WSOP Online 2020: Kevin Gerhart Captures 2nd Gold Bracelet in Event #20

Event #20: $500 PLO 6-Handed of the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online series registered 1,137 entries (627 unique and 510 re-buys), collecting a commendable $511,650 prize pool. Ohio native and former WSOP bracelet winner Kevin “therealkg” Gerhart triumphed over the field to claim his second WSOP gold bracelet and a cool $97,572 top prize!

Gerhart had won his first-ever bracelet last year in Event#54: $1.5K Razz for a career-best $119,054. He presently has over $600,000 in total live earnings.

Gerhart had started the six-handed final table with the largest stack, and he maintained his lead right till the heads-up. Along the way, he eliminated “Shanmukha,” Chris “Robotbob47” Moorman, and Jenny “Mobey” Svancara. He did lose the chip lead for a while to his heads-up opponent “Duckmoney420,” but just as quickly won it back and ultimately claimed the title!

With this event’s culmination, 20 out of the 31 bracelets have already been awarded on WSOP.com. On July 19, the remaining 54-event schedule started on GGPoker. However, the opening day was marred in technical difficulties. The site detected a critical system bug, leading to two ongoing events, namely, Event #32: $100 The Opener and Event #33: $1,111 Every 1 For COVID Relief being suspended till next week. GGPoker has now confirmed that the site suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that caused even more disruption.

According to PokerNews, the first incident involved server delays that affected client loading times, cash game hand dealing, Spin & Gold table loading, tournament registration, and tournament table loading. This was caused by an influx of players and observers that resulted in “service bottlenecks.” This happened between 13:53 and 17:11 (UTC) on July 19. A temporary fix resulted in the server downtime, and GGPoker has confirmed that the load will be distributed across other servers during emergency maintenance scheduled for July 24.

The second incident occurred later between 17:48 and 18:17 (UTC) when officials attempted to increase the length of late registration to remedy the first incident’s delays. This resulted in a “server-client protocol mismatch” that led to certain clients being disconnected. GGPoker has planned a series of “comprehensive fixes” that will be carried out during emergency maintenance on July 24 to fix the root cause.

In the wee hours of July 20, GGPoker fell victim to a DDoS attack that affected one of the site’s servers and led to many players being unable to load the client. GGPoker has confirmed that all servers have been checked and added to the DDoS protection service, with a second layer of DDoS protection being added for increased security.

Coming back to Event #20 on WSOP.com, the day’s highlight was undoubtedly the clash between two of the biggest names in poker. GGPoker Ambassador and six-time bracelet winner Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu and 15-time bracelet winner Phil “Lumestackin” Hellmuth were vying to add to their bracelet wins. While neither came out on top in this particular event, Negreanu still had the last laugh when he sent Hellmuth to the rail.

The much-talked about hand took place during Level 18 and saw Negreanu raise to 10,000 from UTG. Hellmuth 3-bet all-in for 29,937. Negreanu called with and Hellmuth turned over . The board gave Negreanu a seven-high straight, eliminating Hellmuth in 95th place for $920.97.

You can watch a replay of Negreanu’s live-stream from the event below.

The top 150 places were paid, and Kenneth “KBconcepts” Phillips, who had finished fifth in Event #19, fell out on the money bubble.

Connor “666666” Drinan (11th for $5,935.14), Tom “looter” Marchese (12th for $5,935.14), Shaun “ddtgg” Deeb (36th for $2,30242), Event #12 champion Ryan “joeyisamush” Depaulo (51st for $1,381.45), Ryan “bitc0in” Riess (55th for $1,227.96) and Jamie “DanBilzerian” Kerstetter (111th for $920.97), also crossed the money line.

Former WSOP bracelet winner Chris “Robotbob47” Moorman was the shortest stack with just nine players remaining in the field; however, he managed to win a massive pot against Tammy “rynom” Brindise to stay alive in the competition.

On the other hand, “RiderStrong” lost a big chunk of their chips to Kevin “therealkg” Gerhart, becoming the shortest stack with just 611,613 under their belt. Eventually, “RiderStrong” was eliminated in ninth place for $7,828.24.

Following the eliminations of Tammy “rynom” Brindise (8th for $10,591.15) and Shawn “Clairvoyant” Kjetland (7th for $10,591.15), the six-handed final table was formed.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Kevin “therealkg” Gerhart – 6,099,715

2. Chris “Robotbob47” Moorman – 2,813,119

3. Jenny “Mobey” Svancara – 2,746,004

4. Duckmoney420 – 2,234,288

5. AdamJ080584 – 2,069,958

6. Shanmukha – 1,091,916

Final Table Recap

“Shanmukha” was the first player to depart from the final table when their was bested by Kevin “therealkg” Gerhart’s which bettered to a two pair on the board . “Shanmukha” exited in sixth place.

Midway through Level 34, Adam “AdamJ080584” Jones pitted his against “Duckmoney420″s . The board gave the latter trip queens, eliminating Jones in fifth place.

Soon after that, Chris “Robotbob47” Moorman raised from the button to 600,000 and Gerhart called from the big blind. The flop opened and Moorman moved all-in for 933,119. Gerhart called, tabling and Moorman showed . Gerhart was in the lead with two pairs of tens and sevens. The turn and river were of no help to Moorman, relegating him to the rail in fourth place.

Down to three-handed play, the lone female contender, Jenny “Mobey” Svancara left the competition. The hand in question saw Gerhart fire a bet of 600,000 from the small blind. Svancara called from the big blind to see the flop . Gerhart led out for 1.2 Million and Svancara shoved all-in for 2.66 Million. Gerhart called.

Jenny “Mobey” Svancara:

Kevin “therealkg” Gerhart:

Though Svancara was ahead with two pairs of kings and fours, the on the turn gave Gerhart the lead. The river was inconsequential, ending Svancara’s dream run in third place.

The heads-up between Kevin “therealkg” Gerhart (9,349,316) and “Duckmoney420” (7,705,784) began with the former holding a slight edge. Just 13 minutes into Level 36, “Duckmoney420” took the lead away from Gerhart. Not to be outdone, seven minutes later, Gerhart won it back. In the end, Gerhart successfully managed to claim his second WSOP gold bracelet.

On the final hand, Gerhart opened for 1.8 Million from the button, and “Duckmoney420” defended their big blind to see the flop . “Duckmoney420” jammed for 1.55 Million and Gerrhart promptly called, holding . “Duckmoney420” revealed . The latter had pocket queens, but the on the turn gave Gerhart a 10-high straight. The river bricked, eliminating “Duckmoney420” in second place.

Gerhart not only captured his career-second gold bracelet but also banked an impressive $97,572 payday!

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Kevin “therealkg” Gerhart – $97,572

2. Duckmoney420 – $60,324

3. Jenny “Mobey” Svancara – $41,290

4. Chris “Robotbob47” Moorman – $28,601

5. Adam “AdamJ080584” Jones – $20,210

6. Shanmukha – $14,480

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