The 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has started, and it’s unlike anything the world has ever seen. The irresistible interlocutors of the live realm have to make to do with a comfortable chair, banging playlist and a box full of Pot Noodles as the WSOP moves wholly online. The first quotidian bracelet events are in the bag, and two of the biggest names in WSOP history enjoyed deep, deep runs.
We start with the man who has won more bracelets than anyone breathing or not, Mr Phil Hellmuth Jr. Playing under the pseudonym ‘Lumestackin’ (an anagram of ‘Luckiest Man’), Hellmuth came close to bracelet #16, with an 11th place finish in Event #1: $500 No-Limit Hold’em. It’s a feat worthy of an affectionate salute given that Hellmuth had to compete in a field of 1,715 runners.
Hellmuth wasn’t the only recognisable pro to come close to turning their palm readers into bona fide psychics. The World Poker Tour (WPT) commentator, Tony Dunst finished third, and Taylor Von Kriegenbergh finished ninth.
Here are those results.
Event #1: $500 No-Limit Hold’em
1,715 entrants
Results
- Jonathan ‘Art.Vandelay’ Dokler – $130,426
- Justin ‘MadTitan’ Turner – $80,416
- Tony ‘Panoramic’ Dunst – $57,881
- Shawn ‘SayGoodNight’Daniels – $42,060
- Michael ‘DDSpade’ Balan – $30,947
- Kyle ‘ChefShap’ Shappelle – $22,998
- Daniel ‘djp1006’ Park – $17,287
- Mark ‘ NostraDonkus’ Liedtke – $13,120
- Taylor ‘ZeroTo100’ Von Kriegenbergh – $10,110
Daniel Negreanu Runs Deep in Event #2 $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack 8-Max
The man with the most publicised side action in the WSOP enjoyed a deep run in the second event. Daniel Negreanu has offered the world dibs on a $1m+ array of bracelet action, and he nearly closed the book, early.
Negreanu, who is grinding from his Las Vegas pad, finished 18th from 919-entrants in the first $1k event of the series. The man who put poker streaming on the map, Jason Somerville, finished sixth, and Roland Israelishvili extended his WSOP in the money (ITM) record with 225 cashes (bracelet & ring events).
Here are those results.
Event #2: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack 8-Max
919-entrants
Results
- Louis ‘PokeThese’ Lynch – $168,586
- Ryan ‘KOVID19’ Ko – $104,242
- Kevin ‘GoneBananas’ Garosshen – $73,424
- Daniel ‘IntoTheRiver’ Fischer – $52,38
- Sean ‘bahbababa’ Prendiville – $37,890
- Jason ‘haderade’ Somerville – $27,763
- Jon ‘jonnyg93’ Gisler – $20,691
- Matthew ‘Michmeister’ Mich – $15,628
WSOP All-Time Cashes Leaderboard (Rings and Bracelets)
- Roland Israelishvili – 225
- Douglas Carli – 196
- Allen Kessler – 177
- Phil Hellmuth – 154
- Chris Ferguson – 150
- Maurice Hawkins – 144
- Ari Engel – 142
- Chris Conrad – 141
- Daniel Negreanu – 133
- Vincent Moscati – 130