WSOP Online 2020: Kotler Finishes Runner-up Again as Allan Cheung Takes Down Event #22

Event #22: $500 No-Limit Hold ’em Turbo Deepstack of the ongoing 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online kicked off at 3 PM (PDT) on July 22. The event attracted a field of 1,579 entries (1,082 unique and 497 re-buys), generating a very generous $710,550 prize pool. Following seven hours of intense play, Allan “Treeoflife” Cheung emerged as the victor, capturing not just his career-first WSOP bracelet, but also securing a personal-best $120,083 in prize money!

A relatively lesser-known player, before this win, Cheung had just three WSOP cashes to his name. All of which he has won at the ongoing series.

The Little Neck, New York resident, had started the final table with the third-largest stack. Cheung played a very patient game throughout the final table, so much so that he didn’t score any eliminations until he made it to heads-up play against Myles “Shipthemoney” Kotler. Despite starting out with a substantial chip deficit against Kotler, Cheung ultimately managed to claim the title and the bracelet.

Just four days ago, the runner-up Kotler was in the running for the WSOP bracelet in Event #18 but lost it in the heads-up to Scott “BudLightLime” Hempel. He tried hard to win the bracelet in this event as well, but sadly, yet again fell short by just one spot.

With the top 248 places assured payouts, Nikita Luther’s 2018 Tag Teammate and former bracelet winner, Giuseppe “Pantalette” Pantaleo became the unfortunate tournament bubble.

GGPoker Ambassador Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu (32nd for $2,913.25), Robert “bustinballs” Kuhn (40th for $2,415.87), Erica “huckcheevers” Lindgren (69th for $1,492.15), Melisa “NJ_Melisa” Singh (86th for $1,207.93) and Anthony “heheh” Zinno (93rd for $1,065.82) were among the noteworthy names who crossed the money line.

Four-time WSOP bracelet winner Mike “mouth123” Matusow has been in a lot of controversies lately. Last we heard of him, he was being roasted on Twitter for making a sexually suggestive threat against a female player for slow-rolling him. To be fair, Matusow hadn’t known that the player in question, Megan Milburn, was a woman. Nevertheless, his rant did not go down well with the poker community, following which Matusow was forced to apologize.

Well, today, the news surrounding him is a positive one. Matusow aka ‘The Mouth’ came very close to final tabling Event #22, but eventually bubbled the FT in 10th place when his was busted by Brian “JackBogle” Altman’s which bettered to a flopped flush on the board. Matusow banked a $7,247.51 payday.

You can watch his live stream below.

You can also watch the final table action below.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Brian “JackBogle” Altman – 19,179,789

2. Myles “Shipthemoney” Kotler – 10,898,304

3. Allan “Treeoflife” Cheung – 10,022,074

4. Louie “pongpong” Valderrama – 8,031,207

5. Terrell “heezahustla” Cheatham – 3,946,696

6. Daniel “juice” Buzgon – 3,382,188

7. Robert “Nvrstsfied” Natividad – 2,847,020

8. this1smyvice – 2,426,920

9. theLMT90 – 2,424,802

Final Table Recap

Robert “Nvrstsfied” Natividad was the first player to be eliminated from the final table. His ran into Myles “Shipthemoney” Kotler’s . The board ran , and Kotler hit a pair of aces, sending Natividad to the rail.

Less than 10 minutes later, “this1smyvice” open-jammed for 2.24 Million from early position and “theLMT90” called with their last 1.76 Million from the cutoff. “this1smyvice” tabled and “theLMT90” showed . The gave “this1smyvice” a King-high straight, eliminating “theLMT90” in eighth place.

Despite eliminating “theLMT90”, “this1smyvice” could not hold onto their place at the final table for too long and was the next player to depart. Their was bested by Kotler’s that flopped a pair of aces, ending “this1smyvice” s run in seventh place.

Finishing in sixth place was Louie “pongpong” Valderrama when his were cracked by Daniel “juice” Buzgon’s .

Event #16 champion Terrell “heezahustla” Cheatham’s dream run chasing his second WSOP bracelet of the series came to an end in fifth place. The elimination hand saw Cheatham raise all-in for 5.67 Million from the button. Kotler called over the top from the small blind for 12.03 Million, enough to get the rest to fold.

Myles “Shipthemoney” Kotler:

Terrell “heezahustla” Cheatham:

The runout gave Kotler a flopped flushed, forcing Cheatham to depart in fifth place.

About five minutes later, Daniel “juice” Buzgon’s were pitted against Brian “JackBogle” Altman’s . Buzgon’s tournament life was on the line, and sadly, on the runout Altman flopped a pair of aces to take the lead. The turn and river were of no help to Buzgon, who bowed out in fourth place.

Though Brian “JackBogle” Altman had started out as the start-of-final table chip leader, he was ultimately eliminated in third place. His went up against Kotler’s . The board ran out . Both players had flopped deuces; however, Kotler’s King-high kicker won him the pot.

The heads-up took place between Myles “Shipthemoney” Kotler (41,027,640) and Allan “Treeoflife” Cheung (22,132,360), with the former enjoying a commendable lead. Nonetheless, Cheung secured a double up that won him the chip lead, and he held onto it until the very end.

On the final hand, Cheung opened for 2.40 Million, and Kotler 3-bet jammed to 23.37 Million. Cheung called and turned over . Kotler revealed . The community cards read . Cheung paired his ace on the turn, denying Kotler the bracelet for the second time this series.

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Allan “Treeoflife” Cheung – $120,083

2. Myles “Shipthemoney” Kotler – $74,039

3. Brian “JackBogle” Altman – 53,291

4. Daniel “juice” Buzgon – $38,725

5. Terrell “heezahustla” Cheatham – $28,493

6. Louie “pongpong” Valderrama – $21,174

7. this1smyvice – $15,916

8. theLMT90 – $12,079

9. Robert “Nvrstsfied” Natividad – $9,308

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