Tournament Spotlight: $3,200 WSOP.com High Roller
The biggest buy-in of the 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet events is upon us with Event #14: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller shuffling up and dealing at 3:00 p.m. PDT.
Event #14 is the U.S. edition of the 2020 WSOP Online’s Main Event. WSOP hasn’t officially given the tournament this title but it is the Main Event in every way except name. It’s the largest buy-in of all 31-bracelet awarding events and it certain to boast of the juiciest prize pool.
July 14 marks the fourth occasion WSOP.com has hosted a High Roller event of such magnitude and we have a feeling this could be the biggest yet.
Players’ support for this festival has been nothing short of fantastic. Only grinders physically located in Nevada or New Jersey can play the WSOP.com bracelet events, yet the attendance figures are on par, if not better, than a typical WSOP when these states have thousands of visitors.
Previous WSOP.com High Rollers
The first-ever WSOP.com High Roller took place at the 2017 World Series of Poker and saw 424 players exchange $3,333 for the chance of becoming the first-ever high roller champion. That honour went to Thomas “FLOATZ” Cannuli who defeated Tara “BeatrixKiddo” Cain heads-up to lock up the title and the $322,815 top prize.
Other luminaries who reached the final table included Darren “LegionofBoom” Rabinowitz who finished fourth for $66,112 and British star Adam “HLEDERERER” Owen whose third-place finish weighed in at $136,231.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas "FLOATZ" Cannuli | United States | $322,815 |
| 2 | Tara "BeatrixKiddo" Cain | United States | $201,408 |
| 3 | Adam "HLEDERERER" Owen | United Kingdom | $136,231 |
| 4 | Daniel "Pepperprince" Zack | United States | $97,232 |
| 5 | Darren "LegionofBoom" Rabinowitz | United States | $66,112 |
| 6 | Blake "bk1048" Kelso | United States | $47,547 |
| 7 | Vincent "AllinVin138" Moscati | United States | $34,859 |
| 8 | Ryan "holdNfold" Jones | United States | $26,178 |
| 9 | Millard "Undisputed23" Hale | United States | $20,168 |
Thomas "FLOATZ" Cannuli wins 2017 WSOP.com High Roller
Chance “BingShui” Kornuth won the $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller at the 2018 WSOP, doing so after outlasting a record 480-strong field. Victory gifted Kornuth his second WSOP bracelet plus a cool $341,598 prize.
David “bewater” Goodman and Timothy “poker.” Nuter were two others who turned their $3,200 into a six-figure prize. Nuter finished third for $144,168 with Goodman being the runner-up, a finish worth $212,021.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chance 'BingShui' Kornuth | United States | $341,598 |
| 2 | David 'bewater' Goodman | United States | $212,021 |
| 3 | Timothy 'poker.' Nuter | United States | $144,168 |
| 4 | Noah 'ThePunter' Bronstein | United States | $99,809 |
| 5 | Frank 'flcrivello' Crivello | United States | $70,625 |
| 6 | Taylor 'ReadyGambo' Black | United States | $50,926 |
| 7 | Justin 'kingfortune' Liberto | United States | $37,355 |
| 8 | Jonas 'LobyPewis' Macoff | Canada | $28,016 |
| 9 | Pete 'petechen' Chen | Taiwan | $21,596 |
Chance 'BingShui' Kornuth wins 2018 WSOP.com High Roller
The last time the $3,200 High Roller ran was at the 2019 WSOP. This event attracted a field of 434 entrants and the largest first-place prize awarded by the tournament.
Brandon “DrOctagon” Adams was the last man standing in this event and he walked away with $411,560. Adams bested Nabil “thebrownbear” Cardoso heads-up, resigning the UK-based Spaniard to a $253,642 consolation prize.
| Position | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon "DrOctagon" Adams | United States | $411,560 |
| 2 | Nabil Mohamed Abdien "thebrownbear" Cardoso | United Kingdom | $253,642 |
| 3 | Vladimir "Stuey_Haxton" Alexandrov | United States | $173,241 |
| 4 | Calvin "projector52" Anderson | United States | $120,421 |
| 5 | Michael "VinnyV" Vanier | United States | $85,448 |
| 6 | Norbert "BALKAN500" Szecsi | Hungary | $61,653 |
| 7 | Lior "morningowl" Orel | United States | $45,428 |
| 8 | Harsukhpaul "MjMafia" Sangha | Canada | $34,071 |
Brandon "DrOctagon" Adams wins 2019 WSOP.com High Roller
Play in the 2020 edition of the $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller commences at 3:00 p.m. PDT and does so under the watchful eye of the PokerNews Live Reporting team. Tune into our pages on July 14 and follow all the action as it happens from the biggest event on the 2020 WSOP.com calendar.
Download WSOP.com in Nevada and New Jersey
The first step in getting set up to play on WSOP.com is to download the client. You can do so for both mobile (Android and iOS) and desktop (Windows 7 or higher and Mac OS X 10.6.8).
To get the correct version of the client, use the links below:
The next tournament on the schedule – Event #14: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller – will take place at 3 p.m. PDT on Monday. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will once again be reporting all the action, so be sure to tune in then to see who captures the next 2020 WSOP bracelet!
