Event #80: People's Choice Event [Pros Vote]
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2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #80: People's Choice Event [Pros Vote]
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$1,372,560
Entries
2,408
Level
46
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Level 46
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
Jeffrey Dobrin kept giving himself a chance, and it finally paid off big.
One of the most persistent grinders throughout the online bracelet events on both WSOP.com and GGPoker this year, Dobrin racked up an impressive 15 cashes over the course of the dozens of tournaments held on the two sites. However, none of the runs were particularly deep, with the best of the bunch being a 31st-place finish back in early July.
Finally, Dobrin had the breakthrough he undoubtedly craved. It came in Event #80: People's Choice Event [Pros Vote], which turned out to be a $600 six-max event. Dobrin won $189,666 and a WSOP Europe package thanks to beating a field of 2,408 for his first bracelet.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Dobrin | USA | $189,666* |
| 2 | Idris Ambraisse | France | $144,998 |
| 3 | Vahe Martirosyan | Armenia | $104,255 |
| 4 | Joao Santos | Brazil | $74,960 |
| 5 | Marc MacDonnell | Ireland | $53,897 |
| 6 | Sergio Veloso | Croatia | $38,752 |
| 7 | Arvhin Malinab | Canada | $27,863 |
| 8 | Hiroki Morishita | Japan | $20,034 |
| 9 | Chris Ferguson | USA | $14,404 |
*also won a WSOP Europe package
Dobrin was certainly far from the headliner at the final table, despite coming in with a slight chip lead. All eyes were on Chris Ferguson, gunning for bracelet No. 7, with some of those eyes undoubtedly anti-sweating the veteran pro. However, Ferguson attempted a sizable hero-call with ace-high that went awry, leading to his early bust.
Meanwhile, Dobrin chose to take a very aggressive approach. As chip leader, he got the option to choose his seat last, and he made what looked to be a very prudent choice to put most of the other big stacks on his right. This frequently allowed him to just shove and put everyone behind him at risk, padding his stack without much fight.
However, the tournament looked to be Vahe Martirosyan's to lose as he had about half of the chips four-handed.
That's when Dobrin revitalized himself after having sunk below an average count. He picked up nines to double through Joao Santos, who was dealt eights. Then, he and Idris Ambraisse left Martirosyan in their dust three-handed to set up a fairly even heads-up match.
The shallow stacks meant the first heater might take it and that went to Dobrin as he turned a gutshot to the nuts versus top two pair and then rolled from there, with a kings-over-nines cooler to finish it.
Dobrin can put his freshly won bracelet on the trophy case next to his two WSOP Circuit rings, which he won in 2012 and 2016. And the way Dobrin's been grinding, expect to see him stay in contention for more cashes as the GGPoker bracelet series winds down in the coming days.
Level 46
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
Idris Ambraisse found a double when it looked like the tournament was about to end, turning a king to crack the 
of Jeffrey Dobrin with 
.
However, right after that, stacks went in again as Ambraisse was dealt 
against 
. Dobrin's kings held up on the flop, turn and river, and that was it for Event #80.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,200,000
12,200,000
|
12,200,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 46
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
Jeffrey Dobrin made the nut straight over Idris Ambraisse's two pair then won another big pot raising all in over a turn bet. He's got Ambraisse on the ropes with about 15 blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000,000
21,100,000
|
21,100,000 |
|
|
12,000,000
-21,300,000
|
-21,300,000 |
Level: 46
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 100,000
Level 45
: 350,000/700,000, 90,000 ante
Idris Ambraisse min-raised first to act and Vahe Martirosyan defended big blind. On the 
flop, Martirosyan check-called 1,330,000. Both checked the 
, bringing a 
. Martirosyan bet 1.7 million and Ambraisse made it 4.1 million.
Martirosyan called with 
having flopped kings up, but Ambraisse ran out trips with 
.
Left with about 6 million, Martirosyan got it in with 
but fell to the of Jeffrey Dobrin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
33,300,000
11,000,000
|
11,000,000 |
|
|
26,900,000
8,800,000
|
8,800,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 45
: 350,000/700,000, 90,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,300,000
8,700,000
|
8,700,000 |
|
|
20,400,000
-1,600,000
|
-1,600,000 |
|
|
18,100,000
-2,100,000
|
-2,100,000 |
Level: 45
Blinds: 350,000/700,000
Ante: 90,000
Level 44
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
Idris Ambraisse shoved for 8.4 million from the button and Joao Santos called for 4.1 million in the big blind.
Santos:
Ambraisse: 
The 
flop didn't look promising for Santos. Neither did the 
turn, though he could at least chop sometimes. The river was a blank, though.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,600,000
-1,800,000
|
-1,800,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 44
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
Jeffrey Dobrin shoved for 9.4 million first to act and Joao Santos shoved for a bit more behind him.
Dobrin:
Santos: 
Dobrin was looking good with nines, and a board of 
ensured he'd double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,200,000
8,000,000
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
4,800,000
-12,600,000
|
-12,600,000 |