Two more GGPoker players have secured poker's greatest prize, a gold World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. Austrian Daniel Smiljkovic triumphed in Event #8: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold 'em Championship while Brazil's Lucio Lima is the Event #9: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty champion.
Day 1 of Event #20: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH freezeout has come to an end.
Stay tuned for the full Day 1 leaderboard and a recap of the day's action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,768,351
2,419,052
|
2,419,052 |
|
||
|
5,007,106
-597,500
|
-597,500 |
|
||
|
4,700,383
473,892
|
473,892 |
|
4,457,147
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
3,779,733
765,632
|
765,632 |
|
3,390,470
1,014,456
|
1,014,456 |
|
3,369,161
703,391
|
703,391 |
|
3,244,836
-458,000
|
-458,000 |
|
|
2,899,772
195,610
|
195,610 |
|
|
2,877,949
2,877,949
|
2,877,949 |
|
2,747,099
-287,500
|
-287,500 |
|
2,421,823
-576,995
|
-576,995 |
|
2,380,632
2,380,632
|
2,380,632 |
|
|
2,276,363
2,276,363
|
2,276,363 |
|
|
1,810,720
-751,417
|
-751,417 |
|
1,789,244
1,789,244
|
1,789,244 |
|
1,644,697
-1,974,080
|
-1,974,080 |
|
|
1,608,590
675,379
|
675,379 |
|
1,597,136
1,597,136
|
1,597,136 |
|
1,587,524
-352,955
|
-352,955 |
|
|
1,532,660
1,101,925
|
1,101,925 |
|
1,508,856
-622,694
|
-622,694 |
|
1,232,276
143,340
|
143,340 |
|
|
1,167,472
-682,200
|
-682,200 |
South Korea's Jerecho "choleeek89" Caballero made a late run at the end of Day 1 to bag as the chip leader of Event #20: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH Freezeout in the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online. The two-day tournament brought 1,080 entries for a $2,240,000 prize pool, and 24 players will come back tomorrow to battle for the first prize of $212,815 and the WSOP gold bracelet on GGPoker.
Italy's Dario Sammartino will enter Day 2 in second place after spending much of the day battling within the top ten on the leaderboard. Sammartino returns on Sunday to play for his first WSOP gold bracelet after previously finishing as runner-up in the main event of the 2019 World Series of Poker. This will be Sammartino's second final table of the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online bracelet series after finishing fifth in Event #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship.
Sammartino is joined by Shota "Daniel Negranue" Murakami, Eduardo "Ghazbaran" Rodrigues, and Timothy Cramer as the remaining top five chip leaders looking to catch Caballero on Day 2.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerecho "choleeek89" Caballero | South Korea | 5,768,351 |
| 2 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 5,007,106 |
| 3 | Shota "Daniel Negranue" Murakami | Japan | 4,700,383 |
| 4 | Eduardo "Ghazbaran" Rodrigues | Brazil | 4,457,147 |
| 5 | Timothy Cramer | United States | 3,779,733 |
| 6 | Felix "jesuisallin" Van De Put | Belgium | 3,390,470 |
| 7 | bootybanger | Austria | 3,369,161 |
| 8 | Thomas "zizelux" Harvey | New Zealand | 3,244,836 |
| 9 | Ricardo "stamina22" Da Silva | United States | 2,899,772 |
| 10 | BizaCarmela | Brazil | 2,877,949 |
| Total | 64,800,000 | ||
| Average | 2,700,000 |
Other notable players that will be returning to play for the WSOP gold bracelet on Sunday include Mikael "Basunababy69" Koistinen, Ranno "RukKuRuku" Sootla, and Rick "chucknorris" Hutting.
| *Place | Prize* | |
| 1 | $212,815 | |
| 2 | $159,588 | |
| 3 | $119,674 | |
| 4 | $89,473 | |
| 5 | $67,268 | |
| 6 | $50,466 | |
| 7 | $37,844 | |
| 8 | $28,379 | |
| 9 | $21,281 | |
| 10 | $15,626 | |
| 11 | $13,610 | |
| 12-13 | $11,855 | |
| 14-17 | $10,326 | |
| 18-21 | $8,994 | |
| 22-24 | $7,834 |
Day 2 will begin on Sunday August 29 at 1 p.m. GMT and the PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all of the action as it happens. Players will play Day 2 all the way down to a final table before the blinds are adjusted so that the remaining chip stacks average 40 big blinds. During the final table the blinds will go up after a certain number of hands instead of every 15 minutes.
Be sure to join us on Sunday for non-stop coverage of Day 2 from the PokerNews team.
Event #20: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH [Freezeout]
Day 1 Completed