A Champion Will be Crowned in the 2020 GGPoker WSOP Winter Online Circuit Event #1 BIG $50
The third champion during the 2020 GGPoker World Series of Poker Winter Online Circuit will be crowned today as Event #1 BIG $50 plays down to a winner. After the completion of all starting days and the following Day 2 last Sunday, the nine-handed final table had been determined and the remaining contenders will return to their seats on GGPoker at 6.30 p.m. GMT.
All nine hopefuls have $11,569 secured already but all eyes are set on the top prize of $168,810 and the coveted WSOP Online Circuit ring that comes with it. Best-positioned to win the title is one of two known players on the final table, as Aleksey "ImLuckPads" Savenkov holds the lead with a stack of 39,464,531. The closest followers are China's "QY707" (27,120,798) and Russia's "party_maker1" (24,162,749), who are separated by a few big blinds only.
Germany's Otto "D00MSWITCHER" Lemke sits in fourth place with a stack of 19,098,917 and the further contenders hail from another four different countries to make it an international showdown.
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksey "ImLuckPads" Savenkov | Russia | 39,464,531 | 79 |
| 2 | QY707 | China | 27,120,798 | 54 |
| 3 | party_maker1 | Russia | 24,162,749 | 48 |
| 4 | Otto "D00MSWITCHER" Lemke | Germany | 19,098,917 | 38 |
| 5 | PhD_Don | China | 12,844,074 | 26 |
| 6 | FreddieKadur | Israel | 9,720,468 | 19 |
| 7 | btn_clicking! | Cyprus | 8,634,379 | 17 |
| 8 | incloudzly | China | 7,361,220 | 15 |
| 9 | Adam Bonk | Poland | 7,107,979 | 14 |
According to the final table information, there are just over nine and a half minutes remaining at blinds of 250,000/500,000 with a running ante of 60,000 and the new level may start right after the finalists have manually drawn for their seats.
The PokerNews updates will be based on real-time and showdown cards only, however, the action is also broadcasted with cards-up coverage and commentary on a delay on the GGPoker.tv Twitch channel.
2020 WSOP Winter Online Circuit Winners so Far
| Event # | Event Name | Buy-In | Prize Pool | Entries | Winner | Top Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG $50 | $50 | $1,439,386 | 31,291 | tbc | $168,810 |
| 2 | Super MILLION$ | $10,300 | $5,110,000 | 511 | Joaquin Melogno | $636,072 |
| 3 | Deepstack NLHE Championship | $3,000 | $1,436,400 | 504 | Christian Jeppsson | $244,202 |
| 4 | Monster Stack NLHE | $800 | $1,060,200 | 1,395 | Live Updates |