WSOPC #18: $1,700 MAIN EVENT, $10M GTD Dia 1 | 2020 GGPoker WSOP Winter Online Circuit

2021-01-10 17:25 UTC

The Winners of the 2020 GGPoker WSOP Winter Online Circuit

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The ambitious cooperation between GGPoker and the World Series of Poker was once again a thorough success and just one of the 18 tournaments experienced a minor overlay. A total of 17 WSOP Circuit rings have been awarded and among the notable champions were Joaquin Melogno, Christian Jeppsson, Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang, Niklas Astedt, Yuri Dzivielevski, Michael Addamo, and Samuli "BeastsSag_A" Sipila.

However, the $1,700 Main Event will shatter all prize pools and top prizes as all Day 1 survivors will return to their seats in one hour from now to race towards the money. Below are all winners of the festival and a link to the respective live coverage.

Winners of the 2020 GGPoker WSOP Winter Online Circuit so Far

Event #	Event Name	Buy-In	Prize Pool	Entries	Winner	Top Prize
1	BIG $50	$50	$1,439,386	31,291	Aleksey "ImLuckPads" Savenkov	$168,810
2	Super MILLION$	$10,300	$5,110,000	511	Joaquin Melogno	$636,072
3	Deepstack NLHE Championship	$3,000	$1,436,400	504	Christian Jeppsson	$244,202
4	Monster Stack NLHE	$800	$1,060,200	1,395	Sihao "Mr_3rdBullet" Zhang	$140,472
5	Pot-Limit Omaha	$600	$1,060,200	1,041	Pulkit Goyal	$82,052
6	Mini Main Event	$170	$2,733,559	17,478	"CallMeBatya"	$277,277
7	NLHE 6-Handed Championship	$1,500	$1,266,825	889	Carlos "Wtfisthis" Henrique	$153,213
8	Marathon	$600	$720,480	1,264	Seungmook "7high" Jung	$277,277
9	BOUNTY GIANT	$315	$1,455,600	4,852	Urmo Velvelt	$115,036
10	CHRISTMAS PLOSSUS	$400	$2,733,559	3,628	Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang	$178,921
11	Bounty Hunters Championship	$1,050	$1,293,000	1,293	Oleg "Ad Astra" Vasylchenko	$145,005
12	Deepstack NLHE	$500	$686,375	1,445	Fabian "lordof0513" Schmidt	$90,943
13	Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em	$10,000	$1,000,000	94	Niklas Astedt	$348,250
14	FIFTY STACK	$800	$1,405,240	1,849	Yuri Dzivielevski	$178,236
15	NEW YEAR COLOSSUS	$400	$3,280,600	8,725	Michael Addamo	$178,921
16	Pot-Limit Omaha Championship	$3,000	$991,800	348	Samuli "BeastsSag_A" Sipila	$185,492
17	Deepstack Bounty Hunters	$252	$711,120	2,963	David "MyLastHand!" Comeron	$64,390

2021-01-10 17:41 UTC

Who Will Reach the Final Table in the 2020 GGPoker WSOP Winter Online Circuit $1,700 Main Event?

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At the time of writing, the very ambitious eight-figure guarantee of $10 million in the 2020 GGPoker World Series of Poker Winter Online Circuit $1,700 Main Event was surpassed thanks to more than 6,300 total entries. The final two turbo heats with levels of five and four minutes each were yet to conclude their 20 levels and more than 900 players had locked up a seat for the final day.

All those who have chips at their disposal will return to their seats at 6.30 p.m. UTC when the top 10% of the overall field will take home a portion of the huge prize pool. At least six players had been able to turn their 50,000 starting stack into more than 1 million in chips with the Isle of Man's Sjors "Bofral" Tromp leading the pack on 1,325,700. Behind him were Robert Le Roux (1,218,727), the Canadian players "snoozeuloose" (1,206,009) and "topboi" (1,119,155), "Benjicarlos" (1,064,925) and Daniel "GiveUp1905" Saugspier (1,064,925).

Dozens of notables made it through in the hunt for a slice of the eight-figure prize pool including Fabiano "MarkyAurelio" Kovalski, Vlad Martynenko, Mario Mosboeck, Ronny Kaiser, Ami Barer, Hun Wei Lee, Dietrich Fast, Jorma Nuutinen and David Peters to name all but a few with more than half a million in chips at their disposal.

The action will recommence with blinds of 6,000-12,000 and a running ante of 1,500. Each level for today will last 15 minutes each and the goal for tonight is making it through to the nine-handed final table. At that point, the day will conclude and all remaining contenders then return the following Saturday for the live-streamed showdown on the GGPoker.tv Twitch channel.

Stay tuned to find out who makes the cut, brings home a profit for their investors, and has a shot at the coveted WSOP Circuit ring. The PokerNews live reporting team will aim to provide as many hands as possible en route to crowning a champion.

2021-01-10 18:29 UTC

Payout Information Released

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A total of 6,395 entries including 5,421 unique entries and 974 re-entries generated a prize pool of $10,327,925 and the top 700 spots will get paid. Some 1,112 hopefuls remain and the payouts can be found below.

Place	Prize (in USD)	Place	Prize (in USD)
1	$1,236,361	26-33	$25,483
2	$923,165	34-41	$22,368
3	$692,276	42-57	$19,634
4	$519,134	58-73	$17,234
5	$389,295	74-89	$15,128
6	$291,931	90-113	$13,278
7	$218,917	114-137	$11,655
8	$164,165	138-169	$10,230
9	$123,106	170-209	$8,980
10	$55,718	210-257	$7,882
11	$48,908	258-313	$6,919
12-13	$42,929	314-377	$6,073
14-17	$37,681	378-457	$5,330
18-21	$33,075	458-553	$4,679
22-25	$29,033	554-700	$4,107

2021-01-10 18:40 UTC

A Move at the Wong Time

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Nível 1 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Ralph Wong raised to 24,000 and called a three-bet to 72,000 by Mark Herm. On a flop, Herm bet 53,460 out of the big blind and earned a call to fire another 88,888 on the turn, picking up another call.

Herm then jammed for 119,960 on the river and was called by Wong. Herm tabled but was crushed by Wong's .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ralph Wong	746,162	746,162
Mark Herm	Eliminado

2021-01-10 19:40 UTC

The Bubble Has Burst

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Nível 5 : 12,500/25,000, 3,000 ante

Benjamin "Geraaaard" Chalot has become the bubble boy while "HLXDERRRR" busted two off the money.

At the same time, "jamaica_forever" was also at risk on the flop and trailing with against the of Georgios "KARAKGEO" Karakousis. The board completed with the turn and the river to keep "jamaica_forver" in contention.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
jamaica_forver	984,722	984,722
Georgios "KARAKGEO" Karakousis	795,222	795,222
HLXDERRRR	Eliminado
Benjamin "Geraaaard" Chalot	Eliminado

2021-01-10 20:02 UTC

Liu Doubles Through Tromp

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Nível 6 : 15,000/30,000, 3,500 ante

In a hand just prior to the break, Renmei "Adamwia" Liu got it in after a flop and had the best of it against Sjors "Bofral" Tromp.

Renmei "Adamwia" Liu:
Sjors "Bofral" Tromp:

The turn gave Tromp some miracle outs but he whiffed them on the river.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Renmei "Adamwia" Liu	1,473,748	1,473,748
Sjors "Bofral" Tromp	901,839	-873,958

2021-01-10 20:12 UTC

Alt From Hero zo Zero

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Nível 6 : 15,000/30,000, 3,500 ante

Tyler "TheRayGuy" Cornell lost a flip with against the of Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt since the latter connected with the board eventually.

Alt then jammed more than half a million and was called by Aleksei "HolaComEXtaZ" Istomin.

Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt:
Aleksei "HolaComEXtaZ" Istomin:

The board provided no help to Alt as he also headed to the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Aleksei "HolaComEXtaZ" Istomin	795,111	795,111
Tyler "TheRayGuy" Cornell	Eliminado
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt	Eliminado

2021-01-10 20:39 UTC

Goyal and Tsang Eliminated

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Nível 8 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Pulkit Goyal raised for almost all of his chips and behind him, "OliveATTON" came along. Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang then pushed all-in and Goyal called it off, "OliveATTON" called to put both opponents at risk.

Pulkit Goyal:
Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang:
"OliveATTON":

The board ran out and that spelled the end for Goyal and Tsang.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
OliveATTON	1,247,653	1,247,653
Pulkit Goyal	Eliminado
Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang	Eliminado

2021-01-10 21:02 UTC

Watson Jumps Into the Lead

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Nível 9 : 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante

In a limped pot to the flop, Mike Watson bet 100,000 and was called by [Removed:452] from one seat over. Watson then led the turn for 400,000 to earn another call and jammed the river for 2,476,000.

Kaladjurdjevic had 1,187,324 behind and tank-called with only to get shown the by Watson.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mike Watson	5,623,667	5,084,026
[Removed:452]	Eliminado

2021-01-10 21:21 UTC

Linde Busts Grospellier

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Nível 10 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier limped in and called a raise to 210,000 by Dylan Linde from one seat over in the big blind, which he called. Grospellier check-called for 156,000 on the flop and then check-jammed the turn for 1,224,981, which Linde called after he had invested another 504,000.

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier:
Dylan Linde:

The sweat card provided no club but Grospellier still had outs to a straight. However, it was the blank on the river that sent Grospellier to the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dylan Linde	3,776,305	3,776,305
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier	Eliminado