Event #4: $800 DOUBLE CHANCE NLH Jour 1 | 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events

2021-08-05 17:55 UTC

ClubGG WSOP Main Event Stage 1 Satellites Are Underway!

Niveau 4 : 125/250, 30 ante

The wait is finally over. You can now start your quest to win one of ten 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Events seats on the incredible ClubGG poker app! Stage 1 satellites are in the lobby right now, and waiting for Platinum ClubGG members to enter them.

ClubGG is a free-to-play poker app from GGPoker. It is free to play around the world, even in areas where GGPoker is not accessible. In addition to the free to play model, players can subscribe for an affordable $49.99 per month and become a Platinum member. Those Platinum members can win hundreds of thousands of dollars in live event entries for their $49.99 subscription.

Ten seats, each worth $10,000, to the 2021 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas are guaranteed to be won by ClubGG Platinum members between today, August 2, and August 22. Three of those seats will be given away on August 8, with another three guaranteed on August 15, and the final four being won on August 22.

Read on to find out more

2021-08-05 18:55 UTC

Just When You Think the WSOP Online Couldn't Get Any Bigger!

Niveau 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

With 33 bracelets on the schedule, it's going to be a busy month and a bit here on GGPoker as the World Series of Poker Online gets underway.

But August is set to be even bigger than expected, with over $10,000,000 being given away across the site.

Whether you're playing cash games, All-In or Fold, Battle Royale or Flip & Go on GGPoker, there's something for everyone.

Daily Leaderboards and Exclusive Giveaways

"There's over 10,000,000 reasons to play at GGPoker this August," said Paul Burke, Head of PR at GGPoker. "Daily leaderboards, exclusive giveaways, and all of this while WSOP Online 2021 is underway and dozens of gold WSOP bracelets are being won - there’s truly a lot to celebrate this month!"

One of the more exciting opportunities is the GG x WSOP Special Edition Gift Box. This daily tournament leaderboard promotion awards $32,000 to up to 1,400 players every day.

Read on to find out more

2021-08-05 19:50 UTC

Chen Counterfeits Bruschi to Double

Niveau 11 : 600/1,200, 150 ante

After a late position raise from Renan Bruschi, Pete Chen moved all in for about 22,000 from the small blind. Bruschi called with pocket sixes, and he was flipping against the of Chen. The flop of provided little help for Chen, but the turn meant that another jack or seven would give Chen the better hand with his ace kicker.

Sure enough, a seven came on the river, sinking the sixes of Bruschi, and giving Chen a double.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Renan Bruschi	122,722

Peter Chen	47,500 47,500	47,500

2021-08-05 19:55 UTC

GGPoker Signs Greg Goes All In as a Content Creator

Niveau 11 : 600/1,200, 150 ante

There was a time when becoming a sponsored poker player or an ambassador of an online poker site required you to be an elite player. That or at least have one marquee tournament victory on your resume. Those times are long gone, as evidenced by GGPoker signing popular poker content creator "Greg Goes All In."

Greg Goes All In loves playing poker, even if he admits to not being anywhere near the best player in the world. Creating amazing, fun poker-related content is one of Greg's major strengths, and it is his content production skills that have secured him a place on the GGPoker Team.

Greg is now a fully-fledged member of the Content Creators Team, part of the GGTeam stable. His tongue-in-cheek, self-deprecating videos are a massive hit with his 16,500 YouTube followers. He even poked fun at himself when announcing his new content creation deal with GGPoker!

The self-proclaimed "memelord" has created dozens of viral poker videos over the past 12-months and even managed to bag himself an exclusive interview with 15-times WSOP champion Phil Hellmuth earlier this year.

Read on to find out more about Greg

2021-08-05 20:20 UTC

Okamura Adds To His Chip Lead

Niveau 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Motoyoshi "falcon8808" Okamura raised it up to 3,500 from the cutoff, and from the small blind, "Th3Secr3t" reraised to 15,000, about half their stack. Okamura took little time to put them all in, and "Th3Secr3t" called with pocket sevens. They were in a world of hurt though, as the chip leader held pocket aces.

"Th3Secr3t" flopped a straight draw, but picked up no further help, and Okamura extended his chip lead.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Motoyoshi "falcon8808" Okamura	281,054 281,054	281,054
Th3Secr3t	Eliminé

2021-08-05 20:31 UTC

Swieboda Eliminates Chris Moorman

Niveau 13 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

Bartlomiej "chester20o" Swieboda and Chris Moorman got into a raising war preflop that saw the final 50,000 of Moorman's chips go into the middle from the big blind, holding . However, he was dominated by the of Swieboda. The board ran down , and the king kicker played to knock out a big name in this bracelet event.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Bartlomiej Swieboda	251,234 251,234	251,234
Chris Moorman	Eliminé

2021-08-05 20:57 UTC

Two Straight KOs for Chip Leader "jacky chun"

Niveau 14 : 1,250/2,500, 300 ante

"Ma3str0" looked to be in great shape for a double up against "jacky chun" holding on a board reading . "jacky chun" held just , but an ace on the river gave "jacky chun" the winning hand in that 115,000 chip pot.

On the very next hand, "jacky chun" would raise, and then called the all in of Abhinav "OBellaCiao" Iyer, who held . "jacky chun" showed two live cards with , and they took the lead on the flop. The script flipped on the turn, but it happened again when the river gave "jacky chun" trips.

That hand makes "jacky chun" the first player over the half million chip marker.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
jacky chun	510,321 510,321	510,321
Ma3str0	Eliminé
Abhinav "OBellaCiao" Iyer	Eliminé

2021-08-05 22:01 UTC

WSOP 2021 Main Event Satellites From $80 Hit GGPoker

Niveau 18 : 2,500/5,000, 600 ante

GGPoker has released details of its Road to Vegas satellite tournaments, which gives the online poker site’s players the chance to win their way to the WSOP 2021 Main Event.

No other online poker site is offering WSOP 2021 Main Event packages because GGPoker has exclusivity. This means you need a GGPoker account if you want to attempt to win a $12,500 WSOP 2021 Main Event package. What does that package contain? Everything you need for a successful trip to “Sin City!”

Read on to find out more

2021-08-05 22:19 UTC

Payouts for Event #4 DOUBLE CHANCE NLH

Niveau 19 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

Over 1600 players came out for today's $800 bracelet event, creating a prizepool of $1,248,680. The final 269 players will be paid out tonight, all earning at least $1,391.90. First place will take home $161,636.72, and the WSOP gold bracelet. Check out the payouts tab for a full breakdown of the prizepool.

2021-08-05 22:59 UTC

Another Bracelet for Negreanu and Brazil to Shine in Our WSOP Online Predictions

Niveau 21 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

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?

Read on to find out the predictions