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2020 WSOP Online – Natural8: $600 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack Championship gold bracelet up for grabs tonight; ongoing qualifiers for Main Event and BIG 50

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After a tumultuous Sunday, with three players awarded bracelets and one game running a lengthy 16 hours, a calmer day followed. Day 30 at the 2020 World Series of Poker Online had no bracelets to award instead, players populated the virtual arena attempting to qualify to the prestigious WSOP #77: $ 5,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event [ $25 Million GTD ] and the WSOP #71: BIG 50 [ $1M GTD ]. Next chance to snag one of the iconic WSOP signature bracelets happens tonight. The WSOP #65: $600 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack Championship kicks off at 18:00 UTC / August 19 @ 02:00 HKT. Event updates and side event winners are listed below.

The 2020 WSOP Online [ international ] opened July 19th on Natural8 – GG Network. Since then, 33 bracelets have been claimed and a cumulative $ 71.3 million paid out. 21 bracelets have yet to be won. The series runs until September 6th. For first timers, make sure to sign up on Natural8 to avail of fantastic promos and incentives.

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Tonight: WSOP #65: $600 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack Championship

Buy in: $ 600

Date: August 18 @ 18:00 UTC / August 19 @ 02:00 HKT

Late registration: 240 minutes

Re-entries: 2 times

Notes: $15,000 WSOP Europe Package added to 1st place

Tomorrow: WSOP #66: $800 Pot Limit Omaha

Buy in: $ 600

Date: August 19 @ 18:00 UTC / August 20 @ 02:00 HKT

Late registration: 210 minutes

Re-entries: 2 times

Notes: $15,000 WSOP Europe Package added to 1st place

Open: WSOP #77: $ 5,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event [ $25M GTD ]

The Main Event is here! Year after year, players flock to Las Vegas with dreams of winning a bracelet, however no gold is more desired than that of the WSOP Main Event. This year’s edition guarantees a staggering $ 25 Million, the largest ever in online poker. The hunt for the 51st champion has begun with 3 flights completed. 124 advanced out of 578 players. Freezeout entry flights run daily until August 30. Players are allowed only three bullets with no same flight re-entry offered.

Natural8 Team Hot Ambassador Pete Chen, Sung Joo Hyun “ArtePokerTV”, Gab Yong Kim “genbenglee”, Xuming Qi “scplayer”, Kilian Loeffler “Birdie Power”, Fedor Kruse, Nicolas Chouity, and Dan Smith were among the Day 2 qualifiers.

Buy in: $ 5,000

Guarantee: $ 25,000,000

Entry Dates: August 16 to August 30

Cumulative Entries: 578

Final Day qualifiers: 124

Entry flights: 20 remaining

Day 2: August 30 @ 18:30 UTC [ play down to final 40 players ]
Final Day: September 7 @ 18:30 UTC

Top 15 in chips

Open: WSOP #71: BIG 50 [ $1M GTD ]

At the 50th anniversary of the series last year, the BIG 50 [ $1M GTD ] event was introduced. Due to its incredible draw of 28,371 entries, it was given a spot at this year’s roster. With this year’s buy in lowered to $ 50, it is the cheapest of all the bracelet events. An enormous field is expected as proven by the massive 8,697 turnout across three flights. 12 flights remain to qualify.

Buy in: $ 50

Guarantee: $ 1,000,000

Cumulative Entries: 8,697

Final Day qualifiers: 773

Entry Dates: August 16 to 23

Entry Flights: 14 remaining

Final Day: August 23 @ 18:30 UTC / August 24 @ 02:30 HKT

Top 15 in chips

WSOP #7 – BIG 50 [ $1M GTD ] top15 in chips
WSOP #7 – BIG 50 [ $1M GTD ] top15 in chips

Update: WSOP Leaderboard

In addition to striving for the WSOP gold bracelet is the esteemed Player of the Series title. For the first time, three types of POS titles will be awarded. The ultimate leaderboard champion will win the WSOP Pure Gold Mouse, the WSOP Pure Gold Dragon will be awarded to the Asia Player of the Series – highest points accrued on the Asia Time Zone events -, and the exclusive Pure Gold Card to be given to leaderboard finishers 2nd to 5th. Current standings after 30 completed events.

WSOP 2020 Online Leaderboard – Top 10

WSOP Player of the Series leaderboard current standing
WSOP Player of the Series leaderboard current standing

WSOP 2020 Online Leaderboard [ Asia Time Zone Events ] – Top 10

WSOP 2020 Online Leaderboard [ Asia Time Zone Events ]
WSOP 2020 Online Leaderboard [ Asia Time Zone Events ]

WSOP SIDE EVENTS

WSOP Side Event: BIG 500

Buy in: $ 500

Date: August 17

Guarantee: $ 150,000

Entries: 587

Prize pool: $ 278,825

ITM: 80 places

Winner: THEfaryboy – Luxembourg – $ 49,233.94

WSOP Side Event: $210 Super Turbo Bounty

Buy in: $ 210

Date: August 17

Guarantee: $ 50,000

Entries: 456

Prize pool: $ 91,200

ITM: 63 places

Winner: ReadymyMinD10 – Cyprus – $ 18,580.77

WSOP Side Event: $126 Bounty Six Shooter

Buy in: $ 126

Date: August 17

Guarantee: $ 50,000

Entries: 1,081

Prize pool: $ 129,720

ITM: 152 places

Winner: Gepeto45 – Ireland – $ 18,883.95

WSOP Side Event: $300 Marathon

Buy in: $ 300

Date: August 17

Guarantee: $ 60,000

Entries: 376

Prize pool: $ 104,904

ITM: 53 places

Winner: Demiprofit – Germany – 13,805.30 (three way deal)

2nd Michelle Shah “hu4trollzz” – Austria – $ 16,706.72 (three way deal)

3rd sssshine – China – $ 13,131.26 (three way deal)

WSOP Side Event: $140 FORTY STACK

Buy in: $ 140

Date: August 17

Guarantee: $ 30,000

Entries: 368

Prize pool: $ 47,398.40

ITM: 53 places

Winner: LoveFlips – Mexico – $ 6,324.37 (three way deal)

2nd twenty BB – India – $ 7,257.52 (three way deal)

3rd Marian Virnaluta “An0n1M” – Austria – $ 6,137.41

OTHER GAMES

FT Tonight : High Roller Super MILLION$ $10K, $2M GTD

Buy in: $ 10,000

Date: August 16

Guarantee: $ 2,000,000

Entries: 208

Prize pool: $ 2,017,600

ITM: 31 places

Final table players

High Roller Super MILLION$ $10K, $2M GTD final table
High Roller Super MILLION$ $10K, $2M GTD final table

Remaining Payouts

1st $ 392,925.11

2nd $ 293,555.35

3rd $ 219,316.14

4th $ 163,851.71

5th $ 122,414.24

6th $ 91,455.99

7th $ 68,327.03

8th $ 51,047.49

9th $ 38,137.68

KEY EVENTS

WSOP #70: $25,000 NLH POKER PLAYER CHAMPIONSHIP [ $10M GTD ]

For the high rollers and deep pocketed no title is more coveted than this one, the No Limit Hold’em Poker Player Championship. Expect the biggest names in poker in attendance. If you have $ 25,000 to burn, this is the event to wage your skills against the creme de la creme.

Buy in: $ 25,000

Date: August 23 @ 18:00 UTC

Guarantee: $ 10,000,000

Notes: 2 day event

WSOP #84: $100 WSOP MILLIONS [ $2M GTD ]

Buy in: $ 100

Guarantee: $ 2,000,000

Entry Dates: August 31 to September 6

Entry Flights: 26 offered

Final Day: September 5 @ 18:00 UTC / September 6 @ 02:00 HKT

WSOP #83: $10K WSOP Super MILLION$ [ $5M GTD ]

Buy in: $ 10,000

Date: September 6 @ 18:00 UTC / September 7 @ 02:00 HKT

Guarantee: $ 5,000,000

Note: 2 day event

Other Games

For those looking to enter bracelet events for cheap, the WSOP Silk Road is your route. Daily tickets can be won until August 31. Alek Stasiak “astazz” earned his seat to WSOP #33: $1,111 Every 1 for Covid Relief via a $10 qualifier which bought him a seat in the $100 satellite to the above-mentioned bracelet event which he shipped for $ 343.2K. For non- bracelet events, several WSOP side events are scheduled with buy-ins from $125 to $800.

Natural8 Promos

For players signed up on Natural8, expect fantastic player incentives. WSOP Online champions Luis Assuncao Garla “Xapilskinha”, Daniel Dvoress, Hun Wei Lee, Teoh Ming Juen “Paul Teoh”, Shoma Ishikawa “pp_syon”, and Marcelo Jakovjlevic Pudla “Marolo” have already won a Team Bling Sponsorship package for their incredible achievement. Other promos are the First Deposit Bonus and WSOP Silk Road leaderboard race. 24 days left to avail of the promos!

WSOP Winner’s Circle Sponsorship Packages

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wsop natural8 promotion big

Main Event = $100,000 Natural8 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

$15,000 Las Vegas Package ($10,000 to cover your buy-ins and $5,000 for expenses)

$25,000 for live event sponsorships

T$60,000 in online sponsorships, paid out over 12 months

Buy-ins of $1,000 and above = $15,000 Natural8 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

$15,000 Las Vegas Package ($10,000 to cover your buy-ins and $5,000 for expenses)

Buy-ins from $50 to $999 = $7,500 Natural8 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

$7,500 Las Vegas Package ($5,000 to cover your buy-ins and $2,500 for expenses)

WSOP First Deposit Bonus

First time depositors on Natural8 can expect a special bump in the load. For a minimum deposit of $20 are gifts worth up to $ 100 over six consecutive days. The initial $ 60 in WSOP tickets – WSOP Satellite and WSOP Spin & Gold, another $ 40 in WSOP tickets for those that complete all 6 AoF challenges of 100 AoF hands per day.

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wsop natural8 promotion

WSOP Silk Road

The WSOP Silk Road Micro Series has been ongoing since July 1st and will run until August 31st. This is for players looking to enter bracelet events for cheap. And seriously, who wouldn’t want to win a multi million event for as low as $ 1.08? Via this route, buy-ins only go as high as $ 21.60. Top the Natural8 Silk Road Leaderboard to win an instant ticket to the WSOP #77: $5,000 Main Event [ $25M GTD ].

Plenty of action still to come so stick with us at Somuchpoker as we bring you daily updates on the ongoing 2020 WSOP Online on Natural8.

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