Natural8-WSOPC: stefanos1, notsureif, & PocketJah cash in large; Natural8 members run deep to win daily leader boards

As the weekend approaches, attendance at the WSOP Super Circuit Online Series has risen, which means, so have the prize pools. Day 12 witnessed several players grab six figures. The biggest winners were stefanos1, notsureif, and PocketJah. Also attaining glory were several Natural8 members such as fkbedtime and NevSlater, both were among the Natural8 Daily leader board winners.

The massive online series has been running since May 3rd at GG Network Natural8 with the last of the games taking place on May 31st. Over the 29 days, 18 Ring Events and hundreds of side games litter the roster. A $ 100 million guarantee has been promised. To date, six WSOP gold rings have been captured, 213 games have completed, and over $ 45 million paid out.

Upcoming WSOPC Ring Events

Upcoming in 2 to 3 days time are three featured WSOPC Ring Events. Up first is Ring Event #7: Monster Stack $500K GTD. For an investment of $ 200, players have a chance at the $ 500,000 guarantee. If the first installment of this event is a gauge, then expect thousands in attendance and a pot well over the guarantee. The event takes place on May 17 at 21:00 (HKT). Within the past three days, the number of players has jumped from 22 to 115.

Following the above event is Ring Event #8: HR Championships $10M GTD. It offers the largest guarantee of all WSOPC events, coming in at a whopping $ 10 million. To take part, buy in is just as high at $ 25,000. Registration has increased to 57 players. Among them are GGPoker Ambassadors Fedor Holz, Bryn Kenney, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, and Fedor Kruse. Other players are ring winners TheMadQueen and Chi Jen Chu “PetitFoxx”. Also in the line up is Kristen Bicknell “Krissyb24”. Game gets underway on May 18 at 2:00 (HKT).

One hour after the event above is WSOPC Ring Event #9: Mini Main Event $1M GTD. With its very affordable $ 100 buy in and $ 1 million guaranteed pot, this is definitely one hot item. The number of entries has been increasing exponentially everyday. At the time of writing there were 20,847 entries to more than smash the guarantee. The prize pool now sits at $ 1,918,568. With 13 Day 1 heats remaining, it should easily push well over $ 2.5 million. Among the current leaders is Ring Event winner Chi Jen Chu “PetitFoxx. The final day gets underway on May 18 at 3:00 (HKT).

The star attraction of the series is the WSOPC Ring Event #17: MAIN EVENT $5M GTD. Daily Day 1 heats have been running, buy in is $ 1,000. Among the final day qualifiers are Fedor Holz, Fedor Kruse, and Krissyb24. Lester Edoc “mon$terDad also qualified and is currently one of the chip leaders.

stefanos1 and notsureif take down the $10K High Roller

Two $10K High Roller events were offered on Day 12 with the larger of the two seeing 73 entries. The top 9 players earned a piece of the $ 708,100 prize pool with the top three pocketing six figures. The final two players opted on a deal that eventually saw Greek player stefanos1 ship it for $ 170K.

WSOPC Series: $10K High Roller

Buy in: $ 10,000
Guarantee: $ 500,000
Entries: 73
Prize pool: $ 708,100
ITM: 9 places

Payouts

1st stefanos1 – Greece – $ 170,047.57 (deal)
2nd HowieG – Canada – $ 154,842.13 (deal)
3rd Mikhail Tal – Croatia – $ 101,765.01
4th great poker – Croatia – $ 79,568.13
5th Mr. Jackpots – Canada – $ 62,212.81
6th Le Flaneur – Canada – $ 48,643
7th AceKing41 – UK – $ 38,0433.04
8th ME BOII – New Zealand – $ 29,737.29
9th AlwaysWithNuts – Russia – $ 23,251.02

The other $10K High Roller event drew a smaller field of 45 registered. Five players grabbed a piece of the $ 463,500 pot with the biggest chunk going to Austria’s notsureif for $186.2K. For this, notsureif won the single largest first prize of Day 12. Also earning six figures was 2nd placer PcketJah for $ 110K.

WSOPC Series: $10K High Roller

Buy in: $ 10,000
Guarantee: $ 300,000
Entries: 45
Prize pool: $ 463,500
ITM: 5 places

Payouts

1st notsureif – Austria – $ 186,203.85
2nd PocketJah – Canada – $ 110,018.86
3rd MR.alligetor – Albania – $ 69,250.72
4th Golden snitch – UK – $ 43,589.45
5th Trashdawg – Albania – $ 27,437.12

Biggest Earner: PocketJah runs deep in two for $ 200K

Despite missing the mark by one spot at the event above, Canada’s PocketJah still made sure to close one out. PocketJah defeated a field of 45 entries at one of the $5K High Roller events, denying second placer HONEYDETECTED the $ 91.1K first prize. In total, PocketJah won a combined $ 200K at Day 12.

WSOPC Series: $5K High Roller

Buy in: $ 5,000
Guarantee: $ 150,000
Entries: 45
Prize pool: $ 213,750
ITM: 5 places

Payouts

1st Pocketjah – Canada – $ 91,182.81
2nd HONEYDETECTED – UK – $ 53,875.21
3rd The_Answer – Mexico – $ 33,911.43
4th PagoPagoPago – Canada – $ 21,345.35
5th AlwaysWithNuts – Russia – $ 13,435.70

Natural8 Le Flaneur wins ROW leader board for the fifth time

Among the players that cashed at the $ 10K High Roller won by stefanos1 was Natural8 member Le Flaneur (6th). This achievement along with a second place finish at a $ 5K High Roller event was good enough to win the ROW (Rest of World) daily leader board for the fifth time.

WSOPC Series: $5K High Roller

Buy in: $ 5,000
Guarantee: $ 125,000
Entries: 35
Prize pool: $ 166,250
ITM: 5 places

Payouts

1st The_Answer – Mexico – $ 70,919.57
2nd Le Flaneur – Canada – $ 41,902.94
3rd Jebron Lames – Canada – $ 26,375.56
4th Omoshiroi Sekai – Slovenia – $ 16m601.93
5th ShopOpen – Ireland – $ 10,449.99

Top Bounty Hunter: Steven van ZZZZZZZ

The day’s most impressive bounty hunter was Steven van ZZZZZZZ who overcame the 1,104 hungry punters at the $ 210 Bounty event. Steven van ZZZZZZZ won the $ 18,009.54 first prize and added to that was a massive $ 15,277.80 in bounty rewards for a combined total $ 33,287.34 in winnings. To give you an idea on how large that bounty reward was, the second highest bounty collector only earned over $ 5K.

Steven van ZZZZZZZ also ran deep at a $ 2.5K event finishing 2nd for $ 29,258.31. In total, Steven van ZZZZZZZ earned over $ 62K on Day 12.

WSOPC Series: $210 Bounty

Buy in: $ 210
Guarantee: $ 150,000
Entries: 1,104
Prize pool: $ 220,800
ITM:
Winner: Steven van ZZZZZZZ – Ireland – $ 33,287.34 (includes massive $ 15,277.80 in bounties)

WSOPC Series: $2.5K

Buy in: $ 2,500
Guarantee: $ 100,000
Entries: 63
Prize pool: $ 149,625
ITM: 8 places
Winner: TuucJenji888 – Canada – $ 46,492.13
2nd Steven van ZZZZZZZ – Ireland – $ 29,258.31

Natural8 fkbedtime wins DACH daily leader board for the 7th time

Out of twelve days of games, Natural8 member fkbedtime has won the DACH (Germany – Austria – Switzerland) daily leader board an incredible seven times. The latest win was due to a victory at the $ 1K event, besting 111 to take home $ 24.1K.

WSOPC Series: $1K

Buy in: $ 1,000
Guarantee: $ 85,000
Entries: 111
Prize pool: $ 105,450
ITM: 15 places
Winner: fkbedtime – Germany – $ 24,151.16

NevSlater Wholedayfulldaygrind, & NOBU18 win daily leader boards

For the Natural8 LATAM (Latin America) daily leader board, Brazil’s NevSlater topped the count after winning the $ 88 Daily Special. This event produced the largest field of Day 12 with 1,832 entries. Finishing in second place Wholedayfulldaygrind to win the Natural8 Hong Kong daily leader board.

Buy in: $ 88
Guarantee: $ 100,000
Entries: 1,832
Prize pool: $ 148,318.72
ITM: 305 places
Winner: NevSlater – Brazil – $ 22,332.48
2nd Wholedayfulldaygrind – Hong Kong – $ 15,917.99

Under the Japan category, it was NOBU18 awarded the Natural8 daily leader board win for a third place finish at the $ 125 Daily Special. This event also drew a big field with 950 in attendance.

WSOPC Series: $125 Daily Special

Buy in: $ 125
Guarantee: $ 70,000
Entries: 950
Prize pool: $ 109,250
ITM: 161 places
Winner: Snow’s Crazy Aye? – Canada – $ 17,906.18
2nd MechBearCat – Israel – $ 12,994.26
3rd NOBU18 – Japan – $ 9,429.93

Other Winners

WSOPC Series: $5K High Roller

Buy in: $ 5,000
Guarantee: $ 200,000
Entries: 67
Prize pool: $ 318,250
ITM: 9 places

Payouts

1st Tinniee – UK – $ 87,522.42
2nd FNC_Broxah – Austria – $ 58,496.73
3rd Krissyb24 – Canada – $ 45,737.48
4th DuckKGG – Germany – $ 35,761.27
5th PabloPotatoe – Austria – $ 27,961.06
6th Moowe23 – Canada – $ 21,862.21
7th TheProfessional – Canada – $ 17,093.65
8th great poker – Croatia – $ 13,365.19
9th Sense8 – Austria – $ 10,449.99

WSOPC Series: $500 Omaha

Buy in: $ 500
Guarantee: $ 40,000
Entries: 108
Prize pool: $ 51,300
ITM: 15 places
Winner: sushami – New Zealand – $ 11,749.24

WSOPC Series: $500 Daily Main

Buy in: $ 500
Guarantee: $ 150,000
Entries: 435
Prize pool: $ 206,625
ITM: 62 places
Winner: H@K1M – Norway – $ 37,068.83

WSOPC Series: $1K

Buy in: $ 1,000
Guarantee: $ 100,000
Entries: 108
Prize pool: $ 102,600
ITM: 15 places
Winner: johnnie blue – Canada – $ 23,498.42

WSOPC Series: $250 Daily Special

Buy in: $ 250
Guarantee: $ 60,000
Entries: 410
Prize pool: $ 94,300
ITM: 71 places
Winner: Noodlesz – Japan – $ 16,976.94

WSOPC Key Events

17 days of WSOPC events yet to be played. In addition to the Ring Events mentioned above, other key events to mark down:

– $ 1,000 Main Event – $ 5 million GTD – $ 1,000 buy in
– COLOSSUS – $2M GTD – $ 400 buy -in

Ring Event Leader Board

Top 10 players

Rank	Nickname	Flag	Points	Prize
1	PetitFoxx		75.00	$0.01
2	TheMadQueen		60.00	$0.01
3	BlaireauEnColere		60.00	$0.01
4	JoaoValli		60.00	$0.01
5	JuanMartinDelPotro54		57.50	$0.01
6	tiredfella		57.50	$0.01
7	274AS		55.00	$0.01
8	Igutu		50.00	$0.01
9	Fedor Kruse		47.50	$0.01
10	Neto 10		47.50	$0.01

$10,000 Daily Leaderboard

Natural8 is running exclusive leaderboards with up to $300,000 in prizes. There are 7 leaderboards in total, categorized based on location: South East Asia (SEA) / Hong Kong / Japan / LATAM / DACH / CIS + Ukraine / Rest of the World (ROW).

Day 11 Winners:

SEA

Rank	Nickname	Flag	Points	Prize
1	Ellen DeGenerate		280.38	$988.00
2	newjerry		178.83	$488.00
3	OMGItsMe		139.86	$388.00
4	potnajea		86.94	$288.00
5	anh961		74.29	$118.00

Hong Kong

Rank	Nickname	Flag	Points	Prize
1	Wholedayfulldaygrind		445.51	$588.00
2	LoveKCM		101.12	$288.00

Japan

Rank	Nickname	Flag	Points	Prize
1	NOBU18		286.25	$688.00
2	urawapoy		251.45	$388.00
3	shorta222		93.13	$168.00

LATAM

Rank	Nickname	Flag	Points	Prize
1	NevSlater		770.24	$688.00
2	HlGHESTINTHEROOM		288.72	$388.00
3	PapaChips		165.60	$168.00

DACH

Rank	Nickname	Flag	Points	Prize
1	fkbedtime		1,364.65	$688.00
2	Rolex Rainer		227.28	$388.00
3	LMFAO		220.97	$168.00

CIS + Ukraine

Rank	Nickname	Flag	Points	Prize
1	BeautyRat		565.17	$688.00
2	mochalov13!		64.15	$388.00
3	Baguslife		62.42	$168.00

Rest of the World (ROW)

Rank	Nickname	Flag	Points	Prize
1	Le Flaneur		775.77	$988.00
2	2timechamp		552.07	$488.00
3	Jesus Shuttlesworth		500.75	$388.00
4	sushami		452.99	$288.00
5	Mr. Jackpots		376.32	$118.00

Exclusive Natural8 promos for WSOPC Online Series

For Natural8 players, the online platform is offering several promos to boost your experience. Head to the site for the details.

· WSOP $ 300K Daily Leaderboards

· 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.