Joseph "B3ndTheKnee" Liberta raised the pot and was called by "SunOfABeach" to then see "Mr-Doberman" three-bet the pot for 150,000. Liberta called all-in and "SunofABeach" called to see the flop. The last 4,715 of "Mr-Doberman" followed, as did the call.
Joseph "B3ndTheKnee" Liberta:
"Mr-Doberman":
"SunOfABeach":
The board completed with the turn and river to let Liberta triple up, "Mr-Doberman" was eliminated.
Liberta then took on Andreas Christoforou and raised the flop to 36,000, which Christoforou called. The Cypriot check-caklled the turn for 60,000 and the river for 132,000 with for a seven-high straight. Liberta had that beat with .
In a battle of the blinds, Toby "shinerrr" Joyce got it in against "omaha4karma" and the showdown was already underway when the flop showed .
Toby "shinerrr" Joyce:
"omaha4karma":
Joyce binked the turn and the river kept him in contention.
Fabrizio "UknowWhoIam" Gonzalez then arrived at the table and Joyce three-bet out of the big blind, which Gonzalez called. Joyce jammed the flop and Gonzalez reluctantly called.
In a three-bet pot to the flop, "Gforgambler" bet half the pot out of the big blind and was called by Ilya "pokanuktus" Pavlov from under the gun. The turn brought another hefty bet and Pavlov called to then call the shove of his opponent on the river.
"Gforgambler" tabled and Pavlov had that beat with .
Two hands later, "Tony Robbins" three-bet out of the small blind and Pavlov called to then call a shove for 22,552 on the flop.
"Tony Robbins":
Ilya "pokanuktus" Pavlov:
The turn gave Pavlov the nut flush draw and the river improved the Russian to two pair.
Chris Moorman three-bet jammed his short stack out of the small blind and was called by "77Storm77".
Chris Moorman:
"77Storm77":
The board ran out and Moorman survived.
In the meanwhile, Florian "iAmImbecile2" Strasser and "GauchoR" were eliminated with the latter receiving T$600 from the bubble protection. Only 180 players remained but George Wolff then became the bubble boy.
Ian "potamophobia" Matakis opened to 12,250 and then called the three-bet to 42,000 by Mikolaj "HORN3T" Zawadzki on the button, which led to the flop. Matakis got the last crumbs in and was called.
Ian "potamophobia" Matakis:
Mikolaj "HORN3T" Zawadzki:
Zawadzki had the wheel already and there was no miracle for Matakis on the turn and river.
Antonio "nanqtf" Pedro raised the pot and called a repot for 16,100 total by Yonathan "ninoboys80" Journo. The 5QsQh10d] flop brought the shove of Journo for the last 5,032 and Pedro made the call.
Yonathan "ninoboys80" Journo:
Antonio "nanqtf" Pedro:
Journo improved with the turn but the river gave Pedro a winning full house.
"BigOoool" raised to 2,100 and then called a three-bet to 7,200 by "roinamylly", as did Olli "JeffBloss" Ikonen in the small blind. On a flop, Ikonen jammed for 12,387 and both players behind got their chips in as well.
Olli "JeffBloss" Ikonen:
"roinamylly":
"BigOoool":
"BigOoool" was ahead with the nut straight and made the nut flush on the turn and river runout. For Ikonen, it was the exit on the fourth and final entry as the tournament only allows for 3 re-entries max.
Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov three-bet to 2,760 out of the big blind and was called only by button raiser Francisco "VaPaCooler" Benitez. On a flop of , Kuznetsov bet the pot for 6,210 and Benitez raised to 12,420. Kuznetsov had fewer than that behind and called all-in.
Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov:
Francisco "VaPaCooler" Benitez:
The turn and river runout gave Benitez a full house as Kuznetsov departed on the first bullet.
Four winners have been crowned during the inaugural 2020 GGPoker World Series of Poker (WSOP) Winter Online Circuit thus far and it is the second festival in the current year during which players from all over the world can compete for the coveted WSOP Circuit Ring on the GGPoker Network.
The first mixed game of the festival will kick off at 6 p.m. GMT and WSOPC Event #5: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha will come with a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000. On the second Super Sunday of the series, several big names of the online and live poker scene are expected to add the four-card variant to their busy Sunday sessions.
All players will receive 25,000 in chips and late registration is available for the first 15 levels. The level duration is set to 12 minutes each until the final table has been determined and up to three re-entries are available during the registration period. While the tournament is run in the six-max format, the final nine will combine to the final table and as of then, each level will feature 25 hands in total.
Nearly 200 players are registered half an hour prior to the start and that includes notables such as Kosei Ichinose, GGPoker ambassador Felipe Ramos, Mikhail Semin, Rainer Kempe, Jessica Teusl, WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess and Mario Mosboeck to name a few.
The event will play down to a winner tonight and the PokerNews live updates team will try to provide as many key hands as possible until the final river card has been dealt.