Tournament Spotlight: Become the First 2020 WSOP Online Bracelet Winner
The 2020 World Series of Poker has been postponed until later this year but you still have a chance, or should that be 31 chances, to secure poker’s most sought after piece of jewellery from the U.S.
WSOP has created an action-packed schedule with 31 WSOP bracelet events running from July 1 through to July 31. The first event of this superb series is the No-Limit Hold’em Kick-Off, a $500 buy-in tournament that will see several hundred hopefuls buy in and fight it out for the first online bracelet of the summer.
Cards are in the air from 3:00 PDT on July 1 and the tournament crowns its champion in a single day. Everyone sits down with 15,000 chips and plays to a blinds structure starting at 25/50 and increased every 15 minutes. Late registration is open for 225 minutes and you can re-enter up to two times if you dust off your stack while late registration is available.
This event doesn’t have a guaranteed prize pool, in keeping with the WSOP tradition, but should still be massive if previous, similarly-sized events are anything to go by.
Your guide to competing for a WSOP bracelet
The 2019 WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Last summer saw 1,965-players buy into the $400 buy-in event and purchase 860 re-entries between them for a total attendance of 2,825. This resulted in a first-place prize worth a cool $165,263.
That sum and a WSOP bracelet went to Yong “LuckySpewy1” Kwon who bested a star-studded final table that was the home to such luminaries as Dan “MeatJustice” O’Brien and the legendary Phil “lumestackin” Hellmuth.
| Position | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yong "LuckySpewy1" Kwon | United States | $165,263 |
| 2 | Gabor "MeatisMurder" Szabo | United States | $99,361 |
| 3 | Scott "merrick" Eskenazi | United States | $73,021 |
| 4 | Frederic "LeakStain" Roetker | United States | $53,494 |
| 5 | Phil "lumestackin" Hellmuth | United States | $39,460 |
| 6 | Phillip "DjPhiLWiLL" Raetz | United States | $29,493 |
| 7 | Dan "MeatJustice" O'Brien | United States | $22,374 |
| 8 | Steve "FlatcallSPC" Cicak | United States | $17,086 |
| 9 | Samuel "Roopert" Uhlmann | United States | $13,199 |
There also a $500 buy-in Online Deepstack event that saw a total of 1,767 players buy in. Dan “centrefieldr” Lupo triumphed in this particular tournament and saw his bankroll swell by $145,273.
History of WSOP Online Bracelets: Part 1
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan 'centrefieldr' Lupo | United States | $145,273.90 |
| 2 | David 'DTC13' Clarke | United States | $89,692.92 |
| 3 | 'johnsonck' | United States | $63,771.03 |
| 4 | 'JSTRIZZA' | United States | $45,959.67 |
| 5 | 'staeks' | United States | $33,475.82 |
| 6 | 'MisterKK' | United States | $24,729.16 |
| 7 | 'jnutz' | United States | $18,526.99 |
| 8 | 'TonyStarsGFK' | United States | $13.994.64 |
| 9 | 'HITRII999' | Russia | $10,734.52 |
Then there was the $500 buy-in Online Summer Saver towards the end of the 2019 WSOP. This saw 1,325 players make 534 rebuys and create an $836,550 prize pool. It was Taylor “Galactar” Paur who was the last player standing and he secured his second career WSOP bracelet and $149,240.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor "Galactar" Paur | United States | $149,240 |
| 2 | Francois "4everrekt" Evard | Switzerland | $91,267 |
| 3 | Satish "jfksbh" Surapaneni | United States | $65,250 |
| 4 | John "SquatCobbler" Parker | United States | $47,181 |
| 5 | Jason "JadedJason" James | Canada | $34,549 |
| 6 | David "SobBaget" Liebman | United States | $25,598 |
| 7 | Joseph "Obamacare" Hanrahan | United States | $19,240 |
| 8 | Timothy "TruthBeTold7" Rutherford | United States | $14,555 |
| 9 | Brian "Penny6" Mancilla | United States | $11,209 |
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PokerNews’ elite live reporting team is on hand to bring you coverage of each and every one of the 31-WSOP bracelet events, including the $500 No-Limit Hold’em Kick-Off. Bookmark our WSOP live reporting pages whether your competing for bracelets or just railing from home, and you’ll never miss any of the action.
If you are wanting to win a WSOP.com online bracelet, be aware that all WSOP.com hosted events are available to players located in Nevada and New Jersey. You don’t have to be a resident of these states, but you must be located within their borders because the WSOP.com client uses geolocation to pinpoint your location. We compiled a handy guide for you that details everything you need to know to compete for a 2020 WSOP.com online bracelet.
