Event #55: HK$8,000 No Limit Hold'em Asia Championship, HK$8M GTD | 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events

08-09-2020 12:19 UTC

Jung Out; Hettinger Takes a Hit

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

In a three-way all-in, Timo "Finn-in-web" Hettinger in the small blind was in prime shape to eliminate two opponents and had the best of it preflop.

Chul Woo "SSAK3" Jung:
Aditya "tbonerazor" Systla:
Timo "Finn-in-web" Hettinger:

The board ran out and Aditya "tbonerazor" Systla flopped trips, then rivered a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timo "Finn-in-web" Hettinger	461,528
Aditya "tbonerazor" Systla	240,860
Chul Woo "SSAK3" Jung	Busted

08-09-2020 12:17 UTC

Ruida Busts In a Big Pot

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

In a three-bet pot to 60,000 preflop, no action happened on the flop and Lin Ruida then bet the turn and jammed the river for nearly 40 blinds against Sebastian "flashlight99" Mueller. Ruida tabled for kings up but Mueller had the best of it with for tens full.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian "flashlight99" Mueller	1,111,376 1,111,376	1,111,376
Lin Ruida	Busted

08-09-2020 12:16 UTC

Ikeuchi Eliminated by Golczyk

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Lukasz "Wypierdalaj!" Golczyk looked up the button shove by Kazuki "8809" Ikeuchi" with the and was well ahead of in the showdown.

The board came and king-queen high was enough to eliminate Ikeuchi

Player	Chips	Progress
Lukasz "Wypierdalaj!" Golczyk	396,720
Kazuki "8809" Ikeuchi	Busted

08-09-2020 12:15 UTC

A Look at the Asia Time Zone Events

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Five players have already secured a coveted WSOP gold bracelet event in the Asia Time Zone tournaments and another six of them will be up for grabs with today's Event #55: HK$8,000 NLHE Asia Championship as the next opportunity.

Roberto Romanello is among the returning players for Day 2 and the Welshman completed the Triple Crown earlier in the festival. Furthermore, Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun and Paul Teoh also have chips at their disposal to try and add a second victory to their poker resume.

The Asia Time Zone Events at a Glance

Event	Date	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Country	Top Prize
Event #38: $600 Monster Stack	July 25th, 2020	2,007	$1,143,990	Aaron Wijaya	China	$171,389
Event #39: $1,500 NLHE	July 26th, 2020	922	$1,313,850	Roberto Romanello	UK	$216,213
Event #46: $500 Deepstack	August 1st, 2020	2,307	$1,095,825	Sung Joo Hyun	South Korea	$161,898
Event #47: $1,000 Short Deck	August 2nd, 2020	487	$462,560	Paul Teoh	Malaysia	$82,202
Event #53: $800 Double Stack PLO	August 8th, 2020	831	$631,560	Frank Crivello	United States	$94,253
Event #55: HK$8,000 Asia Championship	August 9th, 2020	3,247	$3,208,036			$461,709
Event #61: $300 Monster Stack NLHE 6-Max	August 15th, 2020
Event #68: $500 Deepstack	August 22nd, 2020
Event #69: $1,500 Marathon	August 23rd, 2020
Event #75: $300 Double Stack	August 29th, 2020

08-09-2020 12:13 UTC

Riess Doubles Through Margereson

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Ryan Riess doubles through Scott Margereson

Scott Margereson raised to 22,000 and reluctantly called the shove of Ryan Riess for more than six blinds total.

Ryan Riess:
Scott Margereson:

The board ran out to secure the double for Riess.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Margereson	898,054 -8,708	-8,708
Ryan Riess	148,416 76,708	76,708

08-09-2020 12:08 UTC

Zamani Busts a Bigger Stack

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Martin Zamani simply open-shoved for more than 80 blinds and Vinicius "pfckb" Steves opted to call from one seat over on the button for more than 25 blinds while the two shorter stacks got out of the way.

Vinicius "pfckb" Steves:
Martin Zamani:

Zamani used the "not sure if" emoji before the showdown and then the "haha" emoji along with one other player at the table as the board ran out to eliminate Steves before the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Zamani	1,176,673 370,397	370,397
Vinicius "pfckb" Steves	Busted

08-09-2020 12:05 UTC

Early Casualties Before the Money

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
TonyTheSuit	Busted
Over rainbow	Busted
CleanMysh0es	Busted
Daniel "BoooooBie" Juncadella	Busted
Mikhail Semin	Busted
Jiachen "Transurfing" Gong	Busted
Anuj "khatteT4tte" Yadav	Busted

Level: 1

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

08-09-2020 11:24 UTC

Payout Information

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

As the late registration for the last starting day has closed, another 340 entries boosted the total field size to 3,247 entries and 427 players had made the cut excluding the last flight. Based on the total number of entries, a prize pool of 24,677,200.00 HKD emerged and the top 404 spots will earn a portion of that.

Below are the approximate payouts based on the current exchange rate: 1 Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) = 0.13 USD

Place	Prize (in HKD)	Prize (~ in USD)
1	3,551,611.32 HKD	$461,709.47
2	2,531,707.97 HKD	$329,122.04
3	1,804,690.52 HKD	$234,609.77
4	1,286,442.17 HKD	$167,237.48
5	917,019.55 HKD	$119,212.54
6	653,684.22 HKD	$84,978.95
7	465,967.22 HKD	$60,575.74
8	332,157.57 HKD	$43,180.48
9	236,772.79 HKD	$30,780.46
10-13	168,779.70 HKD	$21,941.36
14-17	120,313.68 HKD	$15,640.78
18-26	85,763.14 HKD	$11,149.21
27-44	61,135.29 HKD	$7,947.59
45-71	43,579.93 HKD	$5,665.39
72-107	37,139.18 HKD	$4,828.09
108-152	32,566.50 HKD	$4,233.65
153-206	28,556.45 HKD	$3,712.34
207-269	25,039.95 HKD	$3,255.19
270-332	21,957.77 HKD	$2,854.51
333-404	19,255.61 HKD	$2,503.23

Buy-In:	8,000 HKD	$1,040
Total:	24,677,200 HKD	$3,208,036

08-09-2020 11:15 UTC

Big Stacks and Notables Heading Into the Final Day

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Prior to the final starting day, 427 players had secured their seat for the final day already and another 52 joined them. As a result, 479 hopefuls will return to their seats and the top 404 spots will get paid.

Player	Chips	Progress
twotimekid	1,336,811 1,336,811	1,336,811

jnandez875	1,138,630 1,138,630	1,138,630
Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker	1,137,913 1,137,913	1,137,913
Simon Higgins	1,053,289 1,053,289	1,053,289
Pedro "WhyNotChili" Ivars	1,025,879 1,025,879	1,025,879
Pranay "setmeup" Chawla	1,005,012 1,005,012	1,005,012
Chao "McAnz" Xu	980,235 980,235	980,235
Samuel Vousden	955,077 955,077	955,077
Ranno "RukKuRuku" Sootla	936,608 936,608	936,608

Pedro "PavelNedved" Neves	930,142 930,142	930,142

Ignacio "Curandero" Moron Chavero	913,801 913,801	913,801
Scott Margereson	906,762 906,762	906,762
Ravali "Resurge-" Krishna	846,960 846,960	846,960
Martin Zamani	806,276 806,276	806,276
Craig "Goblue" Varnell	795,546 795,546	795,546

Ren Jiang "SuperSummer" Lin	747,746 747,746	747,746
Jack Salter	700,428 700,428	700,428
Joao "naturalMENTE" Simao	676,922 676,922	676,922
Joe "DietrichFats" Serock	656,336 656,336	656,336

Pete Chen	644,828 644,828	644,828

Parker Talbot	640,079 640,079	640,079
Rainer Kempe	636,988 636,988	636,988
Wei "dugui777" Zhao	627,475 627,475	627,475
tepuseenFD	609,576 609,576	609,576
Brandon Adams	599,313 599,313	599,313

Read full