Natural8-WSOPC: Chi Jen Chu “PetitFoxx” ships Ring Event #3 Deepstack Bounty; Fedor Holz and ElkY win one

The top story at the WSOP Online Super Circuit was Taiwanese pro Chi Jen Chu username PetitFoxx who took down Ring Event #3 to become the newest WSOPC ring owner. Chu joins TheMadQueen and JuanMartinDelPotro54 as the festival’s first gold ring winners. At the side tournaments, recently signed GGPoker Ambassadors Fedor Holz and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier won one event each.

The massive WSOPC festival is taking place at GG Network Natural8. It opened on May 3 with the final games on May 31. With a gigantic $ 100 million guaranteed, it is the largest online event ever staged.

WSOPC Ring Event #3: Deepstack Bounty Hunters $500K GTD – Chi Jen Chu – $ 75,954.16

Just days after lifting the Natural8 – APT Online Series Super High Rollers event for $53K, Chi Jen Chu username PetitFoxx took down an even bigger event, the WSOPC Ring Event #3: Deepstack Bounty Hunters. This earned him one of the coveted WSOPC gold rings along with a pocketful $ 75,954.16. He now leads the Ring Leader Board.

Buy in: $ 210

Guarantee: $ 500,000

Entries: 3,669

Prize pool: $ 733,800

PetitFoxx is one of Taiwan’s top players, seen mostly at high roller events. To date, he has collected nearly $ 250K in live tournament earnings with the largest at the APPT Taipei Open High Roller 2020 finishing 2nd for $33.9K. That figure however pales in comparison to his two winning scores at Natural8 for a combined $ 129K.

Final table recap

Entering the final table, PetitFoxx was running second to the last in chips then found his way to the final three with ArchieAndrews and Brtz hanging above him. Both PetitFoxx and Brtz continued to grind for chips while leader ArchieAndrews began to drop. PetitFoxx sent ArchieAndrews out in 3rd place then faced Brtz with nearly a 4:1 lead. When Brtz tightened the gap to 1.5:1, a deal was discussed and reached. Brtz quickly doubled up to take the lead, PetitFoxx reclaimed it. The match ended with PetitFoxx eliminating Brtz with ace-king dominating ace-ten.

Final 9 payouts

1st PetitFoxx – Taiwan – $ 47,528.80 (deal) + $ 28,425.36 bounties = $ 75,954.16

2nd Brtz – Russia – $ 41,797.14 + (deal) $ 11,016.07 = $ 52,813.21

3rd ArchiAndrews – UK – $ 25,849.49 + $ 9,767.79 bounties = $ 35,617.28

4th Arjinduer – Austria – $ 18,140.34 + $ 3,715.64 = $ 21,855.98

5th GOMEZOFESPO!R – China – $ 12,730.29 + $ 3,715.64 bounties = $ 16,445.93

6th kingJouni20 – Morocco – $ 8,933.68 + $ 4,149.22 bounties = $ 13,082.90

7th dudu2508 – Brazil – $ 6,269.36 + 3,3717.17 bounties = $ 9586.53

8th TonyGPT – Croatia – $ 4,399 + $ 3,119.98 = $ 7518.98

9th unlucky2k11 – India – $ 3,087.53 + $ 2,178.71 bounties = $ 5,266.24

Fedor Holz reins in a second WSOPC victory

Famed German pro Fedor Holz has been very active at the WSOPC High Roller tables these past two days. The first day resulted in a several cashes including a win. Last night, he shipped a second, taking down one of the $5K buy in events for a $ 95,443.37 payday. Holz also finished 6th at the $10K High Roller event for $46.7K.

Una mas 🔥🚀 Day 2 in 2k tomorrow 🌪 pic.twitter.com/6cKDQBNbzO

— Fedor Holz (@CrownUpGuy) May 6, 2020

WSOPC Series: $5K High Roller

Buy in: $ 5,000

Guarantee: $ 150,000

Entries: 58

Prize pool: $ 275,500

ITM: 7 places

Payouts

1st Fedor Holz – $ 95,443.37

2nd Innovator – Hungary – $ 58,329.65

3rd WooKah – Germany – $ 42,108.05

4th PagoPagoPago – Canada – $ 30,397.70

5th great poker – Croatia – $ 21,944.04

6th PepeLeSpew – Cameroon – $ 15,841.36

7th ChilaxChuck – Canada – $ 11,435.83

Bertrand “ElkY” Grospelier with a special win

After a three way deal, German pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier went on to claim the $ 125 Daily Special event for his first victory of the series. ElkY earned $ 12,420.13, which was the lowest of the three when the deal was struck.

WSOPC Series: $125 Daily Special

Buy in: $ 125

Guarantee: $ 50,000

Entries: 956

Prize pool: $ 109,940

ITM: 161 places

Winner: ElkY – Germany – $ 12,420.13 (deal)

2nd )littlefish( – China – $ 14,605.12 (deal)

3rd mike4444 – Canada – $ 13,560.30 (deal)

SasukeUchiha wins big

At the $10K High Roller event, 77 joined to inflate the prize pool to nearly $ 750K. For this, the top three players were awarded six figure payouts with GGSeries 2020s Player of the Series champion – SasukeUchiha – banking the largest for winning it.

WSOPC Series: $10K High Roller

Buy in: $ 10,000

Guarantee: $ 500,000

Entries: 77

Prize pool: $ 746,900

ITM: 11 places

Payouts

1st SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 182,173.88

2nd RickDaltonR – Mexico – $ 138,771.48

3rd gekkehuis – Netherlands – $ 105,709.65

4th Robin Hood Gang – Canada – $ 80,524.70

5th OutFloppinYou – Brazil – $ 61,339.98

6th Fedor Holz – $ 46,725.91

7th nanahhh – Ukraine – 35,593.66

8th Heriberto55 – Mexico – $ 27,113.59

9th The_Answer – Mexico – $ 24,536.93

10th Vjosa – Albania – $ 22,205.11

11th Mikhail Tal – Croatia – $ 22,205.11

Single largest tournament winner: xuy123z – $ 192,756.23

Players xuy123z edged SasukeUchiha by $10K to become the single largest tournament winner of the day. xuy123z powered past 52 runners to grab the $ 192,756.23 first prize.

WSOPC Series: $10K High Roller

Buy in: $ 10,000

Guarantee: $ 300,000

Entries: 52

Prize pool: $ $ 504,400

ITM: 6 places

Payouts

1st xuy123z – Croatia – $ 192,756.23

2nd Richard Reid – Canada – $ 118,523.91

3rd Mr. Jackpots – Canada – $ 79,609.40

4th Golden snitch – UK – $ 53,471.54

5th Le Flaneur – Canada – $ 35,915.44

6th great poker – Croatia – $ 24,123.48

Other High Roller winners

WSOPC Series: $5K High Roller

Buy in: $ 5,000

Guarantee: $ 432,250

Entries: 91

Prize pool: $ 432,250

ITM: 13 places

Payouts

1st AceKing41 – UK – $ 102,439.02

2nd HowieG – Canada – $ 77,579.75

3rd fat&lazy – Canada – $ 58,753.19

4th notsureif – Austria – $ 44,495.33

5th Emperor Jimmu – Japan – $ 33,697.47

6th Richard Reid – $ Canada – $ 25,519.99

7th RoyaleWithCheese – Croatia – $ 19.326.93

8th therealfrenchman – Bahamas – $ 14,636.80

9th mach 5 retard – Canada – $ 12,576.52

10th TM1969 – UK – $ 10,806.25

11th InsanityWaterline – Croatia – $ 10,806.25

12th AlwaysWithNuts – Russia – $ 10,806.25

13th BeautyRat – Russia – $ 10,806.25

WSOPC Series: $2.5K

Buy in: $ 2,500

Guarantee: $ 75,000

Entries: 56

Prize pool: $ 133,000

ITM: 7 places

Winner: LeFlaneur – Canada – $ 46,076.12

WSOPC Series: $2.5K

Buy in: $ 2,500

Guarantee: $ 100,000

Entries: 72

Prize pool: $ 171,000

ITM: 9 places

Winner: notsureif – Austria – $ 37,811.32 (deal)

2nd AceKing41 – UK – $ 40,646.75 (deal)

WSOPC Series: $500 Daily Main

Buy in: $ 500

Guarantee: $ 100,000

Entries: 416

Prize pool: $ 197,600

ITM: 55 places

Winner: reghunter – Thailand – $ 35,811.10

12th ElkY – Germany – $ 2,505.03

$10,000 Daily Leaderboard

Natural8 is running exclusive leaderboards with up to $300,000 in prizes. There are 7 leaderboards in total, categorized based on location: South East Asia (SEA) / Hong Kong / Japan / Brazil / DACH / CIS + Ukraine / Rest of the World (ROW)

South East Asia (SEA)

Hong Kong

Japan

Brazil

Dach

CIS + Ukraine

Rest of the World

Ring Event Leaderboard

The winner of the leaderboard will earn a seat to the $1,000,000 Freeroll WSOP Global Casino Championship, another official bracelet event.

WSOPC Key Events

25 days of WSOPC events yet to be played. 15 Ring Events up for grabes. Key events to mark down:

· Event#8: $ 25,000 High Roller Championship

· $ 1,000 Main Event – $ 5 million GTD

Other Ring Events also include the BIG 500 and the infamous COLOSSUS both offering a $ 2 million guarantee.

Exclusive Natural8 promos for WSOPC Online Series

For Natural8 players, the online platform is offering several promos to boost your experience. Head to the site for the details.

· WSOP “Vegas Baby” – The first 5 players on Natural8 to win a WSOP Circuit Ring in the WSOP Super Circuit Online Series will each win a $ 15,000 package.
· WSOP $ 300K Daily Leaderboards
· WSOP Super Circuit Hero – Be the first to turn $1 into a ring to claim a $ 500,000 ambassadorship package which includes a package to WSOP Las Vegas.

Stay tuned to Somuchpoker as we bring you daily recaps of the ongoing WSOPC Online Series hosted on Natural8 until it concludes.

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