Event #26: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Grande Finale
Day 1 Completed
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #26: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Grande Finale
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$1,125,900
Entries
2,502
Level
44
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Entries
2,502
Players Left
1
Level 44
: 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
On Sunday night, the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #26: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Grande Finale attracted 1,677 players who rebought 825 times. The 2,502-entry field meant a $1,125,900 prize pool was created, and after 12 hours of play it was 22-year-old Ethan "RampageP" Yau capturing the bracelet and $164,493.99 first-place prize.
Yau, who streamed the victory on YouTube to thousands of viewers under his Rampage Poker moniker, is a self-described $1-$3 no-limit hold’em player who often loses. According to HendonMob, he has just $2,180 in tournament earnings from a pair of small cashes at Encore Boston Harbor.
While he may not be the most experienced player, he can now say he’s a World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner in his first-ever WSOP-related cash. Yau was slated to check out of his New Jersey AirBnB five hours, but one of the first things he did after the victory was send a message asking for a one-day extension. He also wondered how he was going to break the news to his mother, who he didn't inform about his trip to New Jersey in order to play the WSOP online series.
"That you guys. My phone is blowing up," Yau said before closing his stream. "Thank you so much for watching."
2020 WSOP Online Event #26 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan "RampageP" Yau | $164,494 |
| 2 | Brian “LakersGTD” Patrick | $101,669 |
| 3 | [Removed:321] “Tmomoney” Mufti | $74,647 |
| 4 | Blake “shampainpopn” Whittington | $55,282 |
| 5 | David “reallytight” Kim | $41,321 |
| 6 | Jason “TATTOOMONEY” Scott | $31,075 |
| 7 | Matt “OMG_Obama” Iles | $23,531 |
| 8 | Joon “jykpoker” Kim | $18,014 |
| 9 | Michael “Mike91680” Guzzardi | $13,961 |
After “WinCiry” bubbled the tournament in 372nd place the march to the final table began. Among those to make deep runs but come up short were Nick “samadhi” Binger (214th - $1,013.31), Chris “Robotbob47” Moorman (153rd - $1,351.08), Guy “PhilLaak” Dunlap (118th - $1,463.67), Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu (92nd - $1,576.26), Eric “circleball” Baldwin (68th - $2,026.62), Mark “Pegasus” Smith (39th - $3,490.29), and Brandon “Horus” Eisen (11th - $10,921.23).
[Removed:321] “Tmomoney” Mufti began the final table as the chip leader with Yau hot on his heels. Before too long, Yau vaulted into the lead after scoring a double elimination when his ace-eight suited hit a runner-runner flush all in preflop against Michael “Mike91680” Guzzardi and Event #7 champ Joon “jykpoker” Kim, who had kings and ace-king respectively.
Mufti then earned a knockout of his own when his ace-four held against the king-queen of Matt “OMG_Obama” Iles, who bowed out in seventh place. Following him out the door was Jason “TATTOOMONEY” Scott, who shoved the button with eight-six only to run into Blake “shampainpopn” Whittington’s pocket tens.
Five-handed play lasted for a while beforeDavid “reallytight” Kim flopped a straight and got it in only to see Yau runner-runner a diamond flush. Whittington then ran jack-ten suited smack dab into Yau’s pocket aces to fall in fourth, while Brian “LakersGTD” Patrick won a flip with ace-queen against Mufti’s nines to send the latter out in third.
Yau began heads-up play with 22.8 million to Patrick’s 14.5 million, and it didn’t take long before the two flipped for it. Patrick had ace-eight, Yau two reds fours, and the board ran out clean to eliminate Patrick in second place and send the bracelet to Yau.
The next tournament on the schedule – Event #27: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout – will take place at 3 p.m. PDT on Monday. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will once again be reporting all the action, so be sure to tune in then to see who captures the next 2020 WSOP bracelet!
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Level 44
: 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
Ethan "RampageP" Yau raised to 1,250,000 and then called Brian "LakersGTD" Patrick's 11,293,588 three-bet jam.
Ethan "RampageP" Yau: 
Brian "LakersGTD" Patrick: 
Yau was in the lead with his made hand but the 
flop gave him a sweat.
The 
turn was a bad card for Yau as Patrick could win with any ace, queen, eight or six.
Unfortunately for Patrick, the 
completed the board ending his tournament runner-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,530,000
10,643,588
|
10,643,588 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 44
: 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,886,412
4,086,412
|
4,086,412 |
|
|
10,643,588
-3,856,412
|
-3,856,412 |
Level 44
: 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
[Removed:321] "Tmomoney" Mufti moved all in for 5,020,228 from the button and Brian "LakersGTD" Patrick called from the big blind.
[Removed:321] "Tmomoney" Mufti: 
Brian "LakersGTD" Patrick: 
It was a big flip but not after the flop came down 
to pair Patrick. Neither the 
turn nor 
river helped Mufti and his run came to an end in third place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,800,000
-4,898,092
|
-4,898,092 |
|
|
14,500,000
10,319,160
|
10,319,160 |
|
Busted |
Level 44
: 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
Blake "shampainpopn" Whittington moved all in for 3,109,664 under the gun and Ethan "RampageP" Yau three-bet jammed from the button, which scared off the blinds.
Ethan "RampageP" Yau: 
Blake "shampainpopn" Whittington: 
Whittington was in dire straits but the 
flop did give him a gutshot straight draw. Unfortunately for the accomplished circuit grinder, both the 
turn and 
bricked and his tournament came to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,698,092
5,360,076
|
5,360,076 |
|
Busted |
Level 44
: 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
Ethan "RampageP" Yau opened under the gun for 925,000 and David "reallytight" Kim defended his big blind to see a 
flop.
Kim checked and then called off his 1,328,016 after Yau fired out 2,350,000.
David "reallytight" Kim: 
Ethan "RampageP" Yau: 
Kim flopped the goods but the running turn and the river gave Yau the better flush sending Kim home in fifth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,338,016
4,347,604
|
4,347,604 |
|
Busted |
Level: 44
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 50,000
Level 43
: 160,000/320,000, 40,000 ante
Action folded to [Removed:321] "Tmomoney" Mufti in the small blind and he moved all in to put the pressure on Blake "shampainpopn" Whittington, who called off from the big for 3,470,252.
[Removed:321] "Tmomoney" Mufti:
Blake "shampainpopn" Whittington: 
Whittington was best and shipped the double after the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,190,504
5,524,872
|
5,524,872 |
|
|
6,770,228
-5,045,252
|
-5,045,252 |
Level 43
: 160,000/320,000, 40,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,615,412
1,714,490
|
1,714,490 |
|
|
11,815,480
4,087,184
|
4,087,184 |
|
|
6,596,472
-2,180,000
|
-2,180,000 |
|
|
1,665,632
277,338
|
277,338 |
|
|
837,004
-3,388,204
|
-3,388,204 |