Natural8 2020 WSOP Online Performance of the Week: Madanzhiev Tops Overall Leaderboard

Will Shillibier
Managing Editor
2 min read
Stoyan Madanzhiev wins a solid gold mouse as the Overall World Series of Poker Online Leaderboard winner

Natural8 was home to the WSOP 2020 Online which featured 54 Bracelet Events from July 19th through September 6th. All the Natural8 Winner's Circle have been claimed with up to $700,000 in Sponsorship awarded.

The 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) online bracelet events are in the books. Since the beginning of June, 85 WSOP gold bracelets were awarded on the digital felt across two different clients: WSOP.com and GG Poker, which includes Natural8.

Each week, we’ll highlight those players who rise to the top through their performance, be it a dominating one in a single event, or an exhibition of consistency over several tournaments. Here’s a look at the POTWs thus far:

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By winning the 2020 World Series of Poker Online $5,000 Main Event, Serbia's Stoyan "Nirvana76" Madanzhiev wrote his name into WSOP history, defeating a field of 5,802 to win $3,904,685 - the largest prize ever awarded in online poker history.

After besting China's Wenling Gao heads-up, Madanzhiev took home the bracelet, with his performance enough for him to top the Overall Leaderboard ahead of Austria's Christian Rudolph who won Event #70: $25,000 NLH PPC and Canada's Daniel Dvoress who won Event #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER

Overall, Madanzhiev cashed four times during the GGPoker World Series of Poker Online.

EventPositionPayout
Event #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER552nd$2,859
Event #60: $525 Bounty NLHE 6-Handed360th$680
Event #63: $500 NLHE Mini Main Event762nd$2,074
Event #77: $5,000 WSOP Main Event1st$3,904,686
Stoyan Madanzhiev wins Event #77

Overall Leaderboard

As overall leaderboard winner, Madanzhiev takes home a solid gold mouse, with the next four players winning a pure gold card. Details of these prizes are yet to be released.

RankPlayerCountryPoints
1Stoyan "Nirvana76" MadanzhievSerbia10,790.66
2Connor DrinanCanada9,519.35
3Christian RudolphAustria7,566.31
4Daniel DvoressCanada6,513.57
5Brunno AlbuquerqueBrazil6345.54

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Will Shillibier
Managing Editor

Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

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