WSOP Main Event final table is set
14 Dec 2020
On Monday, the surviving 71 players from a 705-entry field returned to battle for one of nine coveted spots. It took less than seven hours of play for the lineup to be set, and now those players will have to wait until Monday, 28 December to play down to a winner live in Las Vegas.
Each player is guaranteed $98,813 in prize money, but each is looking to take home the $1,553,256 top prize, which also provides them the opportunity to compete for an additional $1 million and the gold bracelet in a heads-up showdown against the winner of the GGPoker international portion of the WSOP on Wednesday, 30 December. The runner-up will also become a poker millionaire as $1,002,340 is set aside for second place.
Leading the pack with more than twice his nearest opponent is Joseph "kolebear" Hebert, who hails from Metairie, Louisiana. Hebert has 41 career WSOP cashes totaling $344,297, the majority of which has come on the WSOP Circuit.
Hebert came on strong from two tables onwards when he eliminated every player but one from the last 15 down to the final table. That included dispatching accomplished poker pros Clayton "NevarLucky" Maguire (13th - $62,266), Martin "Bathroomline" Zamani (12th - $62,266), and Dan "pepperprince" Zack (11th - $77,832).
Others at the final table include three-time WSOP bracelet winner Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva, New Jersey poker pro Ryan "Hagzzz021" Hagerty, and Shawn "shades927" Stroke, who finished second in the 2018 WSOP Event #10: $365 NLH WSOP.com Online for $94,265.
2020 WSOP Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
Joseph "kolebear" Hebert 13,052,534
Shawn "shades927" Stroke 5,252,000
Ryan "Hagzzz021" Hagerty 5,071,572
Ye "YUAN365" Yuan 4,829,459
Michael "geNet1x_" Cannon 4,408,847
Gershon "jets613" Distenfeld 3,475,481
Ron "Samthedog76" Jenkins 2,476,746
Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva 2,151,969
Harrison "Harrisond33" Dobin 1,581,392
Action will resume on Monday, 28 December as the final table players down to a winner live at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
The tournament, which was limited to players at WSOP.com - Nevada and WSOP.com - New Jersey, proved to be a big success; in fact, the turnout for the single flight was larger than the combined 674 runners from the international portion on GGPoker. Combined, the 2020 WSOP Main Event reached 1,379 players.
Among those to make Day 2 but fall short of the final table were Barry "puigmyfriend" Hutter (70th - $18,274), Ryan "Protential" Laplante (68th - $18,274), Ruth "crazeelf666" Ruffman (63rd - $20,304), Nick "cashusklay" Schulman (55th - $20,304), Galen "turkmalloy" Hall (53rd - $22,334), Shankar "Burgersssss" Pillai (51st - $22,334), Darren "darrenelias" Elias (50th - $22,334), 2013 WSOP Main Event Ryan "BiTC0iN" Riess (47th - $22,334), Freddy "nevera" Deeb (46th - $22,334), Scott "ThatsPraxis" Seiver (39th - $25,718), Jason "haderade" Somerville (32nd - $29,779), Maria "femmeonfelt" Ho (22nd - $35,194), and final table bubble boy Anthony "nowb3athat" Spinella (10th - $77,832).
(Article courtesy of World Series of Poker)