Event #56: $1,500 GGMasters WSOP Edition [High Roller] | 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events

08-10-2020 03:31 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Arsenii "kastaban" Karmatckii	3,417,566 1,424,880	1,424,880
Evaldas "Man14c" Aniulis	1,760,864 199,000	199,000
Tyler "stakekings" Hancock	1,631,092 938,793	938,793
Matheus "BiGTrAiN" Cunha	785,880 307,940	307,940
Michael "MrFabulous" Nugent	584,237 -16,920	-16,920
Chih Wei "FanChihWei" Fan	Busted
Borja "michael79" Domingo	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Chih Wei "FanChihWei" Fan	1,209,375 194,560	194,560
Arsenii "kastaban" Karmatckii	854,039 136,055	136,055
Luan "WaitANDplay" Hertmann	577,450 240,400	240,400
Michael "MrFabulous" Nugent	507,891 47,200	47,200
Borja "michael79" Domingo	368,200 -47,600	-47,600
Ran "Pearblossom" Koller	328,488 -63,600	-63,600
John "Jontek1111" Mooney	295,885 -55,600	-55,600
Connor Drinan	Busted

Yonathan "ninoboys80" Journo	Busted

Christoforou Busts to Karmatckii

Shirley Ang

Level 27 : 8,000/16,000, 1,600 ante

Andreas "fcma1111" Christoforou raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and Arsenii "kastaban" Karmatckii three-bet to 80,000 from the button. the blinds folded and Christoforou four-bet shoved for 382,274 which Karmatckii called with the bigger stack.

Andreas "fcma1111" Christoforou:
Arsenii "kastaban" Karmatckii:

The board ran out for Karmatckii to hold with the queens to eliminate Christoforou.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arsenii "kastaban" Karmatckii	9,035,840 8,656,514	8,656,514
Kimchi King	Busted
Andreas "fcma1111" Christoforou	Busted

08-10-2020 00:59 UTC

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Shirley Ang

Level 25 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

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08-10-2020 00:37 UTC

Bicknell Busts to "Kimchi King"

Shirley Ang

Level 24 : 4,000/8,000, 800 ante

Kristen Bicknell shoved from the cutoff for 66,176 and "Kimchi King" made the call in the big blind with the bigger stack.

Kristen Bicknell:
"Kimchi King":

The board ran out to not help the 3-time bracelet winner as she was eliminated in 83rd place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vadim "knowmad" Kozlov	Busted
NORTE	Busted
Nick Marchington	Busted
Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker	Busted
Lianghong "lilianghong" Li	Busted

08-10-2020 00:14 UTC

Watch the WSOP GGPoker on the PokerNews Twitch Channel Now!

Yori Epskamp

Level 23 : 3,000/6,000, 600 ante

The PokerNews live reporting team is on top of all the World Series of Poker action this summer, with bracelet coverage of all 31 events on WSOP.com and 54 events over at GGPoker.

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08-09-2020 23:59 UTC

GGPoker Launches Day 2 Staking in Time for 2020 WSOP Online

Shirley Ang

Level 22 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

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08-09-2020 23:35 UTC

Cunha Busts Two in a Row

Shirley Ang

Level 21 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante

Matheus "BiGTrAiN" Cunha had just eliminated Ognyan "fizoka" Dimov when he held against the of Dimov on the board and was immediately involved in another big hand.

"rabblerouser" raised to 8,400 from the middle position and Samuel "LilWuhan" Tsehai three-bet to 23,200 from the hijack. Cunha took a few seconds and then four-bet to 80,000 from the small blind. It was folded back to Tsehai who five-bet shoved for 200,680 in total which Cunha called with the bigger stack.

Samuel "LilWuhan" Tsehai:
Matheus "BiGTrAiN" Cunha:

The board ran out for Cunha to hold with the kings for the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matheus "BiGTrAiN" Cunha	625,999
Ognyan "fizoka" Dimov	Busted

Samuel "LilWuhan" Tsehai	Busted

08-09-2020 23:13 UTC

Nakanowatari Quadruples and "JOhn Mcclean" Got the Rest

Shirley Ang

Level 20 : 1,800/3,600, 360 ante

"Metalhead98" shoved from the early position for 55,837 and was called by "JOhn Mcclean" in the cutoff. Junichi "Jun@N" Nakanowatari called from the button for the 24,508 he had left while Luis "fruitbasket1" Munozcano three-bet shoved from the small blind for 163,086 which "JOhn Mcclean" called with the slightly bigger stack.

"Metalhead98":
Junichi "Jun@N" Nakanowatari:
Luis "fruitbasket1" Munozcano:
"JOhn Mcclean":

The board ran out for Nakanowatari to quadruple up while "JOhn Mcclean" got the rest of the stacks of "Metalhead98" and Munozcano.

Player	Chips	Progress
JOhn Mcclean	313,298
Junichi "Jun@N" Nakanowatari	104,512
Luis "fruitbasket1" Munozcano	Busted
Metalhead98	Busted

08-09-2020 22:50 UTC

"Sea View" More than Doubles and Busts Cheung

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante

Pascal Hartmann raised to 6,000 from the hijack and "Sea View" three-bet tot 20,400 from the cutoff. Sparrow "Jacomax" Cheung four-bet shoved for 42,286 from the button for the blinds to fold. Hartmann five-bet shoved for 146,384 for "Sea View" to make the call for the 121,200 they had left.

Sparrow "Jacomax" Cheung:
"Sea View":
Pascal Hartmann: