Event #55: HK$8,000 No Limit Hold'em Asia Championship, HK$8M GTD | 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events

2020-08-09 16:20 UTC

Negreanu From Hero to Zero

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Nível 12 : 35,000/70,000, 7,000 ante

Following a button raise by "genbengLee", Daniel Negreanu moved all-in from the small blind for 1.4 million and Brandon Adams in the big blind reshoved for more than 1.8 million to isolate sucessfully.

Daniel Negreanu:
Brandon Adams:

The board vaulted Negreanu to more than 3 million in chips and Adams was left short.

Negreanu then raised to 140,000 from early position and Yu Fai "Peterboy7" Wu three-bet to 420,000 on the button, which Negreanu called. On a flop of , Negreanu check-raised from 330,330 to 800,660 and Wu tossed in the additional chips.

The appeared on the turn and Negreanu now moved all-in for 2,776,684, which Wu called with the slightly superior stack.

Daniel Negreanu:
Yu Fai "Peterboy7" Wu:

Negreanu's big double draw missed on the blank river and Wu used the "sorry" emoji before raking in the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Yu Fai "Peterboy7" Wu	8,226,831 2,868,424	2,868,424
genbengLee	3,444,767 500,802	500,802
Brandon Adams	372,002 -1,531,172	-1,531,172
Daniel Negreanu	Eliminado

2020-08-09 15:54 UTC

Big Double for Bicknell Against Talbot

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Nível 11 : 30,000/60,000, 6,000 ante

Kristen Bicknell opened the action with a button raise to 132,000 and Parker Talbot simply moved all in for nearly 3.3 million in the big blind. Bicknell quickly used three emojis as Abhinav "OBellaCiao" Iyer also chimed in with one and Bicknell then used a portion of her time bank before making the call for 2.6 million total.

Kristen Bicknell:
Parker Talbot:

The board ran out and Bicknell soared to more than five million.

Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka rarned a portion of those chips with aggression right before they went on the next scheduled break.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Kristen Bicknell	4,591,920 1,788,960	1,788,960

Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka	3,859,383 3,314,561	3,314,561
Abhinav "OBellaCiao" Iyer	1,558,594 -223,750	-223,750
Parker Talbot	632,756 -2,454,960	-2,454,960

2020-08-09 15:34 UTC

Suck, Re-Suck, Re-Re-Suck!

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Nível 10 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

A brutal beat for Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt

"Schen" raised to 100,000 from early position and Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt three-bet shoved all in for 704,778. Back on "Schen" he called it off but was way behind.

Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt:
"Schen":

The flop brought the two-outer "Schen" was looking for, but Alt spiked the on the turn to all but decide it, leaving the Chinese player with just one out.

The river was peeled agonizingly slowly before revealing the case to improve "Schen" to quads and eliminate Alt from the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Schen	1,818,326 1,818,326	1,818,326
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt	Eliminado

2020-08-09 15:06 UTC

Get to Know the WSOP Bracelet Winners on GGPoker (Part 1)

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Nível 8 : 17,500/35,000, 3,500 ante

With the 2020 WSOP Online on GGPoker in full swing and over 20 of its 54 bracelet events in the books, there's been plenty of interesting winners from all across the world so far — even a double-bracelet winner — which each of them having their own unique story on how they captured poker's most coveted prize.

PokerNews has been in touch with several champs around the world to learn more about them. In total's first installment of the series, we take a closer look at Shoma Ishikawa from Japan, the first bracelet winner of the series, Australian high roller Hun Lee, who's no stranger to playing for big money, as well as South Korea's Sung Joo Hyun, who had a deep run in the Little One for One Drop two years ago.

Learn more about the bracelet winners on GGPoker

2020-08-09 14:13 UTC

Negreanu Runs Hot to Bust Azerjav

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Nível 6 : 12,500/25,000, 2,500 ante

Within a few hands only, the entire stack of Blaaz "Sc4rm4k3r" Azerjav vanished and was sent over to table neighbor Daniel Negreanu in two pots worth more than a million in chips.

Daniel Negreanu:
Blaaz "Sc4rm4k3r" Azerjav:

In the first hand it was Negreanu at risk with queens in a classic flip and was call but gone on the flop, the turn bricked but the appeared on the river.

Blaaz "Sc4rm4k3r" Azerjav:
Daniel Negreanu:

Azerjav had another flop and this time the board came to end his run, he left with a disgruntled emoji.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Daniel Negreanu	1,660,077 1,088,214	1,088,214

Steve O'Dwyer	982,978 -112,500	-112,500
Blaaz "Sc4rm4k3r" Azerjav	Eliminado

2020-08-09 13:55 UTC

Chen; Ip and Renaud All Gone

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Nível 6 : 12,500/25,000, 2,500 ante

A short-stacked Pete Chen sent his chips in from the button and found resistance by Rayan "InhalemyQuQ" Chamas in the small blind.

Pete Chen:
Rayan "InhalemyQuQ" Chamas:

On a board, Chen departed.

Fast forward a few moments and Derek Ip was at risk from under the gun, he found a caller in Vincent "Peleus34" Li from the big blind.

Derek Ip:
Vincent "Peleus34" Li:

The board delivered no help for the globetrotter from Hong Kong.

And shortly after on the same table, Alex Foxen then knocked out Brice "Kothoonkhrap" Renaud in a preflop all-in.

Brice "Kothoonkhrap" Renaud:
Alex Foxen:

There was no help on the and the emoji-bursting Foxen held up.

Chamas then showed up on the same table to claim one of the vacated seats.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Alex Foxen	1,828,954 818,821	818,821

Rayan "InhalemyQuQ" Chamas	1,346,738 1,346,738	1,346,738
Vincent "Peleus34" Li	928,948 388,576	388,576
Brice "Kothoonkhrap" Renaud	Eliminado
Derek Ip	Eliminado
Pete Chen	Eliminado

2020-08-09 13:37 UTC

Bicknell In the Lead After Busting Reeves

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Nível 5 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

British poker pro Luke "Xingyun888" Reeves was among the next batch of casualties and he lost his stack of fewer than half a million in chips against the rising Kristen Bicknell.

Lucas "Xingyun888" Reeves:
Kristen Bicknell:

The board came as Bicknell hit a superior full house. Two other big names can be found on the same table in Roberto Romanello and Joao Vieira.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Kristen Bicknell	2,940,985 2,670,093	2,670,093

Joao Vieira	870,942 390,044	390,044

Roberto Romanello	772,996 241,088	241,088

Luke "Xingyun888" Reeves	Eliminado

2020-08-09 12:40 UTC

The Bubble has Burst

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Nível 2 : 6,000/12,000, 1,200 ante

There were several all-in and call at multiple tables and three players busted while as many doubled.

"CallMePognon" doubled through Yuri Dzivielevski with versus in a battle big blind versus button and the board ran out .

Thai Ha was all-in with the out of the big blind and Sebastian "Mustlaaaveit" Sikorski tabled the on the button. The board came and Ha doubled.

Arguably the most exciting hand involved a super short stacked Tyler "stakekings" Hancock who had 0.1 big blinds and won a three-way pot with against the of Brock Wilson, Bela "Teemo2018" Toth folded to a bet by Wilson on the river.

That was the good news. The bad ones include the eliminations of Simon "Fireburns" Burns, Bradley "DrStrange7" Ruben and Fyodor "niabios" Shatokhin. Burns had the shortest stack and was crowned bubble boy as Ruben and Shatokhin min-cashed.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sebastian "Mustlaaaveit" Sikorski	646,022 646,022	646,022
CallMePognon	511,118 511,118	511,118
Brock Wilson	490,000 490,000	490,000
Bela "Teemo2018" Toth	329,982 329,982	329,982
Yuri Dzivielevski	202,999 24,920	24,920

Thai Ha	181,872 67,936	67,936

Tyler "stakekings" Hancock	9,680 9,680	9,680
Simon "Fireburns" Burns	Eliminado
Bradley "DrStrange7" Ruben	Eliminado
Fyodor "niabios" Shatokhin	Eliminado

2020-08-09 12:17 UTC

Ruida Busts In a Big Pot

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Nível 1 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

In a three-bet pot to 60,000 preflop, no action happened on the flop and Lin Ruida then bet the turn and jammed the river for nearly 40 blinds against Sebastian "flashlight99" Mueller. Ruida tabled for kings up but Mueller had the best of it with for tens full.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sebastian "flashlight99" Mueller	1,111,376 1,111,376	1,111,376
Lin Ruida	Eliminado

2020-08-09 11:24 UTC

Payout Information

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As the late registration for the last starting day has closed, another 340 entries boosted the total field size to 3,247 entries and 427 players had made the cut excluding the last flight. Based on the total number of entries, a prize pool of 24,677,200.00 HKD emerged and the top 404 spots will earn a portion of that.

Below are the approximate payouts based on the current exchange rate: 1 Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) = 0.13 USD

Place	Prize (in HKD)	Prize (~ in USD)
1	3,551,611.32 HKD	$461,709.47
2	2,531,707.97 HKD	$329,122.04
3	1,804,690.52 HKD	$234,609.77
4	1,286,442.17 HKD	$167,237.48
5	917,019.55 HKD	$119,212.54
6	653,684.22 HKD	$84,978.95
7	465,967.22 HKD	$60,575.74
8	332,157.57 HKD	$43,180.48
9	236,772.79 HKD	$30,780.46
10-13	168,779.70 HKD	$21,941.36
14-17	120,313.68 HKD	$15,640.78
18-26	85,763.14 HKD	$11,149.21
27-44	61,135.29 HKD	$7,947.59
45-71	43,579.93 HKD	$5,665.39
72-107	37,139.18 HKD	$4,828.09
108-152	32,566.50 HKD	$4,233.65
153-206	28,556.45 HKD	$3,712.34
207-269	25,039.95 HKD	$3,255.19
270-332	21,957.77 HKD	$2,854.51
333-404	19,255.61 HKD	$2,503.23

Buy-In:	8,000 HKD	$1,040
Total:	24,677,200 HKD	$3,208,036