Out of the small blind, Yigit "Gandhing1212" Aksoy moved in once he had passed the big blinds and saw his stack cut shorter. Mohaiman "Ironman3000" Ashrafee made the call from the big blind and the
On a board of , there was no help for Aksoy and he departed in 10th place for $8,343.51. Once the other table has completed the current hand, the final nine players will combine to one table.
Once the action was on big stack Anson "Tara@Oz" Tsang in the small blind, he simply raised to 18.4 million and now shortest stack Eder "BlueMoon" Campana called for far less out of the big blind.
Eder "BlueMoon" Campana:
Anson "Tara@Oz" Tsang:
On a board of , Tsang nailed the flop with the jack-high straight and Campana was drawing dead on the turn to leave in 9th place, which comes with a payday of $11,604.34.
Stephen "supernuts21" Holford raised to 1 million from under the gun and called the shove of Nobuaki "Sasa JHR" Sasaki out of the big blind for 5.8 million total.
Nobuaki "Sasa JHR" Sasaki:
Stephen "supernuts21" Holford:
Sasaki was trailing with the kicker and the board left the Japanese drawing dead on the turn. Sasaki has been eliminated in 8th place and takes home $16,139.30 for his efforts.
After a few minor hands without any major showdown or action, it was Mohaiman "Ironman3000" Ashrafee that raised to 880,000 and Marc "Face-O" Carola jammed the button for just shy of 7.5 million, which Ashrafee called.
Marc "Face-O" Carola:
Mohaiman "Ironman3000" Ashrafee:
Again both players in the showdown hit their kickers on the board which sent Carola out in 7th place for $22,446.42.
First to act, chip leader Anson "Tara@Oz" Tsang raised to 800,000 and he then called the shove of Malcolm "HappyWhale" Trayner for 3.9 million in total after brief consideration.
Nothing changed yet on the flop but Tsang took a commanding lead with the turn as he also had the superior diamond draw. No two outer followed for Aussie Trayner on the river and he finished in 6th place for $31,219.57.
Down to fewer than 11 blinds, Wong "SMLJtroll" Soon Heong moved all in from the button and Stephen "supernuts21" Holford went all-in over the top for more than 17.7 million from the small blind, which successfully isolated.
Wong "SMLJtroll" Soon Heong:
Stephen "supernuts21" Holford:
Heong took the lead on the flop but it was a short-lived one, as Holford improved on the turn. A blank river reduced the field to the final four contenders and Heong receives $43,418.80 for his efforts.
Amir "8ty4calling8" Dvir open jammed the button with his short stack and was called by chip leader Anson "Tara@Oz" Tsang in the small blind.
Amir "8ty4calling8" Dvir:
Anson "Tara@Oz" Tsang:
If there was any hand thus far on the final table to indicate the run good of Tsang, it was this one as he flopped a full house on . Dvir was looking for an eight but came up blank on the turn and river. Dvir has been eliminated in 3rd place and that comes with a payday of $$60,387.
In a battle of the blinds, Stephen "supernuts21" Holford ended up at risk out of the big blind in a pot worth 26 blinds when he faced Mohaiman "Ironman3000" Ashrafee in the small blind.
Stephen "supernuts21" Holford:
Mohaiman "Ironman3000" Ashrafee:
The board ensured that the kicker played in favor of Ashrafee, and Holford had to settle for 3rd place and $83,986,38.
Only a few further hands followed and Mohaiman "Ironman3000" Ashrafee then moved all in for fewer than 14 blinds on the button, which resulted in a quick call by Anson "tara@Oz" Tsang in the big blind.
The door card was the but it was followed by the to instantly give Tsang broadway . After a blank turn, Ashrafee could only chop with a king and instead the appeared on the river. Ashrafee narrowly missed out on his maiden bracelet and the second bracelet for Bangladesh to earn $116,808.65 for his efforts.
For Tsang, the victory comes with a payday of $150,460.15 and he also receives a package for the World Series of Poker Europe. It was the second WSOP bracelet for Tsang, who already had a close call two days ago when he finished 12th in event #67: $500 Limit Hold'em.
The 2020 GGPoker World Series of Poker Online Bracelet Events have crowned the next champion in Event #68: $500 Deepstack, which has come to a conclusion after nearly 13 hours and 20 minutes of play. A field of 2,315 entries created a prize pool of $1,099,625 and Yan Shing "Anson" Tsang has earned his second WSOP bracelet after defeating Mohaiman "Ironman3000" Ashrafee heads-up.
Tsang has already cashed three dozen times at WSOP tournaments in Las Vegas and the King's Resort in Rozvadov, and his victory came with a payday of $150,460. On top of that, Tsang also receives a package for the World Series of Poker Europe and that very same location certainly brings sweet memories as he was the first player from Hong Kong to win poker's most-coveted prize back in 2018 after topping 187 entries in Event #7: €2,200 Pot Limit Omaha.
During the ongoing festival, he now cashed for the 12th time under his moniker "Tara@0z" and already came close to a second victory just two days ago. In Event #67: $500 Limit Hold'em, Tsang fell shy of the final table and ultimately finished in 12th place.
The game of preference for Tsang is usually Pot-Limit Omaha in which he cashed in four of these events during the festival so far. However, Hold'em can be "Very fun if you win!!!". A time zone advantage in the late stages was not on his side as Tsang played all night long until 9.20 a.m. local time in Hong Kong to claim his second bracelet.
Final Result Event #68: $500 Deepstack NLHE
Place
Winner
Country
Prize (in USD)
1
Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang
Hong Kong
$150,460*
2
Mohaiman "Ironman3000" Ashrafee
Bangladesh
$116,809
3
Stephen "supernuts21" Holford
United Kingdom
$83,986
4
Amir "8ty4calling8" Dvir
Israel
$60,387
5
Wong "SMLJtroll" Soon Heong
Hong Kong
$43,419
6
Malcolm "HappyWhale" Trayner
Australia
$31,219
7
Marc "Face-O" Carola
Mexico
$22,446
8
Nobuaki "Sasa JHR" Sasaki
Japan
$16,139
9
Eder "BlueMoon" Campana
Brazil
$11,604
Entries:
2,315
Total Prize Pool:
$1,099,625
*the winner also receives a package for the World Series of Poker Europe
The nine-handed final table featured players from eight different countries and notables included Eder "BlueMoon" Campana, Nobuaki "Sasa JHR" Sasaki, Malcolm "HappyWhale" Trayner and Stephen "supernuts21" Holford. Runner-up Mohaiman "Ironman3000" Ashrafee narrowly missed out on a second WSOP bracelet for his home country of Bangladesh as Ahmad Saifuddin won a $2,000 Limit Hold'em event at the 2007 WSOP.
Tsang entered as the chip leader and knocked out four of his eight opponents to never surrender the top spot at any point even though Ashrafee came as close as one big blind for one hand during the heads-up battle.
The Race to the Money and Beyond
Throughout the four hours of late registration, the field size grew by the minute as hundreds of poker enthusiasts from all over the world joined the action while many others busted, re-entered and tested their fortune once more. Some of those that failed to make the cut for the payouts were Conor Beresford, Bruno Volkmann, Paul Teoh, Martin Zamani, Steven van Zadelhoff, James Chen, Mike McDonald, Gianluca Speranza and Parker Talbot.
Hand-for-hand play only lasted a few hands and a double elimination let the bubble burst when "MapleBear" and Rob "Livia" Hollink both fell to Jonas "resilience32" Gaul. Hollink had more chips and secured the min-cash.
Soon after the floodgates opened as dozens of players departed in a matter of minutes and that pace remained the same for an extended period. GGPoker ambassador Daniel Negreanu notched up another WSOP result but ran with eights into queens to settle for the min cash. He was soon joined on the rail by Timur Margolin, Christian Rudolph, Joao Vieira, Chris Oliver, Marcelo Jakovljevic Pudla and Vanessa Kade to mention just a few.
Tobias "Whooop" Peters lost a flip with tens against the ace-queen of Ramon "Ritza" Miquel Munoz and nearly at the same time, Fabrizio "UknowWhoIam" Gonzalez ran with ace-queen into ace-king. They would be just a few of many notables who secured a pay jump but fell short of the top 100.
Unstoppable Tsang Jumps Into the Lead
With fewer than 50 players remaining, Anson "tara@0z" Tsang suddenly emerged at the top of the leaderboard. In quick succession he notched up two massive pots by eliminating Vishal "bhishm" Tulsyan and Lianghong "lilianghong" Li when he held a full house both times. Tsang also prevailed with kings against the ace-eight for an open-ended straight draw of Chirag "Umeshbhai" Sodha and was the run-away chip leader.
Only Amir "8ty4calling8" Dvir was able to get close to Tsang and even claimed the lead on the final three tables as they both took their turns by sending shorter stacks to the rail. Natural8 ambassador Thai Ha was, however, not among their victims as he failed to get there with ace-ten against the ace-king of "wahmodijiwah" and bowed out in 20th place.
The race to the final table saw Tsang and Dvir back in the driver's seat and some notables such as Alejo "Hugo_Ronzi" Castellazzi, Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka and Brian "Timeout20" Oshust fell short of the final table.
Final Table Action
There was already an all-in and call in the second hand but Stephen "supernuts21" Holford survived to double. Instead it was Eder "BlueMoon" Campana that called a shove by Tsang with ace-four, who flopped the nut straight with ten-nine suited. Holford then knocked out Nobuaki "Sasa JHR" Sasaki with ace-king versus ace-queen and went from short stack to third in chips. The next two eliminations followed in quick succession and five remained with Tsang still in a comfortable lead.
Wong "SMLJtroll" Soon Heong came up short with eight-seven suited versus ace-king as Holford earned another knockout but from there on out it was all about Tsang's aggression, which led to a commanding lead. Dvir succumbed to it in a matter of minutes and Holford was also left short when he paid off Tsang.
For Holford the end came in third place when he could not solve a kicker problem with ace-seven against the ace-queen of Ashrafee. While Tsang held a big lead when entering heads-up, it still took more than 40 minutes to accumulate all the chips. Ashrafee even came within one big blind but then lost several big pots to drop all the way down to 15 blinds. Ultimately, Ashrafee jammed queen-jack into king-queen and Tsang's final table run good was crowned with the nut straight on the flop.
A busy Sunday schedule awaits on the GGNetwork with starting days for the $5,000 Main Event as well as three WSOP bracelet events.This includes Day 1 of the highly anticipated Event #70: $25,000 NLH POKER PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, which comes with a guaranteed prize pool of $10 million. The PokerNews team will provide updates of all tournaments!