WSOP Online 2020: “samadhi” Ships Event #24 on WSOP.com For $133,412

Another bracelet has been awarded at the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) with the mystery player “samadhi” taking down Event #24: $400 No-Limit Hold ’em 8-Handed.

The event logged in a vast field of 1,590 players who rebought 818 times to collect $866,880 in the prize pool. It took 12 hours of uninterrupted play to crown a champion. The user “samadhi” walked away with the coveted bracelet and the up top prize money of $133,412, denying bracelet winner Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng a second bracelet in heads-up. WSOP officials will be revealing the player’s real name in the morning.

Leng put up a great show chasing a second bracelet as he started heads-up with a 4:1 chip lead. “samadhi” put the brakes on that by scooping two double-ups before taking down the title.

Mike “mouth123” Matusow (30th – $3,380.83), Scott “BudLightLime” Hempel (53rd – $2,340.57), Ali “sasukeuchiha” Imsirovic (82nd – $1,300.32), and Bo “proudpatriot” Cappello (124th – $1,126.94) were the top pros who finished ITM.

Jordan “HFNeon” Spurlin bubbled the FT in ninth place after his eight high failed to improve against Leng’s queen high.

You can watch the FT replay below.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. “samadhi” – 10,176,111
2. Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng – 9,838,936
3. eric_shun – 3,730,144
4. Matt “Berkey11_S4Y” Berkey – 3,561,652
5. Norman “abnormality” Michalek – 2,756,598
6. alululululu – 2,307,487
7. Mark “bansman” Bansemar – 2,047,761
8. Christian “CalcFather” Calcano – 1,701,311

Final Table Recap

The first bust out was witnessed almost immediately after the FT commenced. Unsurprisingly, it was the shortest stack on the table, Christian “CalcFather” Calcano, who got the boot. He jammed , and “samadhi” looked him up with pocket eights. No help for Calcano on the brick board sent him packing in eighth place.

Less than 10 minutes later, Matt “Berkey11_S4Y” Berkey was eliminated in seventh place.

Next up, “alululululu” opened for 480,000 and the short-stacked Norman “abnormality” Michalek made the call, putting in his last 241,624 chips. Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng in the big blind came along with a call to make it three-way to the flop . “alululululu” c-bet, and Len check-called to see the turn card open . Both players checked through to see the river. The action went check-check again. Leng showed and scooped the pot, busting Michalek in sixth place.

Another 10 minutes later, Mark “bansman” Bansemar’s pocket sevens lost out to Leng’s to hit the rail in fifth place.

A few hands later, “alululululu” shoved from the small blind holding and “samadhi” called showing . “samadhi” completed his flush on the rundown , eliminating “alululululu” in fourth place.

Three-handed play quickly got down to heads-up after Leng busted “eric_shun” in third place.

Leng came into the heads-up with a commanding 4:1 chip lead over “samadhi,” but two quick double-ups by the latter tilted the balance. On the final hand, “samadhi” open-shoved with and Ryan Leng called tabling pocket nines. “samadhi” clipped a king on the flop to win the bracelet and the $133,413 cash prize!

Final Table Results (USD)

1. “samadhi” – $133,413
2. Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng – $82,440
3. “eric_shun” – $60,161
4. “aulululululu” – $44,298
5. Mark “bansman” Bansemar – $32,941
6. Norman “abnormality” Michalek – $24,706
7. Matt “Berkey11_S4Y” Berkey – $18,638
8. Christian “CalcFather” Calcano – $14,217

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