WSOP Online 2020: New Zealand’s Hun Wei Lee Wins His 1st WSOP Bracelet in Event #37: $1,050 Bounty PLO on GGPoker

Thursday saw the second Omaha event of the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online series on GGPoker & Natural8 play down to a winner. New Zealand’s Hun Wei Lee (cover image) traversed a field of 971 entries in Event #37: $1,050 Bounty PLO to collect his first-ever WSOP bracelet.

Lee, who goes by his moniker ‘Andy,’ has more than $7 Million in live earnings and had in 2017, won the A$20K WSOP Sydney High Roller for A$273,600. He had a tumultuous ride on the final table and rose to prominence once only five players remained. Alongside the $79,000 first prize, he collected many bounties to pocket $161,886 in total winnings.

Interestingly, the tournament did not sport a guarantee but still managed to generate a very generous $971,000 prize pool.

The tourney paid out 134 places with a min-cash worth $1,196.

Chris Hunichen burst the money bubble in Level 15 when he eliminated ‘YOUWILLLOSE’ in 135th place.

Aku Joentausta (15th for $3,236), Belarmino ‘Iseey0urcard’ De Souza (30th for $1,891), Farid Jattin (42nd for $1,891), Chris Hunichen (44th for $1,891), Mike ‘GoJiGo’ Leah (84th for $1,393) and Gavin Cochrane (109th for $1,196) were some known players that finished ITM.

When the play was down to 10 players, it was ‘trilok’ (10th for $4,460) who was busted by Teoh ‘Paul Teoh’ Mingjuen to set the final table in motion.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Teoh ‘Paul Teoh’ Mingjuen – 6,373,922
2. Attila ‘zzzumbaaa’ Kuna – 3,574,444
3. Craig Timmis – 3,447,231
4. Hun Wei Lee – 2,078,908
5. Bradley ‘DrStrange7’ Ruben – 1,928,874
6. Shaul ‘yoffitoffi’ Meir – 1,736,092
7. Janne ‘Fructu’ Peltoniemi – 1,590,258
8. Nikolaus ‘schnitzolauf’ Eigners – 1,396,658
9. Alex ‘rubbherducky’ Difelice – 948,613

Final Table Recap

Craig Timmis scored the first three knockouts on the final table, sending Alex ‘rubbherducky’ Difelice out in ninth place, and following that up by busting Shaul ‘yoffitoffi’ Meir and Nikolaus ‘schnitzolauf’ Eigners.

Timmis`s elimination spree continued as he claimed a fourth victim nearly 20 minutes after dispatching Eigners out. This time it was Attila ‘zzzumbaaa’ Kuna who hit the rail in sixth place, his losing to Timmis’ that turned two-pair on the runout .

Play slowed down for a bit. Nearly 45 minutes later, Lee opened for 600K from the small blind, and Teoh ‘Paul Teoh’ Mingjuen potted for 1.8 Million. Lee shoved for 400K more and the cards were tabled, Mingjuen showing for one-pair. Lee who had rivered a gutshot straight on the rundown, ending Mingjuen’s run in fifth place.

Lee went on to eliminate Bradley ‘DrStrange7’ Ruben next in fourth place.

Craig Timmis’s blistering run was cut short in third place after he ran into Lee’s . The board ran bringing the tourney down to heads-up.

The finale saw Janne ‘Fructu’ Peltoniemi starting out with a massive chip deficit holding 4 Million in chips versus Lee’s staggering stack of 20.2 Million. It was predictably over in no time, and the final hand saw Peltoniemi, who was down to the last 10 big blinds jam, with Lee calling it off.

Janne ‘Fructu’ Peltoniemi

Hun Wei Lee

The flop saw Lee surging ahead with two-pair of aces and ten. The turn and the river completed the board, naming Lee the champion!

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Hun Wei Lee – $161,886
2. Janne ‘Fructu’ Peltoniemi – $64,246
3. Craig Timmis – $66,836
4. Bradley ‘DrStrange7’ Ruben – $39,472
5. Teoh ‘Paul Teoh’ Mingjuen – $37,083
6. Attila ‘zzzumbaaa’ Kuna – $25,287
7. Nikolaus ‘schnitzolauf’ Eigners – $14,537
8. Shaul ‘yoffitoffi’ Meir – $12,031
9. Alex ‘rubbherducky’ Difelice – $10,442

Content & Images Courtesy: WSOP.com and PokerNews.com

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