Event #23: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Completed
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #23: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Nuno "Albertov" Capucho Wins First Bracelet and $190,274 in Event #23
Level 47
: 600,000/1,200,000, 150,000 ante
After a bit more than 4.5 hours of play on Day 2, Nuno "Albertov" Capucho is the last player with chips in Event #23: $600 Deepstack Championship of the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online. He made it through 2,820 entries from the Day 1 field, and the 49 returning players on Day 2 to win $190,274 and his first bracelet. That was the biggest share of the $1,607.400 prize pool, but the final table split almost half that with $703,716 for the final nine alone.
Capucho was on fire on the final table, eliminating every player save one. James "PHJ10" Carroll managed to eliminate start-of-day chip leader James Chen in 4th place, but then Carroll promptly fell to Capucho in 3rd to set up the heads-up play. Capucho certainly ran well, holding when he was ahead, and getting there when he wasn't, but he also picked his spots well.
Karolina "KarolinaNe" Norvaisaite put up a valiant fight heads-up. She came into the final phase at nearly a 3:1 deficit, and chipped up to almost 50 million, within striking distance of the lead. That was as far as she could get though, and when it got down to a race for all the chips at the end, it seemed inevitable that Capucho would bust the final player.
Event #23 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuno "Albertov" Capucho | Portugal | $190,274 |
| 2 | Karolina "KarolinaNe" Norvaisaite | United Kingdom | $142,683 |
| 3 | James "PHJ10" Carroll | United States | $106,998 |
| 4 | James Chen | Taiwan | $80,237 |
| 5 | Bowen "lbwgooxdluck" Liu | China | $60,169 |
| 6 | Alves "thefifapro" Ferreira | Brazil | $45,120 |
| 7 | Ran "Pearblossom" Koller | Israel | $33,835 |
| 8 | Christopher "Canuck Clout" Doyle | Canada | $25,373 |
| 9 | Felipe Ramos | Brazil | $19,027 |
GGPoker Team Brazil player Felipe Ramos looked like he might make a run for his first bracelet. He made a late day surge on Day 1 to bag a medium stack, and managed to turn that into a final table appearance. It was short-lived however, as Ramos was the first to fall victim to the Capucho final table steamroller.
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Karolina "KarolinaNe" Norvaisaite Eliminated in 2nd Place ($142,683)
Level 47
: 600,000/1,200,000, 150,000 ante
Karolina "KarolinaNe" Norvaisaite raised to 2,640,000, then called when Nuno "Albertov" Capucho shoved for more than 80 million.
Nuno "Albertov" Capucho: 
Karolina "KarolinaNe" Norvaisaite: 
It was a coin flip for the bracelet, and the over-cards of Capucho turned it on 
and Norvaisaite had to settle for 2nd place and $142,683.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
112,800,000 | 17,988,316 |
|
Busted |
Level: 47
Blinds: 600,000/1,200,000
Ante: 150,000
Capucho Crushing it
Level 46
: 500,000/1,000,000, 125,000 ante
Nuno "Albertov" Capucho took another 20 million plus pot with a river shove that didn't get called to chip up to almost 95 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
94,811,684 | 14,273,000 |
|
|
17,988,716 | -17,272,600 |
Capucho Still in Control
Level 46
: 500,000/1,000,000, 125,000 ante
Karolina "KarolinaNe" Norvaisaite chipped up in a couple hands to almost 50 million chips shortly after heads-up started, but Nuno "Albertov" Capucho is still in control after a 20 million chip pot.
Karolina "KarolinaNe" Norvaisaite raised to 2.2 million, and Capucho called. They both checked the 
flop, and Capucho bet 4.22 million on 
turn. Capucho fire 4,319,700 on the 
river and got called again.
Karolina "KarolinaNe" Norvaisaite: 
Nuno "Albertov" Capucho: 
Capucho flopped the straight and got two streets of value from it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,538,684 | -4,136,232 |
|
|
35,261,316 | 7,136,232 |
Level: 46
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 125,000
James "PHJ10" Carroll Eliminated in 3rd Place ($106,998)
Level 45
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
James "PHJ10" Carroll was on the short stack and shoved the button for just over 6 million. Nuno "Albertov" Capucho called from the big blind.
Nuno "Albertov" Capucho: 
James "PHJ10" Carroll: 
Carroll flopped best on 
but Capucho hit the river to get them heads up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
84,674,916 | 19,838,198 |
|
|
28,125,084 | -9,178,000 |
|
Busted |
Norvaisaite Chips Up Big
Level 45
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
In the final hand of the previous level, James "PHJ10" Carroll raised the small blind to 2.1 million and Karolina "KarolinaNe" Norvaisaite called from the big blind. The flop came 
and Carroll check-called for 1.3365 million.
He check-called again for 3.85 million on turn and again for more than 6.5 million on the river.
James "PHJ10" Carroll:
Karolina "KarolinaNe" Norvaisaite: 
Norvaisaite flopped a straight on and took down a big one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,836,718 | -3,971,500 |
|
|
37,303,084 | 14,534,900 |
|
|
10,666,198 | -10,557,400 |
Level: 45
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 100,000