Huge WSOP Winter Circuit Scores Through First Four Ring Events

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Dec 10, 2022 5 min read

Four GGPoker players now have a coveted gold World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit rung after triumphing in the opening four ring-awarding events of the $150 million guaranteed WSOP Winter Circuit festival.

Israel's "Corenkas" is the biggest winner of the series so far, thanks to them taking down an abdominal snowman-sized $10,300 Super MILLION$ for almost $1.1 million. Amazingly, the Israeli grinder will not be the biggest winner by the time the final event is done and dusted!

#1: BIG 50 Bounty MILLION$ Kick-Off

The WSOP Winter Circuit's opening event was the BIG 50 Bounty MILLION$ Kick-Off, and what a tournament to get things underway. Over several flights, some 34,683 players turned out and created a $1,595,418 prize pool, and all for a buy-in of only $50.

With bounties included, none of the nine finalists walked away with less than $9,200 for their $50 investment. Raymundo "RayOrtega" Ortega ($9,207) was the first casualty under the spotlights. "Grindation" ($11,625), "ChiMuDao" ($17,293), "Argrich_" ($18,827), and Adrovan "Gboro21" Rodrigues ($22,789) joined the list of busted players.

The final four players struck a deal that removed the huge pay jumps. That quartet of players locked in between $38,006 and $41,072 from the main prize pool, leaving the still massive bounties left to play for.

"TopDagas" crashed out in fourth for a combined $45,163 before "Sava_Kov" busted in third for $47,835. Heads-up pitted Viliyan "Mozak" Petleshkov of Macedonia against Russia's "zzverevzz." The one-on-one battle went the way of the Macedonian, who added $35,013 worth of bounties to his score, for a total prize tipping the scales at $73,019. Zzverevzz headed into the night with a $47,835 consolation prize.

*reflects a four-way deal

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#2: $10,300 Super MILLION$ High Roller

This week's Super MILLION$ was even larger than usual, with 722 entrants creating a $7,220,000 prize pool and a near $1.1 million top prize.

Israel's "Corenkas" was the player that emerged victoriously and who scooped the $1,095,775 top prize. Winning the Super MILLION$ is a superb result in its own right, but Corenkas took down this $10,300 buy-in affair despite sitting down at the final table ninth in chips with only 17 big blinds at their disposal.

PokerNews published a full recap of this event's final table action. Check it out here.

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#3: $2,100 Bounty Hunters Championship

Progressive Knockout tournaments are popular at GGPoker and often smash their guarantees. So combining a PKO format with a $2,100 buy-in was always going to create some incredible prizes.

Event #3: $2,100 Bounty Hunters Championship drew in 567 entrants, who locked horns over a $1,134,000 prize pool. All but one of the finalists captured a total prize worth more than $21,000, with the top two finishers seeing six-figure sums land in their GGPoker account.

"soldzerjan" ($21,769) was the final table's first casualty. Zhao Zi Long ($13,409) busted next. Amazingly, Long did not claim a single scalp during their deep run to an eighth-place finish.

"Nikki beagle" ($22,719), Anatolii "Tolya089" Uizhakov ($28,370), and "RanThisTable" ($39,358) bowed out, before Ivan "uPayMyOnix" Limeira ($45,475) and "ZYN1111" ($67,870) ran out of steam, and sent the tournament into the heads-up stage.

Canada's "Full Boat Fox" faced the legendary David Peters heads-up, with both players locking in more than $57,000 from the main prize pool, but both guaranteed in excess of $100,000 when they added the bounties to their payout.

Peters would have been the neutral's favorite to come away with the victory. However, he had to make do with a $103,606 consolation prize, leaving Full Boat Fox to help themself to an impressive $147,297 haul.

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#4: $525 "Winter is Coming" Bounty 6-Handed NLH

The fourth WSOP Circuit ring-awarding event of the amazing $150 million guaranteed schedule was the $525 "Winter is Coming" Bounty 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em. Some 2,248 GGPoker players bought in and created a $1,124,000 prize pool.

That chunky prize pool meant nobody at the seven-handed final table walked away with less than $17,000. Sweden's "YouAteMyHamster" was the seventh-place finisher, a result worth $17,009.

_{No hamster's were harmed writing this recap}.

Ido "idollar" Aboudi ($33,697), Felipe "Obaralhaco" Monteiro ($41,165), and Montenegro's "LanaRhodes69" ($48,093) fell by the wayside, leaving Luiz "Infxtanibus" De Melo and "Ha KoLeHu" of Finland heads-up. Both heads-up players banked more than $46,000 from the main prize pool, and fought it out for a similarly sized final bounty payment. The Finn got the job done and their hands on the $46,218 last bounty, for a total haul worth $92,405. De Melo scooped $58,321 for their second-place finish.

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Upcoming WSOP Winter Circuit Ring-Awarding Events

There is still plenty of action left in the $150 million guaranteed WSOP Winter Circuit online at GGPoker. You still have the chance to enter the $1,500 Merry MILLIONAIRE MAKER, which has $5 million guaranteed, with at least $1 million going to the eventual champion. However, you must hurry if you want to play because it concludes on December 12.

FLIP & GO players have a $100 buy-in $1 million guaranteed event to get their teeth into; the Flip Stage runs from December 10-18.

Check out the table below for the schedule of the next five ring-awarding events.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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