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

11-29-2020 21:24 UTC

Holz Hits the Rail Against "RandyLew!"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 60 ante

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 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 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 river.

"RandyLew!" turned over the for sevens over deuces and Holz was eliminated with the inferior for deuces over aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
RandyLew!	134,275 134,275	134,275
Fabian Quoss	99,394 32,577	32,577
Arie Muller	75,225 9,324	9,324
2222999	74,386 27,352	27,352
Ole Schemion	35,864 25,579	25,579

Huahuan "F7588" Feng	21,212 21,212	21,212
Aleksejs Ponakovs	20,504 31,230	31,230

Fedor Holz	Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 60

11-29-2020 21:23 UTC

Pham Pushed Out by Boika

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Hoang Ngoc "HPsauce" Pham shoved from the hijack for 7,251 and Aliaksei Boika called from the small blind while the rest folded.

Hoang Ngoc "HPsauce" Pham:
Aliaksei Boika:

The board ran out for Boika to flop a pair and turn trips to bust Pham.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksei Boika	44,243
Hoang Ngoc "HPsauce" Pham	Busted

11-29-2020 21:18 UTC

Nemeth Left Short

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Andras Nemeth raised to 1,250 from the early position and was called by "cccccf" on the button and Marc "Face-O" Carola in the small blind. Anibal "ChiquiPlum" Andres three-bet to 7,000 from the big blind. Nemeth called but "cccccf" four-bet shoved for 58,641 for only Nemeth to call with the bigger stack.

"cccccf":
Andras Nemeth:

The board ran out for "cccccf" to flop the higher pair to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
cccccf	125,932
Anibal "ChiquiPlum" Andres	70,178
Marc "Face-O" Carola	63,110 3,110	3,110
Koray Aldemir	57,259

Andras Nemeth	5,609

11-29-2020 21:15 UTC

Fritz Loses a Chunk to Ahman

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Manuel "caaaaarlos" Fritz three-bet to 3,700 and was called by "CowCow" in the cutoff, Meelis "Eatacookie" Ahman also came along from the under-the-gun position. On the flop, Ahman was the only one to check-call a bet of 3,956 by Fritz and the duo checked the on the turn.

Ahman then check-called the on the river for 6,697 and was good with , as Fritz had bluffed with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel "caaaaarlos" Fritz	133,262 16,319	16,319
Georgios Sotiropoulos	118,360 7,816	7,816

Paul "AsiaStylez" Esau	109,553 11,151	11,151
Meelis "Eatacookie" Ahman	73,271 73,271	73,271
Michel "CrossfireX" Dattani	71,208 71,208	71,208
Daniel "CASTILIAN" Tafur	19,187 26,970	26,970
Steven van Zadelhoff	17,070 19,119	19,119
Leonardo "El Elegido" Fernandez	15,675 3,370	3,370

11-29-2020 21:08 UTC

A Double and a Bustout

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

At nearly the same time, the UK's Stewart "Stew_233" Kilpatrick was sent to the rail while high stakes player Wiktor Malinowski took a hit to the stack at a different table.

Kilpatrick got it in with the via three-bet jam for the 10,702 he had behind and was called by the initial raiser "RZStudio78".

Stewart "Stew_233" Kilpatrick:
"RZStudio78":

On a board of the kings were cracked on the river to eliminate Kilpatrick.

Malinowski cold four-bet to 13,725 out of the small blind and cutoff three-bettor "macc23" jammed for 40,449 to get called by Malinoski.

"macc23":
Wiktor Malinowski:

The board ran out and the top set of "macc23" had the checkmark on the turn already.

Player	Chips	Progress
macc23	101,058 101,058	101,058
RZStudio78	70,333 70,333	70,333
Wiktor Malinowski	57,291 37,869	37,869
Stewart "Stew_233" Kilpatrick	Busted

11-29-2020 21:02 UTC

Top Twenty Chip Counts After the Break

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
HUMZIE	264,713 1,200	1,200
Jean-Francois "Jhope514" Alexandre	194,851 112,326	112,326
Jari "Jarttu84" Lahtinen	164,368 250	250
Manuel "caaaaarlos" Fritz	149,581 9,574	9,574
Toshiyuki "dmind1106" Onda	149,567 28,820	28,820
Dominykas Mikolaitis	143,609 2,340	2,340
Tamas "szagos" Adamszki	142,964 46,017	46,017
Gakuto "GACKT" Oshiro	139,173 4,400	4,400
Endrit Geci	135,326 3,825	3,825
Lucky one	129,859
Shai "Rndr 1" Goldberg	119,076 2,510	2,510
Sosia "Aunty_Ninja" Jiang	114,499 2,915	2,915
Zhiao "KingChips" He	114,030 16,160	16,160
MoneyHeist	113,599
Dirk Gerritse	112,331 39,881	39,881
Georgios Sotiropoulos	110,544 5,424	5,424

Andreas Christoforou	110,093 14,460	14,460
Mark "MrUnagi!" Metsla	110,043 61,883	61,883
Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov	110,043
jackpot737	108,416

11-29-2020 21:01 UTC

"HUMZIE" Skyrockets Into the Lead

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

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 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:
"HUMZIE":

The on the turn provided some hope but the river was of no help for Sundseth, who exited in spectacular fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
HUMZIE	265,913 133,346	133,346
Oyvind "Farsfigur" Sundseth	Busted

11-29-2020 20:57 UTC

Third Break of the Day

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

With 236 entries in the field, the 214 remaining players have gone for their third 5-minute break of the day.

11-29-2020 20:55 UTC

Setback for "Jarttu84"

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

A few hands after the previous big clash, Finland's "Jarttu84" was involved in another preflop all-in showdown when they took on Simone "spera91" Speranza in a pot worth 88,612.

Simone "spera91" Speranza:
"Jarttu84":

The aces held up once more on a board of to send the double over to Speranza.