Natural8-WSOPC: Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff clinches second WSOPC Ring; Paul Hong and Seungmook Jung among side winners; Two Ring Events up next, US$ 1M GTD each

The Natural8 – WSOP Super Circuit Online Series awarded its fifth ring to Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff at the $315 BOUNTY GIANT event. This was Mackoff’s second career ring. At the side events, among the Day 5 to Day 8 side event winners were New Zealand’s Paul “Rahchan” Hong and Korea’s Seungmook “7high” Jung. We’ve got those results down below.

To date, five WSOPC Rings have been claimed and over US$ 24.6 Million paid out across 198 games. If you are just tuning in, the festival kicked off on May 1 and will run until May 30 inclusive. 18 WSOP Circuit Rings and 2 Cash Game Rings have been promised along with US$ 100 Million in guaranteed prize pools. To ensure everyone gets a chance at the coveted merchandise, buy-ins start at an affordable US$ 25 and go as high as US$ 840.

Next chance at the WSOPC Rings takes place tonight, RING #6: $365 GIANT No Limit Hold’em and RING #7: BIG 25. Both events feature a US$ 1 Million guarantee. For RING #7: BIG 25, Day 1 flights are still running and the guarantee has been breached with currently 47,800 entries and climbing. Day 2 begins on Monday, May 10 at 04:05 HKT. Recent Ring winner Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff is ranked 8th in chips.

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WSOPC by the numbers

Day 1 – 8 prize pool: US$ 24,624,515
Seven figure prize pools: 3 ring events, 3 side events
Rings awarded: 5
Side events: 193
Total entries: 178,768
Most wins: Artur Martirosian – 3 side events

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: $315 Bounty Giant – JONAS “LobyPewis” MACKOFF – US$ 71,139.69

2,508 came to challenge for the fifth WSOPC Ring of the series at the $315 BOUNTY GIANT event. Riding on his second bullet, Canada’s Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff entered heads up on a deficit, proceeded to dominate Russia’s Aleksandr “leeel” Shepel to steal the win and the coveted merchandise. This was Mackoff’s second career WSOPC Ring with a first one locked up at the 2012 WSOPC San Diego $355 buy-in No Limit Hold’em event. Mackoff also pocketed the US$ 30,446.09 first prize plus US$ 40,693.60 in bounty rewards for a combined US$ 71,139.69.

Buy in: US$ 315
Guarantee: US$ 500,000
Entries: 2,508
Prize pool: US$ 752,400
ITM: 368 places
Running time: 10 hours

Final table payouts

1st Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff – Canada – US$ 71,139.69
2nd Aleksandr “leeel” Shepel – Russia – US$ 44,174.39
3rd Stefan “C3H5N3O6” Lehner – Austria – US$ 26,169.16
4th Daniel “Rock Pitbull” Bertoldi – Brazil – US$ 20,732.71
5th TooStonedMonkey – Canada – US$ 16,204.91
6th Xdao – China – US$ 12,867.79
7th Skinny Pete – India – US$ 9,245.68
8th Ran “Pearblossom” Koller – Israel – US$ 8,457.88
9th Tintenfisch – Andorra – US$ 6,512.82

Event recap

Picking up the action from the final two tables, play was dominated by Aleksandr “leeel” Shepel who eventually took his big stack all the way to heads up. Along the way, he eliminated six players. The first was Bin “flyaway28” Zhou whose were cracked by Shepel’s set on the flop. Shepel got lucky again with two pair burning Jack Skeletron’s top pair. This was followed by a three-way showdown with Shepel and Aki “Seabossss” Virtanen eliminating D0G0fWAR in 12th place. Japan’s last hope, “otetsu”, also fell to Shepel with cracked by trip nines. To form the final table, Shepel finished off the very short stacked Virtanen in 10th place.

The final table kicked off with the top three holding roughly 75 percent of the chips in play. Shepel was ahead with 119 bb, Stefan “C3H5N3O6” Lehner ranked 2nd with 71 bb, Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff ranked 3rd with 71 bb, while the rest had 20 bb and below. First hand was immediate fireworks with three players all in. China’s Xdao won it with railing Tintenfisch’s and beating Ran “Pearblossom” Koller’s . This sent Koller down to 1 bb which was claimed by Brazil’s Rock Pitbull. Down to 7 players, Shepel pressured the table with raises at nearly every hand resulting in three double ups paid to bring his lead down significantly. However, he made up for it by outdrawing Skinny Pete’s with eight on the board. Up to 71 bb, Shepel’s closest challenger was Mackoff with 34 bb.

At six remaining, Canada’s TooStonedMonkey’s pocket Jacks found a Jack on the board to crack and cripple Xdao’s pocket Aces. A few hands after, the two met again with TooStonedMonkey’s pocket Aces finishing off Xdao in 6th place. However, TooStonedMonkey’s rush was put to a quick halt with Daniel “Rock Pitbull” Bertoldi doubling up then Mackoff taking the rest with straight over . Mackoff went on to rail Rock Pitbull in 4th place with pocket nines beating pocket eights, Shepel emptied out Lehner in 3rd place with AJo dominating A7o, to bring about heads up. Shepel was ahead 78 bb to Mackoff’s 47 bb.

Three minutes in, Mackoff took the lead. Shepel quickly grabbed back. It switched once more to Mackoff’s advantage, and from there, he held it to the end. The final hand was Mackoff , Shepel , board . Despite the loss for Shepel, it was still a very impressive result. This was his first WSOP final table and largest recorded tournament score of US$ 44,174.39. For champion Mackoff, he will be gunning for a third career ring at RING #7: BIG 25 with a healthy stack of 126 bb, which has him currently 8th in chips.

Asia – Pacific – Side Event Winners

WSOPc Series: $250 Daily Main – Day 8

Buy in: US$ 250
Guarantee: US$ 100,000
Entries: 568
Prize pool: US$ 130,640
ITM: 80 places
Winner: PAUL “Rahchan” HONG – New Zealand – US$ 22,960.20
*Paul “Rahchan” Hong also placed 4th at Ring ##: 400 Double Stack Million No Limit Hold’em for US$ 62,717.41.

WSOPC High Rollers: $840 Bounty Warmup – Day 6

Buy in: US$ 840
Guarantee: US$ 40,000
Entries: 74
Prize pool: US$ 59,200
ITM: 11 places
Winner: SEUNGMOOK “7high” JUNG – Korea – US$ 16,285.40
2nd Jiang Cheng “pishen” Xu – China – US$ 9,579.45

Multi Winners

WSOPC Series: $525 Bounty Hunters PLO – Day 5

Buy in: US$ 525
Guarantee: US$ 30,000
Entries: 73
Prize pool: US$ 36,500
ITM: 9 places
Winner: ALESSANDRO GIANNELLI – Italy – US$ 9,609.13

On Day 5, Alessandro Giannelli claimed his second side event win. He first shipped the $50 Day Saver event on Day 1 for US$ 4,515.75.

WSOPC High Rollers: $2,625 Blade PLO Closer – Day 6

Buy in: US$ 2,625
Guarantee: US$ 30,000
Entries: 12 places
Prize pool: US$ 30,000
ITM: 2 places
Winner: RONNY KAISER – Liechtenstein – US$ 19,402.50

On Day 6 Ronny Kaiser claimed his second side event win. He shipped this same event on Day 3 for US$ 25,870.

WSOPC Series: $250 Daily Main – Day 7

Buy in: US$ 250
Guarantee: US$ 40,000
Entries: 347
Prize pool: US$ 79,810
ITM: 47 places
Winner: VYACHESLAV “SpaceInside” ZASLAVSKY – Russia – US$ 15,873.16

On Day 7, Russia’s Vyacheslav “SpaceInside” Zaslavsky claimed a second side event win. Zaslavsky shipped his first on Day 1 at the $315 Bounty King Circuit for US$ 16,571.08.

WSOPC Series: $52.50 Bounty King PLO – Day 7

Buy in: US$ 52.50
Guarantee: US$ 15,000
Entries: 389
Prize pool: US$ 19,450
ITM: 55 places
Winner: BLEUMETAL – Germany – US$ 2,669.11

On Day 7, BleuMetal claimed a second side event win. BleuMetal’s first win was on Day 4 at the $25 Double Stack Fast for US$ 4,325.90.

WSOPC Series: $525 Bounty Hunters PLO – Day 8

Buy in: US$ 525
Guarantee: US$ 35,000
Entries: 69
Prize pool: US$ 35,000
ITM: 9 places
Winner: KIRILL “iHodl_” SHUGAI – Russia – US$ 9,568.68

On Day 8, Kirill “iHodl_” Shugai claimed his second side event win. Shugai’s first win was on Day 1 at the $315 Bounty King PLO for US$ 9,684.77

WSOPC Series: $105 Bounty Hunters PLO – Day 8

Buy in: US$ 1-5
Guarantee: US$ 20,000
Entries: 254
Prize pool: US$ 25,400
ITM: 36 places
Winner: SOUSINHA90 – Austria – US$ 5,926.83

On Day 8, Sousinha90 claimed a second side event win to match the $50 Fifty Stack PLO shipped on Day 5 for 2,664.90.

WSOPC Series: $50 Day Saver [Hyper] – Day 8

Buy in: US$ 50
Guarantee: US$ 20,000
Entries: 478
Prize pool: US$ 21,988
ITM: 71 places
Winner: BULGARdom1n8 – Germany – US$ 4,092.36
On Day 8, BULGARdom1n8 claimed a second side event win. BULGARdom1n8’s first win was on Day 7 at the $105 Daily Heater [Bounty Turbo] for US$ 6,096.96.

Other Asia-Pacific Side Event Winners

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,050 Daily Main Event – Day 5

Buy in: US$ 1,050
Guarantee: US$ 250,000
Entries: 291
Prize pool: US$ 291,000
ITM: 39 places
Winner: BIG FISH2021 – China – US$ 59,703.97

WSOPC Series: $250 Monster Stack – Day 5

Buy in: US$ 250
Guarantee: US$ 50,000
Entries: 242
Prize pool: US$ 55,660
ITM: 35 places
Winner: HALBAE – Hong Kong – US$ 11,616.70

WSOPC High Rollers: $840 Bounty Warmup – Day 5

Buy in: US$ 840
Guarantee: US$ 40,000
Entries: 63
Prize pool: US$ 50,400
ITM: 8 places
Winner: BENKU – China – US$ 10,760.97
2nd Amy1091991 – Taiwan – US$ 9,155.91

WSOPC Series: $525 Bounty Hunters PLO – Day 6

Buy in: US$ 525
Guarantee: US$ 30,000
Entries: 74
Prize pool: US$ 37,000
ITM: 11 places
Winner: LXM888 – China – US$ 13,381.50

WSOPC Series: $30 Daily Closer – Day 6

Buy in: US$ 30
Guarantee: US$ 15,000
Entries: 690
Prize pool: US$ 19,044
ITM: 98 places
Winner: BUCKERS – New Zealand – US$ 2,453.78
* Four-way deal

WSOPC Series: $50 Day Saver [Hyper] – Day 6

Buy in: US$ 50
Guarantee: US$ 20,000
Entries: 485
Prize pool: US$ 22,310
ITM: 71 places
Winner: JHJK – Japan – US$ 4,152.31

WSOPC Series: $1,050 Thursday Thriller Bounty – Day 7

Buy in: US$ 1,050
Guarantee: US$ 200,000
Entries: 308
Prize pool: US$ 308,000
ITM: 44 places
Winner: GYTH_27 – China – US$ 44,785.40

WSOPC Series: $30 Marathon – Day 7

Buy in: US$ 30
Guarantee: US$ 15,000
Entries: 1,263
Prize pool: US$ 34,858.80
ITM: 170 places
Winner: POMI5035 – Japan – US$ 5,033.85

WSOPC High Rollers: $840 Bounty Warmup – Day 7

Buy in: US$ 840
Guarantee: US$ 20,000
Entries: 63
Prize pool: US$ 50,400
ITM: 8 places
Winner: LIMMOUSE – China – US$ 12,310.97

WSOPC Series: $525 Bounty Hunters PLO

Buy in: US$ 525
Guarantee: US$ 15,000
Entries: 83
Prize pool: US$ 41,500
ITM: 11 places
Winner: TIAN SHENG “mikeqts” QI – China – US$ 10,568.01

WSOPC High Rollers: $840 Bounty Warmup – Day 8

Buy in: US$ 840
Guarantee: US$ 40,000
Entries: 56
Prize pool: US$ 44,800
ITM: 7 places
Winner: HUANG11111 – China – US$ 15,372.80

WSOPC Series: $50 Fifty Stack PLO – Day 8

Buy in: US$ 50
Guarantee: US$ 10,000
Entries: 244
Prize pool: US$ 11,224
ITM: 35 places
Winner: CLOCKMAKER – Singapore – US$ 2,559.97

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,500 Deepstack Special – Day 8

Buy in: US$ 1,500
Guarantee: US$ 75,000
Entries: 55
Prize pool: US$ 78,375
ITM: 7 places
Winner: BIG HAI – China – US$ 22,505.18

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