Day 18 at the WSOP Super Circuit Online Series witnessed the arrival of Alex Foxen, GPI Player of the Year 2018 & 2019. Foxen ran deep in a couple of events while bumping the rail in a couple of others. We will track his progress in the coming days but for now, high praises go to Jonathan Van Fleet and KathyLehne for becoming the day’s top earners.
If you are just getting wind of this ongoing series, it is the largest online event ever staged. It opened on May 3rd at GG Network Natural8 and will run until May 31st. Over the 29 days, 18 Ring Events and 577 side events fill the roster along with an enormous $ 100,000,000 in prizes guaranteed.
To date, 11 gold rings have been claimed, 314 games won, and $ 79 million paid out. Eleven days left to take part, cash in, and grab any of the remaining 7 gold rings.
Update: WSOPC Ring Event #12: Monster Stack $500K GTD
The next chance to lock in one of the WSOP gold rings is coming up in three days at the WSOPC Ring Event #12: Monster Stack $500K GTD. The previous two installments, Ring Event #4 and #7 both turned up a huge crowd over 5,100 for a final pot that nearly doubled up the guarantee. Winners ShopChop96 and 274AS both shipped over $ 134K. For the upcoming installment, players can expect another large field and a juicy pot well above the guarantee. At the time of writing, 75 players were registered.
Buy in: $ 200
Guarantee: $ 500,000
Date: May 24 @ 21:00 (HKT)
Update: WSOPC Ring Event #13: COLOSSUS $2M GTD
A massive crowd is building at the WSOPC Ring Event #13: COLOSSUS $ 2M GTD. The event is just around the corner, starting in three days time. Daily Day 1 heats have been running. To date, 3,573 have entered with 519 qualifying for the final day.
Among the qualifiers are Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Henri Buehler, Kristen Bicknell, and two ring winners BlaireauEnColere and ShopChop96. Last night, more notables joined the list, Kosei Ichinose, Vincent Kwun Ngai Li “Peleus34”, and two ring winners, Chi Jen Chu “PetitFoxx” and NeverGambol. Turkey’s MygameMyrules closed with 1,317,721 to take over the chip lead.
Buy in: $ 400
Guarantee: $ 2,000,000
Date: May 25 @ 03:00 (HKT)
Daily Day 1 heats: 16 remaining
Top 10 in chips
Update: WSOPC Ring Event #17: MAIN EVENT $5M GTD
The event everyone hopes to win is the prestigious WSOPC Ring Event #17: MAIN EVENT $5M GTD. To qualify, daily Day 1 heats lead up to the event. Currently 3,206 entered with 450 advancing to the final day.
Notable players through were Bertrand “ElkY” Grospelier, Fedor Holz, Boris Becker, Kristen Bicknell, Henri Buehler, and ring winners ChilaxChuck, BlaireauEnColere, ShopChop96, and 800-522-4700. Hong Kong pro Vincent Kwun Ngai Li “Peleus34” and Lester Edoc “mon$terDad” also advanced.
Buy in: $ 1,000
Guarantee: $ 5,000,000
Final Day: June 1 @ 03:00 (HKT)
Daily Day 1 heats: 42 remaining
Top 10 in chips
Day 18 results
Top Earner: Jonathan Van Fleet – $ 126,352.06
Jonathan Van Fleet commanded the Day 18 games by cashing in large for a grand total $ 126,352.06. Fleet’s single largest score of $ 70.9K was for his victory at a $ 5K High Roller. He finished in 3rd place at the other $ 5K High Roller – won by KathyLehne – for a take of $ 37.4K, and finished in 2nd place at a $ 1K event for nearly $18K.
WSOPC Series: $5K High Roller
Buy in: $ 5,000
Guarantee: $ 125,000
Entries: 35
Prize pool: $ 166,250
ITM: 5 places
Payouts
1st Jonathan Van Fleet – Canada – $ 70,919.57
2nd 107dalmatass – Argentina – $ 41,902.94
3rd KathyLehne – Canada – $ 26,375.56
4th Kristen Bicknell – Canada – $ 16,601.93
5th dnegking – Canada – $ 10,44.99
WSOPC Series: $1K High Roller
Buy in: $ 1,000
Guarantee: $ 100,000
Entries: 97
Prize pool: $ 100,000
ITM: 13 places
Winner: BbzLlu – China – $ 23,669.01
2nd Jonathan Van Fleet – Canada – $ 17,947.89
Biggest Event Winner: KathyLehne $ 90,760.52
KathyLehne triumphed over 49 runners at a $ 5K High Roller event to pocket the single largest tournament win of $ 90,760.52. Alike Fleet who earned top dollar, KathyLehne was a strong second in earnings having also cashed in $ 26,375.56 at the event Fleet championed. This gave her a combined $ 117,136.08 for the day.
WSOPC Series: $5K High Roller
Buy in: $ 5,000
Guarantee: $ 150,000
Entries: 50
Prize pool: $ 237,500
ITM: 6 places
Payouts
1st KathyLehne – Canada – $ 90,760.52
2nd patrickl – UK – $ 55,807.75
3rd Jonathan Van Fleet – Canada – $ 37,484.60
4th Alex Foxen – Canada – $ 25,177.42
5th MemeCollector – Singapore – $ 16,911.02
6th 20BigWhale20 – Andorra – $ 11,358.69
Back to back wins for manyak01
For the second day in a row, Armenia’s manyak01 shipped one of the events. At yesterday’s games, manyak01 bested 357 runners of the $ 250 Daily Special then grabbed another last night by closing out the WSOPC Series: $ 100.
WSOPC Series: $100
Buy in: $ 100
Guarantee: $ 50,000
Entries: 588
Prize pool: $ 54,096
ITM: 98 places
Winner: manyak01 – Armenia – $ 9,535.61
Top Bounty: sesase123
Once again, the $ 210 Bounty event produced a major sweeper. German player sesase123 denied a horde of players to earn $ 15,868.82 in bounties alone. This was more than the $ 13,964.46 first prize. In total, sesase123 collected $ 29,833.28. Finishing second was Brazil’s grigopoker for $ 13K which was also good enough to win the exclusive Natural8 Latin America (LATAM) Daily Leaderboard for $ 688.
WSOPC Series: $210 Bounty
Buy in: $ 210
Guarantee: $ 150,000
Entries: 830
Prize pool: $ 166,000
ITM: 116 places
Winner: sesase123 – Germany – $ 29,833.28 (includes $ 15,868.82 in bounties)
2nd grigopoker – Brazil – $ 13,074.41 (includes $ 2,839.05 in bounties)
Going from Small to Big
Several players turned a small buy in to a hefty payday. India’s khatteT4tte overcame the largest hurdle by wading past the 1,473 entries of the $ 50 Daily Main. The day’s richest pauper was menamecujune turning $ 88 to $ 16.7K. At the $ 55 Daily Special, player alucard claimed it for nearly $ 10k while Hong Kong’s Wholedayfulldaygrind finished 2nd. Being a Natural8 member, Wholedayfulldaygrind won the Asia Daily Leaderboard for an additional $ 988.
WSOPC Series: $50 Daily Main
Buy in: $ 50
Guarantee: $ 65,000
Entries: 1,473
Prize pool: $ 67,758
ITM: 251 places
Winner: khatteT4tte – India – $ 10,343.85
WSOPC Series: $88 Daily Special
Buy in: $ 88
Guarantee: $ 100,000
Entries: 1,330
Prize pool: $ 107,676.80
ITM: 215 places
Winner: menamecujune – Austria – $ 16,785.68
2nd Sergey Rybachenko – Russia – $ 12,18029
WSOPC Series: $55 Daily Special
Buy in: $ 55
Guarantee: $ 60,000
Entries: 1,252
Prize pool: $ 63,351.20
ITM: 215 plsces
Winner: alucard_89 – Cyprus – $ 9,875.74
2nd Wholedayfulldaygrind – Hong Kong – $ 7,166.22 (won the Natural8 ASIA Daily Leaderboard)
Other Big Winners
WSOPC Series: 2.5K
Buy in: $ 2,500
Guarantee: $ 75,000
Entries: 32
Prize pool: $ 76,000
ITM: 5 places
Winner: Artur Martrosian – Russia – $ 32,420.39
WSOPC Series: $500 Daily Main
Buy in: $ 500
Guarantee: $ 150,000
Entries: 326
Prize pool: $ 154,850
ITM: 47 places
Winner: WaltANDplay – Brazil – $ 28,851.81
WSOPC Series: $1K
Buy in: $ 1,000
Guarantee: $ 85,000
Entries: 87
Prize pool: $ 85,000
ITM: 11 places
Winner: UyknowWhoIam – Argentina – $ 20,732.10
5th RockyRagoo – Canada – $ 6,980.17 (won the Natural8 Rest of World – ROW – Daily Leaderboard for $ 1,068)
Ring Event Leaderboard
| Rank | Nickname | Flag | Points | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PetitFoxx |  |
87.50 | $0.01 |
| 2 | BlaireauEnColere |  |
75.00 | $0.01 |
| 3 | TheMadQueen |  |
72.50 | $0.01 |
| 4 | JoaoValli | |
72.50 | $0.01 |
| 5 | 274AS |  |
70.00 | $0.01 |
| 6 | NeverGambol |  |
70.00 | $0.01 |
| 7 | Jayb0y_11 |  |
67.50 | $0.01 |
| 8 | tiredfella |  |
62.50 | $0.01 |
| 9 | HeroToPlay |  |
62.50 | $0.01 |
| 10 | JuanMartinDelPotro54 |  |
57.50 | $0.01 |
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WSOP $ 300K Daily Leaderboards
Natural8 is running exclusive leaderboards with up to $300,000 in prizes. There are 3 leaderboards, paying out a daily total $ 10,000, and categorized by location: Asia / LATAM / Rest of the World (ROW).
May 20 Winners:
Asia
| Rank | Nickname | Flag | Points | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grigopoker | |
472.14 | $688.00 |
| 2 | LionHeart93 |  |
273.31 | $488.00 |
| 3 | D10snoseretira | |
217.98 | $338.00 |
| 4 | Kryder | |
210.96 | $228.00 |
| 5 | katayokunotenshi |  |
201.93 | $188.00 |
| 6 | GG_Player1 | |
162.15 | $138.00 |
| 7 | LappyPoker | |
117.26 | $118.00 |
| 8 | BBMP | |
90.49 | $98.00 |
| 9 | MaravilhaMendonca | |
84.73 | $78.00 |
LATAM
| Rank | Nickname | Flag | Points | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grigopoker | |
472.14 | $688.00 |
| 2 | LionHeart93 | |
273.31 | $488.00 |
| 3 | D10snoseretira | |
217.98 | $338.00 |
| 4 | Kryder | |
210.96 | $228.00 |
| 5 | katayokunotenshi | |
201.93 | $188.00 |
| 6 | GG_Player1 | |
162.15 | $138.00 |
| 7 | LappyPoker | |
117.26 | $118.00 |
| 8 | BBMP | |
90.49 | $98.00 |
| 9 | MaravilhaMendonca | |
84.73 | $78.00 |
Rest of the World (ROW)
| Rank | Nickname | Flag | Points | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RockyRagoo | |
467.52 | $1,068.00 |
| 2 | fkbedtime |  |
396.03 | $788.00 |
| 3 | Jesus Shuttlesworth | |
371.84 | $588.00 |
| 4 | BeautyRat |  |
327.25 | $388.00 |
| 5 | S.Crosby | |
277.55 | $288.00 |
| 6 | Modalert200 |  |
224.04 | $188.00 |
| 7 | AintNoSunshine | |
199.46 | $168.00 |
| 8 | PoopyMcFarts | |
140.86 | $138.00 |
| 9 | FeelsGTOman | |
135.36 | $128.00 |
| 10 | Timeee92 | |
131.86 | $118.00 |
WSOP Super Circuit Hero
Be the first to turn $1 into a ring to claim a $ 500,000 ambassadorship package which includes an all expense paid trip to Las Vegas.
Stay tuned to Somuchpoker as we bring you daily recaps of the ongoing WSOPC Online Series hosted on Natural8 until it concludes.
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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