2020 WSOP Main Event - GGPoker Day 1a | 2020 World Series of Poker Main Event

11-29-2020 23:06 UTC

Top Twenty Chip Counts After the Break

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
majestre	375,820 230,856	230,856
Kai "3bngws" Gao	289,062 74,840	74,840
Anatoly Filatov	252,580 25,881	25,881
Preben Stokkan	237,518 21,300	21,300
juco	234,944 9,124	9,124
[Removed:551]	205,329
Jari "Jarttu84" Lahtinen	201,623 6,615	6,615
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt	198,855 34,961	34,961
Lucky one	198,518 36,338	36,338
Espen "COVFEFE-19" Jorstad	190,406 69,745	69,745
davidrao	183,785
Toshiyuki "dmind1106" Onda	182,718 95,608	95,608
RandyLew!	177,838 37,997	37,997
Dirk Gerritse	168,540 9,875	9,875
Georgios Sotiropoulos	167,329 53,977	53,977

Xiaqing "qingxiaji" Ji	166,448 39,686	39,686
Dominykas Mikolaitis	163,520 19,911	19,911
Yuri Dzivielevski	160,545 26,400	26,400

Julian "VWgunther" Menhardt	159,865 6,300	6,300

Endrit Geci	157,570 2,730	2,730

11-29-2020 23:08 UTC

WSOP Legend: Ungar's Daughter Answers Questions About Late Father

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Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

At the final table of the 1997 World Series of Poker Main Event, which was played in the summer heat on Fremont Street outside Binion’s Horseshoe, Stu Ungar prevailed to capture a $1 million top prize and his third WSOP Main Event title (he also won in 1980 and 1981).

During his winner interview with Gabe Kaplan, Ungar held up a photo of his then 14-year-old daughter, Stefanie, and expressed his love. It was clear she was the center of his world.

“I love you honey, and I’ll be seeing you soon,” he said.

This past week, Stefanie Ungar-Campbell, who is now all grown up, offered poker fans an inside look at her father – who would pass away in 1998 – by giving them the opportunity to ask her anything on various social media outlets. It was in remembrance of the 22nd anniversary of her father’s passing on November 22.

Ungar-Campbell, who is now 38 years old and living in Las Vegas with her husband and two children, has been active on social media in 2020 sharing photos and stories of her father.

Click here to see highlights from the Ungar AMA!

Tags: Stu Ungar

11-29-2020 23:12 UTC

GACKT Dashes Out Two Doubles

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Gakuto "GACKT" Oshiro took a first hit after the break when his came up short against the of "zhangning" in a preflop all-in, as the board ran out [7´6h5h2s7hJs].

Right after, Oshiro min-raised to 2,000 out of the small blind and "MoneyHeist" limp-called in the hijack. Oshiro continued for 2,714 on the flop to pick up a call and then bet-raised from 5,211 to 19,567. "MoneyHeist" jammed for the 68,194 he had at their disposal and Oshiro called.

"MoneyHeist":
Gakuto "GACKT" Oshiro:

Oshiro needed a king or eight, and the river was of no help to cause yet another setback.

Player	Chips	Progress
MoneyHeist	147,716 34,117	34,117
Gakuto "GACKT" Oshiro	60,097 42,651	42,651
zhangning	32,470 32,470	32,470

11-29-2020 23:13 UTC

Levinskas Busts "whatariver1"

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Paulo "Pokerggbras" Goncalves raised to 2,200 on the button and was called by "whatariver1" in the small blind. Laurynas Levinskas three-bet to 11,552 in the big blind and "whatariver1" was the only caller.

On a flop of , "whatariver1" check-called for 18,525 and left themselves with 73,721 behind to the turn. They checked once again, Levinskas jammed with the superior stack and received a call.

"whatariver1":
Laurynas Levinskas:

The on the river brought no upset and "whatariver1" was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laurynas Levinskas	255,577 140,899	140,899
Paulo "Pokerggbras" Goncalves	78,422 14,122	14,122
whatariver1	Busted

11-29-2020 23:15 UTC

Straight for "majestre"

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Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Uri "JimyT" Reichenstein raised to 2,000 from the middle position and both "davidrao" and "majestre" called in the blinds.

The flop came , it was checked to "majestre" who bet 2,244. Reichenstein raised to 7,420 which only "majestre" called.

The turn was the , "majestre" bet 21,640 and Reichenstein called.

The river completed the board with the , "majestre" barreled a bet of 64,920 into the pot and Reichenstein called with the for the rivered set of aces but "majestre" held the for the straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
majestre	370,870 4,950	4,950
davidrao	193,876 10,091	10,091
Uri "JimyT" Reichenstein	86,181 97,213	97,213

11-29-2020 23:15 UTC

"ZeN1TP1TeR08" Runs into a Straight

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Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

"ZeN1TP1TeR08" raised to 8,500 from under the gun and was called by Makoto "urawapoy" Yoshimichi in the early position while the rest of the table folded.

The flop came , "ZeN1TP1TeR08" check-called the bet of Yoshimichi for the 4,252 they had left.

"ZeN1TP1TeR08":
Makoto "urawapoy" Yoshimichi:

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for Yoshimichi to improve the higher pair to a straight on the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Makoto "urawapoy" Yoshimichi	72,319 25,259	25,259
ZeN1TP1TeR08	Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 120

11-29-2020 23:21 UTC

Plante Flips Well Against Goncalves

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 120 ante

Out of the small blind, Santiago "By the beach" Plante three-bet jammed for the 19,104 he had behind and was called by Paulo "Pokerggbras" Goncalves in middle position.

Santiago "By the beach" Plante:
Paulo "Pokerggbras" Goncalves:

The flop locked up the double for the Canadian, making the turn and river meaningless.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paulo "Pokerggbras" Goncalves	54,998 23,424	23,424
Santiago "By the beach" Plante	40,488 40,488	40,488

11-29-2020 23:25 UTC

Some Day 1A Eliminations

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Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 120 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Bicknell	Busted

Koray Aldemir	Busted

Evgenii "moskal" Fidchuk	Busted
Kyriakos "LITIS" Papadopoulos	Busted

Ezequiel "lafiera8" Waigel	Busted
Bryan Paris	Busted
Aleksejs Ponakovs	Busted

Nethanel "natykkk" Klein	Busted
Jans Arends	Busted

11-29-2020 23:27 UTC

Serock Eliminated by Menhardt

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 120 ante

Down to the last 15,843, Joe "DietrichFats" Serock moved in from the button and was called by one of the table big stacks in Julian "VWgunther" Menhardt out of the small blind.

Joe "DietrichFats" Serock:
Julian "VWgunther" Menhardt: