2020 WSOP Main Event - GGPoker
Day 2 Started
2020 World Series of Poker Main Event
2020 WSOP Main Event - GGPoker
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2020 World Series of Poker Main Event
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$6,470,400
Entries
674
Level
41
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
179
Players Left
9
179 Players Return for Day 2 of the GGPoker $10,000 World Series Of Poker Main Event at 6 PM GMT
Day 2 of the international 2020 GGPoker $10,000 World Series Of Poker Main Event resumes at 6 p.m. GMT with 179 players out of 674 entries trying to get to the top 80 as those players will claim a share of the $6,470,400 prize pool. Getting into the money stages means a min-cash of at least $15,277 but all players will be eyeing up a seat at the final table of nine which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, December 15, in King's Resort in the Czech Republic.
Securing a spot at the final table earns players at least $75,360 but the winner will walk away with $1,550,969. However, that's not all, the winner is supposed to fly out to Las Vegas to compete against the winner of the WSOP.com side of the proceedings for an extra $1,000,000. All in all, a lot of action is expected for today as all is up for grabs.
Coming back for Day 2 with a huge chip lead is Canada's Senthuran "Prodigal Sen" Vijayaratnam with 9,66,714 which equals 193 big blinds at the start of the day. He is followed by the UK's Jesse "sabor_de_mar" Wigan with 642,276. Day 1b's chip leader Blaz Zerjav closely follows him with 639,394. Day 1a's chip leader Julian "VWgunther" Menhardt ended up in sixth place in the overall chip count leader board.
Other familiar names returning with an above-average stack include Viacheslav Buldygin, Preben Stokkan, Gediminas "NeverGambol" Uselis, Javier Gomez, Daniel Smiljkovic, Laurynas Levinskas, Carter Swidler, Simon Lofberg, Jonas Lauck, Sergio Aido, Damian Salas, and Anatoly Filatov.
At the bottom of the counts are also many familiar names who have got some work ahead of them. Georgios Sotiropoulos, Josip "MagicKing" Simunic, Antoine Saout, Ludovic "Gr4vyB04t" Geilich, Paul "cloakzy" Hoefer, Alexandros Kolonias, George Wolff, Artur Martirosian, Alexandru Papazian, and Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun all have fewer than 30 big blinds to their name.
Play will resume with a small blind of 2,500, a big blind of 5,000, and a running ante of 500. Level duration will remain at 30 minutes throughout the day and play will continue until the final table has been reached with a 5-minute break every hour.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be providing you with all the live updates as the players battle it out so make sure to sit tight and read along to see who will be making the cut.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The 179 remaining players have returned to battle it out with the first goal in mind being: making the money.
Frank Felts "LSRabbit_13B" With Quads
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
One of the shorter stacks heading into the day was "LSRabbit_13B" and he got it in before the flop with a pocket pair only to end up being dominated by Christopher "Mangudai" Frank.
"LSRabbit_13B": 
Christopher "Mangudai" Frank: 
The board ran out 
and Frank made quads.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
271,678 | 99,041 |
|
Busted |
"AnoNYMous19" Doubles; Simunic Busts
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Austria's "AnoNYMous19" got it in with the and Sosia "Aunty_Ninja" Jiang held the inferior pocket pair in 
.
The board ran out 
and Jiang almost got there with spades.
Soon after the table featured another all-in showdown with Josip "MagicKing" Simunic as the player at risk versus Sergio Aido.
Josip "MagicKing" Simunic: 
Sergio Aido: 
The board ran out 
and the fives held, even made a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
322,961 | -67,351 |
|
301,214 | 30,859 |
|
115,702 | 115,702 |
|
Busted |
Mattsson Among First to Fall
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
"BorisLeBlade" raised to 10,000 from the button and Simon "FiestaPagana" Mattsson three-bet shoved from the small blind for 119,741. The big blind folded and "BorisLeBlade" called.
Simon "FiestaPagana" Mattsson: 
"BorisLeBlade": 
The board ran out 
for both of them to hit two pair but for "BorisLeBlade" to hold with the higher kicker to bust Mattsson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
436,742 | 142,241 |
|
|
Busted |
Knockouts for Boivin and Uselis
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Thomas "MickeyM" Boivin raised the button and called a three-bet jam by "MarMak" to head into the following showdown.
"MarMak": 
Thomas "MickeyM" Boivin: 
The board ran out 
and that spelled the end for "MarMak".
Shortly after, "Whey Protein" open-jammed for 73,813 from under the gun and was called by Gediminas "NeverGambol" Uselis in the cutoff.
"Whey Protein": 
Gediminas "NeverGambol" Uselis: 
Only one jack appeared on the 
board and the next shorter stack hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
554,172 | 120,313 |
|
388,776 | 93,095 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Vijayaratnam Over a Million
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Senthuran "Prodigal Sen" Vijayaratnam raised to 10,000 from the early position and Toshiyuki "dmind1106" Onda called in the late position while the rest of the table folded.
The flop came , Vijayaratnam continued with a bet of 10,560 which Onda called.
The turn was the , Vijayaratnam barreled 39,840 in the pot and Onda went along.
The river completed the board with the 
and Vijayaratnam shoved. Onda called for the 90,982 he had behind with the for top pair but Vijayaratnam held the for the same pair but higher kicker to bust Onda.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,127,596 | 160,882 |
|
Busted |
Two Doubles for Saout
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Olivier "BigPapyBoss" Rebello saw his hopes vanish in a flip with 
against the of "Atuana" as the board ran out .
Antoine Saout then doubled with against the of Robin "HWXR_1" Hegele thanks to a king on the 
board.
Saout then doubled through "Atuana" when they got it in on a flop of in three-way action.
Antoine Saout:
"Atuana":
The kicker played on the turn and river runout to ship another double to Saout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
333,050 | -65,142 |
|
248,568 | 194,926 |
|
28,017 | -81,515 |
|
Busted |