Natural8-WSOPC: Aleksey Churbanov wins WSOPC Ring; Day 12-15 highlights; J.W Shin, J.Hong, and P. Goyal bags sides

The 2021 World Series of Poker Super Circuit Online Series taking place at online platform Natural8 has reached its halfway mark with 15 days done and dusted. Nine players have locked up WSOPC Rings. The newest owner was Russia’s Aleksey “somebody444” Churbanov for his victory at Ring #9: $525 Bounty Deepstack No Limit Hold’em. Churbanov overcame a deficit at heads up to deny Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff a second series ring / third career ring.

At the side games, Day 12 to Day 15 produced a long list of Asia Pacific winners that included Koreans Jae Wook “Justin” Shin and Jinho Hong, and Indian players Pulkit Goyal and Pranav Bang. Among the multiple event winners, Italy’s Gianluca “Tankanza” Speranza became the first player to win four side events while Ramiro Petrone, Enrico Camosci, and David Coleman secured three wins each.

Next chance at the shiners happens tonight with two WSOPC Rings up for grabs. Ring #10: $100 HUNDRED Stack No Limit Hold’em US$ 500,000 guarantee gets underway on May 17 at 02:05 HKT. For Ring #11: $400 COLOSSUS, the event has already surpassed its US$ 2.5 Million guarantee. Day 1 flights are still running. Day 2 begins on May 17 at 04:05 HKT.

To date, the ongoing series has paid out over US$ 46.7 Million across 397 events (9 ring events, 388 side events). Plenty of cash yet to be won with a total of US$ 100 Million promised. Also up for grabs are the last 11 WSOP Circuit Rings. The series runs through May 31st. If you are just tuning in, make sure to sign up to online platform Natural8 to avail of all the exclusive player incentives which include LiveX Sponsorship Packages from US$ 10,000 to US$ 50,000, exclusive WSOP Freerolls, 1.5x Cash Game Multiplier, and WSOP Flipouts. Ring #7 BIG 25 winner “Raggaz” has already won one of the LiveX Packages. You can read up on those perks at the bottom of the page

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WSOPC by the numbers

Day 1 – 15 prize pool: US$ 46,744,712
Seven figure prize pools: 6 ring events, 5 side events
Rings awarded: 9
Side events: 387
Total entries: 385,169
Largest phased ring event: RING #7: BIG 25 – 61,456 entries

Multi Ring Event final tables

Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff – two
Claas Segebrecht – two

Most Side Event wins

Gianluca “Tankanza” Speranza’ – four wins

WSOP Circuit Ring winners

Ring #1: Bangshifu – China – US$ 147,012.67
Ring #2: James “PHJ10” Carroll – USA – US$ 49,835.14
Ring #3: Mario Mosboeck – Austria – US$ 129,700.43
Ring #4: Uri “JimyT” Reichenstein – Israel – US$ 166,859.75
Ring #5: Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff – Canada – US$ 71,139.69
Ring #6: GangstaZab – Russia – US$ 133,179.80
Ring #7: Raggaz – New Zealand – US$ 145,994.01
Ring #8: Andres “chokitin” Korn – Argentina – US$ 163,388.73

RING #9: $525 Bounty Deepstack NLH – ALEKSEY CHURBANOV – US$ 69,142.65

First major career win for Russia’s Aleksey “somebody444” Churbanov to seize the ninth bracelet of the ongoing Natural8 WSOPC 2021 Series. Churbanov outlasted the 1,605 entry field of Ring #9: $525 Bounty Deepstack No Limit Hold’em, defeating Ring #5 winner Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff at heads-up to claim the US$ 33,083.43 first prize plus a huge US$ 36,059.22 in bounty rewards for a combined US$ 69,142.65 payout. Churbanov also shipped a WSOPC Series side event on Day 5 at the $525 Sunday Fifty Stack HR for US$ 37,745.66.

Despite a runner-up finish for Mackoff, it was still a superb performance. Mackoff became the second player to reach two ring event final tables. Special acknowledgment as well to Canada’s Scott “Abracadabraa” Hill who earned a large bounty payout of U$ 12,377.94 plus US$ 10,617.92 for sixth place. Final table recap down below.

Buy in: US$ 525
Guarantee: US$ 500,000
Entries: 1,605
Prize pool: US$ 802,500
ITM: 224 places
Running time: 10 hours and 30 minutes

Final table payouts

1st Aleksey “ somebody444” Churbanov – Russia – US$ 69,142.65
2nd Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff – Canada – US$ 47,901.49
3rd davidchien88 – Taiwan – US$ 31,767.32
4th Pablo “PibeCaslaa” Roman – Argentina – US$ 28,340.51
5th Esteban “siemprechill” Gomez – Uruguay – 21,767.55
6th Scott “Abracadabraa” Hill – Canada – US$ 22,995.86
7th Artem “BlackfileOK” Tuliupa – Ukraine – US$ 10,713.12
8th Abhishek “muckmuckgo” Goindi – India – US$ 10,448.71
9th LittleFishVN – Vietnam – US$ 6,852.16

Notable players in the top 100: Amichai Barer (10th), Takumi “TTAAKK_SHARK” Samejima (26th), Daniel Dvoress (38th), Hwang “upDraft” Lee (44th), Ranno “RukKuRuku” Sootla (53rd), and Shawn Buchanan (78th).

Final table recap

The final table was formed at the fall of Canada’s Amichai Barer in 10th place. Three Asian players were in the round, namely Taiwan’s “davidchien88”, India’s Abhishek “muckmuckgo” Goindi, and Vietnam’s “LittleFishVN” who was down to just 5 bb. Wedged in the middle was the lone ring winner Jonas “LopyPewis” Mackoff, Aleksey “somebody444” Churbanov was ranked third, and up top was Scott “Abracadabraa” Hill.

The final table ran just over two and a half hours. Within the first forty minutes, short stacked player LittleFishVN doubled up then busted to Abracadabraal in 9th place, “mucmuckgo” paid two costly shoves to Pablo “PibeCaslaa” Roman and Artem “BlackfileOK” Tuliupa to plunge to 5 bb, PibeCaslaa rivered a higher flush to avoid the rail against “somebody444”, then “muckmuckgo” fell in 8th place to PibeCaslaa. This led to a lengthy seven handed match. The chip lead bounced from PibeCaslaa to davidchien88 to somebody444 to LobyPewis.

Half an hour after the previous elimination, BlackfileOK pushed all in on a board , somebody444 tanked for a few minutes then called for his tournament life. BlackfileOK was bluffing with , somebody444 shipped it with to reclaim the chip lead (hand pictured above). Down to 5 bb, BlackfileOK managed to double up however on the next shove, he was railed by LobyPewis in 7th place. At six remaining, the chip lead moved from player to player except to Abracadabraa whose stack kept dropping until LobyPewis put him out of his commission. Next to go was Esteban “siemprechill” Gomez (5th) with PibeCaslaa collecting.

The final four players set off with everyone about even in stack size and average at 40 bb. Every player spent time up top until somebody444 knocked out PibeCaslaa (4th) with spiking a Queen to dump . At three-handed, somebody444 amassed over half the chips in play. LobyPewis trimmed the gap after booting davidchien8 in 3rd place with dominating . Heads-up opened with somebody444 ahead with 51 bb to LobyPewis’s 39 bb.

On the second heads-up hand, LobyPewis landed a huge double up with pairing the ace to overtake somebody444’s . This sent LobyPewis soaring to 77 bb while somebody444 plummeted to 14 bb. Next hand, LobyPewis shoved on a flop , somebody444 called for all his chips with top pair. With a turn and river, it was a double up. From there, somebody444 grinded then overtook LobyPewis. The final hand arrived with somebody444 pushing full house on a board , LobyPewis tank-called for his tournament life with two pair.

Gianluca “Tankanza” Speranza first to win four side events

On Day 15, Italy’s Gianluca “Tankanza” Speranza shipped two side events to enter a bracket of his own. Speranza became the first player to win four side events. His latest wins were WSOPC Series events $525 Bounty Hunters PLO for US$ 8,570 and $315 Bounty King PLO for US$ 5,821.49. He won his side event first on Day 1 at the $315 Sunday Bounty King PLO for US$ 14,151.57 then a second win on Day 9 at the $300 Sunday Marathon HR for US$ 31,793.98.

Italy’s Enrico Camosci with back to back wins for three in total

The Italian Enrico Camosci became the fourth player to win three WSOPC side events, joining Artur Martirosian, Alessandro Giannelli, and HuliGPN in the exclusive club. Camosci won his first side event on Day 8 at the WSOPC Series $525 Sunday 250 for US$ 52,645.93, then ran back to back on Day 12 and Day 13. Results provided just below.

WSOPC Series: $525 Bounty Hunters HR – Day 12

Buy in: US$ 525
Guarantee: US$ 200,000
Entries: 351
Prize pool: US$ 200,000
ITM: 47 places
Winner: ENRICO CAMOSCI – Italy – US$ 28,395.80

WSOPC Series: $250 Daily Main – Day 13

Buy in: US$ 250
Guarantee: US$ 100,000
Entries: 568
Prize pool: US$ 130,640
ITM: 80 places
Winner: ENRICO CAMOSCI – Italy – US$ 22,960.20

Uruguay’s Ramiro Petrone bags third HR Blade Bounty King win

Another player joined the exclusive list of players with three side event wins. On Day 13, Ramiro Petrone shipped his third WSOPC High Rollers $3,150 Blade Bounty King event win. He won his first on Day 5 for US$ 22,640.70, then on Day 9, earned a second on Day 9 for a much larger US$ 45,218.63.

WSOPC High Rollers: $3,150 Blade Bounty King – Day 13

Buy in: US$ 3,150
Guarantee: US$ 50,000
Entries: 20
Prize pool: US$ 60,000
ITM: 3 places
Winner: RAMIRO PETRONE – Uruguay – US$ 35,572.23

Multiple Side Event Winners

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,050 Daily Heater HR [Bounty Turbo] – Day 14

Buy in: US$ 1,050
Guarantee: US$ 30,000
Entries: 26
Prize pool: US$ 30,000
ITM: 4 places
Winner: DAVID COLEMAN – Canada – US$ 13,368.53

This was David Coleman’s third WSOPC High Rollers side event win. He shipped his first on Day 6 at the $1,500 Deepstack special for US$ 24,553.13 then won a second event on Day 12 at the $2,625 Blade Mulligan on a flip with Daniel Smiljkovic who was ahead at the heads up deal. Coleman became the sixth player to win three side events.

WSOPC Series: $525 Bounty Hunters HR – Day 13

Buy in: US$ 525
Guarantee: US$ 200,000
Entries: 467
Prize pool: US$ 233,500
ITM: 63 places
Winner: LEOCIR “ LeoJose” CARNEIRO – US$ 31,684.44

This was Leocir “LeoJose” Carneiro’s second side event win. He shipped his first on Day 9 at the WSOPC High Rollers: $5,250 Bounty Hunters SHR 500K event for US$ 131,775.92.

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,050 Daily Heater HR [Bounty Turbo] – Day 13

Buy in: US$ 1,050
Guarantee: US$ 50,000
Entries: 76
Prize pool: US$ 76,000
ITM: 11 places
Winner: ROMAIN “Flingue” DOURS – France – US$ 17,557.67
2nd Baobaojun2 – China – US$ 10,346.93

This was Romain “Flingue” Dours second side event win. He won his first side event on Day 10 at the WSOPC High Rollers $840 Bounty Warmup for US$ 13,090.97.

WSOPC High Rollers: $840 Bounty Warmup – Day 13

Buy in: US$ 840
Guarantee: US$ 40,000
Entries: 65
Prize pool: US$ 52,000
ITM: 8 places
Winner: JONAH “ RaiseUpBlind” SILVERSTEIN – Canada – US$ 16,064.48

Second high rollers side event win for Jonah “RaiseUpBlind” Silverstein on Day 13. Silverstein’s first win was on Day 8 at the WSOPC High Rollers $5,250 Bounty Hunters SHR 500K for US$ 131,775.92.

WSOPC Series: $105 Bounty Hunters PLO – Day 13

Buy in: US$ 105
Guarantee: US$ 20,000
Entries: 188
Prize pool: US$ 20,000
ITM: 26 places
Winner: FABRIZIO “S@ulG00dm@n” D’AGOSTINO – Italy – US$ 3,506.63.

This was Fabrizio “S@ulG00dm@n” D’Agostino’s second side event win. D’Agostino’s first win was on Day 2 at the WSOPC Series $125 Sunday Kick Off for US$ 20,922.28. He also finished 9th at Ring #1: $100 Super Circuit Kick Off for US$ 17,320.18.

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,050 Daily Main – Day 14

Buy in: US$ 1,050
Guarantee: US$ 100,000
Entries: 113
Prize pool: US$ 113,000
Winner: VLAD STEFAN “HaiFanFan” LACHE – Romania – US$ 26,106.45

Second WSOPC High Rollers side event win for Romania’s Vlad Stefan “HaiFanFan” Lache. He won his first on Day 10 at the $1,050 Daily Heater HR [Bounty Turbo] for 22,843.41. Lache also finished 8th at the Ring #8: $800 Deepstack No Limit Hold’em Championship for US$ 21,788.16. 

WSOPC Series: $105 Bounty Hunters PLO – Day 15

Buy in: US$ 105
Guarantee: US$ 20,000
Entries: 181
Prize pool: US$ 20,000
ITM: 26 places
Winner: WISDOM TREE – Georgia – US$ 4,008.60

Second side event win for Georgia’s “Wisdom Tree” with a first one shipped at this same event on Day 12 for US$ 3,824.38.

Asia Pacific – Side Event Winners

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,500 Deepstack Special – Day 12

Buy in: US$ 1,500
Guarantee: US$ 75,000
Entries: 66
Prize pool: US$ 94,050
ITM: 8 places
Winner: LOUDIANFENG – China – US$ 24,553.13
2nd chounizadi – China – US$ 18,907.61
3rd super killer – China – US$ 14,560.18

WSOPC Series: $250 Daily Main – Day 15

Buy in: US$ 250
Guarantee: US$ 100,000
Entries: 534
Prize pool: US$ 122,820
ITM: 71 places
Winner: JINHO “Jinho Yellow” HONG – Korea – US$ 22,344.29

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,050 Daily Heater [Bounty Turbo] – Day 12

Buy in: US$ 1,050
Guarantee: US$ 50,000
Entries: 55
Prize pool: US$ 55,000
ITM: 7 places
Winner: GOKCHINEES! – China – US$ 17,796.96

WSOPC High Rollers: $840 Bounty Warmup – Day 15

Buy in: US$ 840
Guarantee: US$ 40,000
Entries: 61
Prize pool: US$ 48,800
ITM: 8 places
Winner: JYWWJD – China – US$ 14,732.45

WSOPC Series: $250 Monster Stack – Day 15

Buy in: US$ 250
Guarantee: US$ 40,000
Entries: 207
Prize pool: US$ 47,610
ITM: 31 places
Winner: YAO_POKER – Taiwan – US$ 10,123.45

WSOPC Series: $100 Deepstack Special – Day 14

Buy in: US$ 100
Guarantee: US$ 40,000
Entries: 618
Prize pool: US$ 56,856
ITM: 89 places
Winner: JAE WOOK “JUSTIN” SHIN – Korea – US$ 9,640.38

WSOPC Series: $250 Fifty Stack – Day 15

Buy in: US$ 250
Guarantee: US$
Entries: 176
Prize pool: US$ 40,480
ITM: 23 places
Winner: PIEOMY – Vietnam – US$ 9,003.97

On this same day, PieOMy also finished 2nd at the WSOPC Series: $525 Bounty Hunters HR for US$ 15,836.51.

WSOPC Series: $525 Bounty Hunters PLO – Day 14

Buy in: US$ 525
Guarantee: US$ 30,000
Entries: 60
Prize pool: US$ 30,000
ITM: 8 places
Winner: XYC888 – China – US$ 8,628.58

WSOPC Series: $25 Daily Mini Main Event – Day 12

Buy in: US$ 25
Guarantee: US$ 50,000
Entries: 2,724
Prize pool: US$ 62,652
ITM: 368 places
Winner: KOU KUSH65 – Thailand – US$ 8,091.77

WSOPC Series: $125 Circuit Special – Day 14

Buy in: US$ 125
Guarantee: US$ 30,000
Entries: 320
Prize pool: US$ 36,800
ITM: 47 places
Winner: PRANAV BANG – India – US$ 7,319.06

WSOPC Series: $40 Forty Stack – Day 13

Buy in: US$ 40
Guarantee: US$ 50,000
Entries: 1,553
Prize pool: US$ 57,150.40
ITM: 224 places
Winner: GL_HUYNH – Vietnam – US$ 7,953.61

WSOPC Series: $315 Bounty King Jr Circuit – Day 13

Buy in: US$ 315
Guarantee: US$ 50,000
Entries: 2,126
Prize pool: US$ 63,780
ITM: 296 places
Winner: PENANGCKT – Malaysia – US$ 6,861.96

WSOPC Series: $40 Forty Stack – Day 14

Buy in: US$ 40
Guarantee: US$ 30,000
Entries: 991
Prize pool: US$ 36,468.80
ITM: 134 places
Winner: MOMEY – Taiwan – US$ 5,072.84

WSOPC Seriees: $315 Bounty King PLO – Day 14

Buy in: US$ 315
Guarantee: US$ 15,000
Entries: 49
Prize pool: US$ 15,000
ITM: 6 places
Winner: PULKIT GOYAL – India – US$ 4,698.87
2nd Alessandro Giannelli – Italy – US$ 2,327.77

Pulkit Goyal denied Alessandro Giannelli a fourth side event win.

WSOPC Series: $52.50 Deepstack Bounty Turbo – Day 14

Buy in: US$ 52.50
Guarantee: US$ 20,000
Entries: 552
Prize pool: US$ 27,600
ITM: 80 places
Winner: SMT0811 – China – US$ 4,266.77

WSOPC Series: $31.50 Deepstack Bounty

Buy in: US$ 31.50
Guarantee: US$ 25,000
Entries: 1,056
Prize pool: US$ 31,680
ITM: 152 places
Winner: NMSL! – Taiwan – US$ 4,180.64

WSOPC $52.50 Deepstack Bounty Turbo – Day 14

Buy in: US$ 52.50
Guarantee: US$ 25,000
Entries: 659
Prize pool: US$ 32,950
ITM: 98 places
Winner: JERRYREN – China – US$ 4,120.32

WSOPC Series: $30 Marathon – Day 14

Buy in: US$ 30
Guarantee: US$ 25,000
Entries: 1,042
Prize pool: US$ 28,759.20
ITM: 152 places
Winner: EASYSHIPS – India – US$ 4,048.23

WSOPC Series: $15 Circuit Special – Day 15

Buy in: US$ 15
Guarantee: US$ 20,000
Entries: 1,713
Prize pool: US$ 23,639.40
ITM: 242 places
Winner: CHW27 – Thailand – US$ 3,252.34

WSOPC Series: $52.50 Bounty King PLO – Day 15

Buy in: US$ 52.50
Guarantee: US$ 15,000
Entries: 294
Prize pool: US$ 15,000
ITM: 39 places
Winner: AYYLMAO – New Zealand – US$ 2,632.74

WSOPC Series: $50 Fifty Stack PLO – Day 12

Buy in: US$ 50
Guarantee: US$ 10,000
Entries: 215
Prize pool: US$ 10,000
ITM: 31 places
Winner: ZSENX – China – US$ 2,275.43

Exclusive Natural8 Promos

There are US$ 250,000 worth of reasons to sign up on Natural8 for the WSOP Super Circuit Online Series. We’ve listed them all down below or for a more detailed breakdown, head to the link provided.

WSOPC – Natural8 Exclusive Promos

Freerolls

Natural8 will be giving away free WSOP tickets via their hourly freerolls, VIP Club Freerolls, First Deposit Freerolls, and Natural8 Exclusive WSOP Freerolls. Players can win satellite tickets and WSOP tickets worth over US$ 2,000 weekly.

US$ 50,000 LiveX Sponsorship Package

Win the Main Event and this package is yours! The sponsorship package includes:

12 months LiveX Crew Sponsorship
US$ 15,000 Las Vegas Package ($10,000 to cover your buy-ins and $5,000 for expenses)
US$ 35,000 for live event sponsorships over 12 months

US$ 10,000 LiveX Sponsorship Package

Win one of the other WSOPC Ring Events and this package is yours! New Zealand’s “Raggaz” has already won one of these packages after shipping the Ring #7: BIG 25 event. The sponsorship package includes:

6 months LiveX Crew Sponsorship
US$ 10,000 Las Vegas Package

Natural8 WSOP Flipouts

For N8 members that play any of the WSOPC events, you gain entry to exclusive Natural8 Exclusive WSOP Flipouts with each entry increasing your stack. $5,000 in WSOP tickets are up for grabs. Flipouts happen every Saturday on May 7, 14, 21, and 28 at 23:00 UTC.

WSOP 1.5x Cash Game Prize Multiplier

As announced, the WSOPC will be awarding 2 Cash Game Rings – one for No Limit Hold’em players and one for PLO players. Any Natural8 player that reaches the final table will see their prize money increase by 1.5x.

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