Event #43: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em Championship is the first championship event of the 2020 WSOP online at GG poker.
130 players joined this event hoping to win the event. However, it is the mysterious Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb that won the event.
Little is know about the mystery player. But winning such an event by beating short deck crusher Mikita Badziakouski heads up which took nearly 4 hours is a feat and we will definitely know more about this mysterious player soon.
Now here are the rest of the results.
Event 43 final table results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb | Mexico | $276,393 |
| 2 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | $210,249 |
| 3 | Sergi Reixach | United Kingdom | $159,933 |
| 4 | Nobuaki “Sasa JHR” Sasaki | Japan | $121,659 |
| 5 | Dan “oiltrader” Shak | United States | $92,545 |
| 6 | Chi Zhang | United Kingdom | $70,397 |
| 7 | Bjorn “wong1324” Li | Hong Kong | $53,550 |
| 8 | Carl “Swetomir” Schrader | Germany | $40,735 |
| 9 | Ami Barer | Canada | $30,987 |
Final table action
The final table started at Level at 30,000 ante.
Mikita Badziakouski comes in as the chip leader.
| player | country | chips | ||
| Mikita Badziakouski |  |
9,364,087 | ||
| Chi Zhang |  |
6,678,624 | ||
| Dan “oiltrader” Shak |  |
5,821,898 | ||
| Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb |  |
5,546,468 | ||
| Bjorn “wong1324” Li |  |
5,474,920 | ||
| Sergi Reixach | |
2,808,288 | ||
| Carl “Swetomir” Schrader |  |
1,433,436 | ||
| Nobuaki “Sasa JHR” Sasaki |  |
1,148,336 | ||
| Ami Barer |  |
723,943 |
9th place – Ami Barer
Ami Barer from the early position shoved “all-in”.
Yin nam bjorn “wong1324” Li calls
Yin nam bjorn “wong1324” Li: 
Ami Barer: 
Board: 
8th place – Carl “Swetomir” Schrader
Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb from under the gun raise to 270,000
Carl “Swetomir” Schrader from the button went “all-in” for 1,193,436
Gottlieb called.
Carl “Swetomir” Schrader: 
Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb: 
Board: 
7th place – Bjorn “wong1324” Li
Bjorn “wong1324” Li from early position went “all-in” for 1,756,631
Mikita Badziakouski from the middle called.
Mikita Badziakouski:
Bjorn “wong1324” Li: 
Board: 
6th place – Chi Zhang
Three players called before Chi Zhang checked the button.
The flop came 
other players check action goes to Zhang
Zhang who bet 200,000.
Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb raised to 1,440,000
Zhang moved “all-in” for 2,466,458.
Gottlieb called.
Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb:
Chi Zhang: 
Board: 
5th place – Dan “oiltrader” Shak
Dan “oiltrader” Shak from the middle position went “all-in” for 430,672
Nobuaki “Sasa JHR” Sasaki from the button called.
Nobuaki “Sasa JHR” Sasaki: 
Dan “oiltrader” Shak:
Board: 
4th place – Nobuaki “Sasa JHR” Sasaki
Mikita Badziakouski checks,
Nobuaki “Sasa JHR” Sasaki went “all-in”
Mikita called.
Mikita Badziakouski: 
Nobuaki “Sasa JHR” Sasaki:
Board: 
3rd place – Sergi Reixach
Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb from under the gun limped
Sergi Reixach raised to 360,000.
Gottlieb shoved for 5,929,628
Reixach called it off.
Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb:
Sergi Reixach:
Board: 
Heads-up
Heads up started at level 18 at 60,000 ante
| Mikita Badziakouski | |
32,567,064 | ||
| Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb | |
6,432,936 |
It took almost 4 hours before the heads up finished. The chips went back and forth until final hand
Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb shoved preflop
Mikita Badziakouski called off for less.
Mikita Badziakouski: 
Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb:
Board: 
2nd place – Mikita Badziakouski
Champion – Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb
