Matt Bode ships wins his first bracelet in the $500 No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo
The WSOP 2020 is off to a great start with all events attracting more than 800 runners and generating big prize pools. Find out here who won the bracelets in Events 4-6.
Event #4, a $500 No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo had a whopping 1,179 entries, which all had the chance to turn a small buy-in of only $500 into a life-changing cash.
$530,550 were in the prize pool and a 180 places got paid.
Phil Hellmuth, Ari Engel and Kevin MacPhee with deep runs
Several big names with Phil “Lumestackin” Hellmuth (37th – $1,963.03), Matt “RubberFist” Stout (24th – $2,864.97), and Ari “philivey” Engel (16th – $3,501.63) and Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee (5th – $22,389) had deep runs, but didn’t manage to add another bracelet to their resume.
It was a big name though with Matt Bode, who had the run of his life time by winning two major events on WSOP.com:
Welp tonight may have been my most surreal day ever. I won a WSOP bracelet for 115k and in addition another 21k score to add. Thank you guys so much for all the love and support tonight. This doesnt get better than this feeling and you guys were part of it! GG us pic.twitter.com/QvRlI9uhIQ
— Pokerguru740 (@pokerguru740) July 4, 2020
Watch the Final Table Recap of WSOP Event #4 here:
2020 WSOP Event #4 Final Results and Payouts:
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt “Bodeyster” Bode | $97,091 |
| 2 | Brian “XcrazylegsX” Frasca | $59,952 |
| 3 | Caitlin “KTUUUH” Dillon | $42,603 |
| 4 | Frank “spaghetti” Marasco | $30,772 |
| 5 | Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee | $22,389 |
| 6 | David “DrJayTrotter” Bernsen | $16,500 |
| 7 | Ryan “Whosyourdodd” Dodd | $12,362 |
| 8 | Shawn “Saygoodnight” Daniels | $9,338 |
| 9 | Jason “Daluxxx” Luxenberg | $7,162 |
Allen Chang Wins $1,000 NLH Freezeout for $161.286
WSOP Online Event #5 was a $1,000 NLH Freezeout and it attracted 854 players to generate an $811,300 prize pool.
126 places were paid and three notables Michael “itwasthator0” Gagliano (12th – $8,680.91), Ryan “Protential” Laplante (11th – $8,680.91), and Greg “ClickingBtnz” Himmelbrand (10th – $8,680.91) all busted just shy of the final table.
Nevertheless, it was a big name with Allen “Acnyc718” Chang, who won the prestigious gold bracelet together with the $161.286.44 first-place prize by defeating Philipp Yeh Heads-Up.
Watch the Final Table Recap of WSOP Event #5 here:
WSOP 2020 Event #5 Final Results and Payouts:
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen “Acnyc718” Chang | $161,286 |
| 2 | Philip “tomte” Yeh | $99,709 |
| 3 | Felipe “McBain” Leme | $69,772 |
| 4 | “iseefoodtuna” | $49,570 |
| 5 | “married” | $35,697 |
| 6 | Alex “ShadowFiend1” Condon | $26,124 |
| 7 | John “Slapshot1085” Forlenza | $19,390 |
| 8 | “charliefrog” | $14,603 |
| 9 | Quintin “AA_QTiP_KK” Trammell | $11,196 |
Nathan Gamble becomes first poker player ever to win a bracelet live and online
Last night the first exotic event with the $600 PLO8 6-Max took place, but it nevertheless attracted 883 entries, which resulted in a $449,820 prize pool.
As PLO8 is a very complex game many high profile poker pros and Mixed Game players were in the field.
Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu added another WSOP cash by finishing in 59th place for $1,304.47.
Other notables that made it into the money were: Chance “BingShui” Kornuth (39th – $1,754.29), Mike “The Mouth” Matusow (37th – $1,754.29), Ali “sasukeuchiha” Imsirovic (26th – $2,518.99), Max “MaxSparrow” Pescatori (10th – $4,813.07), Jeremy “Chipchecka” Ausmus (8th – $9,096.76)and Ryan “Flipflip” Lenaghan (7th – $10,750.69).
Nathan Gamble left all of them behind him and became the first player ever to win a WSOP bracelet both live and online.
Told my wife this was my best chance at a bracelet…. so I did a thing. Thanks for the support everyone! pic.twitter.com/Ak1jgNPr96
— Nathan Gamble (@Surfbum4life) July 7, 2020
WSOP 2020 Online Event #6 Payouts:
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan “surfbum” Gamble | $89,424 |
| 2 | “danish01” | $55,283 |
| 3 | “rainman3817” | $38,685 |
| 4 | “hansdigalo” | $27,484 |
| 5 | “SSJTimmy” | $19,792 |
| 6 | Simon “bagelbites” Lam | $14,484 |
Watch the Final Table Recap of WSOP Event #6 here:
WSOP 2020 Online Facts and Figures
In the first 6 events a total of $ in prize money has been paid out, which is an average of nearly $750,000 per event.
The remarkable thing is that none of those events had a bigger buy-in than $1,000 and all of them had more than 800 runners!
| Event | Buy-in | Re-Entry | Prize Pool | Players | Rebuys | Total Entries | First-Place Prize | Rake Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 NLHE Kick-off | $500 ($450+$50) | 2 | $771,750 | 1195 | 520 | 1715 | $130,425.75 | $85,750 |
| #2 NLHE Deepstack 8-Max | $1000 ($950+$50) | 2 | $873,050 | 647 | 272 | 919 | $168,585.95 | $45,950 |
| #3 NLHE | $400 ($360+$40) | 2 | $752,760 | 1450 | 641 | 2091 | $115,849.76 | $83,640 |
| #4 NLHE Super Turbo | $500 ($450+$50) | 2 | $530,550 | 828 | 351 | 1179 | $97,090.65 | $58,950 |
| #5 NLHE Freezeout | $1000 ($950+$50) | 0 | $811,300 | 854 | 854 | $161,286.44 | $42,700 | |
| #6 PLO8 6-Max | $600 ($550+$50) | 2 | $449,820 | 833 | 336 | 833 | $89,424.21 | $25,600 |
