Event #40: $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha | 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events

07-26-2020 23:09 UTC

Lofberg Busts McDonald and Bernabeu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Samuel "vivaegipto" Bernabeu was all-in preflop in the last hand before the break and picked up calls from Mike McDonald and Simon Lofberg. McDonald ended up calling all-in on the flop.

Samuel "vivaegipto" Bernabeu:
Mike McDonald:
Simon Lofberg:

The turn kept McDonald in the lead as he improved to a straight but Lofberg nailed the river.

Mike McDonald and Samuel Bernabeu eliminated

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Lofberg	745,671 231,045	231,045

Mike McDonald	Busted
Samuel "vivaegipto" Bernabeu	Busted

07-26-2020 23:13 UTC

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Chad Holloway

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

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07-26-2020 23:24 UTC

Sammartino From Hero To Zero

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Dario Sammartino eliminated by Craig Timmis

Dario Sammartino three-bet jammed his short stack into the raise of "Lampard10" who quickly called.

Dario Sammartino:
"Lampard10":

The board came and Sammartino doubled with the nutflush.

However, right after Sammartino three-bet the pot to 78,000 out of the big blind and initial raiser Craig Timmis called.

Sammartino ripped it in for 124,976 with the when the flop fell and Timmis called with for a gutshot. While the turn bricked, the river did not as Sammartino bowed out.

Ami Barer fell short right after and he was followed by "Minthon" and Maksim "IReadB00ks" Pisarenko, among others.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lampard10	675,561 43,248	43,248
Craig Timmis	531,160 208,776	208,776
Dario Sammartino	Busted

Ami Barer	Busted

Minthon	Busted
Maksim "IReadB00ks" Pisarenko	Busted

zzzumbaaa	Busted

Tags: Ami Barer Craig Timmis Dario Sammartino Minthon

07-26-2020 23:34 UTC

Teoh In the Lead; Ribeiro Busts and Vieira Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

"Mangudai" of Austria became the next player to fork over his chips to Paul Teoh when they held the and Teoh flipped over .

"Mangudai" hit a teasing flop of but the turn and river were not what they were looking for.

Tomas Ribeiro then clashed with "sws79" and was at risk preflop for fewer than 20 blinds.

Tomas Ribeiro:
"sws79":

As the board came , Ribeiro was drawing dead on the turn.

"sws79" held onto the chips for just a brief moment before forfeiting a portion to Joao Vieira. It went in after the flop was dealt with Vieira at risk holding the for a pair and a straight draw. "sws79" tabled for the overpair but the turn and river kept Vieira in the game.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Teoh	1,313,018 242,597	242,597
Joao Vieira	713,068 587,442	587,442

Sai Wah "sws79" Shek	525,729 26,112	26,112
Mangudai	Busted
Tomas Ribeiro	Busted

ErlingBrautHaaland	Busted

Tags: Joao Vieira Paul Teoh Tomas Ribeiro

07-27-2020 00:06 UTC

Ignat Eliminated by Teoh

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 0 ante

A short-stacked Liviu Ignat three-bet jammed out of the big blind and was called by chip leader Paul Teoh from the cutoff.

Liviu Ignat:
Paul Teoh:

As the flop fell , Teoh hit the nuts and the turn and river were no threat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Teoh	1,900,948 216,390	216,390
Liviu Ignat	Busted

Tags: Liviu Ignat Paul Teoh

07-27-2020 00:23 UTC

"sws79" Doubles Into the Lead

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

Paul Teoh raised to 75,000 from under the gun and was called by "karilleMeni" on the button. "sws79" three-bet to 330,000 and Teoh was the only caller.

On the flop, "sws79" bet-called all-in for fewer than 765,000.

"sws79":
Paul Teoh:

Teoh missed out on the full house as the turn and the river instead improved "sws79" further to the nutflush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sai Wah "sws79" Shek	2,191,432 1,479,415	1,479,415
Paul Teoh	518,282 -1,382,666	-1,382,666

Tags: KarilleMeni Paul Teoh

07-27-2020 00:37 UTC

Vainionkulma Doubles; Timmis Doesn't

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Arvi "Catman777" Vainionkulma was at risk with against the of "sws79" but got there on the river of a board,

Craig Timmis was not as fortunate in his showdown against Simon Lofberg.

Craig Timmis:
Simon Lofberg:

Lofberg flopped a gutshot on , turned a pair on and the river failed to keep Timmis around.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sai Wah "sws79" Shek	1,650,177 -541,255	-541,255
Arvi "Catman777" Vainionkulma	587,510 117,755	117,755
Craig Timmis	Busted

Tags: Catman777 Craig Timmis Simon Lofberg

07-27-2020 01:32 UTC

Chabra and "Brahman33" Depart; Eight Players for the Final

Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

In separate hands on the final table bubble, the field has lost one player each to set up an eight-handed final table.

First up a three-way pot worth 880,000 emerged to the flop on which Leon Tsoukernik bet the pot. One fold was followed by the shove of Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra for 1.1 million and Tsoukernik called.

Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra:
Leon Tsoukernik:

The turn and river ensured the departure of Chabra in 10th place.

As the four players on that table waited for the final table to gather, there was another showdown.

Shyngis "somebodyelse" Satubayev raised the pot and called the shove of "Brahman33" for little more.

"Brahman33":
Shyngis "somebodyelse" Satubayev:

The player from the Ukraine flopped an open-ender on but that's all she wrote as the turn and river were both blanks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon Tsoukernik	3,314,700 1,891,825	1,891,825
Shyngis "somebodyelse" Satubayev	1,984,878 952,734	952,734
Brahman33	Busted
Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra	Busted

Tags: Leon Tsoukernik Ajay Chabra

07-27-2020 01:40 UTC

Benjamin "dr100percent" Juhasz Eliminated in 8th Place ($25,522)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Benjamin "dr100percent" Juhasz had a shade under the size of the pot behind and jammed the cutoff, which Simon Lofberg in the big blind called.

Benjamin "dr100percent" Juhasz:
Simon Lofberg:

The board came and Lofberg made a flush on the river for good measure. Juhasz became the first casualty since the field combined to one table and takes home $25,522.19.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Lofberg	1,824,249 549,596	549,596

Benjamin "dr100percent" Juhasz	Busted

Tags: Simon Lofberg

07-27-2020 01:45 UTC

Paul Teoh Eliminated in 7th Place ($34,819)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Paul Teoh raised the pot to 350,000 on the button and Leon Tsoukernik called in the small blind. Tsoukernik simply bet the pot on the flop and Teoh called all-in for less than that.

Paul Teoh:
Leon Tsoukernik:

Teoh needed a heart to stay in contention but instead the turn and river brought no help to send the Malaysian to the rail in 7th place for $34,819.02.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon Tsoukernik	4,180,864 866,164	866,164
Paul Teoh	Busted

Tags: Leon Tsoukernik Paul Teoh