Event #27: $5,000 MAIN EVENT Online Championship [Final Day], $20M GTD
Day 3 Started
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #27: $5,000 MAIN EVENT Online Championship [Final Day], $20M GTD
Day: 3
Welcome to the Final Day of Event #27: $5,000 MAIN EVENT Online Championship
Welcome to the final day of Event #27: $5,000 MAIN EVENT Online Championship. After 4,092 entries over 27 starting days, the final nine players will compete in the biggest tournament of the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events for a $2.5 million first prize from the guaranteed prize pool of $20 million.
Brazil’s Edson "CrownUpTsu" Tsutsumi Jr is the chip leader after a long Day 2 that saw 720 Day 1 survivors compete down to a final table. Aleksei "Ha KoJleHu" Vandyshev and Joe "assisup4rent" Serock round out a group of top three chip leaders that have have a significant chip advantage over the rest of the final table. All of today's action will be broadcast with commentary on GGPoker.tv.
Final Table Line-Up of Event #27: $5,000 MAIN EVENT Online Championship
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edson "CrownUpTsu" Tsutsumi Jr | Brazil | 60,403,591 | 101 |
| 2 | Aleksei "Ha KoJleHu" Vandyshev | Russia | 54,232,812 | 90 |
| 3 | Joe "assisup4rent" Serock | United States | 45,567,634 | 76 |
| 4 | Espen "COVFEFE-19" Jorstad | Norway | 19,575,928 | 33 |
| 5 | Christine "Yunaa" Do | Canada | 15,918,120 | 27 |
| 6 | Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov | Russia | 13,454,800 | 22 |
| 7 | Dawid Smolka | Poland | 13,154,945 | 22 |
| 8 | Renan "legal" Meneguetti | Brazil | 12,581,552 | 21 |
| 9 | Dimitrios Farmakoulis | Greece | 9,067,144 | 15 |
When the final table gets under way today at 5:00 p.m. GMT, blinds will be rolled back to Level 19, with 300,000/600,000 and a 75,000 ante, a GGPoker rule that ensures the average stack has at least 40 big blinds. Blinds will go up after a certain number of hands instead of every 30 minutes. All nine players are guaranteed a min-cash of at least $254,308.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $2,543,072 |
| 2 | $1,907,034 |
| 3 | $1,430,073 |
| 4 | $1,072,405 |
| 5 | $804,190 |
| 6 | $603,057 |
| 7 | $452,229 |
| 8 | $339,123 |
| 9 | $254,308 |
Be sure to keep it here as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the action from Event #27: $5,000 MAIN EVENT Online Championship as it happens.
On the Air
Today's livestream has started with final table action to start soon. Tune in now at GGPoker.TV for live commentary of today's final table from Norman Chad and Lon McEachern.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,403,591 | |
|
54,232,812 | |
|
45,567,634 | |
|
19,575,928 | |
|
15,918,120 | |
|
|
13,454,800 | |
|
13,154,945 | |
|
|
12,581,552 | |
|
9,067,144 |
Daniel Smiljkovic and Lucio Lima Win First WSOP Bracelets
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.
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Cards are now in the air for the final table of Event #27 $5,000 MAIN EVENT Online Championship.
Dimitrios Farmakoulis Eliminated in 9th Place ($254,308)
Blinds: 300,000/600,000/75,000
Joe "assisup4rent" Serock open-shoved from the button and Dimitrios Farmakoulis called for his last 8,017,144 from the small blind.
Dimitrios Farmakoulis: 
Joe "assisup4rent" Serock: 
The board ran out 
with no improvement for big slick and Farmakoulis was eliminated in ninth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,559,778 | 8,992,144 |
|
|
Busted |
Tsutsumi Regains Chip Lead with Straight
Blinds: 300,000/600,000/75,000
Edson "CrownUpTsu" Tsutsumi Jr raised to 1,260,000 from the button and Dawid Smolka made the call from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Smolka checked. Tsutsumi fired 1,280,000 and Smolka made the check-call.
The turn was 
and Smolka checked again. Tsutsumi bet again for 3,803,724 and Smolka made the fold.
Tsutsumi regained the top spot on the leaderboard with the pot after Joe Serock briefly took over the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
59,050,791 | -1,352,800 |
|
|
14,889,545 | 1,734,600 |
Do Doubles Up
Blinds: 300,000/600,000/75,000
Joe "assisup4rent" Serock raised to 1,380,000 from the button and Christine "Yunaa" Do three-bet jammed from the small blind. Serock made the call.
Christine "Yunaa" Do: 
Joe "assisup4rent" Serock: 
The board ran out 
and Do secured the double up with a full house on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,741,658 | -16,818,120 |
|
|
34,581,240 | 18,663,120 |
Updated Final Table Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,655,791 | -3,395,000 |
|
|
47,257,812 | -6,975,000 |
|
|
38,356,658 | 615,000 |
|
|
33,006,240 | -1,575,000 |
|
|
20,924,128 | 1,348,200 |
|
|
17,804,800 | 4,350,000 |
|
|
17,439,545 | 2,550,000 |
|
|
11,711,552 | -870,000 |