Event #55: $1,000 WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold'em Double Stack
Day 1 Completed
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #55: $1,000 WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold'em Double Stack
Day: 1
Event Info
Level 44
: 400,000/800,000, 0 ante
After 12 hours of grinding online, Jason 'TheBigGift' Gooch has come out on top of the $1,000 WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold'em Double Stack event. Having finished runner-up to Josh "loofa" Pollock in the $600 PLO WSOP.com online bracelet event earlier this summer, this time around he was able to take down the title. With a total of 922 entries, Gooch was the last man standing and won $241,492.94 and his first bracelet.
| Position | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason 'TheBigGift' Gooch | United States | $241,492.94 |
| 2 | Brian 'Pure__reason' Wood | United States | $148,542.85 |
| 3 | Anthony 'Scrotile' Augustino | United Sates | $104,980.41 |
| 4 | Dario 'Sirio87' Sammartino | Italy | $75,094.55 |
| 5 | Timothy 'Stucksoomuch' Wong | United States | $54,453.05 |
| 6 | Ran 'Margarete' Koller | United States | $40,143.29 |
| 7 | Gianluca 'inmyhouse' Speranza | Italy | $29,885.86 |
| 8 | Justin 'KingFortune' Liberto | United States | $22,541.03 |
| 9 | Max 'Max Sparrow' Pescatori | Italy | $17,348.99 |
Besides coming close to winning his first WSOP bracelet just a couple of weeks ago, Gooch has also cashed in a few live World Series of Poker tournaments this summer including finishing in 51st place for $4,083 in the $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, and finishing 162nd for $2,248 in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha.
The final table was a stacked affair featuring Max 'Max Sparrow' Pescatori (ninth - $17,348.99), Justin 'KingFortune' Liberto (eight, $22,541.03), and Dario 'Sirio87' Sammartino (fourth for $75,084.85).
Pescatori got it in with seven-jack suited but was unable to get a triple as Augustino and countryman Sammartino chopped up his stack with king-nine for both. Ran 'Margarete' Koller got it in with queens against Sammartino's ace-king and saw the latter hit an ace on the flop.
Timothy 'Stucksoomuch' Wong got it in as a small dog holding king-four to Augustino's ace-six. Neither player hit anything and the tournament was down to four players. Sammartino followed him out of the door, busting with king-queen to the eventual winner's ace-jack.
In what was now a rapid game of poker, Anthony "Scrotile" Augstino was out only minutes later. He got it in with queen-six against king-queen and couldn't hit a six or any other sort of help.
The heads-up took a little bit longer, with the lead shifting a couple of times. Eventually, Jason 'TheBigGift' Gooch got out ahead against Brian 'Pure__reason' Wood. In the last hand of the tournament, Gooch flopped trips and saw no threats appear on the turn or river against Wood's inferior hand.
Level 44
: 400,000/800,000, 0 ante
After an hour of heads up going back and forth, all of the chips went in the middle on the turn after 'TheBigGift' had flopped trip fours. 'Pure__reason' couldn't catch up on the river and with that, it was over and another bracelet winner had been decided.
'Pure__reason' came so close to getting the WSOP gold bracelet but finished in 2nd place for $148,542.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,990,000
28,240,000
|
28,240,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 44
: 400,000/800,000, 0 ante
All the chips went in the middle preflop and both hands were tabled.
'Pure__reason': 
'TheBigGift': 
The board ran out 
and 'Pure__reason' doubled up with his nine-kicker playing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
24,879,000
-1,510,920
|
-1,510,920 |
|
|
11,750,000
-8,260,857
|
-8,260,857 |
Level: 44
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 0
Level 43
: 300,000/600,000, 0 ante
In a limped pot the flop came 
and both 'Pure__reason' and 'TheBigGift' checked.
The 
hit the turn and 'TheBigGift' bet out 950,000 after 'Pure__reason' checked again.
The river was the 
, 'Pure__reason' checked once again and 'TheBigGift' fired out 4,852,500 and 'Pure__reason' called.
'TheBigGift' virtually showed 
and scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,256,643
-6,133,277
|
-6,133,277 |
|
|
19,733,357
-277,500
|
-277,500 |
Level: 43
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 0
Level 42
: 250,000/500,000, 50,000 ante
Jason Gooch, a.k.a. 'TheBigGift' raised the button to 1,200,000 and 'Pure__reason' called.
The flop came 
, 'Pure__reason' checked and 'TheBigGift' continued for 875,000 'Pure__reason' called. The turn was the 
and after 'Pure__reason' checked, 'TheBigGift' fired 7,370,000 and 'Pure__reason' snap folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,010,857
9,397,247
|
9,397,247 |
|
|
19,979,143
-6,410,777
|
-6,410,777 |
Level: 42
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 50,000
Level 41
: 200,000/400,000, 40,000 ante
'Scrotile' shoved from the small blind for 5,401,396 and 'pure__reason' snap-called.
'Scrotile': 
'Pure__reason': 
The board ran out 
eliminating 'scrotile' in third place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,389,920
4,894,926
|
4,894,926 |
|
|
Busted |