A total of 1,395 entries consisting of 934 unique players and 461 re-entries have created a prize pool of $1,060,200 to surpass the guarantee. The top 233 spots will get paid at least $1,394 and the bubble protection for buy-ins below $800 is available.
The winner of this event will take home $140,472 and the coveted WSOP Online Circuit ring.
"8petrozilia" shoved from under the gun for 36,125 and Daniel Custodio three-bet jammed for 76,910 in the cutoff. The action folded to Bryan Paris in the big blind who made the call.
"8petrozilia":
Daniel Custodio:
Bryan Paris:
The board ran out for Paris to hold with the rockets for a full house to bust both opponents.
Vlad Martynenko raised to 7,350 from the cutoff and Romain "Flingue" Dours three-bet to 23,100 from the button. The blinds folded and Martynenko four-bet to 63,000. Dours responded with a five-bet shove for 244,789 which Martynenko called with the bigger stack.
Romain "Flingue" Dours:
Vlad Martynenko:
The board ran out for Martynenko to hold with the tens to bust Dours who can still reenter.
Joshua "IyasusSake" Gebissa raised to 3,520 from the cutoff and Paul-Francois "DoctorWu" Tedeschi three-bet to 12,800 from the small blind. Gebissa four-bet to 30,080 for Tedeschi to five-bet jam for 139,984 which Gebissa called with the bigger stack.
Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun raised to 2,250 in the previous level from the middle positon and "pisgapoker_1" three-bet shoved from the cutoff for 24,855. Daniel "GiveUp1905" Saugspier four-bet jammed for more in the small blind for Hyun to call for the remaining 71,284 he had behind.
"pisgapoker_1":
Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun:
Daniel "GiveUp1905" Saugspier:
The board ran out for Saugspier to flop quads to claim the chip lead and bust both opponents.
Hwany "upDraft" Lee raised to 1,540 from the early position and Dmitry "Altbbb" Yurasov three-bet to 4,900 from the hijack. The action folded back to Lee who four-bet to 14,829 which Yurasov called.
The flop came , Lee continued with a bet of 10,359 which Yurasov called.
The turn was the , Lee checked and Yurasov took over the initiative. He led out for 20,345 which Lee called.
The completed the board and Lee checked for the last time. Yurasov shoved with the bigger stack and Lee called with the 50,827 he had behind with the for top pair but Yurasov held the for two pair and the elimination to his name.
Mark "MrUnagi!" Metsla raised to 625 from the middle position and was called by Steven "MikeHawk" Rohr on the button and "keeny" in the big blind.
The flop came , "keeny" checked, Metsla bet 825 which Rohr called. "keeny" raised to 3,183 and was called by both opponents.
The turn was the , "keeny" checked again. Metsla bet 8,375 and Rohr called again. This time, "keeny" raised to 20,557. Metsla folded but Rorh took some time before opting to shove for 43,168. "keeny" called with the bigger stack.
Steven "MikeHawk" Rohr:
"keeny":
They both held a full house but "keeny" was ahead with the higher one.
The river completed the board with the to keep "keeny" ahead and eliminate Rohr.
Ryosuke "KBD05" Kubodera raised to 300 from the hijack and Sebastian "flashlight99" Mueller three-bet to 1,800 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Kudobera who four-bet to 5,751 which Mueller called.
The flop came , Kubodera check-called the 3,912 bet of Mueller.
The turn was the , Kubodera checked again. This time, Mueller bet 10,848. Kubodera decided to shove with the slightly bigger stack and Mueller called for the 30,000 he still had behind.
Sebastian "flashlight99" Mueller:
Ryosuke "KBD05" Kubodera:
Mueller had flopped a set while Kubodera had hit the Broadway.
The river completed the board with the for Mueller to improve to a full house and double up. Kubodera was left short and lost the remainder shortly after.
At 1 p.m. GMT, the first tournament of the 2020 GGPoker WSOP Winter Online Circuit with a starting time that is more focused on the Asian time zone will take place. The WSOPC #4: $800 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em gives players another shot at winning the coveted WSOP Gold Circuit Ring and a share of the $,1000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Pablo Melogno hand Christian Jeppsson have both claimed their WSOPC Rings already and another two will be awarded today. WSOPC #1: BIG $50, $1M Gtd. will crown a winner as the final table will go ahead with Aleksey "ImLuckPads" Savenkov in the chip lead. And this event here, play will continue until a winner has been found.
Players will get 50,000 chips in their starting stack and play 12-minute levels during the first twenty of them. The level duration will then increase to 15 minutes each. Late registration is possible until 4:25 p.m. and players can reenter up to three times during that period.
Players who register before the start of the tournament will benefit from the Early Bird-feature. Those players will be protected during the bubble as they will get their buy-in compensated if they get eliminated during the actual bubble period.
Mario Mosboeck, Jessica Teusl, Patrick "Egption" Tardif, Yu Chung "WNCouple" Chang, and Bryan Paris are some of the players who are highlighted in the tournament lobby and will be in action from the start.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand from the first table that gets opened until the final river card has been dealt so make sure to keep following along with the live updates right here.