2020 WSOP Online – Natural8: Si Yang Phua “fishnchip” brings Singapore its first bracelet; six bracelet events up next

Another first time bracelet winner at the 2020 World Series of Poker Online international leg taking place on Natural8 – GG Network. The minted player was Singapore’s Si Yang Phua “fishnchip” who took down the WSOP #38: $600 Monster Stack NLHE 6 Handed [ Asia ] event for a sweet six figure $ 171,389. This was Singapore’s first ever WSOP bracelet. Phua set the bar at the WSOP Pure Golden Dragon Leaderboard – Asia Player of the Series race.

The 2020 WSOP Online is running hot on two platforms with a combined 85 iconic bracelets on the plate. From July 1 to 31 is the USA series on WSOP.com exclusively for players geo-located in Nevada and New Jersey. Nick Binger ”samadhi” was the latest champion strapping his second career bracelet. 24 of the 31 allotted gold merchs have already been claimed. Make sure to check our recaps on that leg of the series.

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For international players, the series opened on July 19 on Natural8 – GG Network running until September 6. Filling up the roster are 54 bracelet events. Five have already been won. Open events and highlight events still to come are listed below which includes the prestigious $ 5,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event [ $25 Million GTD ]. Six bracelets up for grabs tonight.

WSOP #38: $600 Monster Stack NLHE 6 Handed – Aaron Wijaya “fishnchip” – $171,389.04

After running a lengthy 10 hours and 41 minutes, the WSOP #38: $600 Monster Stack NLHE 6 Handed [ Asia ] concluded with Singapore’sSi Yang Phua “fishnchip” aka Aaron Wijaya emerging victorious out of the 2,007 hopefuls from around the world. Phua eliminated four players at the final table which included top Brazilian player Joao Simao in 5th place and Toni Bosch Jordana at heads up. As the newest WSOP champion, Phua locked in the golden fancy and became $ 171,389.04 richer.

Buy in: $ 600

Running time:

Entries: 2,007

Prize pool: $ 1,143,990

ITM: 278 places

Running time: 10:41:27

The WSOP #38: $600 Monster Stack NLHE 6 Handed [ Asia ] event was the first of nine events extending an Asia friendly time slot. Recapping the action just before the final table was formed, Finland’s Kasper Mellanen “GangstaPoker” surged to the chip lead by railing both India’s “inonhmeansfu” (11th) with pocket aces dominating pocket nines and short stacked Brazil’s Arosa (10th).

With identities now revealed, every player was seeking their first WSOP title. Among them was Blake Bohn “Beast2018!” who cashed five times at the USA leg of this series. Of his 26 WSOP career cashes, his deepest was in 2013 finishing 2nd at the $ 1,500 No Limit Hold’em. His hunt for the title continues having missed the mark here in 6th place. Another notable player in the final lineup was highly decorated Brazilian pro Joao Simao “naturalmente”. Simao fared better than Bohn with a 5th place finish for a 20th WSOP cash added to his achievements. For the remaining seven players, they each scored their largest known cash.

Asia had bracelet advantage with five still in however two of them fell early, Hui Tang “totoyou” (9th) to Mellanen and Kai Liu (8th) to Bohn. Next showdown, Toni Bosch Jordana “AnsuFati31” avoided defeat after cracking Mellanen’s pocket Aces with ten-nine of hearts that produced two tens on the board. Then Bohn earned a big pot off Mellanen to steal the chip lead.

Joining the whipping, Jingxiang Ong crippled Chun Kit Leung when connected the ace to overtake . Leung managed to triple up on the next hand but crashed immediately after to Phua. This was Phua’s first of four heads claimed. To bring the table down to five, Mellanen earned his second victim, emptying out Bohn with pocket aces holding up this time against pocket nines. This gave Mellanen over half the chips in play at his disposal. Matching Mellanen in busts, Phuabooted Simao for his second casualty. Phua outdrew with an Ace on the flop.

Leading up to the next elimination, Mellanen suffered two hits, doubling up Jordana then Ong. Ong continued to rise, landing a second double up paid by Phuawhile Mellanen was on the down side, boosting Jordana again. Ong went on to claim another pot against Phua with pairing the ace to beat and took the lead for the first time. However, Ong’s stay at the top was brief. Mellanen and Phuashipped a full recharge to cripple Ong. Ong’s final stand was Ace-three denied by Jordana’s Ace-ten. In turn, Jordana claimed the highly fickle chip lead. The next ten minutes saw Jordana dominating the action to rise to over half the chips in play. Phuarailed Mellanen in 3rd place to kick off heads up with Jordana slightly ahead.

It was a tug of war for the glory with the chip lead switching back and forth multiple times. The golden merch was finally captured on a full house over full house. Preflop action, Phuacalled a raise and the flop came . Check, c-bet Jordana, called. On the turn , Check, c-bet Jordana, raise Phua, call Jordana. On the river , Phuabet covering Jordana’s stack, Jordana risked it all. Phua full house, Jordana lower full house.

Final table payouts

1st Si Yang Phua “fishnchip” –Singapore – $ 171,389.04

2nd Toni Bosch Jordana “AnsuFati31” – Andorra – 124,375.85

3rd Kasper Mellanen “GangstaPoker” – Finland – $ 90,259.55

4th Jinxiang Ong “Fuzzy Wuzzy!” – Singapore – $ 65,501.32

5th Joao Simao “naturalmente” – Brazil – $ 47,534.27

6th Blake Bohn “Beast2018!” – Canada – $ 34,495.53

7th Chun Kit Leung “FathiSon” – Hong Kong – $ 25,033.36

8th Kai Liu “butouji666” – China – $ 18,166.67

9th Hui Tang “totoyou” – China – $ 13,183.56

Notable players in the money: Mike McDonald (54th), Amichai Barer (66th), Wayne Heung (77th), Natural8 Team Hot Ambassador Danny Tang (164th), Vincent Kwun Ngai Li “Peleus34” (188th), and Team NLG Manig Loeser (220th).

Completed: WSOP Side Event: $800 Marathon

Buy in: $ 800

Date: July 25

Guarantee: $ 50,000

Entries: 181

Prize pool: $ 137,560

ITM: 26 places

Winner: Killua – Russia – $ 27,307.61

Completed: WSOP Side Event: $200 Double Stack

Buy in: $ 200

Date: July 25

Guarantee: 100,000

Entries: 923

Prize pool: $ 169,832

ITM: 134 places

Winner: Patawells – Argentina – $ 27,948.78

2nd GGPoker sponsored pro Felipe Ramos – Brazil – $ 20,282.03

WEEKEND BRACELET EVENTS

Open: WSOP #39: $1,500 No Limit Hold’em [ Asia ]

Asia friendly time slot.

Buy in: $ 1,500

Date: July 26 @ 20:00 HKT

Late registration: 180 minutes

Re-entries: 2 times

Open: WSOP #40: $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha

Buy in: $ 2,500

Date: July 26 @ 18:00 UTC / July 27 @ 02:00 HKT

Late registration: 180 minutes

Re-entries: 2 times

Notes: 6 Handed / 9 Handed (Final Table)

Open: WSOP #41: $400 COLOSSUS [ $3M GTD ]

Last chance to enter! The $ 3 Million guarantee already surpassed. 2 entry flights remain.

Buy in: $ 400

Game: No Limit Hold’em

Guarantee: $ 3,000,000

Cumulative entries: 9,778

Cumulative qualifiers: 1,425 players

Cumulative prize pool: $ 3,676,528

Remaining entry flights: 2
Day 2: July 26 @ 18:30 UTC / July 27 @ 02:30 HKT
Final table: August 1 @ 18:30 UTC / August 2 @ 02:30 HKT – Live stream broadcast cards up on GGPoker.TV.
*Notes: $15,000 WSOP Europe Package Ticket added to first place

Top 10 in chips

Notable players already secured with a final day seat are: Natural8 Team Hot Ambassadors Pete Chen and Thai Ha, Anson Tsang “Tara@0z”, Sammy Farha, Steve O’Dwyer, Juha Helppi, Michael Watson, Kristen Bicknell, Jack Salter; Hun Wei Lee, Matthias Eibinger, David Miscikowski, Chance Kornuth, Daniel Dvoress, Amichai Barer, Liv Boeree, Isaac Haxton, Christopher Brewer, Shyngis Satubayev “somebodyelse”, Martin Zamani “FuTimReilly”, TheMadQueen, and JoaoValli.

Open: WSOP #42: $400 PLOSSUS [ $1M GTD ]

Last chance to enter! The $ 1 Million guarantee already surpassed. 2 entry flights remain.

Buy in: $ 400

Game: Pot Limit Omaha

Guarantee: $ 1,000,000

Cumulative entries: 3,510

Cumulative qualifiers: 484 players

Cumulative prize pool: $ 1,319,760

Remaining entry flights: 2
Day 2: July 26 @ 18:30 UTC / July 27 @ 02:30 HKT
Final table: August 1 @ 19:00 UTC / August 2 @ 03:00 HKT – Live stream broadcast cards up on GGPoker.TV.
*Notes: $15,000 WSOP Europe Package Ticket added to first place

Top 10 in chips

Notable players already secured with a final day seat are: Natural8 Team Hot Ambassadors Danny Tang, Pete Chen, and Thai Ha; Team NLG Fedor Holz; notable players Bertrand Grospellier “ElkY”, Alex Foxen, Andras Nemeth, Nicolas Chouity, Chance Kornuth, Joao Vieira, Isaac Haxton, David Miscikowski, Martin Zamani “FuTimReilly”, and Anson Tsang “Tara@0z”. Leading in chips is Juha Helppi, who won the 2020 WSOP Online Event #35 $5K PLO Championship.

Open / Resuming: WSOP #33: $1,111 Every 1 for Covid Relief

Late registration is open for 120 minutes after the tournament resumes. Numbers below reflect status at the time of postponement. We will have the official tally once the freezeout stage begins.

Buy in: $ 1,111

Date: July 26 @ 19:00 UTC / July 27 @ 03:00 HKT

Cumulative Entries: 1,598

Cumulative Prize pool: $ 1,775,378

ITM: TBA

Players remaining: 1,418

Closed / Resuming: WSOP #32: The Opener $100 [$2M GTD]

Buy in: $ 100

Date: July 26 @ 19:30 UTC / July 27 @ 03:30 HKT

Guarantee: $ 2,000,000

Entries: 29,306

Prize pool: $ 2,696,152

ITM: 3,039

Final Day players: 4,599

Players remaining: 3,684

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

Top 10 in chips

Top 9 payouts

KEY EVENTS

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

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. The hunt for the 51st champion begins on August 16 with entry flights running daily until August 30. Players are allowed only three bullets with no same day re-entry offered.

Buy in: $ 5,000

Guarantee: $ 25,000,000

Entry Dates: August 16 to August 30

Entry Flights: 22 offered

Final Day: August 30 [ 3-Day Freezeout Flights ]

WSOP #48: $1500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER [ $5M GTD ]

The Millionaire Maker is one of the most sought after events of the series. Since its inception in 2013, the fields have been enormous with every player on mutual ambition to ship an instant seven figures. Champion of this event is guaranteed $ 1,000,000.

Buy in: $ 1,500

Guarantee: $ 5,000,000

Entry Dates: July 26 to August 2

Entry Flights: 15 offered

Final Day: August 2 @ 18:30 UTC

WSOP #55: HK$ 8,000 No Limit Hold’em Asia Championship [ HK$ 8M GTD ]

Buy in: HK$ 8,000 (~ US$ 1,000)

Guarantee: HK$ 8,000,000 (~US$ 1,032,000)

Entry Dates: August 3 to August 9

Entry Flights: 14 offered

Final Day: August 9 @ 20:00 HKT

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

Buy in: $ 25,000

Date: August 23 @ 18:00 UTC

Guarantee: $ 10,000,000

Notes: 2 day event

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

At the 50th anniversary of the WSOP held last year, the BIG 50 event was introduced. Due to its massive draw of 28,371 entries, it is back in the roster. With the buy in lowered to a very affordable $ 50, players can expect a monstrous field.

Buy in: $ 50

Guarantee: $ 1,000,000

Entry Dates: August 16 to 23

Entry Flights: 15 offered

Final Day: August 23 @ 18:30 UTC

Other Games

For those looking to enter non- bracelet events, there are several WSOP side events scheduled with buy ins from $125 to $800. WSOP Silk Road is another option if you are looking to enter the bracelet events for cheap. Aside from the series, weekly events players always look forward to are the GGMasters $150, $500K GTD and the High Rollers Super MILLION$ $10K, $2M GTD [ 2-day event ], both running on July 27 @ 01:00 HKT and 02:00 HKT respectively.

Natural8 promos

For players signed up on Natural8, expect generous promos for a more enjoyable and profitable WSOP experience. Japanese player Shoma Ishikawa “pp_syon” already capitalized, awarded one of the WSOP Winner’s Circle Sponsorship packages for his victory at WSOP #34: $525 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em 6 Handed. 49 chances left to be a winner!

WSOP Winner’s Circle Sponsorship Packages

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.

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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