WSOP Online 2020: Ranno Sootla Gets Estonia Its First Bracelet, Ships Event #41: COLOSSUS ($595,930)

The gigantic field of 12,757 entries in Event #41: COLOSSUS of the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online had whittled down to nine players when Day 2 concluded last Sunday. Coming back after an almost weeklong break, all nine players had locked up $40,529, but all eyes were on the bracelet and the $595,930 that was set-aside for the winner. It took under 90 minutes of final table player to crown a champion, and claiming the bragging rights was Estonia’s Ranno Sootla (cover image).

Sootla had only two prior WSOP cashes to his name before this win. He won his career-first bracelet and entered the history books by becoming the first player from Estonia to do so.

Even though no Indian player was on the FT, three of them, namely, ‘raavan’ (15th for $20,594 – ₹15.39 Lakhs), ‘machii’ (21st for $14,680 – ₹10.97 Lakhs), and ‘Grinder41500’ (24th for $10,465 – ₹7.82 Lakhs) had posted a deep run on Day 2 last Sunday.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Arunas ‘AngryGoose’ Sapitavicius – 130,807,608
2. Paraskevas ‘Cantaloupe7’ Tsokaridis – 117,977,370
3. Joni Jouhkimainen – 103,160,11
4. Ranno ‘RukKuRuku’ Sootla – 77,724,692
5. Tom ‘Pik00rs’ Delaine – 49,304,154
6. Andre Figueiredo – 48,203,960
7. Agate ‘bonerjamz69’ Ose – 44,532,684
8. Lai ‘fisherman90’ Sisheng – 36,651,368
9. Ajay ‘Ross_Geller’ Chabra – 27,561,079

Final Table Recap

Indo-American Ajay Chabra was the first casualty on the final table and earned a ninth-place payout.

Another short stack, Lai Sisheng, hit the rail next in eighth place, with Tom Delaine following him out in seventh place.

Paraskevas ‘Cantaloupe7’ Tsokaridis was among the chip leaders on the table, and he further pulled ahead after dispatching Agate Ose and Arunas Sapitavicius in quick succession.

Joni Jouhkimainen busted Andre Figueiredo in fourth place, before hitting the rail himself in third place.

Sootla went on a rampage in his heads-up clash with Paraskevas Tsokaridis, as he won 12 of the first 15 hands they played to orchestrate a complete turnaround. He sealed the victory after his cowboys dominated Tsokaridis’ ace-nine by completing a full house on the board .

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Ranno Sootla – $595,930
2. Paraskevas Tsokaridis – $433,345
3. Joni Jouhkimainen – $308,904
4. Andre Figueiredo – $220,198
5. Arunas Sapitavicius – $156,964
6. Agate Ose – $111,890
7. Tom Delaine – $79,759
8. Lai Sisheng – $56,885
9. Ajay Chabra – $40,529

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

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