WSOP Online 2020: Sung Joo Hyun Wins Event #46: $500 Deepstack NLHE, Yesha Punjabi Finishes 9th 

One of three tourneys at the ongoing 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online series to award a bracelet on Saturday was Event #46 $500 Deepstack NLHE. It took 11 hours for a starting field of 2,307 entries to play down to a winner with South Korea’s Sung Joo ‘ArtePokerTV’ Hyun (cover image) eventually coming out on top. Hyun defeated China’s Yiduo ‘Tr1pTripM’ Yu heads-up to win his career-first bracelet and $161,898 in prize money.

The victory might have brought Hyun his first bracelet, but the prize money he won is still his second-biggest WSOP score to date. His best cash remains the $189,098 that he had won for placing fourth in Event #68 $1,111 The Little One for One Drop at the 2018 WSOP.

The tournament generated a $1,095,825 prize pool, paying out the top 332 places at least $1,061.08.

The action was fast and furious, and it was ‘El PAGANO’ who hit the rail on the money bubble.

At least nine Indians were playing the event, and two of them including ‘preflopPlus’ (17th for $5,978, ~₹4.47 Lakhs) and former bracelet champion ‘inonhmeansfu’ (190th for $1,319, ~₹98,832) made ITM finishes.

Fellow bracelet winner ‘OBellaCiao’, ‘khatteT4tte’, ‘rung00se’, ‘JacKKingOff’, ‘ArthurMorgan’, ‘knightrider1’ and ‘agrodonkey’ were the other Indians reported in the event.

There was a familiar name on the FT in Indian-origin Yesha ‘Iconic’ Punjabi. Punjabi, who lives in Australia, had in 2015 won the IPC ₹8K Headhunter Freezeout for ₹1.80 Lakhs. Most of her live scores have come in Australia, and yesterday she added $11,564 (~₹8.66 Lakhs) to her bankroll for placing ninth.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Nikita ‘VSMPZD’ Kuznetsov – 28,237,515

2. Sung Joo ‘ArtePokerTV’ Hyun – 13,362,456

3. Wei ‘dugui777’ Zhao – 11,355,695

4. Jeffrey ‘hockeysyrup’ Mallach – 10,726,524

5. Yiduo ‘Tr1pTripM’ Yu – 10,263,739

6. Yu ‘kris16’ Du – 7,096,968

7. Che Li ‘32bo’ Lin – 4,778,200

8. Yesha ‘Iconic’ Punjabi – 3,991,439

9. Jens ‘el_gazapo’ Kerper – 2,467,464

Final Table Recap

Yesha ‘Iconic’ Punjabi was eliminated on the very first hand on the final table, with her pocket sevens getting coolered by Jeffrey ‘hockeysyrup’ Mallach’s pocket queens.

Eliminations came through at a steady pace, and over the next 70 minutes, most of the field got wiped out, leaving only Yiduo ‘Tr1pTripM’ Yu and Hyun in battle.

Yu was ahead with 51.88 Million to Hyun’s 40.399 Million, but Hyun didn’t waste time taking charge. It was over within 15 minutes, and the final hand saw Yu moving all-in, and Hyun called.

Yiduo ‘Tr1pTripM’ Yu

Sung Joo ‘ArtePokerTV’ Hyun

The flop opened up a gutshot straight draw for Yu, but he still needed a six. The on the turn and the river was not what Yu required, and just like that Hyun won the bracelet!

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Sung Joo ‘ArtePokerTV’ Hyun – $161,898

2. Yiduo ‘Tr1pTripM’ Yu – $116,605

3. Jeffrey ‘hockeysyrup’ Mallach – $83,696

4. Nikita ‘VSMPZD’ Kuznetsov – $60,178

5. Yu ‘kris16’ Du – $43,269

6. Che Li ‘32bo’ Lin – $31,111

7. Jens ‘el_gazapo’ Kerper – $22,369

8. Wei ‘dugui777’ Zhao – $16,084

9. Yesha ‘Iconic’ Punjabi – $11,564

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

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