Event #20: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH [Freezeout]
Jour 1 terminé
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #20: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH [Freezeout]
Jours 1
Dario Sammartino Ends Day 1 In the Hunt for a WSOP Gold Bracelet in Event #20: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH
Niveau 32
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
South Korea's Jerecho "choleeek89" Caballero made a late run at the end of Day 1 to bag as the chip leader of Event #20: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH Freezeout in the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online. The two-day tournament brought 1,080 entries for a $2,240,000 prize pool, and 24 players will come back tomorrow to battle for the first prize of $212,815 and the WSOP gold bracelet on GGPoker.
Italy's Dario Sammartino will enter Day 2 in second place after spending much of the day battling within the top ten on the leaderboard. Sammartino returns on Sunday to play for his first WSOP gold bracelet after previously finishing as runner-up in the main event of the 2019 World Series of Poker. This will be Sammartino's second final table of the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online bracelet series after finishing fifth in Event #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship.
Sammartino is joined by Shota "Daniel Negranue" Murakami, Eduardo "Ghazbaran" Rodrigues, and Timothy Cramer as the remaining top five chip leaders looking to catch Caballero on Day 2.
Event #20 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerecho "choleeek89" Caballero | South Korea | 5,768,351 |
| 2 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 5,007,106 |
| 3 | Shota "Daniel Negranue" Murakami | Japan | 4,700,383 |
| 4 | Eduardo "Ghazbaran" Rodrigues | Brazil | 4,457,147 |
| 5 | Timothy Cramer | United States | 3,779,733 |
| 6 | Felix "jesuisallin" Van De Put | Belgium | 3,390,470 |
| 7 | bootybanger | Austria | 3,369,161 |
| 8 | Thomas "zizelux" Harvey | New Zealand | 3,244,836 |
| 9 | Ricardo "stamina22" Da Silva | United States | 2,899,772 |
| 10 | BizaCarmela | Brazil | 2,877,949 |
| Total | 64,800,000 | ||
| Average | 2,700,000 |
Other notable players that will be returning to play for the WSOP gold bracelet on Sunday include Mikael "Basunababy69" Koistinen, Ranno "RukKuRuku" Sootla, and Rick "chucknorris" Hutting.
Remaining Payouts
| *Place | Prize* | |
| 1 | $212,815 | |
| 2 | $159,588 | |
| 3 | $119,674 | |
| 4 | $89,473 | |
| 5 | $67,268 | |
| 6 | $50,466 | |
| 7 | $37,844 | |
| 8 | $28,379 | |
| 9 | $21,281 | |
| 10 | $15,626 | |
| 11 | $13,610 | |
| 12-13 | $11,855 | |
| 14-17 | $10,326 | |
| 18-21 | $8,994 | |
| 22-24 | $7,834 |
Day 2 will begin on Sunday August 29 at 1 p.m. GMT and the PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all of the action as it happens. Players will play Day 2 all the way down to a final table before the blinds are adjusted so that the remaining chip stacks average 40 big blinds. During the final table the blinds will go up after a certain number of hands instead of every 15 minutes.
Be sure to join us on Sunday for non-stop coverage of Day 2 from the PokerNews team.
Final Day 1 Chip Counts
Niveau 32
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
5,768,351 | 2,419,052 |
|
5,007,106 | -597,500 |
|
4,700,383 | 473,892 |
|
4,457,147 | 370,000 |
|
3,779,733 | 765,632 |
|
3,390,470 | 1,014,456 |
|
3,369,161 | 703,391 |
|
3,244,836 | -458,000 |
|
|
2,899,772 | 195,610 |
|
|
2,877,949 | 2,877,949 |
|
|
2,747,099 | -287,500 |
|
2,421,823 | -576,995 |
|
|
2,380,632 | 2,380,632 |
|
|
2,276,363 | 2,276,363 |
|
|
1,810,720 | -751,417 |
|
1,789,244 | 1,789,244 |
|
1,644,697 | -1,974,080 |
|
|
1,608,590 | 675,379 |
|
1,597,136 | 1,597,136 |
|
1,587,524 | -352,955 |
|
|
1,532,660 | 1,101,925 |
|
1,508,856 | -622,694 |
|
1,232,276 | 143,340 |
|
|
1,167,472 | -682,200 |
Day 1 Concludes
Niveau 32
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Day 1 of Event #20: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH freezeout has come to an end.
Stay tuned for the full Day 1 leaderboard and a recap of the day's action.
Daniel Smiljkovic and Lucio Lima Win First WSOP Bracelets
Niveau 32
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Two more GGPoker players have secured poker's greatest prize, a gold World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. Austrian Daniel Smiljkovic triumphed in Event #8: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold 'em Championship while Brazil's Lucio Lima is the Event #9: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty champion.
Final Break
Niveau 32
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
The final 24 players are on the last five minute break of the day. There will be just over one minute left in Day 1 once players return from the break.
Cramer Wins Back to Back Pots
Niveau 32
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
After winning a big pot by pressuring the table to fold on the river, Timothy Cramer found another big spot. Pascal "Iwersen249" Iwersen opened from under the gun for 500,316 and Cramer three-bet to 1,778,915 to isolate. The table got out of the way and it was heads up.
Pascal "Iwersen249" Iwersen: 
Timothy Cramer: 
The board ran out 
and the fives held to give Cramer his second big pot in a row on the knockout of Iwersen.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,014,101 | |
|
|
Eliminé |
Rodrigues Makes Late Day 1 Move
Niveau 32
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Eduardo "Ghazbaran" Rodrigues raised to 250,000 from the cutoff and Edvinas "pamparam" Obolenis called. The flop came 
and Obolenis jammed for the final 320,801.
Rodrigues made the call and turned over 
. Obolenis turned over 
.
The turn 
and river 
were no help and Obolenis was out of the tournament.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,087,147 | 2,463,702 |
|
|
Eliminé |
Van De Put Stays Alive
Niveau 32
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Felix "jesuisallin" Van De Put opened the action with a shove for 1,118,257 from under the gun. Action folded to Mikael "Basunababy69" Koistinen for the call.
Felix "jesuisallin" Van De Put: 
Mikael "Basunababy69" Koistinen: 
The board ran out 
and the nines held to keep Van De Put alive late in Day 1.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,034,599 | -455,477 |
|
|
2,376,014 |
Niveau: 32
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000