Another Natural8 player minted at the 2021 World Series of Poker Online [International] as Lithuania’s Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas came out victorious at the WSOP #13: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship to capture his first ever WSOP title and gold bracelet. Tamasauskas became the third player from his country to win the gold and the third player in this series to win an N8 Team Bling US$ 10,000 Sponsorship package, joining champions Joao Simao and Eduardo Augusto Pires. Check out our event recap, updated N8 leaderboards, and other festival stats down below.
The international bracelet series is ongoing at online platform Natural8 [GG Network] with games running from August 1 until September 12. The lucrative festival features US$ 53+ Million in guaranteed prize pools. To date, over US$ 30.9 Million has been paid out with 10 out of 13 completed events pulling in seven figures. 20 gold bracelets are still up for grabs. For players that sign up on Natural8, expect plenty of added perks amounting to US$ 400,000 in exclusive prizes. You can read up on those perks at the bottom of the page or via this link:
WSOP #13: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship – Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas – US$ 268,926
The two day WSOP #13: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship event attracted 267 entries (158 uniques, 109 re-entries) to generate another seven digit series prize pool. 39 players earned a cut of the US$ 1,268,250. The bracelet hunt concluded with Lithuania’s Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas locking up his first ever dream gold and a hefty six figure US$ 268,926 payout. As a Natural8 player, Tamasauskas also won a Team Bling US$ 10,000 Sponsorship package. He moved up to top rank in the exclusive N8 WSOP Amazing Race leaderboard Rest of World (ROW) category.
Prior to this victory, Tamasauskas had collected US$ 603K across 20 WSOP cashes since 2017. To date, his largest score was at the 2019 WSOP $1,500 Millionaire Maker event in Las Vegas, placing 4th for 464,375.
Recapping the event, Day 1 wrapped up in just under eight hours with the final seven established and numerous notable players turning a profit namely, Simon Klas Lofberg (10th), Joao Simao (12th), Daniel Negreanu (19th), Michael Watson (20th), Niklas Astedt (21st), Paul Teoh (28th), Nicolo Molinelli (30th), and Hok Yiu Lee (32nd).
The final table was another all international mix with every player flying a different flag. Among them were two Natural8 players Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas (Lithuania) and Australia’s David “MPEW299” Wang. Also through was Austria’s Florian “Holdemking17” Fuchs who finished 2nd at the 2017 WSOPE COLOSSUS event, and USA’s Hernando “dardusss” Guzman who carried in the biggest stack. With no WSOP decorated player in the lineup, one player was destined to turn the golden dream into reality.
Date: August 17 to 18
Buy in: US$ 5,000
Entries: 267 (158 uniques, 109 re-entries)
Prize pool: US$ 1,268,250
ITM: 39 places
Final table payouts
1st Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas – Lithuania – US$ 268,926
2nd Benjamin Lakatos – Hungary – US$ 194,439
3rd Fernando “JNandez87” Habegger – Switzerland – US$ 140,583
4th Benjamin Wilinofsky – Canada – US$ 101,644
5th David Yuan Jan “MPEW299” Wang – Australia – US$ 73,491
6th Florian “Holdemking17” Fuchs – Austria – US$ 53,235
7th Hernando “dardusss” Guzman – USA – US$ 38,418
The first hour of play witnessed plenty of action with Tamasauskas and Benjamin Wilinofsky taking turns at the top while ailing Wang quadrupled his short stack to stay in the running. Hungary’s Benjamin Lakatos plunged to 6 bb then recovered on a double up off Florian “Holdemking17” Fuchs. For the day’s entering chip leader Guzman, he got into a heated pot against Wilinofsky that sent him crashing out. On a raised pot preflop, the cards came 
. Guzman check-shoved his huge 36 bb stack with 
top pair, got snap called by Wilinofsky with 
two pair, the turn 
and river 
further improved Wilinofsky to a boat to collect the massive pile and oust Guzman in 7th place.
Leading up to the next bust, Wilinofsky lost three all in showdowns with Lakatos scooping up two to earn his time at the top. Lakatos proceeded to rail Fuchs in 6th place then Wilinofsky finished off Wang right after. At four handed, Tamasauskas dragged in a big pot against Lakatos while Wilinofsky plunged after paying a double up to Fernando “JNandez87” Habegger and losing more to Lakatos. He dropped to 3.5 bb which Lakatos claimed.
Three handed play was fully dominated by Tamasauskas who grinded to chip lead and never relinquished. He eliminated Habegger in 3rd place to bring in 84 bb to heads up to Lakatos’ 27 bb. It took less than ten minutes to close it out. On a board 
, Lakatos jammed with 
straight, Tamasauskas had 
full house to ship it and win his first ever WSOP title and gold bracelet.
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August 21: WSOP #15: $10,000 Heads Up NLH Championship [128 cap]
August 22: WSOP #16: $1,050 WSOP GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH, $2,000,000 GTD [2 Day event]
August 22: WSOP #17: $400 PLOSSUS [Bounty], $1,000,000 GTD [Final Day]
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2021 WSOP Online bracelet events stats
WSOP #1 – #13 prize pool: US$ 30,967,049
Cumulative entries: 59,479
Largest phased field: WSOP #1: $50 The Return NLH – 30,810 entries
Largest one day entry field: WSOP #5: $315 Bounty Deepstack NLH – 2,989 entries
Biggest pot (phased): WSOP #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH – US$ 7,747,725
Biggest pot (single day entry): WSOP #12: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller NLH – US$ 6,052,800
Smallest field: WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship – 180 entries
Smallest pot: WSOP #9: $400 DOUBLE CHANCE PLO – US$ 366,600
First time bracelet winners: 10
Largest payout: WSOP #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH – Eduardo Pires – US$ 1,384,013
2021 WSOP Online champions
WSOP #1: $50 The Return NLH – Bartlomiej “Chester20o” Swieboda – Poland – US$ 161,110
WSOP #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event – Joao Simao – Brazil – US$ 206,075
WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship – Nicolo Molinelli – Italy – US$ 88,461
WSOP #4: $800 DOUBLE CHANCE NLH – Thiago “IneedWasabi” Macedo – Brazil – US$ 161,636
WSOP #5: $315 Bounty Deepstack No Limit Hold’em – Kacper Pyzara – Poland – US$ 79,789
WSOP #6: $200 FLIP & GO No Limit Hold’em – Georgios Sotiropoulos – Greece – US$ 117,022
WSOP #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH – Eduardo Pires – Brazil – US$ 1,384,013
WSOP #8: $5,000 6-Handed NLH Championship – Daniel Smiljkovic – Germany – US$ 423,426
WSOP #9: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty NLH – Lucio “WizardOfAz” Lima – US$ 91,204
WSOP #10: $400 DOUBLE CHANCE PLO – Roland “Quina Quen” Czika – Hungary – US$ 55,369
WSOP #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller – Erik Seidel – USA – US$ 977,842
WSOP #12: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No Limit Hold’em – Keunwoo “POLALIFE!” Lee – Korea – US$ 635,575
WSOP #13: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship – Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas – Lithuania – US$ 268,926
Ninth career bracelet won
Erik Seidel – USA – WSOP #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller
Second career bracelet won
Nicolo Molinelli – WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship
Georgios Manousos Sotiropoulos – WSOP #6: $200 FLIP & GO No Limit Hold’em
Multiple final tables
Stanislav Kuvaev
8th – WSOP #3: $2,500 Limit Hold’em Championship
5th – WSOP #9: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty NLH
Bracelets by Country
Brazil – 4
Poland – 2
Italy – 1
Greece – 1
Germany – 1
Hungary – 1
Korea – 1
USA – 1
Lithuania – 1
Seven figure prize pools
WSOP #1: $50 The Return NLH – US$ 1,417,260
WSOP #2: Caesars Cares Charity Event – US$ 1,759,824
WSOP #4: $800 Double Chance NLH – US$ 1,248,680
WSOP #6: $200 FLIP & GO No Limit Hold’em – US$ 1,209,920
WSOP #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH – US$ 7,747,725
WSOP #8: $5,000 6-Handed NLH Championship – US$ 2,275,250
WSOP #9: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty NLH – US$ 1,114,500
WSOP #11: $1,000 DOUBLE CHANCE NLH – US$ 5,599,300
WSOP #12: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller NLH – US$ 6,052,800
WSOP #13: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship – US$ 1,268,250
Natural8 Exclusive Promo results
Natural8 Team Bling Sponsorship Package winners
Joao Simao – WSOP #2: Caesars Cares Charity Event – US$ 10,000 Sponsorship
Eduardo Augusto Pires – WSOP #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH – US$ 10,000 Sponsorship
Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas – WSOP #13: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship – US$ 10,000 Sponsorship
Natural8 WSOP 2-in-1 Challenge Week 1 winners
“Masukito83” – Dominican Republic – US$ 823.61
“DanielTsai” – Taiwan – US$ 597.12
“LotusFocus” – India – US$ 433.33
Natural8 WSOP Amazing Race Leaderboard update (current top 3 for each category)
Asia Pacific
Joshua McCully – New Zealand – 5,193.37 points
“Imar54” – New Zealand – 3,073.9 points
Vincent “Moist” Huang – New Zealand – 2,746.63 points
Latin America
Rafael “riskgambler” Furlanetto – Brazil – 4,615.79 points
Eduardo Augusto Pires – Brazil – 3,797.38 points
Daan “DaanOss” Mulders – Mexico – 2,964.04 points
Rest of World
Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas – 4,696.16
Isaac Haxton – Canada – 4,499.09 points
Tomas “CoronaMyAss” Jozonis – Lithuania – 3,680.08 points
Taiwan
Pete Chen – 2,861.21 points
Chin-Wei “davidchien88” Chien – 1,365.61 points
Yen-liang “yao_poker” Yao – 1,172.85 points
Thailand
George Kitsios – Greece – 1,311.46 points
“LuffyJd” – 940.44 points
“PopDuck” – 528.89 points
Vietnam
Cuong “CLVT” Trinh – 925.98 points
“LittleFishVN” – 916.95 points
“19_01” – 603.9 points
Japan
“8809” – 808.14 points
Shota “shorta222” Nakanishi – 580.13 points
Takashi “IKAIKA” Ogura – 526.23 points
Hong Kong
Dicky Siu Hang “Floatinworld” Tsang – 4,183.40 points
Anson Tsang – 1,471.03 points
Wayne Heung – 668.42 points
India
Sriharsha “Upswinger” Doddapaneni – 3,217.81 points
“happysim” – 1,824.49 points
Gaurav “Haversham” Sood – 1,666.39 points
Exclusive Natural8 promos
To give more value to your buck, Natural8 players can expect added incentives amounting to US$ 400,000 up for grabs throughout the series. We’ve broken them down right here.
WSOP Team Bling Sponsorship
Win any of the 2021 WSOP Online bracelet events and you are assured entry to Team Bling along with one of these fine sponsorship packages listed:
Main Event = $100,000 Team Bling 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
$25,000 for live event buy in sponsorships
$5,000 to cover expenses
T$70,000 in online event sponsorships, paid out over 12 months
Buy-ins of $1,000 and above = $10,000 Team Bling 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
$7,500 for live event buy in sponsorships
$2,500 to cover expenses
Buy-ins from $50 to $999 = $5,000 Team Bling 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
$3,500 for live event buy in sponsorships
$1,500 to cover expenses
WSOP Amazing Race
Top the leaderboards to win a piece of the US$ 75,000 prize pool! There are ten leaderboards running throughout the series with varying prizes. Points can only be earned at bracelet events and WSOP side events. Three different LiveX packages up for grabs are listed:
US$ 5,000 LiveX Gold which includesUS$ 3,500 live event buy in sponsorship and US$ 1,500 in expenses.
US$ 3,000 LiveX Silver which includes US$ 2,000 live event buy in sponsorship and US$ 1,000 in expenses.
US$ 2,000 LiveX Bronze which includes US$ 1,500 live event buy in sponsorship and US$ 500 in expenses.
WSOP 2-in-1 Challenge
Win a share of US$ 30,000 via the WSOP 2-in-1 incentive. This unique perk is only offered in Natural8. To start off, play any of the WSOP bracelet events and WSOP side events to earn points. As written on the website,
“Take part in any WSOP Branded Tournaments to earn points and boost those points by playing in cash games. We’ll multiply the points you’ve earned by playing tournaments with the points from cash games to reveal your chipstack for the final WSOP 2-in-1 Challenge Flipout.“
Plenty of action ahead so stick with us at Somuchpoker as we bring you recaps of the ongoing 2021 WSOP Online [International] on Natural8.
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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