Event #57: $150 GGMasters WSOP Edition [Freezeout], $1M GTD | 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events

2020-08-09 18:40 UTC

"Jesus19" Takes Another Stack

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Niveau 8 : 125/250, 25 ante

Asgeir Myre "Kransfull" Bremset called an early raise from the button before "Jesus19" raised to 2,500 from the big blind. The original raiser backed off, but Bremset shoved for 7,952. "Jesus19" called it off.

"Jesus19":
Asgeir Myre "Kransfull" Bremset:

Board:

"Jesus19" is running hot as they called off the shove with aces and held for another huge pot, and a spot in the top five chip counts.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jesus19	47,714	8,717
Asgeir Myre "Kransfull" Bremset	Eliminé

2020-08-09 18:17 UTC

Negreanu Gets There on the Turn

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Niveau 6 : 80/160, 16 ante

Daniel Negreanu called an early raise, as did Gabriel "XAMA" Muller Stuelp and one of the blinds. When the flop came it checked to Negreanu who bet 480. Only Stuelp called to the turn, and they called Negreanu's bet of 800. The river saw Negreanu lead out for 2,936 before Stuelp shoved for 7,012. Negreanu snapped it off.

Daniel Negreanu:
Gabriel "XAMA" Muller Stuelp:

Board:

Negreanu was in rough shape after the flop, but spiked boat over boat with the king on the turn, and sent Stuelp packing.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Daniel Negreanu	24,223	9,500
Gabriel "XAMA" Muller Stuelp	Eliminé

2020-08-09 18:12 UTC

Prize Pool Blows Past Guarantee

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Niveau 6 : 80/160, 16 ante

With more than 8,100 entries in Event #57: $150 GGMasters WSOP Edition so far, the prize pool is now well past the original guarantee. Currently, the prize pool sits at more than $1.1 million with more than 100 minutes left in registration.

2020-08-09 17:42 UTC

Negreanu Takes One

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Niveau 4 : 50/100, 10 ante

Daniel Negreanu limped under the gun, and he was called by Locosi Ambri in the small blind, and the big blind checked to the flop. It checked to the Canadian pro, and he bet 280.

Only Ambri called to see on the turn, and Ambri check-called the bet of 380 from Negreanu. On the river Ambri checked again, but folded when Negreanu bet 1,440.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Daniel Negreanu	10,931	1,051
Locosi Ambri	10,869

2020-08-09 17:24 UTC

"Jesus19" Gets Early Pot

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Niveau 2 : 30/60, 6 ante

After an early limp, Gabriel "XAMA" Muller Stuelp raised it up to 231 from the button, and "Jesus19" called from the big blind, as did the original limper. The flop came and it checked to Stuelp who fired 255.

Only "Jesus19" came to the turn, and they check-called a bet of 628. Both players checked the river.

"Jesus19":
Gabriel "XAMA" Muller Stuelp:

Board:

"Jesus19" had the better ace and held for a nice early pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jesus19	11,007	11,007
Gabriel "XAMA" Muller Stuelp	8,330	8,330

2020-08-09 16:01 UTC

GGMasters Event Adds Bracelet to Prize Pool

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Every Sunday 1 p.m. Eastern, GGPoker runs the GGMasters series. With $150 buy in and a strict freezeout format, players in the usual GGMasters series events accrue points for their finishes and compete for leaderboard prizes which include free tickets for next year's GGMasters series events, as well as a GGPoker ambassador package (worth $50,000) up top for the overall leaderboard winner. Today, however, rather than leaderboard points, players will be competing for a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet.

In addition to the bracelet, the guarantee for Event #57: $150 GGMasters WSOP Edition [Freezeout] has also been doubled from $500k to $1M, and with just over an hour till the first cards are dealt, there are already more than 2,900 players in the mix. Late registration is open for three hours after action begins, so there's plenty of time to get into the game. Players get 10,000 chips for their buy in, and will play 12 minute levels to start. After the 15th level, action switches to 15 minute levels for the remainder of the multi-table action.

With just over an hour left before the start, there are already several big names in action, including several of the GGPoker ambassador team like Daniel Negreanu, Felipe Ramos, Thai Ha, and Pete Chen, as well GGPoker Streamers like Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker, Daniel "Dan.Almeida" De Almeida, Darius "Komodo Dragon Jesus" Wajda, Torsten "jektiss" Brinkmann and Michael "Minthon" Iakovlev among others.

PokerNews will be on the virtual floor from the first hand to the last bringing you chip counts and key action through the day until a winner is crowned. Stay tuned to find out who will be the next bracelet winner on GGPoker.

Tags: Daniel De Almeida Daniel Negreanu Darius Wajda Felipe Ramos Michael Iakovlev Michiel Van Elsacker Pete Chen Thai Ha Torsten Brinkmann