2020 World Series of Poker Main Event

2020 WSOP Main Event - GGPoker
Day: 1b
Event Info

2020 World Series of Poker Main Event

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k8
Prize
$1,550,969
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$6,470,400
Entries
674
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
171
Players Left
42

Zerjav Tops 42 Survivors on Day 1b; Vezhenkov and Gomez Among Big Stacks

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
Blaz Zerjav
Blaz Zerjav

The second of three starting days of the 2020 World Series of Poker GGPoker World Championship $10,000 Main Event has wrapped up and 42 players out of 171 entries advanced to Day 2, which increases the total field size to 417 entries with 104 contenders through thus far.

More than $4.1 million are already in the prize pool, however, the likely busiest starting day of the international portion awaits on Sunday, December 6th, 2020, on GGPoker.

Slovenia's Blaz Zerjav has claimed the overall lead with a stack of 639,394, fellow Day 1b big stacks Rodrigo "sauvage" Valente (592,043) and Amir "8ty4calling8" Dvir (538,003) also surpassed the Day 1a chip leader Julian "VWgunther" Menhardt as well.

Further big stacks on Day 1b include Artem "Ar0wana" Vezhenkov (511,114), Javier Gomez (427,190), Qibing "degenkaliu" Wang (392,108), and Brazil's Diego "TeaLover" Falcone (341,782).

The Day 1b Top 10 at a Glance

PositionPlayerCountryChip CountsBig Blinds for Day 2
1Blaz ZerjavSlovenia639,394128
2Rodrigo "sauvage" ValenteBrazil592,043118
3Amir "8ty4calling8" DvirIsrael538,003108
4Artem "Ar0wana" VezhenkovRussia511,114102
5crackers614Canada488,96598
6pleasehurtmeUkraine427,58486
7Javier GomezSpain427,19085
8Qibing "degenkaliu" WangChina392,10878
9Diego "TeaLover" FalconeBrazil341,78268
10David "Edeskie" CowlingCanada337,99068

Just outside of the top 10 for Day 1b is Sweden's Simon Lofberg, who is one of three WSOP bracelet winners that advanced through tonight. Lofberg won his maiden gold bracelet in the 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #40: $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha and bagged a very healthy 323,563 in chips. Ireland's Toby "shinerrr" Joyce follows not far behind with 243,195 and also won the coveted gold bracelet during the online festival on GGPoker earlier this year. Last but not least, 2019 Event #57 $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em winner Barak "LuckySecret" Wisbrod bagged up 177,386 in the virtual arena.

Simon Lofberg
Simon Lofberg advanced with a healthy stack

Other notables who will return for Day 2 include Thomas "MickeyM" Boivin (295,681), Sergio Aido (270,355), Luigi "shadinho94" Shehadeh (256,730), Diego "Ushuaia1" Zeiter (245,830), Alexandre "STAY_HUNGRY" Reard (216,609), Anton "RUN_CMD" Wigg (210,608), Ivan "Cordialement" Deyra (148,142), Simon "FiestaPagana" Mattsson (131,241), and Alex Difelice (114,802).

The list of well-known casualties throughout the 16 levels of 30 minutes each contains such familiar names as Robin "porty27" Ylitalo, Gleb "IamMVP" Tremzin, Anton "storytellerA" Morgenstern, Niall Farrell, Niklas Astedt, Adrian Mateos, Daria "Scarlett_D" Feshchenko, Nicolas Chouity, Dzmitry Urbanovich, and Jean-Noel "OscarBrown" Thorel.

Two known WSOP bracelet winners were also among those to take part and leave empty-handed including Ravid "jerbi9999" Garbi and Jens Kyllonen, GGPoker ambassador Felipe Ramos and GGSquad streamer Kevin Martin also failed to punch his ticket for Day 2 as well.

The Action of the Day

It was a slow start at the tables and yet, the first elimination would take place at the end of level one. Pocket king were directly involved in the first four bustouts, accounting for three losing and one winning hand. Jesse "AAGenius88" Mercado was the first to bow out when he ran with kings into aces and failed to catch any help.

Kevin Martin was among the first high-profile casualties when his jack-nine suited flopped top pair and rivered a ten-high straight only for Amir "8ty4calling8" Dvir to show the nut straight. In the next level former WSOP Main Event finalist Sylvain Loosli ran with queens into aces and found no help.

Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin bowed out on Day 1b

The rockets belonged to Daan "DaanOss" Mulders in his final hand when Niall Farrell turned a ten-high straight and the Dutchman could not get away from it anymore on the river. Another premium pocket belonged to Jean-Noel "OscarBrown" Thorel when kings ended up second-best to the ace-queen of Dante Goya, and Adrian Mateos ended up second-best with aces against eights-full.

However, Goya and Farrell would also join the rail throughout the day. The Brazilian lost a big chunk with a set of aces and could not mount a comeback anymore. As far as Farrell is concerned, he was left short after a clash with Thomas "MickeyM" Boivin and lost a flip to Sergio Aido, who made quads nines.

By then, GGPoker ambassador Felipe Ramos was already on the rail after losing a flip with ace-ten suited versus pocket eights. Blaz Zerjav soared to the top of the leaderboard when he knocked out Anton "storytellerA" Morgenstern with the superior kicker and Robin "porty27" Ylitalo then succumbed in the final level of the night when sixes could not crack aces.

All Day 1b survivors now have one day off to potentially focus on a busy Super Sunday schedule and will return on Monday, December 7th, 2020, as of 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time for the start of Day 2. One starting day remains for players on the GGPoker Network to join the event and the PokerNews live reporting team will be back then to provide all the action from start to finish.

Tags: Adrian MateosAmir DvirBarak WisbrodBlaz ZerjavDzmitry UrbanovichFelipe RamosJavier GomezJens KyllonenKevin MartinNiall FarrellNicolas ChouityNiklas AstedtRavid GarbiSergio AidoSimon LofbergSylvain LoosliToby Joyce