Event #13: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship | 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events

08-18-2021 17:09 UTC

Two for Lakatos; One for Wilinofsky

Christian Zetzsche

Blinds 20,000/40,000

Ben Lakatos raised the button to 100,000 and Fernando Habegger came along out of the big blind. Habegger check-called for 127,500 on the flop and check-folded the turn when Lakatos made it 382,500 to go.

Lakatos then claimed the blinds and antes before limping in the next hand. Ben Wilinofsky raised to 180,000 and picked up a call. On the flop, the Hungarian checked and let go when Wilinofsky continued for 127,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincas Tamasauskas	3,524,998 35,000	35,000
Hernando Guzman	2,962,553 -20,000	-20,000

Ben Wilinofsky	2,359,399 190,000	190,000

Ben Lakatos	2,014,846 112,500	112,500
Fernando Habegger	1,413,210 -272,500	-272,500

Florian Fuchs	844,778 -45,000	-45,000
David Wang	230,216 -85,000	-85,000

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08-18-2021 17:05 UTC

Tamasauskas Into the Lead

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Christian Zetzsche

Blinds 20,000/40,000

In the first hand on the final table, Vincas Tamasauskas raised the pot to 120,000 and Hernandu Guzman repotted to 360,000 from one seat over on the button. They checked the flop and turn. Tamasauskas bet the river for 599,856 and Guzman folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincas Tamasauskas	3,489,998 450,000	450,000
Hernando Guzman	2,982,553 -365,000	-365,000

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08-18-2021 17:03 UTC

Shuffle Up and Deal on the Final Table!

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Christian Zetzsche

Blinds 20,000/40,000

The cards for the final table are in the air as the seven finalists picked their seat swaps in order of chip counts, from lowest to largest.

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Ben Wilinofsky	Canada	2,169,399	54
2	Fernando Habegger	Switzerland	1,685,710	42
3	David Wang	Australia	315,216	8
4	Vincas Tamasauskas	Lithuania	3,039,998	76
5	Hernando Guzman	Mexico	3,347,553	84
6	Florian Fuchs	Austria	889,778	22
7	Ben Lakatos	Hungary	1,902,346	48

08-18-2021 16:00 UTC

A Maiden Bracelet Winner Will Be Crowned in Event #13: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship

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Christian Zetzsche

Seven players out of 267 entries remain in the third Championship Event of the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events. They are all hailing from different countries and one will walk away with the first career gold-bracelet in Event #13: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. All finalists are guaranteed at least $38,418 for the efforts out of a $1,268,250 prize pool.

Mexico's Hernando Guzman leads the line-up with a stack of 3,347,553, closely followed by Lithuania's Vincas Tamasauskas with 3,039,998. The 2011 EPT Berlin Main Event champion Ben Wilinofsky sits in third place and returns with a stack of 2,169,399.

Furthermore in contention are Ben Lakatos, GGPoker OmahaSquad member Fernando "JNandez87" Habegger, Florian Fuchs, and David Wang.

Final Table Line-Up in Event #13: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Hernando Guzman	Mexico	3,347,553	84
2	Vincas Tamasauskas	Lithuania	3,039,998	76
3	Ben Wilinofsky	Canada	2,169,399	54
4	Ben Lakatos	Hungary	1,902,346	48
5	Fernando Habegger	Switzerland	1,685,710	42
6	Florian Fuchs	Austria	889,778	22
7	David Wang	Australia	315,216	8

Six players in the money brought a profit on the investment for their investors after utilizing the in-built staking feature in the GGPoker client. Three of them reached the final seven:

Player	Mark-Up	# of Stakers	Percentage Sold
Fernando Habegger	1	19	60%/60%
Florian Fuchs	1.2	18	80%/80%
David Wang	1.09	5	21.3%/50%

The final table is scheduled to continue at 5.01 pm UTC and from now on, all levels will feature 20 hands each instead of a duration of 15 minutes. In order to secure an average of at least 40 big blinds, the blinds were rolled back one level to 20,000/40,000 and a running ante of 5,000.

Stay tuned for the conclusion of this WSOP Online Bracelet Event, as the PokerNews team will provide conclusive updates from start-to-finish.

Tags: Ben Lakatos Ben Wilinofsky David Wang Fernando Habegger Florian Fuchs Hernando Guzman Vincas Tamasauskas

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