Kim wins WSOP $800 NLH Knockout Deepstack

(PRESS RELEASE) -- On Monday night, the 2020 World Series of Poker Online Event #7: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Knockout Deepstack attracted 989 players, which resulted in a $731,660 prize pool. After nearly 12 hours of play, it was Joon "jykpoker" Kim coming out on top to win a $103,127 top prize, $3,000 in bounties, and his first gold bracelet.

Prior to the win, Kim had 11 WSOP-related cashes totaling a modest $19,113. Five of those cashes have come in WSOP.com events, including an 87th-place finish two days prior in the $1,000 NLH Freezeout event.

After Sean "PetyrBaelish" Hegarty busted on the bubble in 144th place, the in-the-money finishers included Nipun "javanti" Java (103rd - $961.30), Brian "JackBogle" Altman (86th - $1,121.52), Matt "RubberFist" Stout (80th - $1,228.33), Jared "DarrensRabbi" Jaffee (56th - $1,495.36), Ryan "bitc0in" Riess (33rd - $2,403.27), and Layne "scoop87" Flack (13th - $4,486.10).

Poker commentator and PokerNews Podcast co-host Jeff "mavsusc" Platt began the final table with the chip lead, but it proved to be a contentious affair with multiple players pulling out in front. Joseph "thehofffx" Hoffman was the first to fall after losing a flip with Big Slick to the pocket jacks of Lee "smallmytable" Gale and then Jonathan "fan_sawyer21" Love followed after suffering a bad beat with ace-ten against Eric "CircleBall" Baldwin's ten-nine when a nine spiked on the turn.

At that point the stacks had evened out a bit and Platt saw his run, which he was streaming in Twitch, come to an end in a blind-versus-blind hand against Kim, who shoved the small blind with queen-jack. Platt called off getting it in good with king-deuce suited, but he wasn't rewarded for it as a queen spiked on the flop.

Kim then eliminated Gale in sixth place when his ace-nine held against king-jack, and then Ian "APokerJoker2" Steinman took his leave failing to get there with ace-jack against the pocket kings of Stephen "bunsamillion" McManus.

With four players remaining, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Baldwin's Big Slick held against Jason "Gunner_Q10" Gunn's ten-jack suited to dispatch the latter, but Baldwin soon followed him out the door after running sevens into Kim's aces in a big pot.

Kim began heads-up play with a nearly 5:1 chip lead over McManus, and it didn't take long for him to close the deal when his king-nine flopped top pair against queen-seven all in preflop.

(Article courtesy of World Series of Poker)