The 2020 GGPoker World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Super Circuit awarded its 14th WSOPC ring in Event #14: $210 buy-in Deepstack Bounty $500K GTD on May 26. The tournament was the final bounty event on the series’ schedule and crowned a champion in Mexico’s ‘BaccaratKing.’ The player decimated a field of 3,463 entries to pad his bankroll by $49,598. Adding to the prize money, he also racked up $39,345 in bounties, earning $88,943 for his day’s efforts.
The tournament began at 2 pm EST, and within the first two hours, registrations saw the guarantee being overshot. By the time the gates closed, the prize pool had reached a healthy $692,600.
After that, the action went through the fast lane, and within an hour, the tournament breached the money bubble. The 26 survivors were all assured at least $1,010 each. It took another hour of play for the field to be whittled down to the nine-handed final table.
The final table was a well-rounded mix of players from different nationalities, and Uruguay’s ‘tepuseenFD’ finished runner-up for $34,874.
There were a few Indian players in the mix as well. The most notable finish among them came from ‘rung00se,’ who placed fifth for $12,053, and collected another $4,088 in bounties for total earnings of $16,141. Another Indian player, ‘AntiPoker,’ min-cashed for $1,010 with a 23rd place finish.
Only four more ring events are remaining in the series, all coming up on May 31. The first of these to start will be Event #15: Monster Stack $500K GTD, with Event #16: PLO Main Event $1M GTD scheduled to play out later in the day. The star attraction will undoubtedly be Event #17: Main Event $5M GTD with Event #18: The Closer $500K Gtd [Turbo] wrapping up the schedule.
Final Table Recap
‘Seiya2020’ hit the rail first, in ninth place after his jacks lost the race to eventual runner-up ‘tepuseenFD’s ace-queen.
‘stonecoldshark16’, ‘Cartman992’ and ‘JakSkellington’ were eliminated in quick succession, minutes apart from each other, finishing eighth to sixth respectively.
India’s ‘rung00se’ fell out after moving all-in from the small blind with pocket treys and was looked up by ‘BaccaratKing`s’ king-nine. The latter flopped a king-high straight to end ‘rung00se’s dream run in fifth place.
Four-handed play went on for 10 more minutes before ‘GaoniAn97’ got dispatched by ‘BaccaratKing’s who showed trip tens against the former’s ace-seven.
‘BaccaratKing’ scored another knockout, this time relegating ‘RunGood2323’ to the rail in third place, his completing a flush on the rundown to dominate the latter’s .
The heads-up play between ‘BaccaratKing’ and ‘tepuseenFD’ went by fast, and even after starting the finale at a disadvantage; the latter managed to close in on ‘BaccaratKing’ at one point. The final hand got dealt soon after that. With both players all-in, ‘BaccaratKing’s hit two-pair on the runout , sending ‘tepuseenFD’s out of contention to win the prized WSOPC gold ring!
Final Table Results (USD)
1. BaccaratKing – $49,598
2. tepuseenFD – $34,874
3. RunGood2323 – $24,474
4. GaoniAn97 – $17,175
5. rung00se – $12,053
6. JakSkellington – $8,458
7. Cartman992 – $5,936
8. stonecoldshark16 – $4,166
9. Seiya2020 – $2,923
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