The late registration period has closed and the prize pool details have been confirmed. There were 2,911 entries over the four hours of late registration which means that a prize pool of $1,659,270 has been created. Out of the 900 or so players which are left, 368 of them will get paid at least $1,424 while the winner will walk away with $227,906, the WSOP bracelet, and the WSOP Europe package.
The action over at the GGPoker network has been heating up over the last month, with the 2020 World Series of Poker Online at the halfway point of their 54 bracelet-offering throughout the summer. However, it's not all tournament poker that's drawing the eyeballs, as some of the highest cash games the online poker hasn't seen since the glory days of Full Tilt Poker are happening over there as well.
In a $500/$1,000 cash game with a $1,000 ante, Wiktor Malinowski — famed under his online moniker "limitless" — and Michael Addamo played the biggest NLHE cash game pot on record. The massive clash happened over at Natural8, part of the GGPoker network, in an invitation-only VIP cash game. Alongside Malinowski, Chris Brewer, Tan "4321" Xuan", and "UnderO", who resides in Malta, completed the line-up.
With a minute of late registration still possible, the almost 2,900 strong field has just over 1,000 players left who have been sent for their hourly 6-minute break.
Thiago "dj0ngador" Carvalho raised to 5,600 from the middle position and Dzmitry Urbanovich three-bet shoved from the hijack for 52,680. The action folded back to Carvalho who made the call.
Dzmitry Urbanovich:
Thiago "dj0ngador" Carvalho:
The board ran out for Carvalho to bust Urbanovich.
Paul "Hoppipolla" Fowler raised to 5,600 from the button and Adam Owen three-bet shoved from the small blind for 39,848 for the big blind to fold and Fowler to make the call.
Adam Owen:
Paul "Hoppipolla" Fowler:
The board ran out for Owen to river the pair of sevens to stay alive and double up.
Alex Difelice raised to 4,800 from under the gun and Shaul "kukuriko" Meir made the call from the middle position. George Wolff three-bet shoved for 67,337 for the action to fold back to Meir who made the call.
George Wolff:
Shaul "kukuriko" Meir:
The board ran out for Meir to improve his rockets to a set on the flop to bust Wolff.