2020 WSOP Online: Cheatham Wins Gold; Riddick Bowe to Compete in Charity Event

The 2020 World Poker Series (WSOP) Online has smashed its way through its midway point like a cider maker goes through his apples, and that means we have another bracelet winner.

Terrell “Heezahustia” Cheatham is now one of those people who will forever be known as “Yeah, but he won his online,” after outlasting 1,043 people who ended up having to deal with the vicissitudes of life, minus a gold bracelet.

Those 1,043 entrants, plus Cheatham, added 484 re-entries to the mix, bringing the total number of crusty bread roll eaters to 1,528, and Cheatham’s hands flew into the air less than eight hours after it had begun.

Cheatham’s record is not an illustrious one, but he felt the ‘rush’ before ending in 106th place in the 28,371-entrant BIG 50 last year. Cheatham overcame the more experienced Julian “Julian” Parmann, heads-up to win the title. Parmann finished 41st in the 2015 WSOP Main Event, and fourth in a $2,500 Limit Hold’em 6-Handed event won by Dutch Boyd in 2010. Andrea “Andrewbull88” Buonocore was the only other player with previous WSOP final table experience finishing fourth in a $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack event last year.

Here are the results in full.

Results

  1. Terrell “Heezahustia” Cheatham – $116,204
  2. Julian “Julian” Parmann – $71,648
  3. Lev “MeThinks” Milman – $51,570
  4. Marc “Mojosmarc” Bernal – $37,474
  5. Andrea “Andrewbull88” Buonocore – $27,573
  6. Daniel “StayActive” Chan – $20,490
  7. Jeremy “http401” Govert – $15,402
  8. Philip “AvonB” Rhodes – $11,689
  9. James “cbmezz99” Messeroll – $9,008

The Stars Come Out For Covid-19 Charity Event

Once the action ends Stateside, it’s up to GGPoker to fly the WSOP flag, globally, and one event, in particular, is causing a stir.

Event #33: ‘Every 1 for COVID Relief’ will donate the $111 entry fee to Caesars employees who have suffered throughout the pandemic, and a plethora of sports stars and top-notch poker pros have confirmed attendance.

Riddick Bowe and Jason Quigley will swap boxing gloves for the deck. The youngest man to ever win Wimbledon, Boris Becker, will appear. As will, mixed martial artists Elias Theodorou & Patrick Côté, and Brazilian actor Leo Lins.

From the world of poker, Tony G, Fedor Holz, and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier will all compete.

GGPoker has already raised more than $250,000 for various COVID related initiatives.

The $1,111 No Limit Hold’em event runs July 19 14:30 (CET).