2020 World Series of Poker

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2020 World Series of Poker
World Series of Poker logo.svg
Location Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
King's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic
Online (GGPoker and WSOP.com)
DatesNovember 29 – January 3
Champion
Flag of Argentina.svg Damian Salas
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The 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was the 51st edition of the event. Originally scheduled to begin on May 26 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2]

Contents

There were 101 bracelet events on the schedule before the postponement. [3]

In June, the WSOP introduced the 2020 World Series of Poker Online, a series of 85 online tournaments, 31 on WSOP.com and 54 on GGPoker. The series started on July 1 and concluded in September. [4]

In November, the WSOP announced that the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event would still be held, but in a different format. Play began online, with international players starting November 29 on GGPoker and American players December 13 on WSOP.com. Once both tournaments reached the final nine players, a final table was held live—December 15 at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic for international players, and December 28 at the Rio for American players. The winners of both final tables then met in a heads-up match at the Rio on January 3 to determine the champion. [5]

Main Event

The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on November 29 with the first of three starting flights on GGPoker. The surviving players from each flight combined for Day 2 on December 7 and played down to a final table of nine. The final table was held on December 15 at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic.

For American players, the event began on December 13 on WSOP.com, with the final table taking place on December 28.

The Main Event on GGPoker attracted 674 players, creating a prize pool of $6,470,400. The top 80 players made the money, with the winner earning $1,550,969.

The WSOP.com Main Event had 705 entries and a prize pool of $6,768.000. The top 107 players made the money, with a first place prize of $1,553,256. In addition, the champion of the heads-up match between the GGPoker and WSOP.com winners earned $1 million. The match was originally scheduled to take place on December 30 but was moved to January 3 after Damian Salas, winner of the Rozvadov final table, was denied entry into the United States. [6]

Combined, the 2020 Main Event attracted 1,379 players.

Performance of past champions

NameChampionship
Year(s)		Day of
Elimination
Phil Hellmuth 1989 1
Chris Ferguson 2000 1
Greg Raymer 2004 1
Greg Merson 2012 1 (=179th)*
Ryan Riess 2013 2 (=93rd)*
Martin Jacobson 2014 1C
Joe McKeehen 2015 1
Scott Blumstein 2017 1
John Cynn 2018 1

*- Denotes player who finished in the money

Other high finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

PlaceNamePrizeCompetition
43rd Maria Ho $35,194Las Vegas
63rd Jason Somerville $29,779Las Vegas
65th Joseph Cheong $29,779Las Vegas
77th Scott Seiver $25,718Las Vegas
91st Freddy Deeb $22,334Las Vegas
93rd Ryan Riess $22,334Las Vegas

Final Tables

Rozvadov final table
NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)		WSOP
bracelets		WSOP
cashes*		WSOP
earnings*
Flag of Brazil.svg Brunno Botteon10,325,000 (25.5%)014$1,108,516
Flag of Portugal.svg Manuel Ruivo6,225,000 (15.4%)010$329,545
Flag of Argentina.svg Damian Salas 5,650,000 (14.0%)030$1,710,970
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marco Streda4,225,000 (10.5%)000
Flag of Austria.svg Hannes Speiser3,525,000 (8.7%)07$105,193
Flag of Lithuania.svg Dominykas Mikolaitis3,175,000 (7.8%)012$132,857
Flag of Spain.svg Ramon Miquel Munoz3,025,000 (7.5%)016$52,231
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peiyuan Sun2,185,676 (5.4%)03$5,907
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stoyan Obreshkov2,125,000 (5.2%)037$400,718
Las Vegas final table
NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)		WSOP
bracelets		WSOP
cashes*		WSOP
earnings*
Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Hebert 13,050,000 (30.9%)017$84,960
Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Stroke5,250,000 (12.4%)012$125,240
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hagerty5,075,000 (12.0%)09$30,331
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tony Yuan4,825,000 (11.4%)04$4,218
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Cannon4,400,000 (10.4%)03$7,313
Flag of the United States.svg Gershon Distenfeld3,475,000 (8.2%)02$5,317
Flag of the United States.svg Ron Jenkins2,475,000 (5.9%)014$117,685
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Upeshka De Silva 2,151,969 (5.1%)349$1,613,094
Flag of the United States.svg Harrison Dobin1,575,000 (3.7%)08$46,592

*- Career statistics prior to the 2020 Main Event

Main Event champion Damian Salas Damian Salas 2018.jpg
Main Event champion Damian Salas

Final Tables results

Rozvadov final table results
PlaceNamePrize
1st Damian Salas $1,550,969
2ndBrunno Botteon$1,062,723
3rdManuel Ruivo$728,177
4thRamon Miquel Munoz$498,947
5thMarco Streda$341,879
6thDominykas Mikolaitis$234,255
7thStoyan Obreshkov$160,512
8thHannes Speiser$109,982
9thPeiyuan Sun*$75,360
Las Vegas final table results
PlaceNamePrize
1st Joseph Hebert $1,553,256
2ndRon Jenkins$1,002,340
3rdMichael Cannon$529,258
4thRyan Hagerty$387,130
5thTony Yuan$286,963
6thHarrison Dobin$215,222
7thShawn Stroke$163,786
8thGershon Distenfeld$125,885
9th Upeshka De Silva**$98,813

*- Sun did not travel to Rozvadov for the final table and was awarded ninth place
**- De Silva was disqualified after testing positive for COVID-19 and awarded ninth place

Heads-up Championship Match results


Heads-up Championship Match results
PlaceNamePrize
1st Damian Salas $1,000,000
2nd Joseph Hebert $0

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