Rising superstar Upeshka de Silva leads US bracket of the 2020 WSOP Main Event after Day 1, while high stakes legends girafganger7 and Michael Addamo both ship WSOPC titles.
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- 2020 WSOP Main Event at WSOP.com
- WSOPC High Rollers $3,150 Blade Bounty King at GGNetwork
- WSOPC High Rollers $2,500 Blade Prime at GGNetwork
- GGMasters High Rollers 1M GTD at GGNetwork
Three-time bracelet winner Upeshka de Silva chipleader after WSOP Main Event Day 1 on WSOP.com
The 2020 WSOP Main Event on WSOP.com is a huge success as 705 players from Nevada and New Jersey alone registered for the $10,000 buy-in.
Together with the 674 international runners on GGPoker, the 2020 WSOP Main Event has a whopping 1,379 entries generating a staggering $6,768,000 prize pool.
107 places were paid and many big names such as Daniel Negreanu, Matt Affleck and Lauren Roberts made the money, but busted before the end of the Day.
Many notables are still in such as Mohsin “bubbletea3” Charania (777,260), Jason “haderade” Somerville (692,314), Darren “darrenelias” Elias (632,176), Nick “CashUsKlay” Schulman (585,012), Ryan “Protential” Laplante (391,535), Maria “femmeonfelt” Ho (342,441) and 2013 WSOP Main Event champ Ryan “BiTC0iN” Riess (288,474),
We also have a famous chipleader after Day 1 with three-time WSOP bracelet winner Upeshka De Silva, who has amassed a stack of 1,930,067.
Chipcounts after Day 1 of the 2020 WSOP Main Event Day 1:
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upeshka “gomezhamburg” De Silva | United States | 1,930,067 |
| 2 | vforvictoria | United States | 1,792,716 |
| 3 | Samthedog76 | United States | 1,529,044 |
| 4 | Taylor “zeroto100” Von Kriegenbergh | United States | 1,518,393 |
| 5 | Michael “vagab0nd” Youngman | United States | 1,421,443 |
| 6 | Gershon “jets613” Distenfeld | United States | 1,409,061 |
| 7 | Galen “turkmalloy” Hall | United States | 1,271,362 |
| 8 | Keith “T1mB3y_B33F” Donovan | United States | 1,255,452 |
| 9 | DameTime12 | United States | 1,122,086 |
| 10 | ErikBachman | United States | 1,062,738 |
Bert “girafganger7” Stevens ships WSOPC PKO event at GGNetwork
“girafganger7” is an absolute online poker legend. At the moment he is running hot at GGNetwork by adding another major victory at the $100,000,000 WSOP Winter Online Series at GGPoker for a massive $122.690 score.
On an extremely tough final table including the Top 2 online players Niklas “Lena900” Astedt and Benjamin “bencb789” Rolle, Stevens came out on top for a well-deserved victory.
Michael Addamo keeps on crushing by winning a WSOPC event
Similar to girafganger7, Michael “imluckbox” Addamo just keeps on winning one major tournament after another. Last night he shipped the WSOPC High Rollers: $2,500 Blade Prime for a staggering $64,905, beating no other than David Peters heads-up for the title.
Former Boxing World Heavyweight Champion Riddick Bowe gets better and better in poker busting just shy of the final table in a start-studded field for $7,650.43.
Further big names on the final table were German online crushers Pascal Hartmann and Marius Gierse as well as top pro David Peters.
Joao “Naza114” Viera ships GGMasters High Roller edition for $163,898
It was the Sunday Grind of the online legends as Portuguese local hero Joao “Naza114” Viera also shipped a major title at GGNetwork worth a staggering $163,898.
957 players registered and $1,000,000 was in the prize pool. Austrian female pro Jessica Teusl had an incredible showing by making the final table and finishing in a strong 8th place for $17,372.80.
Another big name on the FT was Lithuanian top pro Matas Cimbolas, who came in 4th for $62,638.90.
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