Nível: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Nível: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Vasu Amarapu went from $50 into potentially millions in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, which you can follow here, thanks to signing up for the Club GG poker app.
On the dinner break of Day 7, Amarapu was at around 25 big blinds, a bit below the average stack. He was well in contention for the gold bracelet and the $8 million prize. With 20 players remaining, he's guaranteed at least $241,800, an incredible return on investment (ROI) for what he paid to get into poker's world championship event.
"The fifty bucks that I spent, that's the best thing that happened to me in my life," Amarapu told PokerNews in a Day 6 interview, referring to the monthly fee to play on the Club GG app.
If not for an article on PokerNews, Amarapu might not be in this position. That's not us tooting our own horn, the potential future world champion said as much.
"I read an article on PokerNews, and right away I downloaded the app," the poker player said. "The steps were very clear."
Amarapu is referring to a September article written by our Jason Glatzer, which explains how to download and play on the Club GG app. He read the article, signed up, paid his $49.99 monthly fee, and won his way into the WSOP Main Event, along with a number of other Club GG members.
Amarapu's story has the potential to end up similar to Chris Moneymaker, the 2003 world champion who famously parlayed an $86 online poker satellite into poker glory.
Moneymaker's victory 18 years ago helped spark a poker boom and attracted millions of new players to the game. Much like Moneymaker, Amarapu is a Regular Joe who the average poker fan could relate to.
The current Main Event contender is no slouch on the felt. He entered the tournament with over $88,000 in live tournament earnings, and also has a $45,000 score for a third-place finish in WSOP.com Event #28: $1,000 Omaha 8 or Better in 2020.
"I've played cash games in other casinos, and tournaments here and there," Amarapu said. "But for an online thing, this is the best thing that I did in Massachusetts."
He's referring to joining Club GG in September, where he played under the screen name "Tight." Amarapu had no luck in his first Main Event qualifier on the app, but earned his way back into a qualifier the following week, and the rest is history.
The Illinois native is ecstatic to be in this position, and he's also thankful for the opportunity just to compete in the WSOP Main Event for the first time.
"I usually don't play no-limit hold'em, but I've been working on the game for a long time without playing live," he told PokerNews.
Winning the bracelet would be a dream come true for Amarapu, as would earning life-changing money. He now has a chance to climb to the top of the poker mountain, all because of the Club GG app, which he proudly acknowledges.
"Club GG app is the best app that can happen to you," Amarapu claims. "Please install, please try tournament poker for $50 for the rest of your life."
The remaining 83 players are on a 15-minute break.
Mark Hammond was all in for 192,000 and up against Frank Lagodich.
Mark Hammond:
Frank Lagodich:
Hammond's hopes of securing a big double up quickly evaported when the dealer turned over the flop, giving Lagodich two pair. "Brutal," he said.
But those hopes returned when the appeared on the turn, followed by the as Hammond's turned set of kings won the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Mark Hammond | 390,000 | |
Frank Lagodich |
120,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Anton Wigg |
315,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Daniel Buzgon |
200,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
Dan Fleyshman |
132,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Cliff Josephy |
118,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
||
Yueqi Zhu |
110,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Darren Elias |
108,000
49,300
|
49,300 |
Cord Garcia |
105,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
Anthony Zinno |
101,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya |
65,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Martin Zamani | Eliminado | |
Nacho Barbero | Eliminado | |
|
||
Samy Salah | Eliminado | |
Michael Dwyer | Eliminado | |
Pierre Calamusa | Eliminado | |
|
||
Matas Cimbolas | Eliminado |
A few hands after tripling up through Adrian Mateos and Kasey Thompson, Barth Melius had Mateos all in again for Mateos' last 120,000.
Adrian Mateos:
Barth Melius:
Mateos picked up a flush draw on the flop while Melius hit a pair of queens on the turn. The river came the , missing Mateos and sending him to the rail.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Barth Melius |
310,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
Adrian Mateos | Eliminado | |
|
With blinds rapidly increasing, multi-way all ins are becoming more frequent and another just took place at Dominik Nitsche's table.
Nitsche was all in for 39,500, Dan Smith also moved all in, and Carl Shaw called both players with a covering stack.
Dominik Nitsche:
Dan Smith:
Carl Shaw:
The board ran out and Nitsche's tens stayed in front, securing him the triple up. Shaw busted Smith with king-high.
Justin Bonomo was also eliminated on another table.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Carl Shaw |
210,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
Dominik Nitsche |
120,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
Dan Smith | Eliminado | |
|
||
Justin Bonomo | Eliminado | |
|
After Elio Fox raised from the hijack and Dylan Linde three-bet from the cutoff, David Coleman four-bet jammed for roughly 50,000 from the big blind.
Fox quickly released his hand while Linde called and the two players tabled their hands.
David Coleman:
Dylan Linde:
Coleman was behind needing some help but none came on the runout and Linde collected his bounty.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Dylan Linde |
210,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
||
Elio Fox |
130,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
David Coleman | Eliminado |
Nível: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
A massive pot developed as three players moved all in, including Dario Sammartino and Tim Flank. Sammartino had , Flank , and a third player . Flank had his two opponents well covered, with Sammartino the shortest of the three stacks.
The board ran out . Flank flopped a gutshot straight draw but improved no further as Sammartino earned the triple up.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Dario Sammartino |
350,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
Timothy Flank |
300,000
40,000
|
40,000 |