Event #14: $500 THE BIG 500 Day 1 | 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events

08-19-2021 19:18 UTC

Badulin Doubles

Lyle Bateman

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

With blinds at 300/600, "Lwllh" called a cutoff raise to 1,380 from "Korean man" before big blind Alexey "@ndr0med@" Badulin three-bet to 6,000. Only "Lwllh" came along to the flop of and then raised the bet of 6,598. Badulin shoved for 27,219 and got the call.

"Lwllh":
Alexey "@ndr0med@" Badulin:

The held when the board ran out and Badulin got a nice double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey "@ndr0med@" Badulin	68,718 68,718	68,718
Lwllh	57,290 46,029	46,029
Korean man	26,413 2,880	2,880

08-19-2021 19:16 UTC

Ladies Good for Iwata

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Jason Glatzer

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Just before the blinds increased, Yuho "Hyuho00" Iwata opened for 1,320 from early position. Gary "bebeloup" Hasson three-bet to 4,445 from middle position and Iwata four-bet to 15,238. Hasson five-bet jammed for 46,208 and Iwata called.

Gary "bebeloup" Hasson:
Yuho "Hyuho00" Iwata:

Iwata won the classic flip after Hasson bricked the board and Hasson didn't re-enter after losing the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuho "Hyuho00" Iwata	115,804
Gary "bebeloup" Hasson	Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

08-19-2021 19:15 UTC

Lee Takes Down Pot with Better Kicker

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Brandon Bloom

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

"Marki88" opened from middle position to 1,320 and got three-bet from Hwany "upDraft" Lee on the button for 4,053 chips. "Marki88" made the call and the two watched the flop come down . After a check-raise all in by "Marki88" got a call from Lee, the hands were revealed.

Hwany "upDraft" Lee:
"Marki88":

Both flopped top pair but it was Lee ahead with the better kicker. The on the turn changed nothing, and the river sealed it, chipping up Lee to over 100k.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hwany "upDraft" Lee	102,027 102,027	102,027
Marki88	Busted

08-19-2021 19:12 UTC

Various Chip Counts

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Jason Glatzer

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Valery "Darya2000" Yantsevich	66,680 31,398	31,398
James Chen	62,912 37,912	37,912

Jareth "UraizeIfold" East	54,050 3,908	3,908
Ricardo "OverTh1nking" Caprichoso	47,332 1,297	1,297
Milad "6besh" Oghabian	40,027 36,090	36,090
Ihor "mochalov13" Mochalov	37,518 13,810	13,810
Niklas Astedt	37,031 12,031	12,031
Daniel "CASTILIAN" Tafur	27,987 22,112	22,112
Ran "TheCrane" Ilan	16,071 32,783	32,783
Vivaldo	Busted

08-19-2021 19:10 UTC

"Lwllh" Over 100,000

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Lyle Bateman

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

"Korean man" raised the cutoff to 1,200 and "Lwllh" called from the button before small blind Daniel "macaleONE" Camelo three-bet to 5,400. Both players called to the flop, where Camelo led for 7,200. "Korean man" folded but "Lwllh" shoved, forcing a fold from Camelo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lwllh	103,319
Daniel "macaleONE" Camelo	34,040
Korean man	29,293

08-19-2021 19:07 UTC

Ladies for Petroni

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Jason Glatzer

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Giovanni "harcos85" Petroni opened for 1,200 from early position and was called by two players before Tom Delaine three-bet jammed the button for 20,547. Petroni called and the two other players folded.

Tom Delaine:
Giovanni "harcos85" Petroni:

Petroni's queens were good the entire way on the board and Delaine re-entered for a fresh stack of 25,000 in chips after losing his first bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni "harcos85" Petroni	51,376 51,376	51,376
Tom Delaine	25,000 25,000	25,000

08-19-2021 18:58 UTC

Top FIve at Break with 1,693 Entries

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Lyle Bateman

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

There are almost 1,700 entries in the game at the second break, with 1.273 stacks still in play. The prize pool is now over $800,000 and still growing with late registration open for another 7 levels.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas "clockplz" Szwarcberg	157,256 14,458	14,458
Gerson "Maicen" Braga	143,621 41,755	41,755
Sicheng "JACKE111" Lin	115,405 375	375
Zhifan "matayepro" Ye	113,323 17,800	17,800
Sharon "benbenbigalo" Akirav	113,197 22,607	22,607

08-19-2021 18:57 UTC

Just When You Think the WSOP Online Couldn't Get Any Bigger!

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Jason Glatzer

Level 7 : 250/500, 60 ante

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Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75