Event #53: $800 Double Stack Pot Limit Omaha | 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events

08-08-2020 16:30 UTC

A Double and More for Negreanu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 51,000 and then jammed the flop for the last 39,600, which Yonathan "ninoboys80" Journo called.

Daniel Negreanu:
Yonathan "ninoboys80" Journo:

The turn added further outs and Negreanu got there with the river.

In the next hand, Negreanu won a slightly bigger pot against Alex "GMcrafter" Manzano who check-called 18,000 on the turn and led the river for 66,000. Negreanu called with for a flush and Manzano only had for top pair.

The next big pot followed right after as Hun Wei Lee repotted to 207,000 against Journo and jammed the flop for 99,991 to force a fold from Journo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hun Wei Lee	543,991 543,991	543,991
Daniel Negreanu	289,200 69,196	69,196

Yonathan "ninoboys80" Journo	232,004 232,004	232,004
Alex "GMcrafter" Manzano	162,742 -22,404	-22,404

08-08-2020 17:13 UTC

The Bubble Has Burst

Christian Zetzsche

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

Several players busted out in quick succession to let the bubble burst and Alex "GMcrafter" Manzano has become the bubble boy.

Just prior to that, Marc "shadykushh" Macdonnell saw his hopes of another WSOP cash vanish when were cracked by the of Mohammed "MarraKechy" El Mazouni on a board of .

More former big stacks busted such as Chul Woo "SSAK3" Jung and Memories "nned2win" Nguyen but they at least secured the min cash.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohammed "MarraKechy" El Mazouni	542,658 542,658	542,658
Marc "shadykushh" Macdonnell	Busted
Kahle Burns	Busted

Alex "GMcrafter" Manzano	Busted

Chul Woo "SSAK3" Jung	Busted
Memories "nned2win" Nguyen	Busted

08-08-2020 17:22 UTC

Negreanu Eliminated by Fernandes Tabarin

Christian Zetzsche

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

Daniel Negreanu min-raised to 24,000 and called a three-bet to 78,000 by Lucas "GreenFrogX" Fernandes Tabarin in the big blind. On the flop, Fernandes Tabarin jammed fo 119,384 and Negreanu called all-in for less than that.

Daniel Negreanu:
Lucas "GreenFrogX" Fernandes Tabarin:

The turn and river runout failed to improve Negreanu as he departed in 105th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas "GreenFrogX" Fernandes Tabarin	318,842 318,842	318,842
Daniel Negreanu	Busted

08-08-2020 17:57 UTC

Suchanek Eliminated by "PgTilt"

Christian Zetzsche

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

Jan Suchanek raised to 50,000 on the button and called a pot-sized three-bet 170,000 to then get the remainder of his stack in after the flop against "PgTlt" in the small blind.

Jan Suchanek:
"PgTilt":

The on the turn and the river brought no help for the Kiwi and he busted in 56th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pulkit "PgTilt" Goyal	1,635,829 548,482	548,482
Jan Suchanek	Busted
Lautaro "Gueca" Guerra	Busted

08-08-2020 18:44 UTC

Seidel Eliminated by van Blarcum

Christian Zetzsche

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

Yet another big name of the international poker circuit has been eliminated as Erik Seidel succumbed to his short stack. He clashed with Aaron van Blarcum who had Seidel covered by just one big blind.

Erik Seidel:
Aaron van Blarcum:

On a board of , Seidel turned a flushdraw but came up blank.

The departure of Alan "TheCockroach" Schein right after reduced the field to the final six tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron van Blarcum	914,799 805,934	805,934
Erik Seidel	Busted

Alan "TheCockroach" Schein	Busted

08-08-2020 18:49 UTC

Morgenstern Rises Further with a Royal Flush

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

Brazil's "D0nP1C0NExxx" three-bet the pot and then got it in after the against Anton "storytellerA" Morgenstern in the following showdown.

"D0nP1C0NExxx":
Anton "storytellerA" Morgenstern:

Morgenstern had a huge draw and while he turn was a blank, he hit a royal flush on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton "storytellerA" Morgenstern	3,589,176 695,996	695,996
D0nP1C0NExxx	Busted

08-08-2020 19:28 UTC

Drinan and Baumgarten No More

Christian Zetzsche

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

Ross_Geller doubles through Connor Drinan

Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra has taken the entire stack of Connor Drinan to send the American pro to the rail in 25th place. Most of the damage was done when Drinan bet the turn and jammed the river with . Chabra check-called both streets with and his nut flush locked up the double. The remaining few blinds vanished shortly after.

The final four tables were barely set when two short stacks clashed in Joao Mathias "12345123456" Baumgarten and "karapepono":

Joao Mathias "12345123456" Baumgarten:
"karapepono":

Board:

The pair of queens held for "karapepono" and that spelled the end for Baumgarten.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra	2,788,395 1,465,556	1,465,556
karapepono	924,193 664,453	664,453
Connor Drinan	Busted

Joao Mathias "12345123456" Baumgarten	Busted
HIops1time	Busted

08-08-2020 19:45 UTC

Morgenstern Crashes Out

Christian Zetzsche

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

Yonathan "ninoboys80" Journo and Anton "storytellerA" Morgenstern both spent quite some time on the top of the leaderboard and it wasn't long ago that Morgenstern had a substantial lead. However that all came to a crashing end in the last few minutes and he ended up at risk against Journo.

Yonathan "ninoboys80" Journo:
Anton "storytellerA" Morgenstern:

On a board of , Journo nailed the straight on the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yonathan "ninoboys80" Journo	6,450,000 4,590,721	4,590,721
Anton "storytellerA" Morgenstern	Busted

08-08-2020 19:45 UTC

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Christian Zetzsche

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

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08-08-2020 20:15 UTC

Down to Two Tables as Helppi Departs

Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 0 ante

Juha Helppi defended his big blind against a button raise by the incredibly active Yonathan "ninoboys80" Journo and check-shoved for under a million on the flop only to get snap-called by Journo.