Big weekend up ahead with four bracelets up for grabs at the 2020 World Series of Poker Online [ international ]. First chance at a gold happens tonight at the WSOP #68: $500 Deepstack No Limit Hold’em [ Asia ] event. This is followed by the WSOP #69: $1500 Marathon No Limit Hold’em [ Asia ] taking place tomorrow. After this, only one Asia Time Zone event remains to rack up points towards the WSOP Asia Player of the Series race.
In less than two days time is the final day of the WSOP #71: BIG 50 [ $1M GTD ]. That event has already surpassed its guarantee and is well over $ 1.3 million with four entry flights yet to be played. Also due to run this weekend is the much awaited high roller bracelet event, the WSOP #70: $25,000 NLH POKER PLAYER CHAMPIONSHIP [ $10M GTD ]. 53 have already ponied up.
The 2020 WSOP Online [ international ] opened July 19th on Natural8 – GG Network. Since then, 36 bracelets have been claimed and a cumulative $ 74.3 million paid out. 18 bracelets remain. The series runs until September 6th. For first timers, make sure to sign up on Natural8 to avail of their fantastic promos and incentives. Read about it at the bottom of the page.
Tonight: WSOP #68: $500 Deepstack No Limit Hold’em [ Asia ]
Buy in: $ 500
Date: August 22 @ 20:00 HKT
Late registration: 240 minutes
Re-entries: 2 times
Notes: $15,000 WSOP Europe Package added to 1st place
Tomorrow: WSOP #69: $1500 Marathon No Limit Hold’em [ Asia ]
Buy in: $ 1500
Date: August 23 @ 20:00 HKT
Late registration: 240 minutes
Re-entries: 2 times
Notes: $15,000 WSOP Europe Package added to 1st place
Upcoming: WSOP #70: $25,000 NLH POKER PLAYER CHAMPIONSHIP [ $10M GTD ]
For high rollers, the deep pocketed, and the gutsiest, no title is more coveted than this one, the No Limit Hold’em Poker Player Championship. Expect the biggest names in poker in attendance. 53 have already signed up. Among them are Fedor Holz, Natural8 Ambassadors Michael Soyza, Danny Tang, Pete Chen, GPI back to back winners Alex Foxen and Kristen Bicknell, and numerous bracelet winners. If you have $ 25,000 to burn, this is the event to wage your skills against the creme de la creme. If not, you can also buy action on your favorite players.
Buy in: $ 25,000
Date: August 23 @ 18:00 UTC / August 24 02:00 HKT
Guarantee: $ 10,000,000
Late registration: 270 minutes
Re-entries: 2 times
Final table: August 29 @ 18:00 UTC / August 30 @ 02:00 HKT
Notes: $15,000 WSOP Europe Package added to 1st place
Open: WSOP #71: BIG 50 [ $1M GTD ]
If you haven’t heard yet,, the budget bracelet event – WSOP #71: BIG 50 [ $1M GTD ], with its very affordable $ 50 buy in, has already smashed its $ 1 million guarantee. The pot is now over $ 1.3M with four flights left to join the action.
The BIG 50 event was introduced at last year’s WSOP 50th anniversary. Due to its incredible draw of 28,371 entries, it was given a spot at this year’s roster. With thousands entering at every flight, it has now surpassed its previous attendance and is closing in on the 29,306 entries of The Opener.
Buy in: $ 50
Guarantee: $ 1,000,000
Cumulative Entries: 29,220
Cumulative prize pool: $ 1,344,120
Final Day qualifiers: 2,604
Entry Dates: August 16 to 23
Entry Flights: 4 remaining
Final Day: August 23 @ 18:30 UTC / August 24 @ 02:30 HKT
Top 15 in chips
Open: WSOP #77: $ 5,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event [ $25M GTD ]
Year after year, players flock to Las Vegas with dreams of winning a bracelet, however no gold is more desired than that of the WSOP Main Event. This year’s edition guarantees a staggering $ 25 Million, the largest ever in online poker. The hunt for the 51st champion has begun with six flights completed. 185 have already advanced out of 980 entries. Last night, American pro Kathy Liebert secured her seat. Freezeout entry flights run daily until August 30. Players are allowed only three bullets with no same flight re-entry offered.
Buy in: $ 5,000
Guarantee: $ 25,000,000
Entry Dates: August 16 to August 30
Cumulative Entries: 980
Final Day qualifiers: 185
Entry flights: 17 remaining
Day 2: August 30 @ 18:30 UTC [ play down to final 40 players ]
Final Day: September 7 @ 18:30 UTC
Top 15 in chips
Other Day 2 qualifiers: Vlad Martynenko “CheckEtoFold” (current chip leader), Samuel Vousden, Christopher Brewer, Stephen Chidwick, Natural8 Team Hot Ambassador Pete Chen, Natural8 Team NLG Stefan Schillhabel “Schilli33”, Wei Guo Liang “SPARK1207”, Sung Joo Hyun “ArtePokerTV”, Gab Yong Kim “genbenglee”, Xuming Qi “scplayer”, Kilian Loeffler “Birdie Power”, Preben Stokkan, Fedor Kruse, Nicolas Chouity, Mark Radoja, and Dan Smith.
Update: WSOP Leaderboard
In addition to striving for the WSOP gold bracelet is the esteemed Player of the Series title. For the first time, three types of POS titles will be awarded. The ultimate leaderboard champion will win the WSOP Pure Gold Mouse, the WSOP Pure Gold Dragon will be awarded to the Asia Player of the Series – highest points accrued on the Asia Time Zone events -, and the exclusive Pure Gold Card to be given to leaderboard finishers 2nd to 5th. Current standings after 36 completed events.
WSOP 2020 Online Leaderboard – Top 10
WSOP 2020 Online Leaderboard [ Asia Time Zone Events ] – Top 10
WSOP SIDE EVENTS
WSOP Side Event: $210 Super Turbo Bounty
Buy in: $ 210
Date: August 21
Guarantee: $ 50,000
Entries: 294
Prize pool: $ 58,800
ITM: 39 places
Winner: ThLstardBndr – Mexico – $ 12,002.46
WSOP Side Event: $126 Bounty Six Shooter – Kartik Ved “Mandovi” – $14,058.32
Having already cashed in on three bracelet events, WSOP #64: $840 Turbo Bounty NLH champion Kartik Ved “Mandovi” took down another tournament this one at the side games. Last night, Ved overcame a deficit at heads up against Juan Nieve at the $ 126 Bounty Six Shooter to ship $ 14,058.32. Included in that figure was $ 6,153.79 in bounties.
Buy in: $ 126
Date: August 21
Guarantee: $ 75,000
Entries: 783
Prize pool: $ 93,960
ITM: 116 places
Winner: Kartik Ved “Mandovi” – India – $ 14,058.32
WSOP Side Event: BIG 500
Buy in: $ 500
Date: August 21
Guarantee: $ 200,000
Entries: 454
Prize pool: $ 215,650
ITM: 63 places
Winner: Messi – Tunisia – $38,450.22 + WSOP #77: $ 5,000 Main Event ticket
WSOP Side Event: $300 Marathon
Buy in: $ 300
Date: August 21
Guarantee: $ 75,000
Entries: 318
Prize pool: $ 88,722
ITM: 44 places
Winner: IIiIIiIIi! – Brazil – $ 16,707.99
WSOP Side Event: $140 FORTY STACK
Buy in: $ 140
Date: August 21
Guarantee: $ 140
Entries: 306
Prize pool: $ 39,412.80
ITM: 44 places
Winner: lasalamandra – Argentina – $ 7,422.31
2nd Alex Jones “ExzibitA” – UK – $ 5,156.22
KEY EVENTS
WSOP #84: $100 WSOP MILLIONS [ $2M GTD ]
Buy in: $ 100
Guarantee: $ 2,000,000
Entry Dates: August 31 to September 6
Entry Flights: 26 offered
Final Day: September 5 @ 18:00 UTC / September 6 @ 02:00 HKT
WSOP #83: $10K WSOP Super MILLION$ [ $5M GTD ]
Buy in: $ 10,000
Date: September 6 @ 18:00 UTC / September 7 @ 02:00 HKT
Guarantee: $ 5,000,000
Notes: 2 day event
Other Games
For those looking to enter bracelet events for cheap, the WSOP Silk Road is your route. Daily tickets can be won until August 31. Alek Stasiak “astazz” earned his seat to WSOP #33: $1,111 Every 1 for Covid Relief via a $10 qualifier which bought him a seat in the $100 satellite to the above-mentioned bracelet event which he shipped for $ 343.2K. If you are interested in non- bracelet events, several WSOP side events are scheduled with buy ins from $125 to $800. Also popular are the GGMasters $150, $550K GTD and the High Rollers Super MILLION$ $10K, $2M GTD.
Natural8 Promos
For players signed up on Natural8, expect fantastic player incentives. WSOP Online champions Luis Assuncao Garla “Xapilskinha”, Daniel Dvoress, Hun Wei Lee, Teoh Ming Juen “Paul Teoh”, Shoma Ishikawa “pp_syon”, and Marcelo Jakovjlevic Pudla “Marolo” have already won a Team Bling Sponsorship package for their incredible achievement. Other promos are the First Deposit Bonus and WSOP Silk Road leaderboard race. 18 days left to avail of the promos!
WSOP Winner’s Circle Sponsorship Packages
Main Event = $100,000 Natural8 Sponsorship*
Win the WSOP Main Event and you’ll not only become a part of Team Bling, you’ll be the CAPTAIN of the team. This exclusive package includes:
12 month Team Bling Sponsorship
$15,000 Las Vegas Package ($10,000 to cover your buy-ins and $5,000 for expenses)
$25,000 for live event sponsorships
T$60,000 in online sponsorships, paid out over 12 months
Buy-ins of $1,000 and above = $15,000 Natural8 Sponsorship*
Win a WSOP Bracelet from any event with a buy-in of $1,000 and above, and you’ll get a Team Bling package that includes:
6 month Team Bling Sponsorship
$15,000 Las Vegas Package ($10,000 to cover your buy-ins and $5,000 for expenses)
Buy-ins from $50 to $999 = $7,500 Natural8 Sponsorship*
Win a WSOP Bracelet from any event with a buy-in of $999 and below, and you’ll get a Team Bling package that includes:
6 month Team Bling Sponsorship
$7,500 Las Vegas Package ($5,000 to cover your buy-ins and $2,500 for expenses)
WSOP First Deposit Bonus
First time depositors on Natural8 can expect a special bump in the load. For a minimum deposit of $20 are gifts worth up to $ 100 over six consecutive days. The initial $ 60 in WSOP tickets – WSOP Satellite and WSOP Spin & Gold, another $ 40 in WSOP tickets for those that complete all 6 AoF challenges of 100 AoF hands per day.
WSOP Silk Road
The WSOP Silk Road Micro Series has been ongoing since July 1st and will run until August 31st. This is for players looking to enter bracelet events for cheap. And seriously, who wouldn’t want to win a multi million event for as low as $ 1.08? Via this route, buy ins only go as high as $ 21.60. Top the Natural8 Silk Road Leaderboard to win an instant ticket to the WSOP #77: $5,000 Main Event [ $25M GTD ].
Plenty of action still to come so stick with us at Somuchpoker as we bring you daily updates on the ongoing 2020 WSOP Online on Natural8.
Louis Hartwell
Graduated in Media Communication at the University of Lausanne, Louis Hartman is a co-founder of somuchpoker.com. He began his career in Cambodia as freelance journalist. In same time he was making his living by playing poker every night at that time. Intense learner, he read dozens of poker strategy books to improve his skills during many years. With a strong interest about poker "behind the scene" in Asia and his communication skills, Louis launched Somuchpoker in 2014.
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