Wsop 2020 Online
| 2020 World Series of Poker | |
|---|---|
| Location | Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada King's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic Online (GGPoker and WSOP.com) |
| Dates | November 29-January 3 |
| Champion | |
| Damian Salas | |
2021 → | |
The 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was the 51st edition of the event. Originally scheduled to begin on May 26 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]
The 2020 World Series of Poker Online was a series of online poker tournaments organized by the World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held from July 1-September 8 and featured 85 bracelet events, 31 on WSOP.com and 54 on GGPoker. Today the WSOP announced it will in fact be crowning a new Main Event champion at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and will do so before 2020 concludes. According to the WSOP, a “hybrid online and live version of the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em World Championship” will take place starting Nov. 29 and conclude a month later on. The 2020 World Series of Poker Main Event It’s your chance to be a part of poker history by playing in the WSOP 2020 Main Event from anywhere in Nevada or New Jersey on WSOP.com. End up the World Champion! This year’s event will have a unique format, where play starts online and continues down to 9 players. Coverage of the poker series 2020 World Series of Poker Online, including results, chip counts, poker videos, and photos.
The much-anticipated schedule for the 2020 World Series of Poker Online on GGPoker has been released, with 54 bracelet events on offer. Bracelet events start from July 19th through until September.
There were 101 bracelet events on the schedule before the postponement.[3]
In June, the WSOP introduced the 2020 World Series of Poker Online, a series of 85 online tournaments, 31 on WSOP.com and 54 on GGPoker. The series started on July 1 and concluded in September.[4]
In November, the WSOP announced that the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event would still be held, but in a different format. Play began online, with international players starting November 29 on GGPoker and American players December 13 on WSOP.com. Once both tournaments reached the final nine players, a final table was held live—December 15 at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic for international players, and December 28 at the Rio for American players. The winners of both final tables then met in a heads-up match at the Rio on January 3 to determine the champion.[5]
Main Event[edit]
The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on November 29 with the first of three starting flights on GGPoker. The surviving players from each flight combined for Day 2 on December 7 and played down to a final table of nine. The final table was held on December 15 at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic.
For American players, the event began on December 13 on WSOP.com, with the final table taking place on December 28.
The Main Event on GGPoker attracted 674 players, creating a prize pool of $6,470,400. The top 80 players made the money, with the winner earning $1,550,969.
The WSOP.com Main Event had 705 entries and a prize pool of $6,768.000. The top 107 players made the money, with a first place prize of $1,553,256. In addition, the champion of the heads-up match between the GGPoker and WSOP.com winners earned $1 million. The match was originally scheduled to take place on December 30 but was moved to January 3 after Damian Salas, winner of the Rozvadov final table, was denied entry into the United States.[6]
Combined, the 2020 Main Event attracted 1,379 players.
Performance of past champions[edit]
| Name | Championship Year(s) | Day of Elimination |
|---|---|---|
| Phil Hellmuth | 1989 | 1 |
| Chris Ferguson | 2000 | 1 |
| Greg Raymer | 2004 | 1 |
| Greg Merson | 2012 | 1 (90th)* |
| Ryan Riess | 2013 | 2 (47th)* |
| Martin Jacobson | 2014 | 1C |
| Joe McKeehen | 2015 | 1 |
| Scott Blumstein | 2017 | 1 |
| John Cynn | 2018 | 1 |
*- Denotes player who finished in the money
Final Tables[edit]
| Name | Number of chips (percentage of total) | WSOP bracelets | WSOP cashes* | WSOP earnings* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunno Botteon | 10,325,000 (25.5%) | 0 | 14 | $1,108,516 |
| Manuel Ruivo | 6,225,000 (15.4%) | 0 | 10 | $329,545 |
| Damian Salas | 5,650,000 (14.0%) | 0 | 30 | $1,710,970 |
| Marco Streda | 4,225,000 (10.5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hannes Speiser | 3,525,000 (8.7%) | 0 | 7 | $105,193 |
| Dominykas Mikolaitis | 3,175,000 (7.8%) | 0 | 12 | $132,857 |
| Ramon Miquel Munoz | 3,025,000 (7.5%) | 0 | 16 | $52,231 |
| Peiyuan Sun | 2,185,676 (5.4%) | 0 | 3 | $5,907 |
| Stoyan Obreshkov | 2,125,000 (5.2%) | 0 | 37 | $400,718 |
| Name | Number of chips (percentage of total) | WSOP bracelets | WSOP cashes* | WSOP earnings* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Hebert | 13,050,000 (30.9%) | 0 | 17 | $84,960 |
| Shawn Stroke | 5,250,000 (12.4%) | 0 | 12 | $125,240 |
| Ryan Hagerty | 5,075,000 (12.0%) | 0 | 9 | $30,331 |
| Tony Yuan | 4,825,000 (11.4%) | 0 | 4 | $4,218 |
| Michael Cannon | 4,400,000 (10.4%) | 0 | 3 | $7,313 |
| Gershon Distenfeld | 3,475,000 (8.2%) | 0 | 2 | $5,317 |
| Ron Jenkins | 2,475,000 (5.9%) | 0 | 14 | $117,685 |
| Upeshka De Silva | 2,151,969 (5.1%) | 3 | 49 | $1,613,094 |
| Harrison Dobin | 1,575,000 (3.7%) | 0 | 8 | $46,592 |
*- Career statistics prior to the 2020 Main Event
Final Tables results[edit]
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Damian Salas | $1,550,969 |
| 2nd | Brunno Botteon | $1,062,723 |
| 3rd | Manuel Ruivo | $728,177 |
| 4th | Ramon Miquel Munoz | $498,947 |
| 5th | Marco Streda | $341,879 |
| 6th | Dominykas Mikolaitis | $234,255 |
| 7th | Stoyan Obreshkov | $160,512 |
| 8th | Hannes Speiser | $109,982 |
| 9th | Peiyuan Sun* | $75,360 |
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Joseph Hebert | $1,553,256 |
| 2nd | Ron Jenkins | $1,002,340 |
| 3rd | Michael Cannon | $529,258 |
| 4th | Ryan Hagerty | $387,130 |
| 5th | Tony Yuan | $286,963 |
| 6th | Harrison Dobin | $215,222 |
| 7th | Shawn Stroke | $163,786 |
| 8th | Gershon Distenfeld | $125,885 |
| 9th | Upeshka De Silva** | $98,813 |
*- Sun did not travel to Rozvadov for the final table and was awarded ninth place
**- De Silva was disqualified after testing positive for COVID-19 and awarded ninth place
Heads-up Championship Match results[edit]
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Damian Salas | $1,000,000 |
| 2nd | Joseph Hebert | $0 |
References[edit]
- ^Rinkema, Remko (April 20, 2020). '2020 WORLD SERIES OF POKER POSTPONED'. Poker Central. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^Purdum, David (April 20, 2020). 'World Series of Poker postponed amid pandemic'.
- ^'2020 World Series of Poker Will See A Record 101 Gold Bracelets Awarded'. CardPlayer.com. February 27, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
- ^Epskamp, Yori (June 8, 2020). '85 Online Bracelet Events Scheduled This Summer; 31 on WSOP.com & 54 on GGPoker'. PokerNews.com. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
- ^Holloway, Chad (November 13, 2020). 'Breaking News: 2020 WSOP $10,000 Main Event to Take Place in December'. PokerNews.com. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ^Pordo, Gustavo (December 28, 2020). 'Salas no pudo viajar y se posterga la final de la Serie Mundial'. Cordigo Poker (Spanish). Retrieved December 28, 2020.
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Table Of Contents
Wishing you could find all the key info about the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in one place? You'll love this WSOP 2020 schedule.
As announced here on PokerNews on Friday, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) are coming back soon with an unprecedented mix of online and live games.
The action will be split between WSOP.com and GGPoker, giving players from different countries the opportunity to participate and compete in a one-of-a-kind $10,000 WSOP Main Event.
This means we are going to have an official 2020 Main Event champion in 2020, although the situation caused by the COVID pandemic will make everything...a bit different.
Continue reading to learn:
- The Schedule of the PokerNews WSOP Main Event coverage. (coming soon)
WSOP 2020 Schedule: the Main Event
Forget the long queues at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and the comments about the close-to-polar temperatures in the tournament room.
Wsop 2020 Online Leaderboard
The largest part of the 2020 WSOP Main Event action is going to happen online with only 18 survivors being invited to play a game of live poker.
To complicate things even further, not everyone will play at the same time this year. The two poker operators set up two different schedules that converge into one final event scheduled to take place in Las Vegas on Dec. 30.
To help you keep track of what-happens-where and know what are the key dates that are relevant to you, we put together a detailed 2020 WSOP schedule with everything there is to know about this year's $10,000 Main Event.
Schedule of the 2020 WSOP Domestic Main Event
| Date | Event | Where | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 13 | Day 1 | Online | WSOP.com |
| Dec. 14 | Day 2 | Online | WSOP.com |
| Dec. 28 | Final table | Live | Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas |
The 'domestic' Main Event is a $10,000 buy-in freezeout no-limit Texas hold'em tournament that will take place on WSOP.com.
This poker tournament will be open to all players in New Jersey and Nevada.
- The action begins on Sunday, Dec. 13, with the event's only Day 1 flight.
- The tournament will then continue on Monday, December 14, and play down to a final table of nine players.
- The final table will see all the qualifiers play down to a winner at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, on Monday, Dec. 28.
Important Notice: You do not need to be a resident of New Jersey or Nevada to play — but you are required to be physically located in one of these two states to access the games on the WSOP.com client.
For more info about this, have a look at our guides to online poker in New Jersey and online poker in Nevada.
Schedule of the 2020 WSOP International Main Event
| Date | Event | Where | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 29 | Day 1a | Online | GGPoker |
| Dec. 5 | Day 1b | Online | GGPoker |
| Dec. 6 | Day 1b | Online | GGPoker |
| Dec. 16 | Final table | Live | King's Casino in Rozvadov |
To allow more players to join the event and fight for the most coveted title in poker, the WSOP will run an 'international' leg of the Main Event as well.
This $10,000 freezeout tournament will take place on the GGPoker client, the same that already hosted a successful online edition of the WSOP in the summer.
If you are not sure whether you are allowed to play games on GGPoker, you can visit this page.
Given that the GGPoker leg of the 2020 WSOP Main Event is expected to attract a larger crowd, the organizers split the action into three starting flights.
- The action on GGPoker will begin on Sunday, Nov. 29 with the Day 1a.
- The other Day 1's will take place on Saturday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 6.
- All the survivors will then play down to nine players on Monday, Dec. 7.
- The last nine participants will play down to a winner in a game of live poker to be held at the King's Casino in Rozvadov, on Tuesday, Dec. 16.
Wsop 2020 Online Wiki
Should travel restrictions or a casino shutdown prevent the WSOP Main Event final table to take place in Rozvadov, the organizer announced they will consider moving the event online or rescheduling it to a later date.
Keep in mind that each player can only play one Day 1, so you won't be able to re-enter the tournament after you are eliminated.
The 2020 WSOP Main Event Heads-Up Finale
| Date | Event | Where | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 16 | Final table | Live | Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas |
The winner of both the 'domestic' and the 'international' legs of this unprecedented 2020 WSOP Main Event will then play in a special Heads-Up Finale that will take place at the Rio on Wednesday, Dec. 30.
The winner of this adrenaline-packed game will walk away with an added $1,000,000 cash prize, a bracelet, and the title of 2020 WSOP Main Event champion.
WSOP 2020 Schedule: FAQs
This year's competition is split between the WSOP.com poker client and the GGPoker client, with both operators sunning tournaments at different times.
The action at WSOP.com (New Jersey and Nevada players only) begins on Dec. 13, 2020. More info here.
The action at GGPoker begins on Nov. 29. More info here.
Wsop 2020 Online Main Event
Wsop 2020 Online Registration
The final table of the 'domestic' 2020 WSOP Main Event will take place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020.
The final table of the 'international' 2020 WSOP Main Event will take place at the Kings Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2020.
The US-only tournament to be hosted on the WSOP.com platform feature a single Day 1 on December 13, 2020.
The GGPoker leg of the 2020 WSOP Main Event features three starting flights:
- Day 1 A: Sunday, Nov. 29
- Day 1 B: Saturday, Dec. 5
- Day 1 C: Sunday, Dec.6
Despite the three starting flights, players will be allowed to enter only a single Day 1.
The 2020 WSOP Heads Up Finale will see the winner of the 'domestic' and the 'international' WSOP Main Event play down to a final winner.
The event will take place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Dec. 30. More info here.