2020 World Series of Poker Main Event

2020 WSOP Main Event - GGPoker
Day: 1a
Event Info

2020 World Series of Poker Main Event

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k8
Prize
$1,550,969
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$6,470,400
Entries
674
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
246
Players Left
62

Martini Falls to Emelyanov

Level 7 : 300/600, 60 ante
Emelyanov vs Martini
Emelyanov vs Martini

Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov raised to 1,200 from the early position and Julien Martini three-bet shoved from the middle position for 7,881. The action folded back to Emelyanov whpo made the call.

Julien Martini: {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov: {a-Spades}{3-Spades}

The board ran out {j-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{q-Spades}{4-Diamonds} for Emelyanov to flop the pair of treys to eliminate Martini.

Player Chips Progress
Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov
Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov
115,827
12,020
12,020
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner

Holz Hits the Rail Against "RandyLew!"

Level 7 : 300/600, 60 ante
Holz Eliminated by RandyLew!
Holz Eliminated by RandyLew!

Ole Schemion made it 1,000 to go and was called by Fedor Holz, "RandyLew!" in the small blind and "Bageu" in the big blind. The {a-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} flop was checked by "RandyLew!" and Schemion made it 1,745 to go. Holz opted for a raise to 5,715 and "RandyLew!" reraised to 13,753, which only Holz called.

The {8-Hearts} fell on the turn and Holz called a bet worth 16,000 to then call all-in for the last 29,741 when facing a jam on the {2-Clubs} river.

"RandyLew!" turned over the {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts} for sevens over deuces and Holz was eliminated with the inferior {a-Spades}{2-Spades} for deuces over aces.

Player Chips Progress
RandyLew! ca
RandyLew!
134,275
134,275
134,275
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
99,394
32,577
32,577
Arie Muller de
Arie Muller
75,225
9,324
9,324
2222999 il
2222999
74,386
27,352
27,352
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
35,864
-25,579
-25,579
WSOP 1X Winner
Huahuan "F7588" Feng cn
Huahuan "F7588" Feng
21,212
21,212
21,212
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
20,504
-31,230
-31,230
WSOP 2X Winner
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
Busted

"HUMZIE" Skyrockets Into the Lead

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
HUMZIE vs Sundseth
HUMZIE vs Sundseth

In one of the last hands prior to the scheduled break, "HUMZIE" opened to 2,000 and Oyvind "Farsfigur" Sundseth three-bet to 6,056 in the hijack, which "HUMZIE" called. The flop brought {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{9-Hearts} and that's when the action escalated. "HUMZIE" check-raised from 6,124 to 25,294 and Sundseth jammed for the 107,948 he had behind.

A quick call by "HUMZIE" followed to result in the following showdown.

Oyvind "Farsfigur" Sundseth: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
"HUMZIE": {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

The {k-Spades} on the turn provided some hope but the {10-Spades} river was of no help for Sundseth, who exited in spectacular fashion.

Player Chips Progress
HUMZIE ca
HUMZIE
265,913
133,346
133,346
Oyvind "Farsfigur" Sundseth no
Oyvind "Farsfigur" Sundseth
Busted

Aubakirov Crashes Out Against Geci

Level 5 : 200/400, 40 ante
Aubakirov vs Geci
Aubakirov vs Geci

Daniyar Aubakirov recently joined the field and made it 1,040 to go from the under-the-gun position. Endrit Geci three-bet to 3,570 from two seats over and Aubakirov four-bet to 9,560, which Geci called.

On a flop of {j-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{6-Spades}, both players elected to check and Aubakirov check-called the {10-Spades} on the turn for 7,148. The {q-Clubs} followed on the river and Aubakirov open-shoved for the 34,838 he had behind, which Geci called with the superior stack.

Aubakirov revealed {a-Clubs}{j-Spades} and Geci scored the knockout with {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a straight.

Player Chips Progress
Gakuto "GACKT" Oshiro jp
Gakuto "GACKT" Oshiro
143,573
43,340
43,340
Endrit Geci gb
Endrit Geci
131,501
81,009
81,009
Mario Mosboeck at
Mario Mosboeck
58,160
58,160
58,160
Christian Rudolph de
Christian Rudolph
45,243
11,169
11,169
Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
37,824
-18,239
-18,239
Daniyar Aubakirov kz
Daniyar Aubakirov
Busted

Jiang Rivers Quads

Level 4 : 175/350, 35 ante
Jiang vs Imertsaki vs Karmatckii
Jiang vs Imertsaki vs Karmatckii

Sosia "Aunty_Ninja" Jiang raised to 770 from the early position and Arsenii "kastaban" Karmatckii called for the 703 he had left from the hijack. Zhiao "KingChips" He called from the button and so did Vitaliy "99ImVit99" Imertsaki and Bryan Paris in the blinds.

The flop came {4-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}, it was checked to Jiang who continued with a bet of 2,049 which only Imertsaki called.

The turn was the {8-Spades} and Imertsaki check-called the 7,000 continuation-bet of Jiang.

The river completed the board with the {10-Spades} and Imertsaki bet 16,647. Jiang shoved for 44,694 which Imertsaki called with the bigger stack.

Arsenii "kastaban" Karmatckii: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Sosia "Aunty_Ninja" Jiang: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Vitaliy "99ImVit99" Imertsaki: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}

No help on the board for Karmatackii as he was eliminated but Jiang scored a full double-up and some extra chips when she rivered the quad tens.

Player Chips Progress
Sosia "Aunty_Ninja" Jiang nz
Sosia "Aunty_Ninja" Jiang
111,584
111,584
111,584
Zhiao "KingChips" He cn
Zhiao "KingChips" He
97,870
14,700
14,700
Vitaliy "99ImVit99" Imertsaki ua
Vitaliy "99ImVit99" Imertsaki
13,917
13,917
13,917
Arsenii "kastaban" Karmatckii
Arsenii "kastaban" Karmatckii
Busted

Kolev Eliminated by "Jarttu84"

Level 4 : 175/350, 35 ante
Kolev eliminated by Jarttu84
Kolev eliminated by Jarttu84

Boris Kolev rased to 660 from an early position and was then met by a three-bet to 2,007 by "Jarttu84", which Kolev called. On a {j-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{4-Spades} flop, Kolev checked and subsequently called a bet worth 2,005 to then check-raise the {a-Diamonds} turn from 5,114 to 14,075. "Jarttu84" moved all-in for 75,090 and Kolev called for the 23,516 he had behind.

Boris Kolev: {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}
"Jarttu84": {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}

Kolev had one out and the miracle never happened on the blank {3-Diamonds} river.

Player Chips Progress
Jari "Jarttu84" Lahtinen fi
Jari "Jarttu84" Lahtinen
121,425
64,427
64,427
Boris Kolev bg
Boris Kolev
Busted
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Level 4 : 175/350, 35 ante
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Level 3 : 150/300, 30 ante
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Margolin Taken Out by Perouse

Level 3 : 150/300, 30 ante
Perouse vs Margolin
Perouse vs Margolin

Kristen Bicknell raised to 750 from the cutoff and Julien "GiuseppeL" Perouse three-bet to 2,700 on the button. Timur "Avocado Love" Margolin took some time in the big blind and four-bet shoved for 10,891 which only Perouse called with the bigger stack.

Timur "Avocado Love" Margolin: {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}
Julien "GiuseppeL" Perouse: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {a-Hearts}{6-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Clubs}{3-Clubs} to not help Margolin in any way as Perouse held with the jacks.

Player Chips Progress
Julien "GiuseppeL" Perouse fr
Julien "GiuseppeL" Perouse
113,786
28,423
28,423
WSOP 1X Winner
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
63,832
4,432
4,432
WSOP 4X Winner
Timur "Avocado Love" Margolin il
Timur "Avocado Love" Margolin
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Aces for Reichenstein

Level 2 : 125/250, 25 ante
Reichenstein vs SqueezeAngry
Reichenstein vs SqueezeAngry

"xpf1" raised to 550 from under the gun and "SqueezeAngry" three-bet to 1,899 from the hijack. Uri "JimyT" Reichenstein four-bet to 4,935 from the button for the action to fold back to "SqueezeAngry" who took some time before making the call.

The flop came {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{2-Hearts}, "SqueezeAngry" check-called the 3,342 continuation-bet of Reichenstein.

"SqueezeAngry" checked again on the {k-Diamonds} on the turn. Reichenstein bet 6,775 and "SqueezeAngry" called.

The river completed the board with the {9-Diamonds} and "SqueezeAngry" checked for the last time. Reichenstein bet 14,605 and "SqueezeAngry" tanked. "SqueezeAngry" called after a while with the {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts} for two pair but Reichenstein held the {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} for the higher ones to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Uri "JimyT" Reichenstein il
Uri "JimyT" Reichenstein
83,592
SqueezeAngry br
SqueezeAngry
19,529