Event #50: $2,100 No Limit Hold'em Bounty Championship | 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events

2020-08-04 16:52 UTC

No Limit Hold'em Bounty Championship is Set to Go

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The GGPoker World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online is well underway, and there's another bracelet to give away today. On deck for Tuesday is Event #50: $2,100 No Limit Hold'em Bounty Championship.

The progressive bounty format is just like a typical multi-table tournament, except there are extra prizes to be won with every knockout. Player bounties start at $500, and for every other player they knock out, 50% of the busted player's bounty is given out immediately in cash, while the other 50% is added to the surviving player's bounty. That tends to open the action up significantly, as when a bounty is in play, the odds required to call can drop so much, there are spots where it's profitable to call off with any two to take a bounty.

With just over an hour to go till the first hand is dealt, there are just under 150 entries recorded for today's Championship, including some very big names. Among the runners already in the field are GGPoker ambassadors Felipe Ramos, Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker, and Daniel Negreanu, as well as Pete Chen, Sergey Rybachenko, Mikhail Semin, Danny Tang, Thai Ha, Daniel "Dan.Almeida" De Almeida, Niklas "NikkyMouse" Ehrenholz, Andrii "BabyShark19" Kozlenko, Kevin Martin, JinHo Hong, Peter "BIG CHI" Chien, Ramon "PapaChips" Kropmanns, Joel "Pertti_58" Holmberg, Diego "El Motron" Ostrovich and Patrick "Egption" Tardif among many others.

Action on the Bounty Championship gets underway at 2 p.m. Eastern time, and they'll play down to a winner in this one-day event. PokerNews will be following the action to bring you chip counts and big hands through the day, so stay tuned here to find out who is going to win the next GGPoker WSOP Online bracelet.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Danny Tang Felipe Ramos Jinho Hong Kevin Martin Mikhail Semin Pete Chen Sergey Rybachenko Thai Ha

2020-08-04 18:00 UTC

Cards Are in the Air for the Bounty Championship

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Niveau 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

The action is on in Event #50: $2,100 No Limit Hold'em Bounty Championship. As the day begins, the field is now nearing 400 players.

2020-08-04 18:25 UTC

Yafaoui Coolers Martin's Stack

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Niveau 2 : 150/300, 35 ante

Ghassan "Simbuzzi" Yafaoui raised early, and Kevin Martin reraised the button to 1,420. It folded back to Yafaoui who raised to 3,892, and Martin called to see on the flop.

Yafaoui led for 6,530 and Martin smooth-called to the turn. Yafaoui shoved for 13,853 and Martin called with a bigger stack.

Ghassan "Simbuzzi" Yafaoui:
Kevin Martin:

Board:

It was a cooler from the start with Martin's kings crushed against the aces of Yafaoui. The board didn't help, and Yafaoui took a nice pot from the Canadian Big Brother and Twitch star.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ghassan "Simbuzzi" Yafaoui	49,050	49,050
Kevin Martin	6,279	-25,040

Tags: Ghassan Yafaoui Kevin Martin

2020-08-04 19:09 UTC

Anatski Takes a Bounty

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Niveau 4 : 250/500, 60 ante

Thi "HoneyandTHI" Truong raised the button to 1,000 and Ilya Anatski called from the big blind. The flop came and Anatski check-choved for 52,270 over the 1,000 bet. Truong called down.

Ilya Anatski:
Thi "HoneyandTHI" Truong:

Board:

Anatski only had bottom pair when the money went in on the flop, but then went runner-runner straight for the win and the bounty.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ilya Anatski	62,220	62,220

Tags: Ilya Anatski Thi Truong

2020-08-04 19:35 UTC

Higgins Gets a Bounty

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Niveau 6 : 350/700, 85 ante

Simon Higgins opened to 1,470 from the middle, and Sebastian "seabas" Lewin called from the cutoff, as did the small blind. The flop came and after a check, Higgins bet 2,895 with both other players calling.

The turn was , and once again, Higgins fired 10,865 after a check, but this time, only Lewin called to see on the river. Higgins check-called the 28,864 shove from Lewin.

Simon Higgins:
Sebastian "seabas" Lewin:

Higgins turned trips, and Lewin bricked the flush draw to give Higgins another bounty, bringing his bounty total so far to $1,500.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Simon Higgins	142,376	76,564

Tags: Simon Higgins Sebastian Lewin

2020-08-04 19:49 UTC

Higgins Collects Another Bounty

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Niveau 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Simon Higgins raised under the gun to 1,680 and was called in two spots. The flop came and after a check from big blind Daniel "Tourmination" Petersen, Higgins bet 1,872.

Only Petersen came along to the turn where they check-called a bet of 7,488. On the river, Petersen shoved for 9,545 and Higgins called.

Simon Higgins:
Daniel "Tourmination" Petersen:

Board:

Petersen looked to be trapping after flopping two pair, but the check-call line let Higgins go runner-runner straight for the win. Higgins now has $2,000 in bounties and the chip lead.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Simon Higgins	167,781	25,405

Tags: Simon Higgins Daniel Petersen

2020-08-04 20:09 UTC

Prize Pool Tops $2 Million

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Niveau 8 : 450/900, 110 ante

The field size is nearing 1,100 entries now, and the prize pool has just topped $2 million. There's still just under an hour of registration left in this event, so that number will likely grow further still.

2020-08-04 21:16 UTC

Capucho Grabs a Bounty

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Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

Jichong "WinForKakei" Lei opened the middle to 4,000 and Nuno "Albertov" Capucho shoved the cutoff for 53,232. It folded back to Lei who called.

Nuno "Albertov" Capucho:
Jichong "WinForKakei" Lei:

Board:

Capucho flopped the set, but the flop also gave Lei a lot of outs, which they promptly bricked on the turn and river.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Nuno "Albertov" Capucho	110,965

2020-08-04 21:23 UTC

Final Table Set for Event #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER

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Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

It was a crazy finish in Sunday's Day 2 of Event #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER. After playing nearly an hour 12-handed, it took just a few hands to play from 12 down to the final table of nine.

Here's how they'll stack up for this Saturday's final table.

Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
Daniel Dvoress	Canada	92,476,846	30.8
Alejandro "pepealas" Caridad	Argentina	64,001,642	21.3
Neville "NevSlater" Endo Costa	Brazil	43,132,236	14.4
Michael "MrFabulous" Nugent	Canada	37,076,246	12.4
Anatoly "Mr_Deer" Filatov	Russia	22,480,13	7.58
Tomasz "SushiJanushi" Cybulski	Poland	16,604,499	6.2
Aneris "TaiwanNumba1" Adomkevicius	Lithuania	13,452,228	4.5
Caio "Ez4ENCE" De Almeida	Brazil	12,558,546	4.2
Ronny Kaiser	Switzerland	10,506,666	3.5

2020-08-04 22:30 UTC

Vengrin Gets Nice Pot on River

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Niveau 16 : 2,500/5,000, 600 ante

Matthew "DNSFD" Vengrin raised to 10,000 from the middle, and Damian Salas called from the big blind. The flop came and Salas bet 10,000 and got the call.