2020

July 1

Online WSOP Begins
85 Hold 'Em and Omaha tournaments run through September 7 on WSOP.com (Nevada and New Jersey) and GGPoker.com (non-U.S.).

WSOP.com $500 Kick-Off No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 1 day)

Winner: Jonathan Dokler ($130,426 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,195 [520 rebuys] (248 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 2

WSOP.com $1,000 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #2, 1 day)

Winner: Louis Lynch ($168,586 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 647 [272 rebuys] (143 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 4

WSOP.com $400 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #3, 1 day [7/3 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Robert Kuhn ($115,850 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,450 [641 rebuys] (330 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #4, 1 day)

Winner: Matt Bode ($97,091 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 828 [351 rebuys] (180 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 5

WSOP.com $1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #5, 1 day)

Winner: Allen Chang ($161,286 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 854 (126 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 7

WSOP.com $600 PLO8 6-Max (Event #6, 1 day [7/6 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Nathan Gamble ($89,424 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 497 [386 rebuys] (126 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $800 Knockout DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #7, 1 day)

Winner: Joon Kim ($103,127 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 989 (143 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 8

WSOP.com $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #8, 1 day)

Winner: Alan Goehring ($119,399 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,479 (207 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 9

70-Year-Old Ron McMillen Wins Online $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max
Had never played online before and says he won't again despite defeating field of 568 (368 rebuys) for $133,214.

WSOP.com $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #9, 1 day)

Winner: Ron McMillen ($188,214 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 658 [368 rebuys] (143 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 11

WSOP.com $600 MonsterStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #10, 1 day [7/10 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Ryan Torgersen ($172,361 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,505 [569 rebuys] (330 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Turbo DeepStack 6-Max (Event #11, 1 day)

Winner: Raman Afanasenka ($128,601 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,691 (248 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 13

WSOP.com $500 Big 500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #12, 1 day [7/12 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Ryan Depaulo ($159,563 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,624 [803 rebuys] (371 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $1,500 High Roller Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #13, 1 day)

Winner: Michael Lech ($164,249 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 649 (99 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 15

Joe McKeehen Wins Online $3,200 No-Limit Hold 'Em High Roller for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 368 (128 rebuys) for $352,985.

WSOP.com $3,200 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #14, 1 day [7/14 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Joseph McKeehen ($352,985 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 368 [128 rebuys] (63 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 16

WSOP.com $1,000 High Roller PLO 8-Max (Event #15, 1 day [7/15 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Guy Dunlap ($133,780 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 386 [277 rebuys] (99 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #16, 1 day)

Winner: Terrell Cheatham ($116,204 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,044 [484 rebuys] (248 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 17

The Opener on GGPoker Attracts Record 29,306 Players
Low $100 buyin leads to $2,696,152 prize pool but also causes server glitches that also affect Every 1 for COVID Relief tournament.

WSOP.com $777 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #17, 1 day)

Winner: Pat Lyons ($173,551 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 917 [465 rebuys] (207 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 18

WSOP.com $1,000 Turbo DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #18, 1 day)

Winner: Scott Hempel ($181,060 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 697 [290 rebuys] (143 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 19

WSOP.com $400 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #19, 1 day)

Winner: Kenny Huynh ($133,857 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,757 [788 rebuys] (371 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $525 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #3, 1 day)

Winner: Shoma Ishikawa ($117,650 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,214 (314 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

First GGPoker.com Bracelet Awarded
Japan’s Shoma Ishikawa defeats field of 2,214 to win online $525 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Handed for $117,650.

July 21

Kevin Gerhart Wins Online $500 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max for Second Bracelet
Defeats field of 627 (510 rebuys) for $97,572

WSOP.com $500 PLO 6-Max (Event #20, 1 day [7/20 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Kevin Gerhart ($97,572 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 627 [510 rebuys] (150 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $777 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #21, 1 day)

Winner: Tony Dunst ($168,342 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 849 [512 rebuys] (206 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 22

WSOP.com $500 Turbo DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #22, 1 day)

Winner: Allan Cheung ($120,083 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,082 [497 rebuys] (248 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (Event #4, 1 day [7/21 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Juha Helppi ($290,286 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 328 (47 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 23

WSOP.com $500 Knockout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #23, 1 day)

Winner: Raymond Avant ($97,176 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,452 (580 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $1,500 Fifty Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #5, 1 day [7/22 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Michael Clacher ($297,496 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,342 (188 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 24

GGPoker $1,050 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #6, 1 day [7/23 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Aaron Lee (AUS) ($161,886 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 971 (134 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 25

WSOP.com $400 No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #24, 1 day [7/24 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Nick Binger ($133,413 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 1,590 [818 rebuys] (330 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 26

WSOP.com $500 Summer Saver No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #25, 1 day [7/25 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Nicholas Kiley ($149,245 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,484 [671 rebuys] (330 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $100 Opener (Event #1, 1 day)

Winner: Marcelo Jakovljevic ($265,880 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 29,306 (3,039 paid)

Server difficulties interrupted this event, which was resumed over a week later.

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $600 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #7, 1 day [7/25 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Aaron Wijaya ($171,389 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,007 (278 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $1,111 Every 1 for COVID Relief (Event #2, 1 day)

Winner: Alek Stasiak ($343,203 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,323 (332 paid)

Server difficulties interrupted this event, which was resumed over a week later. GGPoker doubled the $177,378 raised for COVID-19 relief and gave each player a $100 credit.

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 27

Roberto Romanello Completes Triple Crown of Poker
Defeats field of 922 in Online $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for $216,213 to becomes oldest at age 45 to complete the hat trick a decade after his European Poker Tour title and nine years after his World Poker tour title.

WSOP.com $500 Grande Finale No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #26, 1 day [7/26 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Ethan Yau ($164,494 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,677 [825 rebuys] (371 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #8, 1 day [7/26 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Roberto Romanello ($216,213 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 922 (134 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #9, 1 day [7/26 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Simon Lofberg ($224,493 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 532 (71 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Ranno Sootia Wins Online $400 Colossus for Estonia's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 12,747 for $595,930.

GGPoker $400 Colossus (Event #10, 2 days [7/26 start])

Winner: Ranno Sootla ($595,930 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 12,747 (1,575 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $400 PLOssus (Event #11, 2 days [7/26 start])

Winner: Yuri Dzivielevski ($221,557 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 4,356 (548 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 28

WSOP.com $400 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #27, 1 day [7/27 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Ian Steinman ($110,557 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,940 (289 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 29

WSOP.com $1,000 Omaha 8 6-Max (Event #28, 1 day [7/28 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: William Romaine ($110,672 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 425 [100 rebuys] (80 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold 'Em Championship (Event #12, 1 day [7/28 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Lev Gottlieb ($276,393 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 130 (17 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $2,000 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #29, 1 day)

Winner: Nick Guagenti ($305,433 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 580 [167 rebuys] (90 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 30

Kristen Bicknell Wins Online $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 892 for $356,412 to tie the women's record for most bracelets (Barbara Enright, Nani Dollison, and Vanessa Selbst).

WSOP.com $500 Seniors No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #30, 1 day)

Winner: Jonathan Lessin ($64,411 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 541 [179 rebuys] (126 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #13, 1 day [7/29 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Kristen Bicknell ($356,412 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 892 (116 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 31

GGPoker $840 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #14, 1 day [7/30 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Patrick Kennedy ($245,448 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,382 (332 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 1

Wilford Brimley d. 2020 [age 85] (b. 9/27/1934)
Actor was Last Celebrity Standing in 2001 WSOP Main Event (not paid). Cohosted Discovery Channel's broadcast of the 1999 World Series of Poker with Marianne Shafer.
Obituary | Wikipedia

Rod Pardey d. 2020 [age 75] (b. 5/5/1945)
Won 1991 $2,500 Seven-Card Stud ($133,600) & 1994 $2,500 Seven-Card Stud ($132,000).
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

Nahrain Tamero Wins Online $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Championship to Become Second Woman to Win Open Bracelet in 2020
Defeats field of 1,455 (671 rebuys) for $310,832.

WSOP.com $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Championship (Event #31, 1 day [7/31 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Nahrain Tamero ($310,832 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,455 [671 rebuys] (330 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 2

GGPoker $500 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #15, 1 day)

Winner: Sung Joo Hyun ($161,898 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,307 (332 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $1,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #16, 1 day)

Winner: Paul Teoh ($82,202 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 487 (71 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 3

Vladas Burneikis Wins Online $500 Turbo Deep Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em for Lithuania's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 2,978 for $192,523.

GGPoker $500 Turbo DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #18, 1 day [8/2 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Vladas Burneikis ($192,523 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,978 (368 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 4

GGPoker $1,500 Millionaire Maker (Event #17, 2 days [8/2 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Daniel Dvoress ($1,489,289 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 6,299 (764 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 5

GGPoker $2,100 Bounty Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #19, 1 day [8/4 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Enrico Camosci ($327,319 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,168 (170 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 6

GGPoker $400 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #20, 1 day [8/5 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Eoghan O'Dea ($100,945 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,005 (278 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 7

Alek Stasiak Wins Online $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Second Bracelet of Summer
Defeats field of 2,006 for $273,505 less than two weeks after $1,111 Every 1 for COVID Relief victory for $343,203.

GGPoker $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #21, 1 day [8/6 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Alek Stasiak ($273,505 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 2,006 (278 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 9

GGPoker $800 Double Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #22, 1 day [8/8 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Frank Crivello ($94,253 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 831 (116 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 10

GGPoker $1,032 Asia Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #23, 1 day [8/9 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Luis Assuncao Garla ($461,709 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,247 (404 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $150 GGMasters WSOP Edition Freezeout (Event #24, 1 day [8/9 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Anatoly Suvarov ($183,526 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 9,835 (1,232 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $1,500 GGMasters WSOP Edition High Roller Freezeout (Event #25, 1 day [8/9 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Seth Fischer ($444,869 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,153 (278 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 11

Daniel Negreanu Sets Record With 20th Cash of Year
Finishes 38th in Online $5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max for $14,599 to eclipse Chris Ferguson's year-old record.

August 12

Ravid Garbi Wins Online $5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Cyprus's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 672 for $531,513.

GGPoker $5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max Championship (Event #27, 1 day [8/11 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Ravid Garbi ($531,513 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 672 (98 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 13

GGPoker $2,500 Double Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #28, 1 day [8/12 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Leonardo Mattos ($298,296 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,061 (152 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 14

Orhan Ates Wins Online $525 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em for Turkey's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 3,170 for $180,177.

GGPoker $525 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #29, 1 day [8/13 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Orhan Ates ($180,177 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,170 (368 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 15

Daniel Negreanu Cashes in Record Ninth Straight Event
Finishes 64th for $1,458 in $300 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Handed to extend his own record. The previous record holder was Chris Ferguson, who had cashed in six straight events during the 2017 WSOP Europe. [Negreanu would add another streak of five later in the festival en route to shattering the record for cashes in a year.]

GGPoker $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold 'Em Championship (Event #26, 2 days [8/9 start])

Winner: David 'NV' Peters ($360,480 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 128 (16 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $300 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #30, 1 day)

Winner: Alexander Stacey ($127,660 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,491 (440 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 17

GGPoker $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #31, 1 day [8/16 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Bradley Ruben ($220,160 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 990 (134 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Ivan Zufic Wins Online $500 Mini Main Event for Croatia's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 15,205 for $843,460.

GGPoker $500 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #32, 1 day [8/16 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Ivan Zufic ($843,460 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 15,205 (1,600 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $840 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #33, 1 day [8/16 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Kartik Ved ($234,433 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,207 (314 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 19

GGPoker $600 DeepStack Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #34, 1 day [8/18 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Dmytro Bystrovzorov ($227,906 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,911 (368 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 20

GGPoker $800 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #35, 1 day [8/19 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Toby Joyce ($139,453 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,281 (188 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 21

GGPoker $500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #36, 1 day [8/20 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Gregor Muller ($45,102 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 706 (98 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 22

Anson Tsang Wins Online $500 Deepstack No-Limit Hold 'Em for Second Bracelet
Defeats field of 2,315 for $150,460 to become the first player from China with multiple bracelets.

GGPoker $500 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #37, 1 day [8/22 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Anson Tsang ($150,460 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 2,315 (332 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 23

Online Big 50 Draws Record 44,576 Entries
Record-low $50 buyin leads to massive field, more than doubling its guaranteed $1,000,000 prize pool.

August 24

GGPoker $1,500 Marathon No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #38, 1 day [8/23 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Nicholas Maimone ($302,472 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,538 (206 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $50 Big 50 (Event #40, 2 days [8/23 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Huahuan Feng ($211,282 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 44,576 (2,300 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 25

GGPoker $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em Championship (Event #41, 1 day)

Winner: Ajay Chabra ($77,475 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 337 (47 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 27

GGPoker $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #42, 1 day [8/26 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Jim Lefteruk ($299,511 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,202 (314 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 28

Thi Truong Wins Online $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha to Become Third Woman to Win Open Bracelet in 2020
Canadian defeats field of 972 for $215,938.

GGPoker $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #43, 1 day [8/27 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Thi Truong ($215,938 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 972 (134 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 29

GGPoker $25,000 NLHE Poker Players Championship (Event #39, 2 days [8/23 start])

Winner: Christian Rudolph ($1,800,290 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 407 (55 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 30

GGPoker $300 Double Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #44, 1 day [8/29 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Trygve Leite ($130,100 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,552 (440 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 31

GGPoker $400 Forty Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #45, 1 day [8/30 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Gediminas Uselis ($211,282 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 4,461 (548 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #47, 1 day [8/30 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Adnan Hacialioglu ($259,842 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,910 (278 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 3

GGPoker $600 6-Max No-Limit Hold 'Em: People's Choice Event [Pros Vote] (Event #49, 1 day [9/2 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Jeffrey Dobrin ($189,666 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,408 (350 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 4

GGPoker $1,050 6-Max Bounty: People's Choice Event [Spin the Wheel] (Event #50, 1 day [9/3 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Nicolo Molinelli ($243,415 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,925 (278 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 5

GGPoker $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold 'Em: People's Choice Event [Most Popular] (Event #48, 2 days [9/1 start])

Winner: Fedor Holz ($1,077,025 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 127 (8 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 6

Mike Sexton d. 2020 [age 72] (b. 9/22/1947)
Won 1989 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo ($104,400). Holds the record for most consecutive years with a cash (32 from 1988 to 2019). Long-time announcer for and face of the World Poker Tour. Poker Hall of Fame 2009 & WPT Honors Award 2017.
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

Melika Razavi Wins Online $1,050 Beat the Pros Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em for Iran's First Female Bracelet
Defeats field of 2,204 for $239,180 and becomes record fourth woman to win an open bracelet at a single WSOP.

GGPoker $1,050 Beat the Pros [Bounty] (Event #51, 1 day [9/5 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Melika Razavi ($239,180 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,204 (296 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP Pays Out 200,000th Prize
The 200,000th prize awarded in WSOP history occurred roughly during the $100 WSOP Million$, although other events were running at the same time.

September 7

Michelle Shah Obliterates Women's Record for Cashes in a Year With Her 20th
Finishes 102nd in Online $10,000 WSOP Super Million$ for $21,483 to wrap up her unprecedented GGPoker run, which included a second place finish in the $1,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold 'Em for $60,254.

GGPoker $10,000 WSOP Super Million$ (Event #52, 1 day [9/6 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Connor Drinan ($1,423,049 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 899 (134 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $100 WSOP Million$ (Event #53, 1 day [9/6 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Alexander Kobbeltvedt ($296,403 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 34,787 (3,050 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Michael Gathy Wins Online $500 The Closer for Fourth Bracelet
Belgian defeats field of 2,012 for $272,504, including Canadian female Yuan Yuan Li heads up.

GGPoker $500 Closer (Event #54, 1 day [9/6 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Michael Gathy ($272,504 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 4,012 (476 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 8

Wenling Gao Wins Women's Record $2,748,605
Finishes second in Online $5,000 Main Event to shatter Annette Obrestad's 13-year-old record of $2,013,733.

Stoyan Madanzhiev Wins Online $5,000 Main Event to Wrap Up Online WSOP
Bulgarian defeats field of 5,802 for $3,904,686.

GGPoker $5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Main (Event #46, 2 days [8/30 start])

Winner: Stoyan Madanzhiev ($3,904,686 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 5,802 (728 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 13

Andrew Kelsall Wins Online Global Casino Championship
Defeats field of 130 for $275,632 and his first bracelet in event formerly known as the WSOP National Championship.

WSOP.com $10,000 Global Casino Championship - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 1 day)

Winner: Andrew Kelsall ($275,632 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 130 (20 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 19

Darvin Moon d. 2020 [age 56] (b. 10/1/1963)
2009 WSOP Main Event 2nd place ($5,182,601).
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

November 13

Mixed Online/Live $10,000 WSOP Main Event Announced
Controversy erupts because the online $5,000 Main Event had already been advertised as the "Main Event" despite being contested on GGPoker.com and having a smaller buyin.

November 23

Loni Harwood marries Phil Hui Thanksgiving Weekend
Become first spouses with multiple bracelets each with Harwood picking up titles in 2013 and 2015 and Hui in 2014 and 2019 [and 2022 and 2024].

December 13

Daniel Negreanu Obliterates Record With 34th Cash of Year
Just one year after Chris Ferguson upped the record to 19, Canadian takes advantage of the pandemic-created multitude of online bracelet events to make the money 34 times, ending with a 92nd place finish in the $10,000 U.S. Main Event for $14,890.

December 14

Ryan Riess Last Champ Standing in Main Event
Exits in 47th place for $22,334 in the U.S. half of the Main Event on WSOP.com. [No former champ would cash in the international half.]

December 15

Maria Ho Last Woman Standing in U.S. portion of WSOP Main Event
Finishes 22nd for $35,194 and a record third Last Woman Standing title a week after Liyingxue Ji finishes 49th in the international section for $22,334.

Damian Salas Wins International Half of Main Event
Defeats field of 674, including Brunno Botteon heads up, for $1,550,969. Live final table starts with eight players as Peiyuan Sun chooses not to travel from China.

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