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

01-10-2021 19:32 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Van Blarcum	Busted

Pablo Brito Silva	Busted
Fedor Holz	Busted

Vincent "Peleus34" Li	Busted
Roland "Gwriden" Rokita	Busted

Yu "luckyguo" Guo	Busted
Ivan Zufic	Busted
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	Busted

77Storm77	Busted
Robin "Kabuzzi" Berggren	Busted
Martin "Estudiante" Ilavsky	Busted
Juan Pardo	Busted

Two Off the Money

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Joao "sydens" Oliveira opened to 40,000 and was called only by Mario Mosboeck. On the flop both players checked and Oliveira then check-called the turn for 95,000. On the river, Oliveira checked and Mosboeck fired 329,500 into 320,000 in order to force a fold.

In the meanwhile, three players busted on other tables including the two Canadians "marlin5555" and "Scrubbyz" to reduce the field to the final 703 contenders. China's "xzrftnomercy" followed to make it 702 hopefuls on the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Mosboeck	929,409 182,000	182,000
Joao "sydens" Oliveira	558,872 127,470	127,470
marlin5555	Busted
Scrubbyz	Busted
xzrftnomercy	Busted

Level: 5

Blinds: 12,500/25,000

Ante: 3,000

01-10-2021 19:40 UTC

The Bubble Has Burst

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 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.

Player	Chips	Progress
jamaica_forver	984,722 984,722	984,722
Georgios "KARAKGEO" Karakousis	795,222 795,222	795,222
HLXDERRRR	Busted
Benjamin "Geraaaard" Chalot	Busted

01-10-2021 19:46 UTC

Early Casualties in the Money

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 12,500/25,000, 3,000 ante

Only a few minutes after the bubble has burst, more than 100 players hit the rail as the field is reduced at lightning speed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qibing "degenkaliu" Wang	Busted
Alexandros Theologis	Busted

Jans Arends	Busted

Rafael "geladinhaRLS" Eltz	Busted
Daniil "danludan" Lukin	Busted
Joshua "IyasusSake" Gebissa	Busted
Mark Radoja	Busted

Laurynas Levinskas	Busted
Rui "OlliOctavius" Sousa	Busted
Mysore	Busted
Adrian "BuckStopHere" Buckley	Busted
Jesse "sabor_de_mar" Wigan	Busted
Noah "ExclusiveA" Boeken	Busted
Jack Salter	Busted
I Sharted	Busted

01-10-2021 19:49 UTC

Cormier Felted by Grospellier

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 12,500/25,000, 3,000 ante

After losing yet another all-in showdown, Jeffrey "allin donk" Cormier then called the jam by Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier in a battle of the blinds.

Jeffrey "allin donk" Cormier:
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier:

The board ran out to give Grospellier a king-high straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier	1,019,326 639,390	639,390

Jeffrey "allin donk" Cormier	Busted

01-10-2021 19:52 UTC

Zhang Scores a Knockout

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 12,500/25,000, 3,000 ante

A short-stacked "young coke" jammed from the cutoff with the and was called by Sihao "Mr_3rdBullet" Zhang in the small blind with the . The board kept Zhang's hand best as he locked up the double on the turn already.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sihao "Mr_3rdBullet" Zhang	549,505 182,663	182,663
young coke	Busted

01-10-2021 19:53 UTC

Haider Wins a Big Flip

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 12,500/25,000, 3,000 ante

In a preflop raising war the stacks of Pablo "PibeCaslaa" Roman and Bernhard Haider clashed in a pot worth more than 1.35 million.

Bernhard Haider:
Pablo "PibeCaslaa" Roman:

The board ran out and the fourth heart never showed to keep Haider in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernhard Haider	1,352,132 725,616	725,616
Pablo "PibeCaslaa" Roman	430,176 430,176	430,176

Level: 6

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,500

01-10-2021 19:58 UTC

Second Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 15,000/30,000, 3,500 ante

The post-bubble madness has reduced the field to just 466 players as they are about to make another pay jump when the action resumes. For now, they are on a scheduled five-minute break.