Author: Anthony Cicali III

The World Series of Poker Online continued over the last week at GGPoker with the $5,000 Main Event coming to a close. In the end, Aleksei Vandyshev scored the title for a massive gold bracelet.

Some other big names also had impressive runs with Faraz Jaka scoring a runner-up in one of the final events.  Chris Moorman made a deep run looking for his third WSOP bracelet.

An American player also added his first WSOP bracelet as well. Here’s a look at some headlines from the series over the last week.

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Event 25: $777 Lucky Sevens (Sept. 4)

Sevens were the magic number for American David “Zonedin” Jackson. This tournament regular from Florida zoned in on the competition by defeating 2,014 entries.

Jackson scored his first bracelet along with $194,178. He now has a bracelet and a WSOP Circuit ring. 

Jackson defeated Romania’s Dumitru “Ddimancescu” Pora heads-up for the title. Pora took home $140,394 for the runner-up finish in an event with a total prize pool of $1.4 million. 

Event 26: $888 Crazy Eights (Sept. 5)

Alexandru Papazian added a second bracelet to his collection with this victory. The Crazy Eights brought in 2,350 entries for a $2 million prize pool. Papazian overcame the huge field to win $241,128. 

Nine different countries were represented at the final table with Romania’s Papazian coming out on top. Israel’s Tal Noach took second place for $180,818. 

Papazian also won the Crazy Eights events in Las Vegas in 2017. He showed off his victory with some Twitter subtlety.. 

Event 27: $5,000 Main Event (Sept. 5)

The series championship event finally came to a close after numerous starting flights and featured a $20 million guarantee. Along with an exclusive main event bracelet, the winner took home a seven-figure payday when the event concluded on Sept. 11. 

After three days of play, Russia’s Aleksei “Ha KojleHu” Vandyshev scored a victory worth $2.5 million. The 4,092 entries created a total prize pool of $19.4 million, treating players to an overlay of more than $500,000.

Brazil has been dominant all series long and another player from the country scored a nice finish. Edson “CrownUpTsu” Tsutsumi Jr. finished runner-up for $1.9 million.

Event 28: $2,100 Bounty Championship (Sept. 7)

Poland’s Dominik Panka took down the two-day Bounty Championship for his first bracelet and $185,228. He defeated China’s Fengdian “Shandongmenghu” Wang heads-up for the title.

The tournament produced a player field of 1,064 and prize pool $2.1 million. 

Chris Moorman, of the United Kingdom, was another notable cash, finishing eighth for $33,496. 

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Event 29: $1,500 Fifty Stack (Sept. 9)

Ukraine’s Vlad Martynenko pulled out the victory after defeating Faraz Jaka heads-up. Martynenko grabbed his first bracelet along with $250,198.

The event attracted 1,037 entries and generated a prize pool of over $1.8 million. Besides Jaka, notable other cashes included Simon Lofberg, Ermo Kosk, and Anson Tsang.

Jaka is no stranger to big finishes and has more than $6.8 million in live tournament winnings. While he’s yet to capture a WSOP bracelet, he has some huge finishes on some of poker’s biggest stages,

Event 30: $525 Beat The Pros (Sept. 11)

Beat the pros and win some nice cash – that was the name of the game in this event. Canada’s Jase “RetiredFedor” Regina did just that, scoring his first gold bracelet for $75,342.

The tournament attracted 1,594 entries looking to beat the pros, for a $797,000 prize pool. Malta’s Stefan “Stiopata” Atanasov finished runner-up for $42,433. Another interesting name made a deep run as well – Stoyan Madanzhiev.

The Bulgarian won the $5,000 WSOP Online Main Event at GG in 2020 for $3.9 million. He took fourth in this event for $28,165.

Final GGPoker WSOP bracelet events

GGPoker closes out the online series with a few last days of action. Here’s a look at what’s left on the menu.

• $815 Zodiac Autumn Festival (Event 31, Sept.12) – $2.8 million guaranteed
• $210 Bounty Double (Event 32, Sept. 12) – $2 million guaranteed
• $500 The Closer (Event 33, Sept. 12) – $2 million guaranteed

After the series, the bracelet hunting shifts to the Rio in Las Vegas. The annual live series runs Sept. 30 to Nov. 23 with 88 bracelet events.

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The fourth week of the World Series of Poker Online continued at GGPoker over the last week. One big name stands out with a chance at a fourth bracelet – Spain’s Adrian Mateos.

In 2017, Mateos became the youngest player in history to win three bracelets at age 22. He now has a chance to score a fourth as one of the final four remaining in the $25,000 Heads-up Championship.

Daniel Negreanu continues searching for his seventh bracelet and also had a deep run over the last week. The WSOP action continues through Sept. 12 and here’s a look at some of the news from the last week.

Event 15: $10,000 Heads-up (Aug. 21)

Originally this event was planned for128 entries, but due to high demand GGPoker expanded that to 256. At the end of the day 161 players entered into the heads-up challenge for a $1.6 million prize pool. 

The event is currently down to four remaining players and will resume on Sept. 4. The matchups are set for Arthur Conan to face off against Adrian Mateos and Daniel Soltys to battle Aleksejs Ponakovs. The winner scores a gold bracelet and $466,167.

Mateos is seeking his fourth WSOP bracelet and won the $10,000 live version of this tournament in 2017 in Las Vegas. That brought his third bracelet and $324,470.

Conan, Soltys, and Ponakovs are all looking for their first bracelets. Norman Chad and Lon McEachern both will provide commentary on GGPoker.tv during the matches.

Event 16: $1,050 GGMasters High Roller (Aug. 22)

This event included a $2 million guarantee and ended up with 2,240 entries, paying out $2.2 million. After two days of play, Finland’s Samuel Vousden secured the victory for a $274,519 payout.

Vousden defeated China’s Qibing “degenkaliu” Wang heads-up to score his first bracelet. Wang won $205,859 for his runner-up finish. 

Event 17: $400 PLOSSUS (Aug. 22)

The PLO bounty event took place over two days and came with a $1 million guarantee. Israel grabbed the country’s first bracelet of the series as Gabi “kidrurim” Livshitz defeated Russia’s Yuri “sjeverest” Suvorov heads-up.

Between bounties and prize payouts, Livshitz cashed in $152,165 for the achievement. 

GGPoker ambassador Daniel Negreanu had the chip lead after day one, but ended up finishing 23rd for $8,900. Kid Poker continues to live stream all of his events during the series as he chases his seventh bracelet. 

Event 18: $5,000 Short Deck (Aug. 24)

Short Deck action returned to the WSOP over the last week. For the uninitiated, deuces through fives are removed from the deck in this version of poker.

This makes for plenty of action and big hands. Because of the differing mathematics in the game, straights are worth more than flushes. Flushes are also greater than a full house. Other key differences include tables being five-handed and the lowest straight is A-6-7-8-9.

At the tables, Russia’s Radmir “KOPOBA” Sadirov landed a bracelet and $169,111 after defeating 144 players. 

Sadirov faced some tough competition with bracelet winners Sam Greenwood and Daniel Dvoress also at the final table. The total prize pool for the event was $684,000.

Event 19: $840 Bounty Six-Max (Aug. 26)

Ukraine’s Andrii Derzhypilskyi stopped Brazil from claiming another bracelet this series. Going into Day 2 of the event, Brazil held the top three spots on the leaderboard.  Brazilian players have already won several events.

Derzhpilskyi won $154,322 between bounties and prizes. He also was awarded a gold bracelet for defeating the 2,053-player field. The total prize pool reached $1.6 million.

No stranger to deep runs, Derzhpilskyi was at a final table for a bracelet almost a year to the day. He finished fifth in that event in 2020.

Upcoming GGPoker WSOP bracelet events:

The upcoming week promises much more action from GGPoker. Players will be hunting for more bracelets as the site offers NLHE High Rollers, Deepstacks, and more PLO.  Here’s what’s on the menu for the upcoming week:

• $10,000 Heads-up Championship (Event 15, Sept. 4) – final four players play to a winner
• $1,500 Monster Stack (Event 20, Aug. 28)
• $25,000 Super High Roller (Event 21, Aug. 29) – $5 million guaranteed
• $400 COLOSSUS (Event 22, Aug. 29) – $3 million guaranteed
• $600 Deep Stack Championship (Event 23, Aug. 31) 
• $1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha (Event 24, Sept. 2)

Update: Catena Media poker team selections

PokerScout editor/site runner Sean Chaffin took a lead in the race among the Catena Media poker team. Chaffin along with content manager Valerie Cross and contributing writer Anthony Cicali offered their own picks for players to watch in the series.

Chaffin found some nice scores over the last couple weeks with Michael Addamo and Mikita Badziakouski. Cross has also found some consistency with Niklas Astedt.

Cicali seems to have found players looking at other live events. That’s led to his points coming exclusively from Negreanu so far. Here’s a look at the standings with a couple weeks remaining:

• 1st – Sean Chaffin, $133,590
• 2nd – Valerie Cross, $100,673
• 3rd – Antony Cicali, $49,759

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