:
"Zongluuu":

Board:

"Zongluuu" was in tough shape and couldn't find any help. They were one of the players out for $4,494.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Pranesh "Polop" Latchayya	2,178,851

Tags: Pranesh Latchayya

2020-08-02 21:16 UTC

Hallaert Takes a Stack

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Niveau 10 : 30,000/60,000, 6,000 ante

Kenny "Lambert44" Hallaert called off a shove by Andreas "Duckzzz" Nasman.

Kenny "Lambert44" Hallaert:
Andreas "Duckzzz" Nasman:

Board:

It was best pair versus worst pair, and despite flopping open ended, Nasman couldn't get the ducks to fly.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kenny "Lambert44" Hallaert	2,839,852 567,686	567,686

2020-08-02 22:11 UTC

"PERUYI" Takes Diaz' Stack

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Niveau 13 : 60,000/120,000, 12,000 ante

After an early open, "PERUYI" raised to 659,900 from the button, and Guillaume "Luckyshiba" Diaz called from the big blind. The early raiser folded, and they took the flop heads up. Diaz check-called all-in for 33,900.

Guillaume "Luckyshiba" Diaz:
"PERUYI":

Board:

The pair for "PERUYI" was enough to send Diaz home for a cash of more than $7,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
PERUYI	3,942,360
Guillaume "Luckyshiba" Diaz	Eliminé

2020-08-02 22:43 UTC

Mosboeck Takes it on the Flop

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Niveau 15 : 90,000/180,000, 18,000 ante

Mario "xxmmarioxx" Mosboeck opened to 378,000 from the middle, and got called by Aneris "TaiwanNumba1" Adomkevicius in the cutoff and "PERUYI" in the big blind. The flop came and after a check from "PERUYI", Mosboeck took it down with a bet of 342,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mario "xxmmarioxx" Mosboeck	6,948,346 672,000	672,000
PERUYI	4,670,369 728,009	728,009
Aneris "TaiwanNumba1" Adomkevicius	4,090,978

2020-08-02 23:17 UTC

Otani Gets There on the River

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Niveau 17 : 125,000/250,000, 25,000 ante

Hermogenes "VORAZ 74" Gelonezi Junior shoved for almost 2.5 million from the button, and Norihiro "orzorz" Otani called the big blind for less.

Norihiro "orzorz" Otani:
Hermogenes "VORAZ 74" Gelonezi Junior:

Board:

It looked like Otani was in trouble right up till they spiked the eight on the river to score a double.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Norihiro "orzorz" Otani	4,491,122
Hermogenes "VORAZ 74" Gelonezi Junior	376,638 -3,936,094	-3,936,094

2020-08-02 23:24 UTC

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Niveau 17 : 125,000/250,000, 25,000 ante

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