2020 WSOP Online – Event 24 – “samadhi” (Champion)
Publish date: July 25, 2020

There is no stopping from WSOP this year. Adopting to the pandemic and reaching for other markets, WSOP went online using two platforms this year.

Action is now back at WSOP.Com as another bracelet event finished. 

The player using the nick “samadhi” won the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #24: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed. This event took more than 12 hours to finish and attracted 1,590 entrees and 818 re-entries. 

Here is the recap.

2020 WSOP Online Event #24 Final Table Results

Place Player Prize
1 “samadhi” $133,413
2 Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng $82,440
3 “eric_shun” $60,161
4 “aulululululu” $44,298
5 Mark “bansman” Bansemar $32,941
6 Norman “abnormality” Michalek $24,706
7 Matt “Berkey11_S4Y” Berkey $18,638
8 Christian “CalcFather” Calcano $14,217

Final table action

The final table started at Level 40 and the blinds were at 100,000/200,000 and 25,000 ante

“samadhi” comes in as the chip leader.

Here are the rest of the chip stack.

samadhi 10,176,111
Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng us 9,838,936
eric_shun 3,730,144
Matt “Berkey11_S4Y” Berkey us 3,561,652
Norman “abnormality” Michalek us 2,756,598
alululululu 2,307,487
Mark “bansman” Bansemar 2,047,761
Christian “CalcFather” Calcano 1,701,311

8th Place – Christian “CalcFather” Calcano

Christian “CalcFather” Calcano from the middle position moved “all-in” for 1,226,311
“samadhi” from the big blind calls

Christian “CalcFather” Calcano VS “samadhi”

Christian “CalcFather” Calcano : {9-Clubs}{a-Clubs}
“samadhi”: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}

The Board {10-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{7-Hearts} 

Winner: “samadhi”
Pocket eight held for “samadhi” 

Christian “CalcFather” Calcano exits at 8th Place

7th place – Matt “Berkey11_S4Y” Berkey

“eric_shun” on the button flat calls.
Matt “Berkey11_S4Y” Berkey from the big blind goes “all-in” for 2,936,652
“eric_shun” calls

“erics_shun” VS Matt “Berkey11_S4Y” Berkey

“eric_shun”: {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Matt “Berkey11_S4Y” Berkey: {a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}

The Board  {j-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{9-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} 

Winner: “eric_shun’s”
hitting strait on the river 

Matt “Berkey11_S4Y” Berkey out in seventh place.

6th place – Norman “abnormality” Michalek

“alululululu” from the cut-off ber for 480,000
Norman “abnormality” Michalek from the button calls with only 241,624
Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” from the big blind calls

“alululululu” VS Norman “abnormality” Michalek VS Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng

The Flop  {2-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{6-Spades} 

Leng check
“alululululu’s” bet 240,000

The Turn {5-Diamonds} 

Both players check

The River {3-Diamonds}

Norman “abnormality” Michalek {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs} 
Leng {q-Clubs}{3-Hearts} 

Winner: Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng

Norman “abnormality” Michalek exits at 6th Place

5th place – Mark “bansman” Bansemar

Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng from the small blind raised “all-in” for 18,528,420
Mark “bansman” Bansemar from the big blind calls with only 2,161,265 left from his stack

Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng VS Mark “bansman” Bansemar

Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng: {j-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Mark “bansman” Bansemar: {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}

The Board {6-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{j-Spades} 

Winner: Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng
Hitting a jack on the river beating his opponent pocket seven

Mark “bansman” Bansemar exits at 5th place

4th place – “alululululu”

“alululululu” from the small blind went “all-in” for 1,654,922
“samadhi” from the big blind calls

“alululululu” VS “samadhi”

“samadhi”: {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}
“alululululu”: {k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

The Board {8-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} {3-Diamonds}  {q-Hearts} 

Winner:“samadhi”
Hit the flush on the River

“alululululu” out in fourth place.

3rd place – “eric_shun” 

Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng from the small blind calls the blind
“eric_shun” from the big blind checked his option

The Flop  {j-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

Leng bet 333,333,
“eric_shun” calls

The Turn {a-Hearts} 

Leng bet to 666,666
“eric_shun” calls

The River {k-Hearts} 

Leng bet 3,669,669
“eric_shun” moved all in for 11,887,809.
Leng calls

“eric_shun” VS Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng

“eric_shun”: {10-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng: {q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

winner: Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng
hit the nuts on the river

“eric_shun” out in 3rd place

Heads up

Heads up started at Level 43 with blinds at 160,000/320,000 and 40,000 ante

Chips count

Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng us 26,134,516
samadhi 9,985,484

Heads up started with Leng ahead. However, after a few rounds, Leng overtook the chip lead and this is the final hand

“samadhi” raised “all-in” for 28,748,678
Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng called off with only  7,171,322 left in chips

“samadhi” VS Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng

“samadhi”: {k-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng: {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}

The Board {2-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{4-Spades} {7-Spades}

Winner: “samadhi” (Champion)

Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng at second place

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