2020 WSOP Global Casino Championship | 2020 WSOP Global Casino Championship

09-13-2020 17:21 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Faisal "desigolfer" Siddiqui	737,920 432,554	432,554
Kenneth "kdonarski" Donarski	635,890 278,800	278,800
Michael "annie_r_u_ok" Trivett	490,765 404,472	404,472
Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu	371,446 3,401	3,401
Shawn "Saygoodnight" Daniels	369,773 -59,856	-59,856
Brad "bd3303" Albrinck	328,303 130,282	130,282
Michael "miw210x" Wang	318,470 206,650	206,650
Matt "RubberFist" Stout	308,533 30,800	30,800
Guillermo "YungGuav" Vargas	275,299 21,354	21,354
David "TheClubber" Larson	269,980 41,421	41,421

Donarski Takes Ham's Remaining Chips

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Blinds: 2,500/5,000/500

Mack "MackGa" Ham moved all in for his last 64,064 and Kenneth "kdonarski" Donarski called from the button. The blinds got out of the way and Ham discovered the bad news.

Mack "MackGa" Ham:
Kenneth "kdonarski" Donarski:

After the board ran out Donarski was pushed the pot and Ham hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth "kdonarski" Donarski	357,090 213,525	213,525
Mack "MackGa" Ham	Busted

Tags: Mack Ham Kenneth Donarski

09-13-2020 17:19 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
John "JohnERunGood" Gallaher	Busted
Carlos "FLOP_IT_HOT" Loving	Busted
Jerod "Whiskeydeck" Smith	Busted
Mack "MackGa" Ham	Busted
Paul "Cushty" Richardson	Busted
James "Meatsweats" Carroll	Busted
Blake "ShamPainPopn" Whittington	Busted
Nick "Nickvee07" Verderamo	Busted
Juventino "Agasajo" Cantu	Busted

National/Global Casino Championship History: Ushering in the Global Casino Championship

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Chad Holloway

In 2016, there was a rebranding of sorts as the National Championship, which had previously considered only US-based stops, became the Global Casino Championship after the introduction of the international circuit. That meant from players could earn qualifying points worldwide.

The Global Casino Championship was once again held at Harrah’s Cherokee and saw France’s Said El-Yousfi top a 126-player field to win the tournament for $343,256 and the gold bracelet. El-Yousfi had qualified after being crowned the Casino Champ at Casino de Marrakech in his native Morocco. He, therefore, became the first “Casino Championship” qualifier to win the title.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Said El-Yousfi	France	$343,256
2	Yasin Ahmady	USA	$212,150
3	Josh Turner	USA	$150,851
4	Joe Kuether	USA	$109,192
5	Sean Small	USA	$80,483
6	Cody Pack	USA	$60,427
7	Alex Rocha	USA	$46,231
8	Brian Green	USA	$36,054
9	Blake Whittington	USA	$28,673

Tags: Said El-Yousfi

09-13-2020 17:03 UTC-8

Altman Shoves the River

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LoriPersinger

Blinds: 2,500/5,000/500

Eric "Stackattack5" Salazar raised to 10,000, Brian "JackBogle" Altman re-raised to 26,455, and Salazar made the call.

After both players checked to the turn on a board of , Salazar bet 21,955 and Altman called.

Salazar then checked the river and folded when Altman shoved his last 111,465.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian "JackBogle" Altman	218,785 69,331	69,331
Eric "Stackattack5" Salazar	84,393 24,393	24,393

Tags: Brian Altman Eric Salazar

09-13-2020 17:02 UTC-8

Zinno, Helstern, & Mullennix Among Recent Eliminations

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Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
Said "Dajuice1" El Harrak	Busted
John "Macallan25" Riordan	Busted
Scott "teamroberts" Roberts	Busted
Michael "ParxBigStax" Marder	Busted
Russell "RDG12" Garrett	Busted
Vincent "allinvin138" Moscati	Busted
Champie "KiddChamp" Douglass	Busted
Anthony "Heheh" Zinno	Busted
John "YoungGunz21" Reed	Busted
David "daval_17" Valdez	Busted
Jorden "mookmook" Helstern	Busted
Gage "greypoupon" Doyne	Busted
Steve "Chefalot" Foutty	Busted
Zachary "Ivanapouponu" Mullennix	Busted
Jose "Aiden13" Ramos	Busted

09-13-2020 16:56 UTC-8

Apter Loses to Siddiqui

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LoriPersinger

Blinds: 1,700/3,400/340

After a min-raise, Brett "Metanemesis" Apter shoved his last remaining 69,114 and Faisal "desigolfer" Siddiqui reshoved over the top from the small blind. The original raiser folded and the hands were turned up.

Brett "Metanemesis" Apter:
Faisal "desigolfer" Siddiqui":

The flop gave Apter the lead, which was short-lived after the case hit the turn .The river was no help to Apter and ended his tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Faisal "desigolfer" Siddiqui	305,366 78,060	78,060
Brett "Metanemesis" Apter	Busted

Tags: Brett Apter Faisal Siddiqui

09-13-2020 16:41 UTC-8

Level 16 Big Stacks

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Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn "Saygoodnight" Daniels	429,629 285,260	285,260
Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu	368,045 137,575	137,575
Charlie "Badrabbit" Dawson	321,916 39,070	39,070
Matt "RubberFist" Stout	277,733 -23,120	-23,120
James "Meatsweats" Carroll	270,458 52,721	52,721
Jesse "puntking16" Jones	263,811 -23,373	-23,373
Guillermo "YungGuav" Vargas	253,945 193,770	193,770
Sam "Bickdutt69" Cosby	245,680 51,160	51,160
David "TheClubber" Larson	228,559 86,774	86,774
Faisal "desigolfer" Siddiqui	227,306 167,306	167,306

09-13-2020 16:26 UTC-8

Wach Punts to Jones

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LoriPersinger

Blinds: 1,700/3,400/340

After raising and taking down the blinds and antes in several straight hands, Jesse "PuntKing16" Jones finally got a little pushback, but unfortunately for Dan "FatDan44" Wach it was bad timing.

Jones raised to 6,800 in late position, Wach then three-bet to 30,515 from his big blind, and Jones made the call. Wach continued for 23,460 on the flop and Jones called.

Wach decided to shove his remaining 87,000 on the turn and Jones again made the call.

Dan "FatDan" Wach:
Jesse "PuntKing16":

Jones had flopped top set, which meant that Wach was drawing dead before the hit the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse "puntking16" Jones	287,184 227,184	227,184
Dan "fatdan44" Wach	Busted

Tags: Dan Wach Jesse Jones

09-13-2020 16:19 UTC-8

The Eliminations Keep on Coming

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Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew "WatsonBurger" Robinson	Busted
Hollis "OSTATEDCHI" Holcomb	Busted
Arkadiy "WBGTour" Tsinis	Busted
Boris "full22233" Kasabov	Busted
Bryan "PellePelle" Piccioli	Busted
Darren "AvocadoToast" Rabinowitz	Busted
Mike "mkspresident" Shin	Busted
Massoud "cbkme" Eskandari	Busted
Dan "fatdan44" Wach	Busted
Steve "Blewjobbb" Sarmiento	Busted