{"id":4271,"date":"2020-09-01T08:29:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T08:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2020-09-01T08:29:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T08:29:30","slug":"2020-wsop-online-main-event-sets-new-record-and-smashes-25m-guarantee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/2020-wsop-online-main-event-sets-new-record-and-smashes-25m-guarantee","title":{"rendered":"2020 WSOP Online Main Event Sets New Record And Smashes $25M Guarantee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/06\/world-series-of-poker-online.jpg\" alt=\"World Series of Poker Online\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/06\/world-series-of-poker-online.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/06\/world-series-of-poker-online-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\">The Main Event of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/ggpoker-and-wsop-release-full-2020-online-bracelet-series-schedule\"><em>2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Bracelet Series<\/em><\/a> is close to crowning a winner. <\/p>\n<p>The $5,000 buy-in Main Event attracted a massive field of 5,802 entries across 23 starting flights, generating a whopping $27,559,500 in total prize pool, smashing its $25 million initial guarantee. <\/p>\n<p>It now holds the record for the largest-ever prize pool in online poker tournament history.          <\/p>\n<p>The huge turnout will see 728 players walking away with at least $11,834, with the eventual winner ultimately taking home nearly $4 million as top prize, the biggest prize to be awarded in a single online poker event. Day 2 of the event kicked off on August 30 with <strong>Kahle Burns<\/strong> as the chip leader, but he was eventually eliminated in 52nd place for $39,214.  <\/p>\n<p>Among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/2020-wsop-online-winners-receive-bracelets-via-virtual-ceremonies\">other big names who finished in the money<\/a> were <strong>Sam Greenwood<\/strong> who ended up in 75th place for $30,776, <strong>Conor Beresford<\/strong> and <strong>Shankar Pillai<\/strong> who both earned $27,675 for finishing 85th and 99th respectively, <strong>Isaac Haxton<\/strong> finished in 121st place for $24,886, <strong>Mike Leah<\/strong> took the 128th spot for $24,886. <\/p>\n<p>High stakes pro <strong>Fedor Holz<\/strong> and all-time WSOP all-time bracelet leader <strong>Phil Hellmuth<\/strong> both left the table empty-handed. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"final-action-set-for-september-5\">Final Action Set For September 5<\/h2>\n<p>Day 2 concluded after a grueling 12 hours with only 38 players remaining, each guaranteed to take home at least $39,214. American poker pro <strong>Bryan Piccioli<\/strong> is leading the pack with a chip stack of over 18 million. Piccioli is hoping to add a second bracelet to his WSOP record after winning his first one in the <em>2013 WSOP Asia-Pacific $1,100 \u201cAccumulator\u201d event<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Piccioli\u2019s nearest competitor is <strong>Michael \u201c<em>All Love<\/em>\u201d Kane<\/strong> (15,907,969), with <strong>Stoyan \u201c<em>Nirvana76<\/em>\u201d Madanzhiev<\/strong> (15,299,783), <strong>kellyyy<\/strong> (13,108,575) and <strong>Craig Timmis<\/strong> (12,809,181) rounding out the Top 5. <\/p>\n<p>Still in contention are top online poker pros <strong>Benjamin Rolle<\/strong> and <strong>Samuel Vousden<\/strong>, as well as high-stakes regular <strong>Stefan Schillhabel<\/strong>. <strong>Michael Lech<\/strong> and <strong>Arkadyl Tsinis<\/strong>, who are both bracelet winners are also among the final 38 players set to return on September 5 for the final battle. <\/p>\n<p>The event is set to award some of the biggest final table payouts in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/blog\/top-10-poker-tournaments\">online poker tournament<\/a> history with the top four finishers receiving seven-figure scores. Here is a look at the payouts for the final five players. The player who takes the 5th spot gets  $949,937; the 4th place finisher takes- $1,353,634 while the player who finishes 3rd gets $1,928,887. <\/p>\n<p>The player who ends up missing out on the first prize will take home $2,748,605 while the champ will claim $3,904,686 and the WSOP gold bracelet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Main Event of the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Bracelet Series is close to crowning a winner. The $5,000 buy-in Main Event attracted a massive field of 5,802 entries across 23 starting flights, generating a whopping $27,559,500 in total prize pool, smashing its $25 million initial guarantee. 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