Sergio Aido min-raised from the button and Claas Segebrecht defended his big blind.
Segebrecht check-called for 91,500 on the flop and did the same for 334,890 after the landed on the turn. The river completed the board and Segebrecht checked again. Aido fired out for 778,456 and Segebrecht found a call.
Aido turned over to win the hand with the same two pair, although with a better kicker, than Segebrecht who showed .
"manymen83" opened for 140,000 from the hijack. "AlbertMeran" three-bet shoved for 851,031 from the big blind and "manymen83" called.
"AlbertMeran":
"manymen83":
It wasn't looking good for "AlbertMeran" after failing to connect with either the flop or the turn. However, that all changed after the spiked the river to stay alive and double-up.
The second bracelet of the 2021 GGPokerWSOP Online will be awarded Monday, Aug. 2 as the WSOP Online Event #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event down to just 20 players.
The event attracted a healthy field of 1,584 players to generate a massive $1,759,824 prize pool but this is only half the story as this event also raised $175,824 for Caesars Cares, a Nevada-based COVID-19 charity.
Joao Simao bagged a chip leading stack on Day 1 of 4,808,840 after 32 blind levels of 15-minutes each in his quest for his first WSOP gold bracelet with an impressive group right behind in Andras Nemeth (3,625,258), Claas Segebrecht (3,532,007), Roman Hrabec (2,897,555), and Ilya "Dezauzer" Yakunin (2,810,361).
Meanwhile, Elio Fox (2,427,140), Sergio Aido (2,140,493), and Yuhan "HansNevrLose" Liu (2,097,352) also virtually bagged top 10 stacks into Day 2.
GGPoker WSOP Online Event #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Joao Simao
Brazil
4,808,840
69
2
Andras Nemeth
Hungary
3,625,258
52
3
Claas Segebrecht
Germany
3,532,007
50
4
Roman Hrabec
Czech Republic
2,897,555
41
5
Ilya "Dezauzer" Yakunin
Russia
2,810,361
40
6
Jabochi
Israel
2,755,649
39
7
Elio Fox
United States
2,427,140
35
8
Sergio Aido
Spain
2,097,352
30
9
Yuhan "HansNevrLose" Liu
China
2,097,352
30
10
manymen83
Albania
1,756,800
25
Four Players Staked at GGPoker Advance to Day 2
GGPoker has an innovative staking feature where players can sell their poker action within the actual tournament lobby of the poker client. Transactions are automated, placing both the investor and player at no risk.
While not every player that was staked cashed, many did. In fact, four players that advanced to the final day in Event #2 have investors sweating the outcome of tomorrow's action.
All returning players are guaranteed at least a $7,839 payday. Tomorrow's winner will not only be awarded a coveted WSOP gold ring but also win the $206,075 top prize.
Here is a look at the remaining payouts:
Place
Prize
1
$206,075
2
$154,533
3
$115,884
4
$86,900
5
$65,166
6
$48,868
7
$36,646
8
$27,480
9
$20,607
10
$13,454
11
$11,755
12-13
$10,270
14-17
$8,973
18-20
$7,839
Day 2 Plan
The action will resume on Monday, Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. CEST (1 p.m. ET) with blinds at 35,000/70,000 along with an ante of 8,500. Blinds will increase every 15 minutes until the final table at which point blinds will be rolled back to assure at least a 40 big blind average and will increase a certain after a certain amount of hands instead of by time.
Stay tuned at PokerNews as we bring you the conclusion of the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Event #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event.