Event #55: HK$8,000 No Limit Hold'em Asia Championship, HK$8M GTD | 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events

08-09-2020 14:24 UTC

Next Batch of Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Fast forward one level and the field has been reduced to just 140 survivors with the following notables all eliminated, as they can now focus on the remainder of their potentially busy Sunday schedule.

Bjorn "wong1324" Li lost a flip with against as the board ran out to pair up his opponent on the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bjorn "wong1324" Li	Busted
Roberto Romanello	Busted

Ami Barer	Busted

Marty "RetremntFund" Mathis	Busted
Andrei "iosif stalin" Konopelko	Busted
Roman "ImSiberian" Matveychuk	Busted
Ravali "Resurge-" Krishna	Busted
Imar54	Busted
Aleksejs Ponakovs	Busted

08-09-2020 14:26 UTC

Iyer Felts Menhardt

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Abhinav "OBellaCiao" Iyer got it in against table neighbor Julian "VWgunther" Menhardt and the cards were already turned over in a pot for nearly 1.8 million.

Abhinav "OBellaCiao" Iyer:
Julian "VWgunther" Menhardt:

The board ran out and Menhardt's stack was reduced to a fraction of an ante, he busted the very next hand. Further notables on the rail right after that can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abhinav "OBellaCiao" Iyer	1,782,344 1,782,344	1,782,344
Julian "VWgunther" Menhardt	Busted
Christine "Yunaa" Do	Busted
Tae Hoon "fastbear23" Chang	Busted
Aditya "inonhmeansfu" Sushant	Busted
Ivan "Negriin" Vilchez	Busted

08-09-2020 14:30 UTC

Li takes From Maimone

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Vincent "Peleu34" Li raised it up from under the gun and was called by Nick "rdcrsn" Maimone in the big blind. Maimone bet the flop and turn of the board while both then checked through on the river.

Maimone tabled for two pair which Li had beat with for a set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick "rdcrsn" Maimone	2,149,831 2,149,831	2,149,831
Vincent "Peleus34" Li	1,926,966 998,018	998,018

08-09-2020 14:33 UTC

Joshi Binks the River

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

China's "smellmyass" was all-in against Neel "Neel" Joshi as both players were nearly even in chips, and both turned over premium pocket pairs in the showdown.

"smellmyass":
Neel "Neel" Joshi:

The board ran out and another player on the table mucked the , which meant that Joshi had hit a one-outer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Neel "Neel" Joshi	1,281,029 875,049	875,049
smellmyass	Busted

08-09-2020 14:38 UTC

O'Dwyer Busts Liu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

A short-stacked Jinhua "alex991289" Liu was all-in from the button with the and Steve O'Dwyer made the call in the big blind with .

On a board of , both paired their kicker and that spelled the end for Liu on a table filled with big names.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Higgins	2,808,252 181,128	181,128
Daniel Negreanu	1,573,577 -86,500	-86,500

Steve O'Dwyer	1,436,084 453,106	453,106
Aram "cliffbooth" Oganyan	1,364,444 1,364,444	1,364,444
Jinhua "alex991289" Liu	Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 17,500/35,000

Ante: 3,500

08-09-2020 14:46 UTC

Triple Up for Wilson

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 17,500/35,000, 3,500 ante

Brock Wilson raised to 207,552 with 35,000 behind while on the button and Martin Zamanin called out of the small blind, as did Mikhail "Z@bavA" Zavoloka in the big blind. On the flop, Zamani check-called a bet of 122,500 by Zavoloka and Wilson called all-in.

They checked the turn and Zamani jammed the river to force out Zavoloka.

Wilson tabled for aces full and Zamani had been bluffing with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail "Z@bavA" Zavoloka	2,826,396 230,799	230,799
Thomas "MickeyM" Boivin	2,586,671 -811,991	-811,991

Martin Zamani	1,619,152 300,938	300,938

Sylvain "couchpotato" Loosli	1,019,644 225,307	225,307
Brock Wilson	755,656 265,656	265,656

Bela "Teemo2018" Toth	470,706 140,724	140,724

08-09-2020 14:51 UTC

Livshitz Doubles Through Negreanu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 17,500/35,000, 3,500 ante

Gaby "kidrurim" Livshitz defended his big blind against a raise to 70,000 by Daniel Negreanu and check-called a bet of 45,500 on the flop. After the turn, Livshitz check-raised to 800,034 with 35,000 behind and called the shove of Negreanu.

Gabi "kidrurim" Livshitz:
Daniel Negreanu:

The on the river improved Livshitz to a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
genbengLee	2,361,215 2,361,215	2,361,215
Elior "poopypie" Sion	2,253,979 1,768,108	1,768,108
Simon Higgins	2,230,939 -577,313	-577,313
Gaby "kidrurim" Livshitz	1,946,568 1,946,568	1,946,568
Steve O'Dwyer	1,202,084 -234,000	-234,000
Daniel Negreanu	533,543 -1,040,034	-1,040,034

08-09-2020 14:52 UTC

Salter Runs Out of Chips

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 17,500/35,000, 3,500 ante

Out of the small blind, Jack Salter pushed all-in for fewer than half a million in chips and was called by big stack and 2020 WSOP Online bracelet winner Paul Teoh.

Jack Salter:
Paul Teoh: