Event #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship [3-Stack] Day 1 | 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events

Aug 24, 2021

Vieira Runs Riot

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 0/3,500, 3,500 ante

Joao Vieira jammed with the on the button and "pten4egeg" called from under the gun for 179,426 with the . The Portuguese poker pro got there on the board.

Mauricio "Promoking" Ferreira Pais then got it in ahead with against the of Vieira. However, the board gave Vieira trips tens.

Last but not least, Zhihang "peterzhou" Zhou was attempting to double his short stack through the chip leader.

Zhihang "peterzhou" Zhou:
Joao Vieira:

The board kept the kings of Vieira in the lead, who jumped close to a million in chips.

Aug 24, 2021

Casualties Before the Money

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 0/3,500, 3,500 ante

Mike Watson and Yuri Dzivielevski were among the hopefuls to run out of chips lately, which has brought the field down to the final 27 contenders. Only 20 of them will earn a slice of the $684,000 prize pool.

Tags: Mike Watson Yuri Dzivielevski

Aug 24, 2021

Back-to-Back Doubles for Hall

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 0/3,500, 3,500 ante

Galen Hall jammed for 80,505 on the button into three limpers and Denys Chufarin limp-shoved for 174,000 to isolate.

Galen Hall:
Denys Chufarin:

The board improved Hall with the final community card.

One hand later, Hall raised to 21,000 in the cutoff and called all-in for the 163,510 he had behind when Sam Greenwood pushed.

Galen Hall:
Sam Greenwood:

Board:

Hall spiked trips tens on the flop and rivered a straight to score another double.

Level: 18

Blinds: 0/3,500

Ante: 3,500

Aug 24, 2021

Herm Eliminated by Yao

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 0/3,000, 3,000 ante

Yen-Liang "yao_poker" Yao limped as the second player to do so and Mark Herm then moved all-in for 59,000 on the button. The first limpet let go but Yao tossed in calling chips.

Mark Herm:
Yen-Liang "yao_poker" Yao:

The flop changed nothing just yet and the turn gave Herm the top set. However, lighting struck on the river was Yao made broadway.

Tags: Mark Herm

Aug 24, 2021

Down to Five Tables

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 0/3,000, 3,000 ante

Kahle Burns bowed out in a multi-way pot when he only committed the remainder of his stack on the river. His had been the best hand on the flop but the of Daniel Dvoress made broadway on the turn.

The of Oliver Weis then held to felt Christopher Kruk's on a .

Last but not least, Takashi "IKAIKA" Ogura lost a flip to "FortNitPro" to exit in 31st place.

Aug 24, 2021

Negreanu Also Busts Martirosian

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 0/3,000, 3,000 ante

Artur Martirosian ended up as the player at risk with the on the button. Daniel Negreanu was trailing with but got there with broadway on the board. That vaulted his stack to more than half a million but he lost a fraction of his profit in the next few hands.

Aug 24, 2021

"IOS-only" Crashes Out

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 0/3,000, 3,000 ante

"IOS-only" opted to limp-jam for more than a quarter of a million in chips. Zhiqiang "notouji888" Shen had raised to 27,000 and made the call with the superior stack.

"IOS-only":
Zhiqiang "notouji888" Shen:

The dreadful ace for "IOS-only" appeared on the turn of a board.

Aug 24, 2021

Herm Loses One Showdown; Wins One

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 0/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mark Herm jammed for 46,175 with the and Yuri Dzivielevski isolated for more than that with .

Herm got there on the flop and retained the lead throughout the turn. However, the river gave Dzivielevski a full house.

With two stacks to redeem, Herm got it in again for 17,500 with the and Yen-Liang "yao_poker" Yao put him at risk once more with the . The board improved Herm eventually.

Level: 17

Blinds: 0/3,000

Ante: 3,000