WSOP Online 2020: Michael ‘YesPlease Clacher Wins Event #36 $1.5K Fifty Stack NLHE, India’s “Neel” Finishes 6th

Now being co-hosted on GGPoker and Natural8, the ongoing 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online is witnessing participation from all over the world. The series crowned another champion on Wednesday after South Africa’s Michael ‘YesPlease’ Clacher outran 1,342 players in Event #36 $1.5K Fifty Stack NLHE to walk away with his first WSOP gold bracelet and a $297,496 payday.

Clacher, whose online winnings at GGPoker alone stand at $304,398 after this win, seems to have restricted himself to playing live tournaments in South Africa. He defeated the poker pro Rodrigo ‘PAPAI_PIG’ Dos Santos Caprioli in heads-up play.

India has had a strong connection with the WSOP, and the bond has only grown stronger in the last few years. Indian players have won bracelets each year for the last three years running, and there is a healthy mix of players playing the online series to extend this record to the fourth year.

Getting Team India its first FT finish at the series was ‘Neel’ from Pune, who made a deep run in Event #36. A chemical engineering graduate, Neel has been on a roller coaster run this year. He hit the jackpot three months ago, by finishing runner-up in India`s biggest online tournament to date -PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Crores GTD EndBoss for ₹65.01 Lakhs. While that remains Neel’s personal-best score to-date, Neel came within striking distance of improving upon that record earlier today. His bracelet run came to an end in sixth place at the hands of Olivier ‘BigPapyBoss’ Rebello. He collected $59,878 (~₹44.75 Lakhs) for his efforts!

The tourney generated a $1,912,350 prize pool, doling out a payday to the top 188 places.

partypoker Team Pro Jeff ‘muitoforte’ Gross (32nd for $6,347), Liv Boeree (82nd for $4,382), Philip ‘Respect!’ Long (90th for $4,382), Steve O’ Dwyer (99th for $4,382),

Manig Loeser (140th for $3,819), Andrew Neeme (153rd for $3,328), and Kahle Burns (177th for $3,328) were some of the prominent names who scored in the event.

‘profishnal7’ (10th for $16,607) bubbled the final table.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Olivier ‘BigPapyBoss’ Rebello – 15,350,610
2. Michael ‘YesPlease’ Clacher – 8,786,520
3. Joao Vieira – 8,426,314
4. Viktor ‘Ryuzaki1’ Zsemlye – 6,940,054
5. Rodrigo ‘PAPAI_PIG’ Caprioli – 6,798,974
6. Martin ‘FuTimReilly’ Zamani – 6,793,978
7. Neel – 5,139,212
8. Jose ‘Machenzzio’ Davilla – 4,311,759
9. Rich ‘DadPoker’ Dixon – 3,262,579

Final Table Recap

Chips moved around quickly on the final table that saw its first knockout within the first five minutes of play. Jose ‘Machenzzio’ Davilla lost all his chips to the chip leader Olivier ‘BigPapyBoss’ Rebello with his pocket fours vs. the latter`s pair of aces.

Viktor ‘Ryuzaki1’ Zsemlye and Rich ‘DadPoker’ Dixon were quick to hit the rail next, in eighth and seventh place, respectively.

India’s ‘Neel’ had entered the final table with an average stack and could not spin it up. After Dixon’s departure, Rebello shoved from the small blind, and big blind Neel called for his last 2.549 Million.

Neel

Olivier ‘BigPapyBoss’ Rebello

The board ran and even though Neel paired his ten on the board, Rebello scooped the pot with his superior pocket pair.

Several hands later, Joao Vieira ran out of chips in fifth place after his was cracked by Rodrigo ‘PAPAI_PIG’ Caprioli’s on the runout .

The players went on a six-minute break, and when they returned, it was Martin ‘FuTimReilly’ Zamani making his way out in fourth place.

Fifteen minutes later, Michael ‘YesPlease’ Clacher shoved from the button and found a caller in Olivier ‘BigPapyBoss’ Rebello.

Olivier ‘BigPapyBoss’ Rebello

Michael ‘YesPlease’ Clacher

The board ran and Clacher’s turned set ended Rebello’s dream run in third place.

With a stack of 32.179 Million Rodrigo ‘PAPAI_PIG’ Caprioli was trailing Clacher’s 34.920 Million at the start of the heads-up play. Clacher collected a big pot right at the beginning to further pull ahead.

The final hand didn’t take long coming and saw Caprioli raise to 2 Million from the button. Clacher called to see the flop open . Both checked to see the turn. Clacher check-called Caprioli`s fired a bet of 2.883 Million. The on the river completed the board. Clacher bet 1.250 Million, on which Caprioli shoved for 12.08 Million. A snap-call from Clacher brought the cards on their backs.

Rodrigo ‘PAPAI_PIG’ Caprioli

Michael ‘YesPlease’ Clacher

Clacher`s rivered two-pair of queens and fours won him his very first WSOP bracelet.

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Michael ‘YesPlease’ Clacher – $297,496
2. Rodrigo ‘PAPAI_PIG’ Caprioli – $215,892
3. Olivier ‘BigPapyBoss’ Rebello – $156,673
4. Martin ‘FuTimReilly’ Zamani – $113,698
5. Joao Vieira – $82,510
6. Neel – $59,878
7. Rich ‘DadPoker’ Dixon – $43,453
8. Viktor ‘Ryuzaki1’ Zsemlye – $31,534
9. Jose ‘Machenzzio’ Davilla – $22,884

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

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