Trygve “FullSendWig” Leite won the first two hands of the final table preflop, then raised a third time to 1,600,000, calling Connor Drinan’s shove for 12,200,000. This time we know what he had – two black aces, up against Drinan’s . The board brought no outdraw and Drinan finished in 9th place.
David "Stoic123" Mitchell had patiently waited for a spot to get his short stack in and did so from early position. He was called by Eliyahu "yaldon" Elyshiv in the cutoff and the duo was flipping.
David "Stoic123" Mitchell:
Eliyahu "yaldon" Elyshiv:
The flop gaave Mitchell a gutshot while Elyshiv spiked boottom set. Nothing changed on the turn an the river was too little too late for Mitchell, who takes home $13,289.61 for his efforts.
Jiahuan "brahms" He moved all in on the button when it folded to him with . Small blind Trygve "FullSendWig" Leite reshoved with , his higher pair holding over the run-out.
Gregory "C0bb" Ronaldson had been doing a decent job of dancing between the raindrops, moving in uncalled in spots not already fought over by Leite. This last time, he moved in for 10,471,000, called by small blind Emanuele "BudSpencer" Monari. His was up against a slightly bigger ace - the . Monari's seven kicker came into play with the board running out and Ronaldson's weaving days are over.
The action started with a min-raise to 2 million by Emanuele "BudSpencer" Monari and Eliyahu "yaldon" Elyshiv three-ber to 7 million on the button with just over one big blind behind. Monari clicked it backl and Elyshiv called all-in.
Anjali "Iwanashipit" Agrawal had fallen to a trailling stack position at the start of this level, with just 14 big blinds to his opponents' 65 and 93 respectively. He clawed some back, first from Emanuele "BudSpencer" Monari (calling Monari's preflop raise to 2,000,000, then leading for 2,200,000 on a flop, uncalled) then from Trygve "FullSendWig" Leite, who gave up his big blind to a committing-looking raise to 16,300,000 (79,000 behind).
However, his run at the bracelet ended when he moved all in for 17,119,944, called by Leite, whose held vs. his over a run-out.
Emanuele "BudSpencer" Monari limp-called a raise to 6.4 million by Trygve "FullSendWig" Leite and they headed to the flop, on which Leite bet 4.356 million and was called by Monari.
Leite also bet the turn for 16.434 million into a pot of 21.912 milllion, Monari called once more. Both players had five seconds left on their time bank on the river and Leite now checked.
Monari moved all in for the last 44,617,657 and Leite snap-called to get shown for a rivered two pair by Monari. It was no good as the very same card gave Leite with the the nut straight and ended the tournament in his favour.
Monari's runner-up finish comes with a payday of $101,292.01 whereas Leite earns his maiden WSOP gold bracelet and top prize of $130,099.98. A full recap of today's action is to follow.
The 2020 GGPoker World Series of Poker Online Bracelet Events have crowned another champion in Event #75: $300 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em. After an intense heads-up battle which lasted around one hour, Trygve "FullSendWig" Leite from Norway came out on top against Italy's Emanuele "BudSpencer" Monari to claim his maiden WSOP bracelet and top prize of $130,100.
As the festival on the GGNetwork is on the home stretch, the tenth and final tournament which counts towards the Asia Time Zone Events leaderboard turned out to he the biggest in terms of entries. A total of 3,552 entries created a prize pool of $991,008, the top 440 spots were paid.
Eventual champion Leite has already cashed in at least five events of the online festival and his deepest run was a 12th place in Event #61: $300 Monster Stack NLHE 6-Handed, which featured very similar circumstances. On the live poker circuit, Leite has cashed for nearly $150k according to his profile on The Hendon Mob and today's victory appears to be his biggest recorded payday so far.
Prior to this online festival, only five Norwegians had won a WSOP bracelet including two-time winner and legend of the game Thor Hansen, Sigurd Eskeland, Annette Obrestad and Espen Sandvik. Leite follows into these footsteps and has won the 7th bracelet for his home country.
Final Result Event #75: $300 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em
Place
Winner
Country
Prize (in USD)
1
Trygve "FullSendWig" Leite
Norway
$130,100*
2
Emanuele "BudSpencer" Monari
Italy
$101,292
3
Anjali "Iwanashipit" Agrawal
India
$72,204
4
Eliyahu "yaldon" Elyshiv
Israel
$51,470
5
Gregory "C0bb" Ronaldson
South Africa
$36,689
6
Paul "Pistolero99" Lozano
Spain
$26,154
7
Jiahuan "brahms" He
China
$18,643
8
David "Stoic123" Mitchell
United States
$13,290
9
Connor Drinan
United States
$9,473
Total Prize Pool: $991,008
Total Entries:
3,552
*the winner also receives a package for the World Series of Poker Europe
Many well-known bracelet hunters hit the rail before the money, including Antoine Saout, Yuri Dzivielevski, Marvin "BeerPressure" Rettenmaier, Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang, Joao Vieira, Aaron Van Blarcum, Erik Seidel, Main Event Champion Ryan Riess and GGPoker Ambassador Daniel Negreanu.
Around halfway through the day’s play, a few competitors edged ahead of the pack, including “MR1SHNARK”, Joshua "thefreshest" Mccully, “Brainfwaves”, Michael “H3R0” Acevedo and Ivan “Negriin” Vilchez. All were to run deep (McCully finished 38th for $2,445, “MR1SHNARK” 25th and "Brainfwaves" 22nd for $3,431 respectively while Acevedo made the last two tables), but the final was to be dominated at its start by two later-stage stack builders, Anjali "Iwanashipit" Agrawal and Emanuele "BudSpencer" Monari.
Notable pre-final cashes included those of Dara O’Kearney (who’d made the money with just 1.5 big blinds), Rob “Livia” Hollink (95th for $1,312), Patrick “CocoTheDog” Mahoney (58th for $1,744), Chris Moorman (43rd for $2,445), Jody “JagOff” Fayant (32nd for $2,445), Anton “storytellerA” Morgenstern (23rd for $3,431) and Maximiliano “TheChosen1” Veyga (19th for $3,431).
With two tables remaining, it was Mario "xxmmarioxx" Mosboeck who, despite doubling eventual finalist Eliyahu "yaldon" Elyshiv, maintained a leading stack of over 25,000,000, eliminating both Veyga and Blake “Beast2018!” Bohn (14th for $4,813). However, the biggest flip of the tournament thus far was to hand Emanuele "BudSpencer" Monari a stack of nearly 50,000,000 and end Mosboeck’s bracelet ambitions. A single preflop all-in match-up between Mosboeck’s ace-king and Monari’s pocket tens propelled the Italian to the top of the counts and his opponent hit the rail in 11th place ($6,753).
Monari also burst the final table bubble, busting short stack Seungmook “7high” Jung (10th for $6,753) and began the nine-handed fight with only Trygve “FullSendWig” Leite close to him in chips. For all the drama to come, these two players would maintain (and swap) the chip lead for most of the final table.
Connor Drinan was first to be eliminated from the multinational final, running fives into Leite’s aces preflop (it should be mentioned that Leite came out swinging on the final, winning the first two hands with preflop aggression before Drinan took his last stand). David “Stoic123” Mitchell followed him out in 8th ($13,290), having patiently waited for a spot – and a hand – with which to commit his short stack. That hand was ace-ten off-suit, picked off by a set-flopping Eliyahu "yaldon" Elyshiv with pocket eights.
Jiahuan "brahms" He exited in 7th place ($18,643) after moving in for on the button with a pair of threes (in much the same chip position as Mitchell) only to find Leite in the small blind with fives. Paul “Pistolero99” Lozano, too, fell in similar fashion as he shoved with jack-king from the small blind and found big blind Leite with ace-ten.
Although Anjali "Iwanashipit" Agrawal had tangled repeatedly with now-leading Leite, he took a back seat to the action as Gregory “C0bb” Ronaldson was eliminated by a resurgent Monari. Another player down to finding a good shoving spot, Ronaldson’s preflop jam with ace-five was called by Monari with ace-seven; the kickers played and Ronaldson finished 5th ($36,689). Monari continued his bid to retake the chip lead by busting Elyshiv, who, with under 10 million chips remaining, also found a committing hand: king-ten off-suit. Monari took him on with ace-seven, which held to bring the final to its penultimate elimination.
Agrawal faced his two now deep-stacked opponents with just 14 big blinds, and though he won several small skirmishes in an attempt to build back, his final all-in move with jack-eight was called by Leite with ace-king. His failure to outdraw big slick gave him 3rd place and $72,204.
Heads up, Leite started out relentlessly eating away at Monari’s stack, but the Italian’s occasional large shoves were well-timed, and they both enjoyed streaks of multiple pots in a row. Though Monari almost drew level with Leite after a level of one-on-one play, his opponent finally got the better of him on the river of the final hand (a rivered two pair for Monari handing Leite a queen-high straight). Monari's runner-up finish came with a payday of $101,292.01 while Leite took home coveted WSOP gold and $130,099.98.
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