Event #8: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship
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2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #8: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship
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Event Info
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Event Info
Info Niveau
Info Joueurs - Jour 1
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,275,250
Entrants
479
Niveau
35
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Entrants
479
Joueurs Survivants
9
Daniel Smiljkovic Leads the Final Nine in Event #8: $5,000 6-Handed Championship
Niveau 30
: 35,000/70,000, 8,500 ante
It took just under eight hours for a field of 479 players to be knocked down to just nine in Event #8: $5,000 6-Handed Championship, and there is one player who is well ahead of the field in this 2021 GGPoker Online WSOP Event.
Daniel Smiljkovic will be bringing in over a quarter of the chips in play tomorrow with a massive stack of 6,825,466. His next closest competitor, "P0t RippeR" has 4,558,643 with Xuming "scplayer" Qi completing the top three. Also still alive in this stacked field are George Wolff, Marius Gierse, and Aki "Seabossss" Virtanen.
Event #8: $5,000 6-Handed Championship Day 1 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Smiljkovic | Germany | 6,825,466 | 98 |
| 2 | "P0t RippeR" | Cyprus | 4,558,643 | 65 |
| 3 | Xuming "scplayer" Qi | China | 3,443,404 | 49 |
| 4 | George Wolff | United States | 2,435,447 | 35 |
| 5 | "DontTiltGG" | Finland | 2,346,627 | 34 |
| 6 | Marius Gierse | Austria | 1,828,528 | 26 |
| 7 | Aki "Seabossss" Virtanen | Finland | 1,272,900 | 18 |
| 8 | Yonatan "itayalenbi" Koko | Israel | 763,480 | 11 |
| 9 | Roman Hrabec | Czech Republic | 475,495 | 7 |
Some of the big names who finished in the money, but short of the Day 2 finals, included Kelvin Kerber (11th), Pete Chen (16th), Anatoly FIlatov (30th), GGPoker TwitchSquad member Kevin Martin (34th), Mark Radoja (43rd), and GGPoker Ambassador Daniel Negreanu (49th).
The action will pick up again on Wednesday, August 11th, at 5 p.m. GMT. The blinds will be 35,000/70,000. Once play gets down to the final table, the blinds will be reset so that the average stack is 40 big blinds.
Be sure to come back to PokerNews to find out who takes home this latest WSOP bracelet event!
End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts
Niveau 30
: 35,000/70,000, 8,500 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
6,825,466 | 338,500 |
|
4,558,643 | -787 |
|
3,443,404 | 1,630,862 |
|
2,435,447 | -222,000 |
|
2,346,627 | 966,494 |
|
1,828,528 | 1,321,704 |
|
|
1,272,900 | -139,000 |
|
763,480 | 339,610 |
|
475,495 | -1,593,171 |
Aliaksandr Hirs Eliminated in 10th Place ($27,716)
Niveau 30
: 35,000/70,000, 8,500 ante
Aliaksandr Hirs and "P0t RippeR" went heads up to a flop of 
, and Hirs checked to "P0t RippeR", who bet 120,000. Hirs came in for a check-raise to 270,000, and after a few moments of thought, "P0t RippeR" moved all in.
Hirs called it off with 
for bottom two pair, but he was trailing the 
flush of "P0t RippeR".
The turn 
and river 
didn't change anything, marking the last elimination of the day. Stay tuned for a full recap of today's action!
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,559,430 | 846,593 |
|
Eliminé |
Virtanen Scores a Double Up
Niveau 30
: 35,000/70,000, 8,500 ante
Aki "Seabossss" Virtanen got his final 700,000 and change in the middle preflop, and Daniel Smiljkovic made the call with 
. Virtanen was in great shape to double, holding 
, and the hand was all but done when the flop came down 
.
The 
turn gave Smiljkovic outs for a rivered straight, but the 
river provided no further help.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,486,966 | 782,831 |
|
|
1,411,900 | 520,495 |
Niveau: 30
Blinds: 35,000/70,000
Ante: 8,500
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Niveau 29
: 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante
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Niveau: 29
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 7,000
Qi Doubles Through Wolff
Niveau 28
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
After George Wolff raised it up, Xuming "scplayer" Qi got his final 850,000 and change in the middle from the button. Wolff would make the call with 
, but he was in a world of hurt, as Qi showed .
The flop of 
didn't change much, and the 
turn gave both players a flush draw. Wolff could now win with an eight or a king, but the completed the board instead.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,657,447 | 1,453,061 |
|
|
1,812,542 | 1,027,926 |
Kelvin Kerber Eliminated in 11th Place ($27,716)
Niveau 28
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Kelvin Kerber would get his final million chips in preflop holding 
from the small blind, but unfortunately for him, "P0t RippeR" had 
on the button.
The flop of 
nearly sealed the hand, but a king on the turn meant that Kerber could catch a ten for a miracle straight.
However, the came instead, sending the Brazilian to the rail. Just ten players remain now. After one more elimination, play will stop for the night.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,712,837 | 1,056,074 |
|
Eliminé |