The World Series of Poker Online has just begun on GGPoker, with the first bracelet winner crowned today. Remember, you can follow along to all the action right here on PokerNews with our extensive live reporting of the event.
But before we get there, it's time for some prediction from members of the PokerNews staff. We spoke with five members of the team to get their thoughts on who will be the big winners, how many entries the WSOP Online Main Event will get and of course, the most important question, how will Daniel Negreanu fare?
Pablo "Singleleg" Wesley opened for 32,000 from the button. Elio Fox three-bet to 84,000 from the small blind before he called a jam by Wesley to 345,270.
Pablo "Singleleg" Wesley:
Elio Fox:
Wesley bricked the board and Fox, with a full house, was the first player to surpass 2 million in chips.
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Sergio Aido limped the button. Fernando "JNandez87" Habegger completed from the small blind and Pavel "EzzzGame" Plesuv checked back from the big blind.
Habegger and Plesuv checked the flop. Aido bet 30,000. Habegger used a bit of his clock with a pay jump looming before raising to 75,000 with just 5,336 behind. Plesuv folded and Aido three-bet. Habegger used more of his clock before he called.
Fernando "JNandez87" Habegger:
Sergio Aido:
Aido improved to a set on the turn and Habegger was eliminated after the river completed the board.
Daniel Dvoress min-raised from under the gun and Elio Fox called from the button. "Kris_Petrova" three-bet jammed for 512,414 from the small blind. Dvoress folded and Fox called.
"Kris_Petrova":
Elio Fox:
Fox improved to a set on the flop and he never looked back as the turn and river completed the board to eliminate "Kris_Petrova" in 35th place.
After 32 amazing WSOP Online bracelet events at WSOP.com for residents in Nevada and New Jersey, the WSOP Online opened up in style to the rest of the world at GGPoker with a pair of its 33 bracelet events including the WSOP Online Event #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event.
The event attracted a healthy field of 1,584 players to generate a massive $1,759,824 prize pool but this is only half the story as this event also raised $175,824 for Caesars Cares, a Nevada-based COVID-19 charity.
Joao Simao bagged a chip leading stack on Day 1 of 4,808,840 after 32 blind levels of 15-minutes each in his quest for his first WSOP gold bracelet with an impressive group right behind in Andras Nemeth (3,625,258), Claas Segebrecht (3,532,007), Roman Hrabec (2,897,555), and Ilya "Dezauzer" Yakunin (2,810,361).
Meanwhile, Elio Fox (2,427,140), Sergio Aido (2,140,493), and Yuhan "HansNevrLose" Liu (2,097,352) also virtually bagged top 10 stacks into Day 2.
GGPoker WSOP Online Event #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Joao Simao
Brazil
4,808,840
69
2
Andras Nemeth
Hungary
3,625,258
52
3
Claas Segebrecht
Germany
3,532,007
50
4
Roman Hrabec
Czech Republic
2,897,555
41
5
Ilya "Dezauzer" Yakunin
Russia
2,810,361
40
6
Jabochi
Israel
2,755,649
39
7
Elio Fox
United States
2,427,140
35
8
Sergio Aido
Spain
2,097,352
30
9
Yuhan "HansNevrLose" Liu
China
2,097,352
30
10
manymen83
Albania
1,756,800
25
Four Players Staked at GGPoker Advance to Day 2
Claas Segebrecht
GGPoker has an innovative staking feature where players can sell their poker action within the actual tournament lobby of the poker client. Transactions are automated, placing both the investor and player at no risk.
While not every player that was staked cashed, many did. In fact, four players that advanced to the final day in Event #2 have investors sweating the outcome of tomorrow's action.
The top 269 players cashed for at least a min-cash of $1,775 with tomorrow's top 20 players guaranteed at least a $7,839 payday. Tomorrow's winner will not only be awarded a coveted WSOP gold ring but also win the $206,075 top prize.
Here is a look at the remaining payouts:
Place
Prize
1
$206,075
2
$154,533
3
$115,884
4
$86,900
5
$65,166
6
$48,868
7
$36,646
8
$27,480
9
$20,607
10
$13,454
11
$11,755
12-13
$10,270
14-17
$8,973
18-20
$7,839
Action Resumes Monday, Aug. 2
The action will resume on Monday, Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. CEST (1 p.m. ET) with blinds at 35,000/70,000 along with an ante of 8,500. Blinds will increase every 15 minutes until the final table at which point blinds will be rolled back to assure at least a 40 big blind average and will increase a certain after a certain amount of hands instead of by time.
Stay tuned at PokerNews as we bring you the conclusion of the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Event #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event.
board and Fox, with a full house, was the first player to surpass 2 million in chips.
board, while Fox extended his chip lead with a full house.
flop. Aido bet 30,000. Habegger used a bit of his clock with a pay jump looming before raising to 75,000 with just 5,336 behind. Plesuv folded and Aido three-bet. Habegger used more of his clock before he called.
river completed the board.
flop and he never looked back as the 
river completed the board to eliminate "Kris_Petrova" in 35th place.
