WSOP Online 2020: Nick Guagenti Wins Event #29 on WSOP.com ($305,433), Pahuja Finishes 6th

The ongoing 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online series on WSOP.com has been handing out a bracelet daily. On Wednesday, Event #29: NLHE Deepstack awarded the title to poker pro Nick “shadowjacker” Guagenti (cover image) from Ohio, who won his first gold bracelet, and $305,433 in prize money.

Guagenti boasts over $1.3 Million in live earnings and before his bracelet win, he had 52 WSOP cashes to his name.

The $2,000 buy-in event logged in 580 runners who rebought 167 times to frame a prize pool worth $1,419,300.

The event had a stacked FT that featured the prominent Indo-American poker pro Vinny “brownmagic” Pahuja, who finished sixth for $47,121 (~₹35.29 Lakhs). Finishing strikingly close to a second bracelet was Las Vegas resident Ari “philivey” Engel, who placed third for $130,292.

Greg “FossilMan” Raymer (26th for $8,373.87), Shaun “ddtgg” Deeb (36th for $6,954.57), Joe “fanofdapoker” McKeehen (42nd for $6,102.99), and Tony “Panoramic” Dunst (46th for $5,251.41) were the notables who cashed in the event.

Calvin “projector52” Anderson crashed out on the final table bubble in 10th place for $15,612.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Matthew “EarvinMagic” Parry – 4,342,230
2. Brian “BD_out” Deutschmeister – 4,198,230
3. Ari “philivey” Engel – 3,610,464
4. Nick “shadowjacker” Guagenti – 2,278,544
5. Vinny “brownmagic” Pahuja – 2,151,984
6. Rory “peeeeeeeeeno” Brown – 1,845,170
7. Ryan “toosick” Tosoc – 1,651,204
8. James “DanFriel” Gilbert – 1,450,126
9. Tom “.beast.” Cannuli – 882,048

Final Table Recap

Tom “.beast.” Cannuli went out in ninth-place after open-shoving and lost his tourney life to Brian “BD_out” Deutschmeister’s .

Moments later, James “DanFriel” Gilbert fell out in eighth place after moving all-in with from the cutoff seat. Matthew “EarvinMagic” Parry made the call in the big blind with . The board was insignificant for Gilbert.

A few hands later, Rory “peeeeeeeeeno” Brown’s dream run ended in seventh place with Indo-American Vinny “brownmagic” Pahuja following him out in sixth place. The hand in question saw Ari “philivey” Engel opening the pot with . Pahuja defended his big blind with . Engel bet the flop , and Pahuja check-raised all in. Engel called. The turn and the river were of no help to Pahuja.

Next up, Ryan “toosick” Tosoc’s pocket fours failed to catch up to Parry’s sevens, resulting in the former`s departure in fifth place.

Brian “BD_out” Deutschmeister didn`t take long after that to exit. He lost all his chips with king-high to Parry’s ace-high.

Down to three-handed, Ari “philivey” Engel open-shoved with and Nick “shadowjacker” Guagenti looked him up with . The runout spelled the end of Engel`s deep run in third place.

Heads-up, Guagenti started with a better 13.17 Million against Mathew Parry’s 9.23 Million, and it took 15 minutes for Guagenti to wrap things up. On the final hand of the night, Guagenti opened , and Parry defended with . The flop gave Guagenti a straight, and he c-bet. Parry check-jammed with his top pair only to get the bad news when Guagenti snap-called. The turn and the river blanked, getting Guagenti his first gold bracelet.

Final Table Results

1. Nick “shadowjacker” Guagenti – $305,433
2. Matthew “EarvinMagic” Parry – $189,193
3. Ari “philivey” Engel – $130,292
4. Brian “BD_out” Deutschmeister – $91,261
5. Ryan “toosick” Tosoc – $65,004
6. Vinny “brownmagic” Pahuja – $47,121
7. Rory “peeeeeeeeeno” Brown – $34,773
8. James “DanFriel” Gilbert – $26,115
9. Tom “.beast.” Cannuli – $20,012

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

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