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

08-08-2020 20:02 UTC

Loeser Busts; "Sbma664" Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

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

Manig Loeser came back from the break as the far shortest stack and doubled once. He then got it in again shortly after against "Grgur" from Croatia.

Manig Loeser:
"Grgur":

On a board of , Loeser's fortune ran out in 16th place.

In the very next hand, "Sbma2016" got it in preflop for more than 2.6 million against Juha Helppi for a pot of 5.2 million and they needed to improve.

"Sbma2016:
Juha Helppi:

The flop gave Helppi an additional flushdraw but the turn and river runout sent the Finn near the bottom of the counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julijan "Grgur" Rados	5,303,900 4,748,857	4,748,857
Frank "Sbma2016" Crivello	5,205,664 2,985,816	2,985,816
Yonathan "ninoboys80" Journo	4,667,756 1,782,244	1,782,244
Juha Helppi	1,571,825 1,832,364	1,832,364

karapepono	944,193 20,000	20,000
Manig Loeser	Busted

08-08-2020 19:57 UTC

Break With 16 Remaining

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Christian Zetzsche

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

After a few further double ups, the remaining 16 players were sent into a six-minute break.

Level: 29

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 0

08-08-2020 19:53 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Tszfai "WinEasy" Tong	3,748,419 117,142	117,142
Lauvai	2,369,372 405,470	405,470
peanutbutter	Busted
Jose "2ducklings" Nascimento	Busted

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

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08-08-2020 19:45 UTC

Morgenstern Crashes Out

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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 19:41 UTC

Another Two on the Rail

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The double ups are traded in rapid fashion but there were also two all-in showdowns that reduced the field from 21 to the last 19 contenders and Juha Helppi was responsible for both of them.

First Helppi flopped a boat out of the big blind when the chips went in on the flop against "Blank0DMT" on the button:

"Blank0DMT:
Juha Helppi:

The turn and river brought no help.

And then it was Chirag "Umeshbhai" Sodha who check-called all-in for the last 388,403 on the flop.

Chirag "Umeshbhai" Sodha:
Juha Helppi:

The turn brought no help, nor did the on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juha Helppi	3,404,189 1,996,955	1,996,955

Chirag "Umeshbhai" Sodha	Busted
Blank0DMT	Busted

Level: 28

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 0

08-08-2020 19:35 UTC

Ichinose and van Blarcum Vanish

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Kosei Ichinose was all-in with a short stack and tabled the from under the gun, he was called by "Blank0DMT" in the big blind with the .

The board came and that was it for the Natural8 ambassador.

Aaron van Blarcum followed him to the rail shortly after. On a flop of , van Blarcum got it in with for a pair and flushdraw only to see Tszfai "WinEasy" Tong look him up holding the for top pair. The turn and river runout gave both players two pair and Tong had the best of it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tszfai "WinEasy" Tong	3,631,277 566,363	566,363
Blank0DMT	2,850,000 302,686	302,686
Kosei Ichinose	Busted
Aaron van Blarcum	Busted

08-08-2020 19:32 UTC

"PgTilt" Doubles; Morgenstern Doubles Loeser and Tong

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Christian Zetzsche

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

"PgTilt" clashed with [Craig Timmis when they got it in after a flop with As9h8s8d] for "PgTilt" and for Timmis. The turn and river kept the player from India in contention.

Manig Loeser then doubled through Anton "storytellerA" Morgenstern with versus and Morgenstern took an even bigger hit when he doubled Tszfai "WinEasy" Tong with versus . The board brought to keep aces in the lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton "storytellerA" Morgenstern	3,090,561 2,278,865	2,278,865
Tszfai "WinEasy" Tong	3,064,914 1,386,457	1,386,457
Pulkit "PgTilt" Goyal	2,938,912 481,717	481,717
Craig Timmis	1,074,609 1,847,156	1,847,156
Manig Loeser	950,616 3,592	3,592