| Competition: | 2020 World Series of Poker Online |
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| Location: | Online (WSOP.com and GGPoker) |
| Dates: | July 1-September 8, 2020 |
| Champion: | Stoyan Madanzhiev |
| Next: | 2021 |
The 2020 World Series of Poker Online was a series of online poker tournaments organized by the World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held from July 1-September 8 and featured 85 bracelet events, 31 on WSOP.com and 54 on GGPoker.
In June, the WSOP announced the series as a result of postponing the 2020 WSOP in Las Vegas, Nevada due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] [2] Events included the $50 Big 50, the lowest buy-in WSOP event in history, as well as four People's Choice tournaments that allowed players to vote on which game to play. The series culminated in the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event beginning on August 16 with a $25 million guaranteed prize pool, the largest in online poker history.[3]
Poker Central and GGPoker.TV streamed 12 final tables during the series. Tournaments on WSOP.com were open only to players located in Nevada or New Jersey, while GGPoker events were open to international players.[4]
The first two events on GGPoker were expected to conclude on July 19. After a bug was discovered on the site's servers, however, the tournaments were postponed by a week.[5]
Source: [6]
Key: (bracelet number for 2020/bracelet number for career)
| Event | Entrants | Winner | Prize | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Kick-off | 1,715 |  Jonathan Dokler (1/1) | $130,426 | Justin Turner | |
| 2 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed Deepstack | 919 | Louis Lynch (1/1) | $168,586 | Ryan Ko | |
| 3 | $400 No Limit Hold'em | 2,091 | Robert Kuhn (1/1) | $115,850 | Ronald Keren | |
| 4 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Super Turbo | 1,179 | Matt Bode (1/1) | $97,091 | Brian Frasca | |
| 5 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Freezeout | 854 | Allen Chang (1/1) | $161,287 |  Philip Yeh | |
| 6 | $600 PLO8 6-Handed | 833 | Nathan Gamble (1/2) | $89,425 | Shane Daniels | |
| 7 | $800 No Limit Hold'em Knockout Deepstack | 989 | Joon Kim (1/1) | $103,127 | Stephen McManus | |
| 8 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Freezeout | 1,479 | Alan Goehring (1/1) | $119,400 | Ross Gottlieb | |
| 9 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max | 1,026 | Ron McMillen (1/1) | $188,215 | Ryan Torgersen | |
| 10 | $600 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack | 2,074 | Ryan Torgersen (1/1) | $172,362 | Brandon Ienn | |
| 11 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack 6-Handed | 1,691 |  Raman Afanasenka (1/1) | $128,601 | Chance Kornuth (0/2) | |
| 12 | $500 The Big 500 No Limit Hold'em | 2,427 | Ryan DePaulo (1/1) | $159,563 | Jack Salter | |
| 13 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout | 649 | Michael Lech (1/1) | $164,249 | William Romaine | |
| 14 | $3,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller | 496 | Joe McKeehen (1/3) | $352,985 | Frank Funaro | |
| 15 | $1,000 PLO 8-Max High Roller | 663 | Guy Dunlap (1/1) | $133,780 | Shane Daniels | |
| 16 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Turbo | 1,528 | Terrell Cheatham (1/1) | $116,204 | Julian Parmann | |
| 17 | $777 No Limit Hold'em | 1,382 | Pat Lyons (1/1) | $173,552 | Christopher Ginley | |
| 18 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed Turbo Deepstack | 987 |  Scott Hempel (1/1) | $181,060 | Myles Kotler | |
| 19 | $400 No Limit Hold'em | 2,545 | Kenny Huynh (1/1) | $133,857 | Matthew Berger | |
| 20 | $500 PLO 6-Handed | 1,137 | Kevin Gerhart (1/2) | $97,572 | Cody Brinn | |
| 21 | $777 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 1,361 | Tony Dunst (1/2) | $168,342 | James Pace | |
| 22 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack | 1,579 | Allan Cheung (1/1) | $120,083 | Myles Kotler | |
| 23 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Knockout | 1,452 | Raymond Avant (1/1) | $93,776 | Scott Epstein | |
| 24 | $400 No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed | 2,408 | Nick Binger (1/2) | $133,413 | Ryan Leng (0/1) | |
| 25 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Summer Saver | 2,155 | Nicholas Kiley (1/1) | $149,245 | Guo Liang Chen | |
| 26 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Grande Finale | 2,502 | Ethan Yau (1/1) | $164,494 | Brian Patrick | |
| 27 | $400 No Limit Hold'em Freezeout | 1,940 | Ian Steinman (1/1) | $110,557 | Satoshi Tanaka | |
| 28 | $1,000 Omaha 8 6-Max | 525 | William Romaine (1/1) | $110,673 | Mark Ioli | |
| 29 | $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack | 747 | Nick Guagenti (1/1) | $305,433 | Matthew Parry | |
| 30 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Seniors Event | 720 | Jonathan Lessin (1/1) | $64,411 | James Moore (0/2) | |
| 31 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship | 2,126 | Nahrain Tamero (1/1) | $310,832 | Norman Michalek |
| Rank | Name | Points | Bracelets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Steinman | 3,186.94 | 1 | |
| 2 | Ryan Torgersen | 3,085.34 | 1 | |
| 3 | Robert Kuhn | 2,996.16 | 1 | |
| 4 | Philip Yeh | 2,714.33 | 0 | |
| 5 | William Romaine | 2,639.85 | 1 | |
| 6 | Roland Israelashvili | 2,636.90 | 0 | |
| 7 | Tony Dunst | 2,599.53 | 1 | |
| 8 | Bryan Piccioli | 2,496.33 | 0 | |
| 9 | Jonathan Dokler | 2,466.78 | 1 | |
| 10 | Joe McKeehen | 2,459.86 | 1 |
Source: [7]
Key: (bracelet number for 2020/bracelet number for career)
| Event | Entrants | Winner | Prize | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100 The Opener | 29,306 |  Marcelo Jakovljevic (1/1) | $265,879 | Ronit Chamani | |
| 2 | $1,111 Every 1 for Covid Relief | 2,323 | Alek Stasiak (1/1) | $343,203 |  Martin Ilobera | |
| 3 | $525 No Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty 6-Handed | 2,214 |  Shoma Ishikawa (1/1) | $82,425 | Diego Ostrovich | |
| 4 | $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship | 328 |  Juha Helppi (1/2) | $290,286 |  Jesús Cortés | |
| 5 | $1,500 Fifty Stack No Limit Hold'em | 1,342 | Michael Clacher (1/1) | $297,496 | Rodrigo Caprioli | |
| 6 | $1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha | 971 |  Hun Wei Lee (1/1) | $79,896 | Janne Peltoniemi | |
| 7 | $600 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 2,007 |  Aaron Wijaya (1/1) | $171,389 | Toni Bosch | |
| 8 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 922 |  Roberto Romanello (1/1) | $216,213 | Niklas Astedt | |
| 9 | $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha | 532 | Simon Lofberg (1/1) | $224,493 |  Andreas Torbergsen | |
| 10 | $400 Colossus | 12,757 |  Ranno Sootla (1/1) | $595,930 | Paraskevas Tsokaridis | |
| 11 | $400 Plossus | 4,356 | Yuri Dzivielevski (1/2) | $221,557 | Matt Vengrin | |
| 12 | $10,000 Short Deck No Limit Hold'em Championship | 130 |  Lev Gottlieb (1/1) | $276,393 | Mikita Badziakouski | |
| 13 | $2,500 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 892 | Kristen Bicknell (1/3) | $356,411 | Belarmino De Souza | |
| 14 | $840 Bounty No Limit Hold'em | 2,382 | Patrick Kennedy (1/1) | $140,768 | Josh Pollock (0/2) | |
| 15 | $500 Deepstack No Limit Hold'em | 2,307 |  Sung Joo Hyun (1/1) | $161,898 | Yiduo Yu | |
| 16 | $1,000 Short Deck No Limit Hold'em | 487 |  Paul Teoh (1/1) | $82,202 | Michelle Shah | |
| 17 | $1,500 Millionaire Maker | 6,299 | Daniel Dvoress (1/1) | $1,489,289 | Caio De Almeida | |
| 18 | $500 Turbo Deepstack No Limit Hold'em | 2,978 | Vladas Burneikis (1/1) | $192,523 |  Pierre Merlin | |
| 19 | $2,100 No Limit Hold'em Bounty Championship | 1,168 |  Enrico Camosci (1/1) | $184,579 |  Omer Ozsirkinti | |
| 20 | $400 Pot Limit Omaha | 2,005 |  Eoghan O'Dea (1/1) | $100,945 | Nital Jethalal | |
| 21 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em | 2,006 | Alek Stasiak (2/2) | $273,505 |  Kunal Bhatia | |
| 22 | $800 Double Stack Pot Limit Omaha | 831 | Frank Crivello (1/1) | $94,253 | Craig Timmis | |
| 23 | $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship | 128 | David Peters (1/2) | $360,480 | Michael Addamo (0/2) | |
| 24 | HK$8,000 No Limit Hold'em Asia Championship | 3,247 | Luis Assunção (1/1) | $458,246 | Alexandros Theologis | |
| 25 | $1,500 GGMasters WSOP Edition | 2,153 | Seth Fischer (1/1) | $444,869 |  Arsenii Karmatckii | |
| 26 | $150 GGMasters WSOP Edition | 9,835 | Anatoly Suvarov (1/1) | $183,526 | David Edelstein | |
| 27 | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship | 672 |  Ravid Garbi (1/1) | $531,513 | Chris Moorman (0/1) | |
| 28 | $2,500 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em | 1,061 | Leonardo Mattos (1/1) | $399,047 | Christopher Pütz | |
| 29 | $525 Bounty No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 3,170 | Orhan Ateş (1/1) | $114,584 |  Tobias Schwecht | |
| 30 | $300 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 3,491 | Alexander Stacey (1/1) | $127,660 | Craig Lecompte | |
| 31 | $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha | 990 | Bradley Ruben (1/1) | $220,160 | Dorel Eldabach | |
| 32 | $500 Mini Main Event | 15,205 | Ivan Žufić (1/1) | $843,460 | Suraj Mishra | |
| 33 | $840 Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em | 2,207 | Kartik Ved (1/1) | $131,461 | Konstantin Maslak (0/1) | |
| 34 | $600 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship | 2,911 |  Dmytro Bystrovzorov (1/1) | $227,906 | Florian Gaugusch | |
| 35 | $800 Pot Limit Omaha | 1,281 | Toby Joyce (1/1) | $139,453 | Mark Herm | |
| 36 | $500 Limit Hold'em | 706 | Gregor Müller (1/1) | $45,102 | Brunno Botteon | |
| 37 | $500 Deepstack No Limit Hold'em | 2,315 |  Anson Tsang (1/2) | $150,460 | Mohaiman Ashrafee | |
| 38 | $1,500 Marathon No Limit Hold'em | 1,438 | Nick Maimone (1/1) | $302,472 | Diego Bittar | |
| 39 | $25,000 No Limit Hold'em Poker Players Championship | 407 | Christian Rudolph (1/1) | $1,800,290 | Chris Hunichen | |
| 40 | $50 Big 50 | 44,576 | Huahuan Feng (1/1) | $211,282 | Xue Qiao Zhao | |
| 41 | $1,500 Limit Hold'em Championship | 337 | Ajay Chabra (1/1) | $77,475 | Carter Swidler | |
| 42 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 2,202 | Jim Lefteruk (1/1) | $299,511 | Endrit Geci | |
| 43 | $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha | 972 | Thi Truong (1/1) | $215,938 | Enrico Camosci (1/1) | |
| 44 | $300 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em | 3,552 | Trygve Leite (1/1) | $130,100 | Emanuele Monari | |
| 45 | $400 Forty Stack No Limit Hold'em | 4,461 | Gediminas Uselis (1/1) | $227,186 | Andrew Wilson | |
| 46 | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event | 5,802 | Stoyan Madanzhiev (1/1) | $3,904,686 | Wenling Gao | |
| 47 | $1,000 Turbo No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 1,910 | Adnan Hacialioglu (1/1) | $259,842 | Robin Berggren | |
| 48 | $25,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em | 127 | Fedor Holz (1/2) | $1,077,025 | Brunno Botteon | |
| 49 | $600 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 2,408 | Jeffrey Dobrin (1/1) | $189,667 | Idris Ambraisse | |
| 50 | $1,050 Bounty No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 1,925 | Nicolo Molinelli (1/1) | $144,199 | Kyle Menard | |
| 51 | $1,050 Beat the Pros Bounty | 2,024 |  Melika Razavi (1/1) | $151,127 | Dylan Linde | |
| 52 | $10,000 WSOP Super Million$ | 899 | Connor Drinan (1/1) | $1,423,049 |  Daniyar Aubakirov | |
| 53 | $100 WSOP Million$ | 34,787 | Alexander Kobbeltvedt (1/1) | $284,403 | Kostiantyn Vovhcenko | |
| 54 | $500 The Closer | 4,012 |  Michael Gathy (1/4) | $260,505 | Yuan Li |
The $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on August 16 and featured 23 starting flights. Players were allowed to re-enter a maximum of three times. The surviving players from each flight combined for Day 2 on August 30, with the final table being played on September 5.
The Main Event attracted 5,802 players, creating a prize pool of $27,559,500, the largest in online poker history. The winner earned $3,904,686.
| Name | Number of chips (percentage of total) | WSOP Bracelets | WSOP Cashes* | WSOP Earnings* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Rueger | 69,761,090 (24.2%) | 0 | 2 | $38,997 | |
| Stoyan Madanzhiev | 65,883,013 (22.8%) | 0 | 3 | $6,020 | |
| Satoshi Isomae | 36,032,095 (12.5%) | 0 | 3 | $43,682 | |
| Wenling Gao | 34,553,681 (12.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joao Santos | 26,485,618 (9.2%) | 0 | 6 | $90,678 | |
| Samuel Taylor | 23,408,268 (8.1%) | 0 | 20 | $266,124 | |
| Tyler Cornell | 12,266,374 (4.2%) | 0 | 24 | $401,239 | |
| Stefan Schillhabel | 11,022,052 (3.8%) | 0 | 15 | $312,084 | |
 Thomas Ward | 9,449,480 (3.3%) | 0 | 14 | $86,732 |
| Place | Name | Prize | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Stoyan Madanzhiev | $3,904,686 | |
| 2nd | Wenling Gao | $2,748,605 | |
| 3rd | Tyler Rueger | $1,928,887 | |
| 4th | Thomas Ward | $1,353,634 | |
| 5th | Satoshi Isomae | $949,937 | |
| 6th | Joao Santos | $666,637 | |
| 7th | Stefan Schillhabel | $467,825 | |
| 8th | Tyler Cornell | $328,305 | |
| 9th | Samuel Taylor | $230,395 |
| Rank | Name | Points | Bracelets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stoyan Madanzhiev | 10,790.66 | 1 | |
| 2 | Connor Drinan | 9,519.35 | 1 | |
| 3 | Christian Rudolph | 7,566.31 | 1 | |
| 4 | Daniel Dvoress | 6,513.57 | 1 | |
| 5 | Brunno Botteon | 6,345.54 | 0 | |
| 6 | Enrico Camosci | 6,313.36 | 1 | |
| 7 | Alek Stasiak | 6,174.40 | 2 | |
| 8 | Shankar Pillai | 5.759.74 | 0 | |
| 9 | Ivan Zufic | 5,719.69 | 1 | |
| 10 | Ravid Garbi | 5,674.97 | 1 |