Natural8-WSOPC: Kristen Bicknell wins again; Foxen goes deep; Bot Marley ships the $5K HR; more pros cash in
The ongoing WSOP Super Circuit Online Series completed Day 20 of its 29 day schedule. 14 games ran with $ 1.3M paid out. The biggest winner was Croatia’s Bot Marley who took down the lone $ 5K High Roller event offered. The day also saw numerous poker superstars go deep such as Alex Foxen, Almedin Imsirovic, and WSOPE 2019 Main Event champion Alexandros Kolonias. GPI Female POY 2019 Kristen Bicknell had another successful day, claiming a third series win.
The WSOPC is considerably the largest online event ever staged. It opened on May 3rd at GG Network Natural8 and will run until May 31st. 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, 345 games won, and $ 82.6 million paid out. Nine 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
One more day before the next chance to lock in one of the WSOP gold rings. Up first is WSOPC Ring Event #12: Monster Stack $500K GTD. The previous installments turned up a huge crowd over 5,100 for a final pot that nearly doubled the guarantee. Winners ShopChop96 and 274AS both shipped over $ 134K.
For the upcoming installment, another large field is expected. At the time of writing, 151 have registered among them is GGPoker Ambassador Felipe Ramos.
Buy in: $ 200
Guarantee: $ 500,000
Date: May 24 @ 21:00 (HKT)
Update: WSOPC Ring Event #13: COLOSSUS $2M GTD
Surpasses guarantee
Several hours after the start of the event above is another golden opportunity. WSOPC Ring Event #13: COLOSSUS $ 2M GTD gets rolling on May 25 @ 03:00 (HKT). A massive crowd has been brewing. To date, 5,617 entered, and with each one paying up $ 400 the guarantee was surpassed. It now sits at $ 2,134,460. Only 8 Day 1 heats remain. 808 have qualified for the final day.
Among the qualifiers are Alexandros Kolonias (WSOPE 2019 Main Event champion), Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Henri Buehler, Alex Foxen, Kristen Bicknell, Kosei Ichinose, Vincent Kwun Ngai Li “Peleus34”, and five ring winners JoaoValli, BlaireauEnColere, ShopChop96, Chi Jen Chu “PetitFoxx” and NeverGambol. Turkey’s MygameMyrules leads with 1,317,721 in chips.
Buy in: $ 400
Guarantee: $ 2,000,000
Date: May 25 @ 03:00 (HKT)
Daily Day 1 heats: 8 remaining
Top 10 in chips
Update: WSOPC Ring Event #16: PLO MAIN EVENT $1M GTD
Increasing in numbers is the WSOPC Ring Event #16: PLO MAIN EVENT $1M GTD which surpassed its guarantee two nights ago. With a cumulative 1,124 entries, the pot sits at $ 1,067,800. There are 34 Day 1 heats remaining.
Among the 135 final day qualifiers is newly signed GGPoker Ambassador Fedor Holz. Holz is running second in chips just behind Hungarian pro Andras Nemeth. Other notable players through to the final day are Amichai Barer, Patrick Leonard “Babu$hka”, Lucas Greenwood, Guo Dong, Lester Edoc “mon$terDad”, and ring winner ShopChop96.
Buy in: $ 1,000
Guarantee: $ 1,000,000
Final Day: June 1 @ 0300 (HKT)
Daily Day 1 heats: 34 remaining
Top 10 in chips
Update: WSOPC Ring Event #17: MAIN EVENT $5M GTD
Of all the WSOPC events in the roster, the prestigious WSOPC Ring Event #17: MAIN EVENT $5M GTD is the one to conquer. A long list of notable players have already secured their final day spot. Among them are Bertrand “ElkY” Grospelier, Fedor Holz, Boris Becker, Henri Buehler, Alex Foxen, Kristen Bicknell, Daniel Dvoress, Andras Nemeth, Adrian Mateos, Lucas Greenwood, Matthias Eibinger, Almedin Imsirovic, and 2019 WSOPE Main Event winner Alexandros Kolonias.
Series ring winners also making it through were TheMadQueen, ChilaxChuck, BlaireauEnColere, ShopChop96, and 800-522-4700. Philippines’s Lester Edoc “mon$terDad” and UK’s Gavin Cochrane are among the top 10 in chips.
To qualify, 34 remaining daily Day 1 heats lead up to the event. Currently 3,696 entered with 512 through to the final day.
Buy in: $ 1,000
Guarantee: $ 5,000,000
Final Day: June 1 @ 03:00 (HKT)
Daily Day 1 heats: 34 remaining
Top 10 in chips
Day 20 results
Biggest Event Winner: Bot Marley – $ 85,341.91
47 entered the lone $ 5K High Roller on Day 20 and after a quick five hours, it was done and dusted with Croatia’s Bot Marley defeating powerhouse player Almedin Imsirovic for the $ 85,341.91 first prize. Also missing the mark was WSOPE 2019 Main Event champion Alexandros Kolonias, finishing in 3rd place.
WSOPC Series: $5K High Roller
Buy in: $ 5,000
Guarantee: $ 150,000
Entries: 47
Prize pool: $ 223,250
ITM: 6 places
Payouts
1st Bot Marley – Croatia – $ 85,341.91
2nd Almedin Imsirovic – Canada – $ 52,459.28
3rd Alexandros Kolonias – Greece – $ 35.235.52
4th Jonathan Van Fleet – Canada – $ 23,666.77
5th dnegking – Canada – $ 15,896.35
6th David Szep – Hungary – $ 10,677.17
Poker power couple Bicknell and Foxen go deep
Famed power couple / GPI Player of the Year winners Kristen Bicknell and Alex Foxen ran well on Day 20. Bicknell has now put her stamp on three events having won the $ 1K buy in event last night. She defeated 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event champion Amichai Barer at heads up to drag in the $ 20.4K first prize. As for Foxen, he has yet to land one but got close at the $ 2.5K buy in event finishing 2nd to player UknowWhoIam.
WSOPC Series: $1K
Buy in: $ 1,000
Guarantee: $ 85,000
Entries: 91
Prize pool: $ 86,450
ITM: 13 places
Winner: Kristen Bicknell – Canada – $ 20,487.84
2nd Amichai Barer – Canada – $ 15,515.95
WSOPC Series: $2.5K
Buy in: $ 2,500
Guarantee: $ 75,000
Entries: 44
Prize pool: $ 104,500
ITM: 5 places
Payouts
1st UknowWhoIam – Uruguay – $ 44,578.03
2nd Alex Foxen – Canada – $ 26,338.99
3rd Artur Martirosian – Russia – $ 16,578.91
4th MemeCollector – Singapore – $ 10,435.50
5th TexasPete – Costa Rica – $ 6,568.56
Other Big Winners
WSOPC Series: $500 Daily Main
Buy in: $ 500
Guarantee: $ 150,000
Entries: 300
Prize pool: $ 150,000
ITM: 44 places
Winner: Necks87 – Canada – $ 28,247.39
WSOPC Series: $1K
Buy in: $ 1,000
Guarantee: $ 85,000
Entries: 83
Prize pool: $ 85,000
ITM: 11 places
Winner: pablofelto – Mexico – $ 20,732.10
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 22 Winners:
Asia
Rank | Nickname | Flag | Points | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LEN1234980 |
| 615.31 | $988.00 |
2 | robdag83 |
| 385.38 | $688.00 |
3 | urawapoy |
| 370.32 | $488.00 |
4 | anh961 |
| 204.38 | $338.00 |
5 | TheAlchemist$ |
| 162.68 | $288.00 |
6 | OMGItsMe |
| 158.61 | $188.00 |
7 | vanillalatteice |
| 147.28 | $168.00 |
8 | luckyducky |
| 104.65 | $128.00 |
9 | NZTkid |
| 94.66 | $108.00 |
10 | noobangry |
| 84.44 | $98.00 |
11 | BankZapp |
| 75.61 | $68.00 |
12 | Jonyii1188 |
| 72.41 | $68.00 |
13 | CardVader17 |
| 71.27 | $58.00 |
LATAM
Rank | Nickname | Flag | Points | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cyxapuk |
| 768.17 | $688.00 |
2 | Aoertejia |
| 403.18 | $488.00 |
3 | grigopoker |
| 169.89 | $338.00 |
4 | OkJustOneMore |
| 144.72 | $228.00 |
5 | lafiera8 |
| 128.46 | $188.00 |
6 | KoiOfTheHill |
| 104.83 | $138.00 |
7 | TavimWin |
| 75.51 | $118.00 |
8 | Player024 |
| 71.62 | $98.00 |
9 | icamefromthestreets |
| 62.37 | $78.00 |
Rest of the World (ROW)
Rank | Nickname | Flag | Points | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | biomimicry |
| 479.72 | $1,068.00 |
2 | RockyRagoo |
| 361.51 | $788.00 |
3 | BeautyRat |
| 359.98 | $588.00 |
4 | PoopyMcFarts |
| 338.61 | $388.00 |
5 | RoosterBooster |
| 310.15 | $288.00 |
6 | alucard_89 |
| 236.05 | $188.00 |
7 | roundeye |
| 219.38 | $168.00 |
8 | yowzer |
| 177.64 | $138.00 |
9 | jellopy77 |
| 171.96 | $128.00 |
10 | M.Vigants |
| 167.45 | $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.
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