2020 WSOP Online – Event 02 – “PokeThese” (Champion)
Publish date: July 3, 2020

The battle continues for the bracelet at WSOP.com. Event #2: $1,000 NLH Deepstack 8-Max attracted 647 and 272 re to create a 919-entry field making USD 873,050 prize pool.

Louis“PokeThese”Lynch defeated Ryan “KOVID19” Ko to become the champion of the Event 2.

The tournament attracted a lot of big names including Roland “prngls12” Israelashvili, the man with the all-time WSOP cashes lead to 226. Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu run deep but only finished 18th place and WSOP bracelet winner Michael “itwasthator0” Gagliano.

2020 WSOP Event #2 Final Table Results

Place Player Prize
1 Louis “PokeThese” Lynch $168,586
2 Ryan “KOVID19” Ko $104,242
3 Kevin “GoneBananas” Garosshen $73,424
4 Daniel “IntoTheRiver” Fischer $52,383
5 Sean “bahbababa” Prendiville $37,890
6 Jason “haderade” Somerville $27,763
7 Jon “jonnyg93” Gisler $20,691
8 Matthew “Michmeister” Mich $15,628

Daniel “IntoTheRiver” Fischer went in the final table as the chip leader, but it was Sean “bahbababa” Prendiville who went into action early and busted players left and right. 

When it was down to heads up action. “KOVID19,” had a good chip lead having 3:1 chip lead against “PokeThese”. But “PokeThese” ended up as the winner of the event.

Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu out at 16th 

A lot of people are probably watching Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu action on his quest for another bracelet. He has made a lot of side bets whether he can or can not win another bracelet.

He was running in deep but was denied by Matthew “Mendey” Mendez.

Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu was at early position or under the gun and jammed “all-in”. He had 763,876 chips.

Matthew “Mendey” Mendez who was at the small blind made sure nobody else would join the action as he shoves his entire stack of 2,002,612.

It was heads-up action as both players revealed their cards.

Daniel “dnegs” Negreanu: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}

Matthew “Mendey” Mendez: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

the board was dry for both players.

 {j-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{q-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}

Mendez held the better hand busting Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu at 16th place.

About Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu was born on July 26, 1974, making his Zodiac sign as a Leo. Born in Toronto, Canada. A rebel during his younger years who dream to be a professional snooker player.

He has accumulated over $42,000,000 in prize money.

He has won 6 WSOP bracelets.

Year Tournament Prize
1998 $2,000 Pot Limit Hold’em $169,460
2003 $2,000 S.H.O.E. $100,440
2004 $2,000 Limit Hold’em $169,100
2008 $2,000 Limit Hold’em $204,874
2013A A$10,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event A$1,038,825
2013E €25,600 High Roller No Limit Hold’em €725,000

His other notable WSOP Achievements are

– He was named the WSOP Player of the Year in 2004, and in 2013, making him the first and only player to receive the accolade more than once.

– He is the first player to make a final table at each of the three WSOP bracelet-awarding locations (Las Vegas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific) and the first to win a bracelet at each. 

He is currently an Ambassador of GG Poker.

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