2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events

Event #12: $500 The BIG 500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$159,563
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$1,092,150
Entries
2,427
Level Info
Level
47
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
2,427
Players Left
1

Freedman Chipping Up

Level 5 : 60/120, 0 ante
Wendy Freedman
Wendy Freedman

Wendy "Cardthartic" Freedman raised to 260 from early position, and was called by "PGinTheWest" in middle position, as well as Anthony "Flawlessbink" Maio in the big blind.

Maio checked the {6-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{j-Spades} flop to Freedman, who bet 580. "PGinTheWest" called and Maio folded.

Freedman bet 1,600 on the {2-Diamonds} turn, and "PGinTheWest" called again.

The {4-Diamonds} completed the board on the river, and Freedman bet 3,900. "PGinTheWest" folded.

Player Chips Progress
Wendy "Cardthartic" Freedman us
Wendy "Cardthartic" Freedman
41,916
Anthony "Flawlessbink" Maio us
Anthony "Flawlessbink" Maio
22,513
Jon "havuuuuuc" Turner us
Jon "havuuuuuc" Turner
18,519
PGinTheWest
PGinTheWest
10,929

Tags: Wendy FreedmanAnthony Maio

Back-to-Back Doubles for Brad "MrMonkeyBear" Owen

Level 4 : 50/100, 0 ante
Brad Owen
Brad Owen

Upon coming back from the break, Brad "MrMonkeyBear" Owen had just 882 in his stack. He's got nearly five times that now thanks to back-to-back doubles.

In the first, Owen cracked pocket kings with queen-five offsuit by rivering trip fives.

In the very next hand, "2DaRiverWeGo" raised to 300 from the hijack and Thomas "Yenowine" Yenowine called from the button. Owen then three-bet jammed for 1,914 from the small blind, "2DaRiverWeGo" called, and Yenowine got out of the way.

"2DaRiverWeGo": {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}
Brad "MrMonkeyBear" Owen: {k-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}

It was a flip and Owen pulled ahead on the {j-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} flop. Neither the {a-Hearts} turn nor {j-Spades} river changed a thing and just like that Owen chipped up to 4,228. Still short, but he's spinning.

Player Chips Progress
Brad "MrMonkeyBear" Owen us
Brad "MrMonkeyBear" Owen
4,228
4,228
4,228

Tags: Brad Owen

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Level 2 : 30/60, 0 ante
PokerNews Discord
PokerNews Discord

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David “Twizzlers” Prociak Looking for Back-to-Back Final Tables

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante
David Prociak
David Prociak

When you talk about grinders, one name that constantly pops up is Florida’s David Prociak, who is playing in today’s tournament under the screen name “Twizzlers.” He is looking to make back-to-back final tables after finishing in fourth place last night for $41,472 in Event #11: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack 6-Handed.

He has more than $1.2 million in lifetime earnings dating back to 2015, including a career-best $330,912 for finishing runner-up in the 2015 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open $3,500 Main Event. The following year, he took down the 2016 WSOP Event #60: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better tournament for $156,546.

Toss in a couple of WSOPC gold ring wins, including victory in the WSOPC Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Event #7: $1,125 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed earlier this year for $51,400, and Prociak is clearly a forced to be reckoned with.

Prociak, who learned to play the game by watching it on TV, rented an AirBnB in order to grind the online series and was kind enough to send us a photo of him in action.

You can follow him on Twitter @DavidProciakPok.

Player Chips Progress
David “Twizzlers” Prociak
David “Twizzlers” Prociak
20,224

Welcome to Event #12: $500 The BIG 500 No-Limit Hold'em

WSOP Logo
WSOP Logo

It's going to be a "BIG" day on WSOP.com, as Event #12: $500 The BIG 500 No-Limit Hold'em kicks off at 3 p.m. PDT, and a huge field is expected to fire away.

Players will start with 20,000 in tournament chips for their $500 buy-in, and blind levels are 15 minutes in length. Late registration is open for three hours and fifty-five minutes, and players unfortunate enough to bust have the ability to re-enter up to three times during the late registration period. Re-entries have a thirty-second time limit, so players should make sure they have enough funds in their WSOP.com account prior to the tournament start. Tournament tickets may not be used for re-entry.

This is a single day event meaning the entire tournament will be played out online and the winner will take home a WSOP Gold Bracelet.

Chance "BingShiu" Kornuth was denied a second WSOP online bracelet (and third WSOP bracelet overall) by Raman "Acrogum" Afanasenka in yesterday's Event #11: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack 6-Max, and Afanasenka became the first international player to ship a bracelet during the WSOP Online series. Afanasenka, a native of Belarus, took home $128,601 and his first WSOP gold bracelet for his impressive performance.

The BIG 500 is expected to be a jam-packed affair, and Aaron "Aaronmermel" Mermelstein, Tony "Panoramic" Dunst, and Jason "GETVLOGGED" Abolsky have already signed up and will be firing from the start.

This is the twelfth of 85 bracelet events being held on WSOP.com (31 events – one each day for the month of July) and GG Poker (holding the remaining 54 events).

The former client will cater to players in Nevada and New Jersey (players in Delaware are NOT able to participate), while the latter will serve the international base.

How To Play

The first step in getting set up to play on WSOP.com is to download the client. You can do so for both mobile (Android and iOS) and desktop (Windows 7 or higher and Mac OS X 10.6.8).

To get the correct version of the client, use the links below:

WSOP.com Bracelet Event Schedule

As previously mentioned, the online bracelet schedule for the Summer Online WSOP is comprised of 31 events running daily throughout July. THEY ARE ALL ONE-DAY EVENTS.

The scheduled WSOP.com events are available in hold'em and Omaha formats. Popular live staples like the BIG 50 and Senior's Event have been moved online.

The marquee tournament is $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship, which takes place on Friday, July 31. All events will kick off at 3 p.m. PDT.

Satellites are running now for as little $1.

Remaining 2020 Summer WSOP.com Online Bracelet Schedule

DateDayTimeEvent #EventBuy-in
July 13Monday3 p.m.13No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Freezeout$1,500
July 14Tuesday3 p.m.14No-Limit Hold’em High Roller$3,200
July 15Wednesday3 p.m.15PLO 8-Max HR$1,000
July 16Thursday3 p.m.16No-Limit Hold’em Turbo$500
July 17Friday3 p.m.17No-Limit Hold’em$777
July 18Saturday3 p.m.18No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed Turbo DeepStack$1,000
July 19Sunday3 p.m.19No-Limit Hold’em$400
July 20Monday3 p.m.20PLO 6-Handed$500
July 21Tuesday3 p.m.21No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed$777
July 22Wednesday3 p.m.22No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack$500
July 23Thursday3 p.m.23No-Limit Hold’em Knockout$500
July 24Friday3 p.m.24No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed$400
July 25Saturday3 p.m.25No-Limit Hold’em Summer Saver$500
July 26Sunday3 p.m.26No-Limit Hold’em Grande Finale$500
July 27Monday3 p.m.27No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout$400
July 28Tuesday3 p.m.28Omaha Hi-Lo 6-Max$1,000
July 29Wednesday3 p.m.29No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack 6-Handed$600
July 30Thursday3 p.m.30No-Limit Hold’em Senior’s Event$500
July 31Friday3 p.m.31No-Limit Hold’em Championship$1,000

Stay tuned to PokerNews as the Big 500!

Tags: Aaron MermelsteinChance KornuthJason AbolskyRaman AfanasenkaTony Dunst