Natural8-WSOPC: NuttedDreams wins a WSOPC Ring; Tyler Cornell, Artur Martirosian, Andy Lee, Pranav Bang among side winners; Day 19-22 highlights

Another four days of Natural8 WSOP Super Circuit Online Series in the bag with Austria’s NuttedDreams emerging as the newest WSOPC Ring winner. Day 19 to 22 also produced a whopping 124 side event champions. Russia’s Artur Martirosian shipped his fourth win, Canada’s Jonah “RaiseUpBlind” Silverstein and Thailand’s Kou KUSH65 claimed their third, and a long list of players earned their second which included India’s Pranav Bang and Argentinians Leandro Bianchini and Martin Pineiro. Among the many first time winners were WSOP decorated Hun Wei “Andy” Lee and China’s Boyuan “Ccccccube” Qu. Check out the recaps, results, and festival update down below.

Only 5 WSOPC Tournament Rings remain and 2 Cash Game Rings. Up next is Ring #14: $77 LUCKY7’s No Limit Hold’em, US$ 500K guaranteed which gets rolling on May 23 at 18:05 UTC / May 24 at 02:05 HKT. For great value, there’s a possible overlay at Ring #15: $400 PLOSSUS, US$ 1 Million guaranteed. Day 1 flights are currently ongoing. Day 2 is on May 23 at 20:05 UTC / May 24 at 04:05 HKT. Players can also start securing their seats to the festival’s main attraction, Ring #18: $525 MAIN EVENT featuring a US$ 5 Million guarantee. Day 1 flights run daily. Day 2 is on May 30 at 20:05 UTC / May 31 at 04:05 HKT. To get in for less, there are ample amounts of satellites offered daily.

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WSOPC by the numbers

Day 1 – 22 cumulative prize pool: US$ 69,587,263
Seven figure prize pools: 7 ring events, 7 side events
Rings awarded: 13
Side events: 606
Total entries: 557,841
LargFrederic “Fest phased ring event: RING #7: BIG 25 – 61,456 entries
Largest single day ring event: Ring #10 $100 HUNDRED STACK – 8,404 entries

Multiple Ring Event final tables

Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff – two
Claas Segebrecht – two
TooStonedMonkey – two
Tim “BeardOilGuy” Rutherford – two

Most Side Event wins

Gianluca “Tankanza” Speranza – four
David Coleman – four
Carter Swidler – four
Artur Martirosian – four

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: Aleksey “ somebody444” Churbanov – Russia – US$ 69,142.65
Ring #10: David “Alw4ysinduc3” Vinayagamoorthy – Norway – US$ 84,831.28
Ring #11: PDC Mayor – Mexico – US$ 330,506.72
Ring #12: Ian “potamophobia” Matakis – USA – US$ 87,386.17

Natural8 LiveX Sponsorship Package winners

Ring #7 winner – New Zealand’s “Raggaz”
Ring #10 winner – Norway’s David “Alw4ysinduc3” Vinayagamoorthy

RING #13: $210 Bounty 6 Max – NUTTEDDREAMS – US$ 51,285.42

The Saturday night rush main attraction was Ring #13: $210 Bounty 6 Max No Limit Hold’em with a massive 3,156 signing up to smash the half a million dollars guarantee for a larger US$ 631,200 prize pool. After nearly ten and a half hours of play, Austria’s NuttedDreams overcame a deficit at heads-up against Israel’s “opener” to seize the WSOPC Ring. In cash, NuttedDreams won the US$ 25,542.48 first prize plus an impressive US$ 25,742.94 in bounty rewards for a handsome US$ 51,285.42 payout.

Buy in: US$ 210
Guarantee: US$ 500,000
Entries: 3,156
Prize pool: US$ 631,200
ITM: 368 places
Running time: 10 hours and 23 minutes

Final table payouts

1st NuttedDreams – Austria – US$ 51,285.42
2nd opener – Israel – US$ 33,046.81
3rd futomaki – Luxembourg – US$ 26,343.67
4th Frederic “KanielOutis” Normand – Canada – US$ 14,725.79
5th Anab “ChampakBhoomiya” Naiyer – India – US$ 12,308.95
6th Meimei555 – Taiwan – US$ 9,401.14
7th PenangCKT – Malaysia – US$ 12,076.26

Event recap

It took seven hours to bring the field down to four tables. Leading up to the final table, Poland’s Marcin “DGoggins” Lesniewski set delivered a double bust to India’s gm-ind and 0rangeBlood_412 . Natural8 Team Hot Pete Chen followed (22nd) with outdrawn by Barak Wsibrod’s on a board . Taiwan’s Meimei also knocked out two heads simultaneously, Croatia’s “paco01” (16th) and England’s Jack Salter (15th). At 12 remaining, the Indian Anshul “ISILDUR99” Rajput railed Italy’s Alessandro “MonkeyD93” Pichierri (12th) then plummeted when his AQo missed the board against Canadian Frederic “KanielOutis” Normand’s pocket Jacks. Argentina’s Leandro Bianchini took the rest however, a three-way showdown sent Bianchini packing next. The final table was formed at the fall of DGoggins to Israel’s “opener”.

Kicking off the final chase, Malaysia’s PenangCKT came out strong with four quick pots but after losing a showdown against KanielOutis, PenangCKT was crippled then eliminated. The next two shoves brought the rise and fall of Meimei555. Meimei555 avoided the rail when pocket sixes improved to a set to crack KanielOutis’s pocket Aces, but on the next hand, no luck there. Israel’s “opener” shipped it all with over to deliver the bust and take the lead.

Israel’s “opener” went on to amass over half the chips in play by dusting India’s Anab “ChampakBhoomiya” Naiyer (5th) with diamond nut flush over lower flush. To reach heads-up, Luxembourg’s “futomaki” finished off KanielOutis (4th) then NuttedDreams outdrew futomaki’s on a board . Israel’s “opener” was ahead by a wide 44 bb lead.

As blinds continued to climb, so did “opener” while NuttedDreams dropped as low as 5 bb. Thirty minutes in, the tides shifted. NuttedDreams tightened the gap then took the lead. Both players battled for control, “opener” was up by 4 bb when the next called shove arrived. NuttedDreams with , opener with , the board ran . NuttedDreams scooped up a monster double up then shipped the rest and the coveted ring on the next hand.

Four High Roller wins for Artur Martirosian

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,050 Daily Heater HR Bounty Turbo – Day 22

Buy in: US$ 1,050
Guarantee: US$ 40,000
Entries: 54
Prize pool: US$ 54,000
ITM: 7 places
1st: US$ 15,206.04

On Day 22, Russia’s Artur Martirosian became the fourth player to take down four WSOPC side events, joining Gianluca “Tankanza” Speranza, David Coleman, and Carter Swidler in the exclusive bracket of winners. All of his wins were at High Rollers events. Martirosian shipped his first on Day 3 at the $1,500 Deepstack Special for US$ 23,614.30 then claimed two wins on Day 4 at the $840 Bounty Warmup for US$ 19,398.73 and $1,500 Deepstack Special for US$ 24,564.79.

Biggest Daily Side Event Winner

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,050 Daily Main – Day 22

Buy in: US$ 1,050
Guarantee: US$ 100,000
Entries: 108
Prize pool: US$ 108,000
ITM: 15 places
Winner: TYLER “TheRayGuy” CORNELL – US$ 24,951.32

Second side event win for USA’s Tyler “TheRayGuy” Cornell with a first one shipped on Day 1 at the WSOPC Series $250 Sunday Mulligan [2 Stack] for US$ 18,043.95.

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,050 Daily Main – Day 19

Buy in: US$ 1,050
Guarantee: US$ 200,000
Entries: 225
Prize pool: US$ 225,000
ITM: 31 places
Winner: ABCLOSING – Canada – US$ 47,841.97

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,050 Daily Main – Day 20

Buy in: US$ 1,050
Guarantee: US$ 200,000
Entries: 180
Prize pool: US$ 200,000
ITM: 26 places
Winner: LYDEKA – Austria – US$ 43,655.59

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,050 Thursday Thriller Bounty – Day 21

Buy in: US$ 1,050
Guarantee: US$ 200,000
Entries: 219
Prize pool: US$ 219,000
ITM: 31 places
Winner: ANATOLY FILATOV – Russia – US$ 47,994.07

Multiple Side Event Winners

WSOPC High Rollers: $840 Bounty Warmup – Day 20

Buy in: US$ 840
Guarantee: US$ 40,000
Entries: 63
Prize pool: US$ 50,400
ITM: 8 places

Winner: JONAH “RaiseUpBlind” SILVERSTEIN – Canada – US$ 15,760.97

Third WSOPC High Rollers side event win for Canada’s Jonah “RaiseUpBlind” Silverstein who shipped his first on Day 8 at the $5,250 Bounty Hunters SHR 500K for US$ 131,775.92 and his second on Day 13 at the $840 bounty Warmup for US$ 16,064.48.

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,050 Daily Heater HR Bounty Turbo – Day 21

Buy in: US$ 1,050
Guarantee: US$ 25,000
Entries: 43
Prize pool: US$ 43,000
ITM: 5 places
Winner: PABLO “Singleleg” WESLEY – Brazil – US$ 16,987.40

Second WSOPC High Rollers win for Brazil’s Pablo “Singleleg” Wesley with a first one shipped on Day 19 at the $1,050 Daily Heater HR Bounty Turbo for a slightly higher US$ 17,316.83.

WSOPC High Rollers: $840 Bounty Warmup – Day 21

Buy in: US$ 840
Guarantee: US$ 30,000
Entries: 62
Prize pool: US$ 49,600
ITM: 8 places

Winner: MIKE “MarathonOG” CARTER – Canada – US$ 15,084.21

Second side event win for Canada’s Mike “MarathonOG” Carter with a first one shipped on Day 13 at the WSOPC Series $250 Fifty Stack for US$ 13,364.88.

WSOPC High Rollers$ $3,150 Blade Bounty King – Day 21

Buy in: US$ 3,150
Guarantee: US$ 25,000
Entries: 9
Prize pool: US$ 27,000
ITM: 1 place
Winner: JJJJEYKILLER – Argentina – US$ 21,307.50

Second side event win for Argentina’s “JJJJEYKILLER” with a first one shipped on Day 19 at the WSOPC Series $100 Deepstack Special for US$ 12,054.27.

WSOPC Series: $125 Circuit Special – Day 20

Buy in: US$ 125
Guarantee: US$ 60,000
Entries: 519
Prize pool: US$ 60,000
ITM: 71 places
Winner: MARTIN PINEIRO – Argentina – US$ 10,915.84

Second side event win for Argentina’s Martin Pineiro who shipped his first on Day 11 at the WSOPC High Rollers $840 Bounty Warmup for US$ 17,255.42.

WSOPC Series: $250 Monster Stack – Day 22

Buy in: US$ 250
Guarantee: US$ 40,000
Entries: 221
Prize pool: US$ 50,830
ITM: 31 places
Winner: LEANDRO BIANCHINI – Argentina – US$ 10,808.16

Second side event win for Argentina’s Leandro Bianchini. He shipped his first on Day 9 at the WSOPC Series $525 Bounty Hunters HR for US$ 41,327.37.

WSOPC Series: $525 Bounty Hunters PLO – Day 22

Buy in: US$ 525
Guarantee: US$ 20,000
Entries: 45
Prize pool: US$ 22,500
ITM: 5 places
Winner: DANTE FERNANDES – Brazil – US$ 9,848.79

Second WSOPC Series $525 Bounty Hunters PLO win for Brazil’s Dante Fernandes. He shipped his first on Day 13 for US$ 7,773.59.

WSOPC Series: $52.50 Deepstack Bounty Turbo – Day 19

Buy in: US$ 52.50
Guarantee: US$ 30,000
Entries: 721
Prize pool: US$ 36,050
ITM: 98 places
Winner: GUNTIS “UFCsDanawit” ALESKINS – Latvia – US$ 5,107.22

Second side event win for Guntis “UFCsDanawit” Aleskins. He shipped his first on Day 14 at the WSOPC Series $105 Daily Heater [Bounty Turbo] for 4,315.33.

WSOPC Series: $50 Fifty Stack – Day 22

Buy in: US$ 50
Guarantee: US$ 40,000
Entries: 990
Prize pool: US$ 45,540
ITM: 134 places
Winner: DANIEL SMILJKOVIC – Austria – US$ 6,334.84

Second side event win for Austria’s Daniel Smiljkovic. Natural8 Team Hot Pete Chen finished 6th in this event for US$ 1,771.93. Smiljkovic shipped his first side event on Day 20 at the WSOPC High Rollers $1,050 Daily Heater HR Bounty Turbo for US$ 20,424.99.

WSOPC Series: $52.50 Deepstack Bounty Turbo – Day 21

Buy in: US$ 52.50
Guarantee: US$ 25,000
Entries: 616
Prize pool: US$ 30,800
ITM: 89 places
Winner: ALESSANDRO SIENA – Italy – US$ 3,641.42

Second WSOPC Series side event win for Italy’s Alessandro Siena with a first one shipped on Day 6 at the $125 Circuit Special for US$ 12,716.75.

WSOPC Series: $315 Bounty King PLO – Day 19

Buy in: US$ 315
Guarantee: US$ 20,000
Entries: 61
Prize pool: US$ 20,000
ITM: 8 places
Winner: KEVINBANGOS – Germany – US$ 6,554.06

Another WSOPC Series $315 Bounty King PLO win for Germany’s Kevin BANGos with a first one shipped on Day 7 for US$ 8,201.11.

Asia Pacific – Side Event Winners

WSOPC Series: $315 Bounty King PLO – Day 20

Buy in: US$ 315
Entries: 48
Prize pool: US$ 14,400
ITM: 6 places
Winner: HUN WEI “Andy” LEE – Australia – US$ 5,259.58

WSOPC Series: $250 Daily Main – Day 21

Buy in: US$ 250
Guarantee: US$ 50,000
Entries: 255
Prize pool: US$ 58,650
ITM: 35 places
Winner: KOU KUSH65 – Thailand – US$ 12,240.72

Third WSOPC Series side event win for Thailand’s “Kou KUSH65” with a first one shipped on Day 12 at the $25 Daily Main Event for US$ 8,091.77 and a second one on Day 18 at the $100 Deepstack Special for US$ 12,951.79.

WSOPC Series: $250 Fifty Stack – Day 21

Buy in: US$ 250
Guarantee: US$ 30,000
Entries: 134
Prize pool: US$ 30,820
ITM: 17 places
Winner: PRANAV BANG – India – US$ 5,666.81

Second side event win for India’s Pranav Bang with a first one shipped on Day 14 at the WSOPC Series $125 Circuit Special for US$ 7,319.06.

WSOPC Series: $315 Bounty King Circuit – Day 22

Buy in: US$ 315
Guarantee: US$ 75,000
Entries: 301
Prize pool: US$ 90,300
ITM: 44 places
Winner: BOYUAN “Ccccccube” QU – China – US$ 15,839.34

WSOPC High Rollers: $840 Bounty Warmup – Day 22

Buy in: US$ 840
Guarantee: US$ 40,000
Entries: 90
Prize pool: US$ 72,000
ITM: 13 places
Winner: EDGE369 – China – US$ 15,420.24

WSOPC Series: $250 Monster Stack – Day 20

Buy in: US$ 250
Guarantee: US$ 50,000
Entries: 244
Prize pool: US$ 56,120
ITM: 35 places
Winner: RAIN-KEEPER – China – US$ 11,712.70

WSOPC Series: $52.50 Bounty King PLO – Day 22

Buy in: US$ 52.50
Guarantee: US$ 12,000
Entries: 249
Prize pool: US$ 12,450
ITM: 35 places
Winner: Natural8 player “KIICHI1001” – Japan – US$ 1,800.21

WSOPC Series: $250 Fifty Stack – Day 22

Buy in: US$ 250
Guarantee: US$ 30,000
Entries: 179
Prize pool: US$ 41,170
ITM: 26 places
Winner: LOONGDUN – China – US$ 8,986.61

WSOPC Series: $105 Daily Heater Bounty Turbo – Day 22

Buy in: US$ 105
Guarantee: US$ 40,000
Entries: 426
Prize pool: US$ 42,600
ITM: 60 places
Winner: HIDE4115 – Japan – US$ 5,047.94

WSOPC Series: $63 Bounty 6 Max – Day 19

Buy in: US$ 63
Guarantee: US$ 25,000
Entries: 478
Prize pool: US$ 28,680
ITM: 71 places
Winner: MAGGLOVES – China – US$ 4,701.53

WSOPC Series: $52.50 Deepstack Bounty Turbo – Day 19

Buy in: US$ 52.50
Guarantee: US$ 20,000
Entries: 460
Prize pool: US$ 23,000
ITM: 63 places
Winner: ERWIN-SHARK – China – US$ 3,574.67

WSOPC Series: $52.50 Deepstack Bounty Turbo – Day 20

Buy in: US$ 52.50
Guarantee: US$ 25,000
Entries: 506
Prize pool: US$ 25,300
ITM: 71 places
Winner: MART0327 – Hong Kong – US$ 3,473.79
2nd David “Alw4ysinduc3” Vinayagamoorthy – Norway – US$ 1,885.36

WSOPC Series: $15 Circuit Special – Day 21

Buy in: US$ 15
Guarantee: US$ 20,000
Entries: 1,678
Prize pool: US$ 23,156.40
ITM: 242 places
Winner: PPONG88 – Thailand – US$ 3,185.88

WSOPC Series: $30 Daily Closer – Day 22

Buy in: US$ 30
Guarantee: US$ 15,000
Entries: 564
Prize pool: US$ 15,566.40
ITM: 80 places
Winner: Y SHIMA – Japan – US$ 2,719.40

WSOPC Series: $50 Fifty Stack PLO – Day 20

Buy in: US$ 50
Guarantee: US$ 10,000
Entries: 179
Prize pool: US$ 10,000
ITM: 26 places
Winner: MR_PENG – China – US$ 2,367.27

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” and Norway’s David “Alw4ysinduc3” Vinayagamoorthy have already won one of these packages. 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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