Event #31: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship | 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events

07-31-2020 19:32 UTC-7

Hellmuth Cracks Pantaleo's Kings for Double

Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : 1,200/2,400, 240 ante

Giuseppe "Pantalette" Pantaleo raised all in for 20,993 from the cutoff and action folded to Phil "lumestackin" Hellmuth who called off his 13,880 stack from the big blind.

Phil "lumestackin" Hellmuth:
Giuseppe "Pantalette" Pantaleo:

Hellmuth was way behind but found a lady with the flop.

The turn was a sigh of relief for Hellmuth as it gave him the lead with two-pair and the river secured his double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil "lumestackin" Hellmuth	31,120	21,020
Giuseppe "Pantalette" Pantaleo	7,133

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Giuseppe Pantaleo

07-31-2020 19:28 UTC-7

Torgersen, Platt & Negreanu Among Latest Batch of Eliminations

Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 1,200/2,400, 240 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren "avocadotoast" Rabinowitz	Busted
Terry "mrterry007" Fleischer	Busted
Mike "mouth123" Matusow	Busted
Alan "MossadShark" Sternberg	Busted
Yueqi "anoob" Zhu	Busted
Katie "katelin" Lindsay	Busted
Ricky "ratedGTO" Guan	Busted
Blake "ShamPainPopn" Whittington	Busted
Timothy "timtams" Su	Busted
Mark "DomCapters" Darner	Busted
Darryll "passtheshuga" Fish	Busted
Robert "bustinballs" Kuhn	Busted
Eric "bill_luga" Blair	Busted
David "Twizzlers" Prociak	Busted
Daniel "juice" Buzgon	Busted
Sergei "Copone" Kislinskii	Busted
Nipun "javatini" Java	Busted
Kami "loco4coco" Hudson	Busted
Ryan "Toosick" Tosoc	Busted
Michael "miw210x" Wang	Busted
Joe "melonhead" Bartholdi	Busted
Rory "peeeeeeeeeno" Brown	Busted
Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu	Busted
Ryan "adopt_adogg0" Leng	Busted
Mike "mkspresident" Shin	Busted

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Level: 17

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 240

07-31-2020 19:21 UTC-7

Baldwin Kicks Madsen to the Rail

Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Eric "circleball" Baldwin raised to 4,000 from under the gun and was called Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen from the cutoff along with "TheQueen888" from the big blind.

The flop was checked to the turn where Baldwin led out for 7,777 and only Madsen called to see the complete the board on the river.

Baldwin jammed for 30,354 and Madsen called off his 17,303 stack.

Eric "circleball" Baldwin:
Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen:

Both players paired their ace on the turn but Madsen was out-kicked and eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric "circleball" Baldwin	84,494	48,399
Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen	Busted

Tags: Eric Baldwin Jeff Madsen

07-31-2020 19:18 UTC-7

Prize Pool and Payout Information

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

The numbers are in!

The 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online series Event #31: $1,000 NLH Championship attracted 1,455 players who rebought 671 times. The 2,126-entry field resulted in a $2,019,700 prize pool (the largest out of all 31 events) that will be paid out to the top 330 finishers. A min-cash will be worth $1,615.76 while the eventual winner will walk away with a $310,831.83 first-place prize.

Place	Prize
1	$310,831.83
2	$192,073.47
3	$140,167.18
4	$103,206.67
5	$76,748.60
6	$57,561.45
7	$43,423.55
8	$33,123.08
9	$25,650.19
10-12	$19,995.03
13-15	$15,551.69
16-18	$12,320.17
19-27	$9,896.53
28-36	$7,876.83
37-45	$6,463.04
46-54	$5,453.19
55-63	$4,645.31
64-72	$3,837.43
73-81	$3,433.49
82-90	$3,029.55
91-99	$2,827.58
100-126	$2,625.61
127-153	$2,423.64
154-180	$2,221.67
181-207	$2,019.70
208-289	$1,817.73
290-330	$1,615.76

07-31-2020 19:13 UTC-7

Harder Turns Ace to Eliminated Wade and Gjevukaj

Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Christian "0V0X0" Harder raised all in for 48,198 from early position and Arjanit "Wa5tedTalent" Gjevukaj called off his 8,219 stack from the small blind while both Tristan "Truqs" Wade was all in for 1,760 from the big blind.

Tristan "Truqs" Wade:
Christian "0V0X0" Harder:
Arjanit "Wa5tedTalent" Gjevukaj:

Gjevukaj was ahead with his made hand of jacks and nothing changed after the flop, but Wade did pick-up a gutshot straight draw.

The turn however, paired Harder leaving both Gjevukaj and Wade drawing to a jack.

Unfortunately it was the that completed the board on the river ending both Wade's and Gjevukaj's tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian "0V0X0" Harder	62,568	62,568
Tristan "Truqs" Wade	Busted
Arjanit "Wa5tedTalent" Gjevukaj	Busted

Tags: Arjanit Gjevukaj Christian Harder Tristan Wade

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

07-31-2020 19:01 UTC-7

WSOP Legend: 10-Time Bracelet Winner Phil Ivey

Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 800/1,600, 160 ante

Few poker players have captured the attention of the poker universe quite like Phil Ivey. There have been plenty of champions of the game who crushed it at the felt, but none who built up the mystique of Ivey, who remains to this day arguably the most magnetic player in poker despite results that no longer match his days of utmost dominance.

A day after the anniversary of Ivey's induction into the Poker Hall of Fame, PokerNews examines the legacy of his WSOP success. Prior to 2000, Ivey didn't have any recorded WSOP cashes.

The 23-year-old didn't waste any time establishing himself as one of the top up-and-coming players. That year, after already making one final table and finishing fifth, Ivey secured his first bracelet. He beat none other than fellow Hall of Famer Amarillo Slim Preston heads up to win Event #14: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, a rebuy event, for his first bracelet and $195,000. Three other Hall of Famers — Chris Bjorin, Phil Hellmuth and David "Devilfish" Ulliott — also competed at that final table, so shipping it was about more than just getting his first taste of gold. Ivey showed he could beat the best in the business.

Two years after that, though, would be when Ivey really showed he was the present and future of the game. In 2002, Ivey showcased his skills at limit poker in a big way.

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07-31-2020 19:00 UTC-7

WSOP History: Looking Back at the November (and October) Nines

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 800/1,600, 160 ante

No stage in poker stood as a bigger goal for a tournament player than the final table of the WSOP Main Event. For years, that meant going to sleep knowing you had the chance of a lifetime, to go down in poker history in the next few days as the cameras captured your every bet, raise and fold.

All of that changed in 2008.

The year after Jerry Yang's Main Event victory was broadcast to all on ESPN's standard tape delay, organizers made a decision to try to increase the excitement and anticipation around the final table: after the final nine was reached, play would be paused. At that point, everyone left would go home with 9th-place money and the players would reconvene a few months later to play out the final table on a short tape delay.

That lasted until 2016, and this is the history of the November (and October) Nines.

Click here to read the article about the history of the WSOP November Nine

07-31-2020 18:51 UTC-7

Liedtke Bites the Dust

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 800/1,600, 160 ante

Mark "NostraDonkus" Liedtke raised all in for 11,900 from the hijack and "BarneyHamlet" isolated after they came over the top for 29,779 from the hijack.

"BarneyHamlet":
Mark "NostraDonkus" Liedtke: