2020 WSOP online at WSOP.com has just finished Event #23: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Knockout. The event attracted 1,452 entries and it took more than 11 hours of play.
The winner of the event is a player from New Jersey using the username “avant9201”
Now for the recap
Event #23 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize | KO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raymond “avant9201” Avant | $93,776 | $1,700 |
| 2 | Scott “intheblack14” Epstein | $58,074 | $500 |
| 3 | Ryan “im.sorry” Torgersen | $41,243 | $1,100 |
| 4 | Upeshka “gomezhamburg” De Silva | $29,690 | $700 |
| 5 | Byung Jun “YESUM1987” Kim | $21,693 | $900 |
| 6 | Zachary “kings702” Grech | $15,995 | $900 |
| 7 | Dilip Kumar “dogmai” Natarajan | $12,023 | $2,900 |
| 8 | Michael “mikeob81” O’Brien | $9,095 | $400 |
| 9 | Dan “pepperprince” Zack | $7,004 | $400 |
Final table action
The final table started at Level 38 with blinds at 60,000/120,000 and 15,000 ante
“avant9201” came in as chip leader
| Player | Country | Chips |
| avant9201 | 6,628,887 | |
| Daniel “pepperprince” Zack |  |
6,322,880 |
| dogmai | 5,330,631 | |
| Scott “intheblack14” Epstein | 4,713,884 | |
| Ryan “im.sorry” Torgersen | |
3,789,772 |
| Byung Jun “YESUM1987” Kim | 3,038,292 | |
| kings702 | 2,869,371 | |
| Upeshka “gomezhamburg” De Silva | |
2,325,032 |
| mikeob81 | 1,281,251 |
9th place – Daniel “pepperprince” Zack
Daniel “pepperprince” Zack from the early position went “all-in” for 463,996
“avant9201” from the small blind calls
Upeshka “gomezhamburg” De Silva from the big blind re-raised to 2,385,062
“avant9201” Folds
Daniel “pepperprince” Zack VS Upeshka “gomezhamburg” De Silva
Daniel “pepperprince” Zack: 
Upeshka “gomezhamburg” De Silva: 
The Board 
Winner: Upeshka “gomezhamburg” De Silva
Both players did not hit however De Silva won with Ace high
Daniel “pepperprince” Zack exits at 9th place
8th place – “mikeob81”
Scott “intheblack14” Epstein from the button raised all in for 13,648,668
“mikeob81” from the big blind calls for less 2,382,502 stack
Scott “intheblack14” Epstein VS “mikeob81”
“mikeob81”:
Scott “intheblack14” Epstein: 
The Board 
Winner: Scott “intheblack14” Epstein
Pocket 10 Held
“mikeob81” exits at 8th place
7th place – “dogmai”
“dogmai” from the middle position raised “all in” for 3,615,011
“avant9201” from the cut-off raise to 7,419,774
“dogmai” VS “avant9201”
“dogmai”: 
“avant9201”:
The Board 
Winner: “avant9201”
his opponent might have hit a set on the flop but “avant9201” hit his set on the river
“dogmai” exits at 7th place
6th place – “kings702”
“kings702” from the cut off moved all in for 1,581,240
“avant9201” from the small blinds calls.
“king702″ VS “avant9201”
“avant9201”: 
“kings702”: 
The Board 
Winner: “avant9201”
Hitting the king on the flop giving him a better pair against his opponent
“king702” bows out at 6th place
5th place – Byung Jun “YESUM1987” Kim
Byung Jun “YESUM1987” Kim from the button moved all in for 1,038,184
“avant9201” called from the big blind.
Byung Jun “YESUM1987” Kim VS “avant9201”
Byung Jun “YESUM1987” Kim:
“avant9201”: 
The board 
Winner: “avant9201”
hitting the jack on the river gave him top pair versus king high
Byung Jun “YESUM1987” Kim exits at 5th place
4th place – Upeshka “gomezhamburg” De Silva
Upeshka “gomezhamburg” De Silva from the small blind raised “all in” for 647,864
Scott “intheblack14” Epstein from the big blind calls
Upeshka “gomezhamburg” De Silva VS Scott “intheblack14” Epstein
Scott “intheblack14” Epstein: 
Upeshka “gomezhamburg” De Silva: 
The board 
Winner:Scott “intheblack14” Epstein
hitting the deuce on the turn gave him a pair against his opponent ace high
Upeshka “gomezhamburg” De Silva exits at 4th place
3rd place – Ryan “im.sorry” Torgersen
Ryan “im.sorry” Torgersen from the small blind went “all-in” for 3,674,257
“avant9201” from the big blind calls.
“avant9201” VS Ryan “im.sorry” Torgersen
“avant9201”:
Ryan “im.sorry” Torgersen: 
The Board 
winner: “avant9201”
Ryan “im.sorry” Torgersen exits at 3rd place
Heads up
Heads up started at level Level 41 with blind at 120,000/240,000 and 30,000 ante
“avant9201” went all in for 31,028,466
Scott “intheblack14” Epstein calls for less with only 5,201,534
“avant9201” VS Scott “intheblack14” Epstein
“avant9201”: 
Scott “intheblack14” Epstein: 
The board
Winner: “avant9201”(champion)
2nd place – Scott “intheblack14” Epstein
