WSOP Online 2020: Trygve Leite Champions Event #75, India’s “Iwanashipit” Finishes 3rd For ₹52.80 Lakhs

Team India added another FT finish to its tally at the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online hours ago with Indian player “Iwanashipit” placing third in Event #75: $300 Double Stack NLH for $72,204 (~₹52.80 Lakhs). Norway’s Trygve “FullSendWig” Leite came out on top of the 3,552-entries to win his first gold bracelet, $130,100, and a WSOP Europe package. Italy’s Emanuele “BudSpencer” Monari finished runner-up for $101,292.

The event generated a juicy $991,008 prize pool, and 440 players finished in the money.

At least 20 Indian players featured on the payouts list. This included “Jugaad”(17th for $4,813), “donkish” (79th for $1,483.73), “siddlee” (90th for $1,311.89), “M26GreenWood” (113th for $1,311.89), “bhkvdr” (153rd for $1,159.87), “aakasaha” (154th for $1,159.87), “5BetNinja” (165th for $1,159.87), “OBellaCiao” (185th for $1,025.58), “Upswinger” (259th for $906.77), “thehulk” (299th for $801.72), “pokerplayer” (300th for $801.72), “Laavin” (345th for $801.72), “gm-ind” (364th for $708.86), “Neel” (365th for $708.86), “bhishm” (373rd for $708.86), “Jksisme” (390th for $708.86), “AifeKaife” (397th for $708.86), “FUCQ” (432nd for $708.86), and “Alex_52” (414th for $708.86).

The international stars who crossed the money line but fell out before the FT featured Maximiliano “TheChosen1” Veyga (19th for $3,431), Anton “storytellerA” Morgenstern

(23rd for $3,431), Jody “JagOff” Fayant (32nd for $2,445), Chris Moorman (43rd for $2,445), Patrick “CocoTheDog” Mahoney (58th for $1,744), and Rob “Livia” Hollink (95th for $1,312).

Meanwhile, the $25 Million GTD Event #77: $5,000 NLHE Main Event ran two more starting flights yesterday – both registering smashing turnouts. Day 1U logged in 506 entries, and 101 runners made it across to Day 2. Day 1V did even better as it brought in the biggest starting field yet at the tourney with 760 runners. Only 155 among them carried forward a stack to Day 2. With 5,000 entries required to break-even, the tourney has defied the odds by registering 4,944 entrants already with one flight still to go. So far, 938 players have confirmed a berth for Day 2.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Emanuele “BudSpencer” Monari – 55,065,411

2. “Iwanashipit” – 24,079,944

3. Paul “Pistolero99” Lozano – 12,505,847

4. Connor Drinan – 12,049,317

5. Eliyahu “yaldon” Elyshiv – 10,790,610

6. Gregory “C0bb” Ronaldson – 10,031,700

7. Jiahuan “brahms” He – 8,467,462

8. David “Stoic123” Mitchell – 5,437,736

Final Table Recap

Connor Drinan hit the rail first on the FT when his pocket fives got trampled by Trygve “FullSendWig” Leite’s pocket aces.

Within 10 minutes, David “Stoic123” Mitchell was sent packing after his lost the race to Eliyahu “yaldon” Elyshiv’s pocket eights that flopped a set.

Next up, Jiahuan “brahms” He jammed with pocket treys, and Leite looked him up with pocket fives. The better pair held on, and that resulted in He falling out in seventh place.

Paul “Pistolero99” Lozano, Gregory “C0bb” Ronaldson, and Eliyahu “yaldon” Elyshiv were the next ones to fall in the sixth, fifth and fourth place, respectively.

Having entered the final table with the second-largest stack, “Iwanashipit” played solid to make it to three-handed play, but that is as far as they would come. The Indian eventually busted at the hands of Leite. Down to their last 14 BB’s, “Iwanashipit” won a few small pots to stay afloat but finally got it in with . Leite had them dominated with his and nothing changed on the runout . “Iwanashipit” banked an impressive $72,204 (~₹52.80 Lakhs) for the third-place finish.

The heads-up between Trygve Leite (81.73 Million) and Emanuele Monari (61.26 Million) went on for about an hour, and Leite was the last player standing. On the final hand, Leite opened with , and Monari limp-called with to see the flop open . Monari check-called to the turn . Again, Monari check-called to see the completing the board. This time Leite check-called Monari’s shove with his nut straight to win the bracelet!

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Trygve “FullSendWig” Leite – $130,100*

2. Emanuele “BudSpencer” Monari – $101,292

3. “Iwanashipit” – $72,204

4. Eliyahu “yaldon” Elyshiv – $51,470

5. Gregory “C0bb” Ronaldson – $36,689

6. Paul “Pistolero99” Lozano – $26,154

7. Jiahuan “brahms” He – $18,643

8. David “Stoic123” Mitchell – $13,290

9. Connor Drinan – $9,473

*winner also receives a WSOP Europe package

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