First Four Goliath Champions Crowned; Main Event a Week Away

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Aug 03, 2020 3 min read Last updated Aug 10, 2020

The 2020 Goliath online series shuffled up and dealt for the first time this weekend and Grosvenor Poker has already crowned four champions. The £100,000 guaranteed is less than a week away and this quartet of winners certainly now have the bankroll to compete in that £125 buy-in spectacular.

Goliath #1: The Opener

“LeGrandPoisson” won the Goliath #1: The Opener and turned their £55 into a cool £6,542. The champion came out on top of a 696-strong field who created a guarantee-busting £34,800 prize pool.

All but two of the eight players who reached the final table walked away with a four-figure prize. “NintenDope” and “C00kieMonster” were that brace of players. They won £522 and £783 respectively.

Sixth-place and £1,218 went to “drunkenmastr” before “nightmaresonstax” and “WinsFlipsForFun” ran out of steam and got their hands on £1,740 and £2,610.

LeGrandPoisson found themselves in the top three and guaranteed £3,514. This prize money increased when “stakermighty39” fell by the wayside to send the tournament heads-up. “bringbackpotch” busted in second-place after firing four bullets. The runner-up spot awarded £4,785, which left LeGrandPoisson to bank £6,542.

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Goliath #2: PKO

The second event on the 15-strong schedule was the £30 buy-in PKO that saw 493 players enter.

Two of the players who reached the final table of the Goliath #1: Opener also reached the final table of this event. LeGrandPoisson, The Opener’s champion, fell in seventh-place and won £172 plus an additional £175 worth of bounty payments. “stakermighty39” finished third in The Opener and third again here, this second final table appearance yielding £690 plus £71 in bounties.

Their exit left “yingyang1991” and “Zebster1994” heads-up. Both collected £1,114 from the main prize pool but Zebster1994 won £1,090 worth of bounties after busting yingyang1991 who added £501 to his tally from the bounty prize pool.

Goliath #4: NLH

More four-figure prizes were dished out in the £30 buy-in Goliath #4: NLH, another four of them in fact. The 610 entrants ensured the £10,000 guarantee was blown out of the water by £7,080.

“BluffSqaaaaud” was the last player standing in this event and that resulted in £3,245 making its way to their Grosvenor Poker account. They claimed the lion’s share of the prize pool after sending “Sargon369” to the showers in second-place, which weighed in at £2,391.

“somersetlad” netted £1,281 for their fourth-place exit while “Snake292929” turned their third £30 bullet into £1,752 courtesy of a third-place finish.

Goliath #5: NLHE

Goliath #5: NLH only cost £5 the 564 entrants resulted in a £503 first-place prize. “whatacrapname” was the recipient of that prize, 100-times the tournament’s buy-in! The top five finishers all padded their bankrolls with prizes of at least £132.

“BlueDeans123” was the first of these players; they crashed out in fifth. “stenty777” turned their £5 into £198 before “pigeonhot23” was sent to the showers in third and collected £271 for their £5 investment.

Heads-up pitted “Christie95” and whatacrapname and it was the latter who emerged victoriously. First-place weighed in at £503 with second-place yielding a still impressive £371.

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Check Out The Remaining Goliath Schedule

Day 2 of the £225 buy-in 25/50 commences on August 3 while a £30 NLH 6-max event with £10,000 guaranteed kicks off at 7:00 p.m.

The big one, the £100,000 guaranteed Goliath starts on August 8. Satellites are running right now giving you a shot at the big time.

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