Natural8-WSOPC: Taiwan’s Chin-Wei “davidchien88” Chien wins WSOPC Ring; side winners Julian Pineda and Rumukulus among Day 24 and Day 25 highlights

The Natural8 – WSOP Super Circuit Online Series 2021 is nearing its end with only several days remaining and two WSOPC Rings up for grabs. The newest champion was Chin-Wei “davidchien88” Chien who brought home a first WSOPC 2021 Ring for Taiwan. As a Natural8 player, “davidchien88” also won a US$ 10,000 LiveX Sponsorship package. At the side events, David Coleman added a sixth win to his series portfolio, Artur Martirosian at his heels with a fifth win, Julian “don chimbo” Pineda banked six figures, Adrian Mateos claimed his first win, and Natural8 player “Rumukulus” took down his third. To date, the festival has paid out over US$ 84.1 Million. Day 24 and Day 25 highlights, ring event recap, and other WSOPC 2021 updated info are provided below.

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WSOPC by the numbers

Day 1 – 25 cumulative prize pool: US$ 84,123,866

Seven figure prize pools: 9 ring events, 9 side events

Rings awarded: 16

Side events: 703

Total entries: 655,491

Largest Ring Event turnout

Phased: RING #7: BIG 25 – 61,456 entries

Single Day: Ring #14: $77 LUCKY 7’s – 9,966 entries

Multiple Ring Event final tables

Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff – two
Claas Segebrecht – two
TooStonedMonkey – two
Tim “BeardOilGuy” Rutherford – two
Eder “BlueMoon” Campana – two
davidchien88 – two

WSOPC 2021 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:Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff–Canada– US$ 71,139.69
Ring #6:GangstaZab–Russia– US$ 133,179.80
Ring #7:Raggaz–New Zealand– US$ 145,994.01
Ring #8:Andres “chokitin” Korn–Argentina– US$ 163,388.73
Ring #9:Aleksey “ somebody444” Churbanov–Russia– US$ 69,142.65
Ring #10:David “Alw4ysinduc3” Vinayagamoorthy–Norway– US$ 84,831.28
Ring #11:PDC Mayor–Mexico– US$ 330,506.72
Ring #12:Ian “potamophobia” Matakis–USA– US$ 87,386.17
Ring #13:NuttedDreams–Austria– US$ 51,285.42
Ring #14: Ficho – Germany – US$ 76,029.52
Ring #15: RyutaroYT – Japan – 140,050.95

Natural8 LiveX Sponsorship Package winners

Ring #7 winner – New Zealand’s “Raggaz”
Ring #10 winner – Norway’s David “Alw4ysinduc3” Vinayagamoorthy

Ring #16 winner – Taiwan’’s Chin-Wei “davidchien88” Chien

RING #16: $840 Bounty Hunters Championship – CHIN WEI “davidchien88” CHIEN – US$ 113,881.23

Tuesday night’s main attraction was none other than Ring #16: $840 Bounty Hunters Championship with 1,477 entering for a smashing US$ 1,181,600 prize pool. A few minutes shy of ten hours, Taiwan’s Chin-Wei “davidchien88” Chienshipped it to lock up the coveted WSOPC Ring and a career high network payout. The champion earned the US$ 49,398.24 first prize and a massive US$ 64,482.99 in bounty rewards for a combined US$ 113,88.23. This was another fantastic run for “davidchien88” who previously reached the final table of Ring #9: $525 Bounty Deepstack No Limit Hold’em, finishing in 3rd place for US$ 31,767.32. As added bonus, “davidchien88” was awarded a Natural8 US$ 10,000 LiveX Sponsorship package.

Buy-in: US$ 840

Guarantee: US$ 1,000,000

Entries: 1,477

Prize pool: US$ 1,181,600

ITM: 206 places

Running time: 9 hours and 57 minutes

Final table payouts

1st Chin-Wei “davidchien88” Chien – Taiwan – US$ 113,881.23

2nd Jakub “Janusz1957PL” Machalak – Poland – US$ 66,134.38

3rd Enrico Camosci – Italy – US$ 49,597.38

4th Pacailo – Uzbekistan – US$ 46,215.88

5th Eder “BlueMoon” Campana – Brazil – US$ 28,574.84

6th Luiz “Isildinho1” Neri – Brazil – US$ 19,540.42

7th Robert Haigh – Germany – US$ 26,595.84

8th Titus Catana – Austria – US$ 16,011.70

9th Rayan “InhalemyQuQ” Chamas – Lebanon – US$ 12,576.50

Notable players in the money: Ring #6 winner “GangstaZab” (15th), Dicky “Floatinworld” Tsang (21st), Jingxiang “Fuzzy Wuzzy!” Ong (26th), Leandro Bianchini (31st), Sriharsha “Upswinger” Doddapaneni (32nd), Daniel “WolfieD” Gabriel (38th), Ring #8 winner Andres “chokitin” Korn (61st), Paul “Rahchan” Hong (62nd), Alessandro Giannelli (82nd), Ansul “ISILDUR99” Rajput (109th), Jessica Teusl (111th), Damian Salas (130th), Justin “LappyPoker” Lapka (133rd), Leocir “LeoJose” Carneiro (152nd), and Joseph Cheong (165th).

Event recap

As with all the previous ring events, a long list of noteworthy players attended with many firing multiple bullets. Niklas Astedt and Natural8 Team Hot member Pete Chen both fired seven each that despite cashing, they still ended up way in the red. At the final table, five players were in for more than one buy in including eventual champion “davidchien88″ who re-entered three times. The final table was formed at the fall of India’s Skinny Pete who was denied a chance at a second final table. As for Brazil’s Eder “BlueMoon” Campana and “davidchien88”, both were on their second final table visit.

Kicking off the action, Italy’s Enrico Camosci held command and Canada’s Robert Haigh was ranked eighth with the largest bounty on his head. First to go was Lebanon’s Rayan “InhalemyQuQ” Chamas with BlueMoon’s full house outdrawing . Twenty minutes later, Poland’s Jakub “Janusz1957PL” Machalak booted Austria’s Titus Catana with pocket nines dominating pocket sevens, then davidchien88 scored a huge double up that sent Haigh down to less than one bb. Haigh was eliminated on the next hand.

The next 45 minutes saw the continued rise of davidchien88 who took a commanding lead after catching a lucky set with to boot Brazil’s Luiz “Isildinho1” Neri who had . This gave davidchien88 nearly half the chips at his disposal. Next showdown awarded short stacked Janusz1957PL a double up off Camosci which he then used to rail BlueMoon in 5th place. Overwhelming chip leader davidchien88 finished off Uzbekistan’s “Pacailo” (4th) and Camosci (3rd) to kick off the heads-up round. davidchien88 kept his lead intact throughout. The final hand was straight beating two pair on a board .

Ring Events Remaining

RING #17: $52.50 Ultra Deepstack Bounty Turbo NLHE

Date: May 29 @ 18:05 UTC / May 30 @ 02:05 HKT

Guarantee: US$ 250,000

RING #18: $525 MAIN EVENT

Guarantee: US$ 5,000,000

Day 1: Daily flights running

Day 2: May 30 @ 20:05 UTC / May 31 @ 04:05 HKT

As added incentive, the eventual MAIN EVENT champion will receive a US$ 50,000 Sponsorship and become the first member of the Team Champions. Sponsorship package includes: GGPoker Online Series Main Event, Live WSOP Main Event, Live WSOP Europe Main Event, Other Events upon agreement, and exclusive access to the GG lounge at Live Events. The winner will also have a Custom Avatar, Team Champions Badge, and other network perks.

Cash Game Rings

As advertised, for the first time ever, two CASH GAME RINGS are up for grabs, one for Hold’em players and one for Omaha players. Only the top 9 ranked by “highest weighted bb” will be invited to the final table. They compete on June 5 at 18:00 UTC / June 6 at 02:00 HKT. Each of the qualifiers are guaranteed a minimum US$ 300. The top cash prize is US$ 2,600. For Natural8 members that qualify, your cash prize will have a bonus 1.5x multiplier. You can view the current standings and the payouts via the link provided.

Cash Game Rings standings and payouts

David Coleman wins again for his sixth side event takedown

Canada’s David Coleman shipped the goods again for his sixth side event takedown! He currently leads the charts with the most side event wins, and all of them were at WSOPC High Rollers events. On Day 24, Coleman banked his 6th win at the $1,500 Deepstack Special for US$ 26,923.75. In victories alone, he has collected US$ 167,558.51. His wins are listed below.

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,500 Deepstack Special – Day 24

Buy in: US$ 1,500

Guarantee: US$ 75,000

Entries: 81

Prize pool: US$ 115,425

ITM: 11 places

Winner: DAVID COLEMAN – Canada – US$ 26,923.75

Day 6 – $1,500 Deepstack Special – US$ 24,553.13

Day 13 – $2,625 Blade Mulligan – US$ 18,765.39 (heads up deal)

Day 14 – $1,050 Daily Heater Bounty Turbo – US$ 13,368.53

Day 17 – $3,150 Blade Bounty King – US$ 28,838.34

Day 23 – $3,150 Blade Bounty King – US$ US$ 55,109.37

Artur Martirosian up to five side event wins

On Day 24, Russia’s Artur Martirosian added another WSOPC High Rollers win to his long list of series cashes, making that five side event win in total. He is now just one victory away from matching up to leader David Coleman who has six wins. Martirosian’s latest takedown was at the $1,050 Daily Heater HR Bounty Turbo for US$ 18,799.86. In victories alone, Martirosian has earned US$ 101,583.72. His wins are listed below.

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,050 Daily Heater HR Bounty Turbo – Day 24

Buy in: US$ 1,050

Guarantee: US$ 50,000

Entries: 76

Prize pool: US$ 76,000

ITM: 11 places

Winner: ARTUR MARTIROSIAN – Russia – US$ 18,799.86

Day 3 – $1,500 Deepstack Special – US$ 23,614.30

Day 4 – $840 Bounty Warmup – US$ 19,398.73

Day 4 – $1,500 Deepstack Special – US$ 24,564.79

Day 22 – $1,050 Daily Heater HR Bounty Turbo – US$ 15,206.04

Austria’s “kelvra77” ships two side events on Day 24

Austria’s “kelvra77” came out swinging on Day 24 with two WSOPC Series Pot Limit Omaha side events shipped. “Kelvra77” now has three PLO wins total with the first one claimed on Day 6, also at the $50 Fifty Stack PLO.

WSOPC Series: $50 Fifty Stack PLO – Day 24

Buy in: US$ 50

Guarantee: US$ 5,000

Entries: 157

Prize pool: US$ 7,222

ITM: 20 places

Winner: KELVRA77 – Austria – US$ 1,810.74

WSOPC Series: $525 Bounty Hunters PLO – Day 24

Buy in: US$ 525

Guarantee: US$ 25,000

Entries: 56

Prize pool: US$ 28,000

ITM: 7 places

Winner: KELVRA77 – Austria – US$ 8,451.76

Biggest Daily Side Event Winners

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,050 Sunday ME [2 Day Event] – Day 24

Buy in: US$ 1,050

Guarantee: US$ 1,000,000

Entries: 1,011

Prize pool: US$ 1,011,000

ITM: 134 places

Winner: JULIAN “don chimbo” PINEDA – Colombia – US$ 140,618.47

WSOPC High Rollers – $1,050 Daily Main [2 Day Event] – Day 25

Buy in: US$ 1,050

Guarantee: US$ 200,000

Entries: 216

Prize pool: US$ 216,000

ITM: 31 places

Winner: ADRIAN MATEOS – Spain – US$ 45,928.40

Multiple Side Event Winners

WSOPC Series: $250 Monster Stack – Day 25

Buy in: US$ 250

Guarantee: US$ 50,000

Entries: 270

Prize pool: US$ 62,100

ITM: 39 places

Winner: RUMUKULUS – Austria – US$ 12,741.06

Natural8 player “Rumukulus” was fired up on Day 25 with a 2nd place finish at the $250 Monster Stack Turbo for US$ 6,713.59 and a victory at the $250 Monster Stack for US$ 12,741.06. This was his third side event win with the first one shipped on Day 14 at the WSOPC High Rollers $1,050 Thursday Thriller Bounty for US$ 56,582.22 and a second on Day 17 at the $210 Bounty for US$ 14,402.77.

WSOPC High Rollers: $3,150 Blade Bounty King – Day 25

Buy in: US$ 3,150

Guarantee: US$ 50,000

Entries: 19

Prize pool: US$ 57,000

ITM: 3 places

Winner: VLAD STEFAN “HaiFanFan” LACHE – Romania – US$ 28,618.62

Third WSOPC High Rollers win for Romania’s Vlad Stefan “HaiFanFan” Lache on Day 25. Lache won his first on Day 11 at the $1,050 Daily Heater HR Bounty Turbo for US$ 22,843.41 and his second on Day 15 at the $1,050 Daily Main for US$ 26,106.45. Back in Day 11, Lache ran deep at Ring #8 $800 Deepstack NLH Championship, finishing in 8th place for US$ 21,788.16.

WSOPC Series: $315 Bounty King Circuit – Day 25

Buy in: US$ 315

Guarantee: US$ 125,000

Entries: 480

Prize pool: US$ 144,000

ITM: 71 places

Winner: PUR3WIT – Andorra – US$ 21,450.65

Second WSOPC Series side event win for Andorra’s “Pur3WiT” with the first one shipped on Day 23 at the $400 Sunday Forty Stack HR for US$ 22,603.08.

WSOPC High Rollers: $840 Bounty Warmup – Day 25

Buy in: US$ 840

Guarantee: US$ 40,000

Entries: 81

Prize pool: US$ 64,800

ITM: 11 places

Winner: 77STORM77 – Canada – US$ 16,660.52

Second WSOPC High Rollers $840 Bounty Warmup win for Canada’s “77Storm77” with the first one shipped on Day 19 for US$ 15,680.75.

WSOPC Series: $100 Deepstack Special – Day 25

Buy in: US$ 100

Guarantee: US$ 75,000

Entries: 1,035

Prize pool: US$ 95,220

ITM: 152 places

Winner: LEGAL – Brazil – US$ 13,402.08

Second WSOPC Series side event win for Brazil’s “legal” with the first one shipped on Day 22 at the $250 Monster Stack Turbo for US$ 6,784.33.

WSOPC Series: $125 Circuit Special – Day 25

Buy in: US$ 125

Guarantee: US$ 60,000

Entries: 565

Prize pool: US$ 64,975

ITM: 80 places

Winner: JORTSULAINEN – Finland – US$ 10,616.29

Second WSOPC Series side event win for Finland’s “Jortsulainen” with the first one shipped on Day 3 at the $30 Marathon for US$ 7,058.19.

WSOPC Series: $250 Fifty Stack – Day 24

Buy in: US$ 250

Guarantee: US$ 40,000

Entries: 241

Prize pool: US$ 55,430

ITM: 35 places

Winner:MARIAM “WisdomTree” NOZADZE – Georgia – US$ 10,506.73

After a heads-up deal with Connor Drinan, chip leader Mariam“WisdomTree” Nozadze went on to victory. This was Nozadze’s third WSOPC Series win with the other two shipped at the $105 Bounty Hunters PLO events on Day 12 for US$ 3,824.38 and Day 15 for US$ 4,008.60.

WSOPC Series: $525 Bounty Hunters PLO – Day 25

Buy in: US$ 525

Entries: 74

Prize pool: US$ 37,000

ITM: 11 places

Winner: TITUS CATANA – Austria – US$ 10,467.44

Day 25 was very profitable for Austria’s Titus Catana with an 8th place finish at Ring #16 $840 Bounty Hunters Championship for US$ 16,011.70 and a victory at the side events for another US$ 10,467.44. This was Catana’s second WSOPC Series side event win with the first one shipped on Day 17 at the $100 Deepstack Special for US$ 15,436.53.

WSOPC Series: $40 Forty Stack – Day 25

Buy in: US$ 40

Guarantee: US$ 40,000

Entries: 1,210

Prize pool: US$ 44,528

ITM: 170 places

Winner: KINGPEPEG – Austria – US$ 6,430.12

Second WSOPC Series side event win for Austria’s “KINGPEPEG” with a first one shipped on Day 18 at the $30 Marathon for US$ 5,006.09.

WSOPC Series: $315 Bounty King PLO – Day 25

Buy in: US$ 315

Guarantee: US$ 15,000

Entries: 64

Prize pool: US$ 19,200

ITM: 8 places

Winner: KIRILL “iHodl_” SHUGAI – Russia – US$ 6,421.97

Third WSOPC Series Pot Limit Omaha side event win for Russia’s Kirill “iHodl_” Shugai. He shipped his first on Day 1 at the same event for US$ 9,684.77 then a second win on Day 8 at the $525 Bounty Hunters PLO for US$ 9,568.68.

WSOPC Series: $25 Monster Stack Turbo – Day 24

Buy in: US$ 25

Guarantee: US$ 20,000

Entries: 1,221

Prize pool: US$ 28,083

ITM: 170 places

Winner: IVAN “00COEL” BANIC – Croatia – US$ 4,055.42

Second WSOPC Series side event win for Croatia’s Ivan “00COEL” Banic with a first one shipped on Day 22 at the $40 Forty Stack for US$ 4,996.38

WSOPC Series: $105 Bounty Hunters PLO – Day 24

Buy in: US$ 105

Guarantee: US$ 10,000

Entries: 141

Prize pool: US$ 14,100

ITM: 20 places

Winner: OSTAPBENDER40 – Russia – US$ 2,645.74

Second WSOPC Series Pot Limit Omaha side event win for Russia’s “ostapbender40” with the first one shipped on Day 5 at the same event for US$ 4,980.19.

Asia Pacific – Side Event Winners

WSOPC High Rollers: $1,500 Deepstack Special – Day 25

Buy in: US$ 1,500

Guarantee: US$ 100,000

Entries: 67

Prize pool: US$ 100,000

ITM: 9 places

Winner: AMY1091991 – Taiwan – US$ 20,127.63*

2nd TSZ345 – China – US$ 22,181.04*

After a heads-up deal, Taiwan’s “Amy1091991” came from behind for a second WSOPC High Rollers side event win. The first one was shipped on Day 2 at the $1,050 Sunday Kickoff for US$ 42,744.92. Amy1091991 also placed 3rd on Day 22 at the $1,500 Deepstack Special for US$ 12,257.

WSOPC Series: $250 Monster Stack Turbo – Day 25

Buy in: US$ 250

Guarantee: US$ 25,000

Entries: 1,218

Prize pool: US$ 28,014

ITM: 170 places

Winner: GOKCHINEES! – China – US$ 8,952.81

Second side event win for China’s “gokchinees!” with the first one shipped on Day 12 at the WSOPC High Rollers $1,050 Daily Heater HR Bounty Turbo for US$ 17,796.96.

WSOPC Series: $250 Daily Main – Day 24

Buy in: US$ 250

Guarantee: US$ 100,000

Entries: 550

Prize pool: US$ 126,500

ITM: 80 places

Winner: BLACK GI – China – US$ 22,232.68

WSOPC Series: $250 Monster Stack – Day 24

Buy in: US$ 250

Guarantee: US$ 50,000

Entries: 268

Prize pool: US$ 61,640

ITM: 39 places

Winner: JERRY666 – China – US$ 12,646.70

WSOPC Series: $30 Marathon – Day 24

Buy in: US$ 30

Guarantee: US$ 30,000

Entries: 1,377

Prize pool: US$ 38,005.20

ITM: 188 places

Winner: GTEGSHEE9901 – Mongolia – US$ 5,362.03

WSOPC Series: $250 Fifty Stack – Day 25

Buy in: US$

Guarantee: US$ 50,000

Entries: 306

Prize pool: US$ 70,380

ITM: 44 places

Winner: 2BNANBOWANG – China – US$ 14,159.08

WSOPC Series: $50 Fifty Stack – Day 25

Buy in: US$ 50

Guarantee: US$ 50,000

Entries: 1,161

Prize pool: US$ 53,406

ITM: 170 places

Winner: BYSL – China – US$ 7,711.81

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