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WSOP Online Schedule 2020 at GGPoker The WSOP Main Event The main event of the WSOP is a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Holdem tournament, first played at Binions Horseshoe casino in Las Vegas downtown, with Johnny Moss winning the inaugural event in 1970. The event is now played at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino owned by Caesars Entertainment. Poker’s biggest annual event will have a 2020 winner — COVID-19 be damned. Usually held over the summer, the 2020 World Series of Poker main event began Sunday with online play after th.

Monday afternoon, the news countless poker players across the world anticipated finally hit the wire: the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has been postponed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The WSOP joins dozens of other major events worldwide in shutting down operations rather than risk being a vehicle for continued spread of the virus.

According to a presser issued by the WSOP on April 20, players can still hold out hope for a 2020 edition of the venerable festival, though. Organizers are targeting the fall of 2020 for an adjusted schedule.

'We are committed to running the World Series of Poker this year but need additional time to proceed on our traditional scale while prioritizing guest and staff well-being,' said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart.

'In the interim, official WSOP competitions are expected to be played online this summer, and we will soon announce details of an expanded series of tournaments to be played on WSOP.com and through partnership with international operators, which will allow players to chase WSOP glory from their homes.'

Unsurprising Development

Organizers at the WSOP had said as early as January that they were 'monitoring' the development of COVID-19. When things escalated in the ensuing months, poker tournaments across the world were canceled by the dozens.

When landmark events like Wimbledon and the Summer Olympics came off the calendar, speculation mounted that there was no way the WSOP could happen. After all, a poker table provides a prime opportunity for the spread of any contagion.

Most observers agreed it seemed unlikely the WSOP would run despite the fact that WSOP officials continued to maintain that it was still scheduled to go 'as planned' starting May 26.

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Finally, the Monday announcement can bring close to the speculation throughout the poker world and allow players and staff to begin planning their next several months knowing the WSOP has been postponed.

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Historic Change

Held since 1971, poker's most storied and recognized tournament festival began with a May schedule. It migrated slightly earlier to April, but in 2005 was moved to the June/July schedule that most players today are used to.

A fall scheduling looks to be a first in the event's 50-year history.

The move to a fall raises a number of questions. The WSOP presser already mentioned an adjusted schedule, so it will remain an open question as to exactly how the adjustment will happen. The WSOP Europe will need to be accommodated as well, as the WSOP specifically noted the event is still scheduled to run this fall.

Stay tuned for more details as the WSOP continues to try to navigate these unprecedented times.

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In 2017, Damian Salas navigated his way through a field of 7,221 entries to make the final table of the World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in main event. He went on to finish seventh for more than $1.4 million, falling just a few spots shy of becoming the first-ever poker world champion from his home country of Argentina. In fact, he was the first Argentinian to even make the final table. Incredibly, just three years later, Salas has another chance to write his name in the poker history books.

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Salas overcame a field of 674 total entries to win the ‘International Tournament’ of the 2020 WSOP $10,000 main event. Salas earned $1,550,969 as the champion of this event, and will now head to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to play the winner of the concurrently-running ‘Domestic Tournament’ in order to determine this year’s world champion. The eventual winner of that heads-up showdown will be awarded the championship bracelet and $1 million in added prize money. The US-facing tournament set its final table on Monday, Dec. 14.

This event began online, with three starting flights running on Nov. 29 and Dec. 5-6, drawing a total of 674 entries. Day 2 began on Dec. 7 with 179 players remaining. Over the course of around 10 hours of play, the field was narrowed down to a final table of nine, with Brazil’s Brunno Botteon bagging up the largest stack of 10,317,743. Salas entered the day in third chip position.

The final table was held live and in person at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, the site of the WSOP Europe festival in recent years. Only eight of the final nine players made the trip to the Czech Republic, as Peiyuan Sun opted to not attend the final table in person. As result, they officially finished in ninth place and earned $75,360.

Hannes Speiser was the first to be eliminated at the final table. He got his last ten or so big blinds in preflop with Q10 and ran into the pocket tens of Salas. The board kept Salas’ pocket pair ahead through the river, and Speiser was sent home in eighth place ($109,982).

Stoyan Obreshkov was the next player to hit the rail. He also found himself with around 10 big blinds when the hand began, all of which went into the pot preflop. He held K10 and was up against the A10 of Salas. The Argentinian made aces and tens by the river to take down the pot and knock Obreshkov out in seventh place ($160,512).

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Dominykas Mikolaitis’ run in this event came to an end when he lost a preflop race with A-J against the pocket threes of Manuel Ruivo. A three on the flop gave Ruivo a dominant lead, and a blank on the turn left Mikolaitis drawing dead. The Lithuanian earned $234,255 as the sixth-place finisher. Ruivo continued his climb up the leaderboard by finding himself on the preferrable side of a preflop cooler against Marco Streda. Ruivo opened and Streda three-bet all-in for around nine big blinds with AK. Ruivo quickly called with AA and held through all five community cards. Streda was awarded for $341,879 for his fifth-place showing.

Salas built an early lead with his early knockouts at the final table, and he was able to extend that advantage during four-handed play. He held more than three times as many chips as the next largest stack when the final four took a dinner break. Botteon was able to close the gap somewhat by eliminating Ramon Miquel Munoz in fourth place. The short stack got his last few blinds in with A-6 and was unable to outrun the pocket threes of Botteon, who flopped a set and turned a full house. Miquel Munoz earned $498,947 for his deep run in this event.

Manuel Ruivo took his stand against the chip leader after the pair saw a flop of 942. Salas checked from out of position and Ruivo bet 750,000. Salas check-raised to 5,000,000. Ruivo only had around 6 million in total, and he announced that he was all-in. Salas called and revealed the 107 for a flush draw. Ruivo held 94 for two pair. The 8 on the turn gave Salas more outs with an open-ended straight draw. The 5 on the river completed Salas’ flush, and Ruivo was eliminated in third place ($728,177).

With that, Salas took roughly a 5:3 chip lead into heads-up play against Botteon. The Brazilian was able to overtake the lead in the early going, but Salas regained the advantage and never looked back. By the time the final hand was dealt, he held a nearly a 3:1 lead. Salas limped in from the button for 600,000 with K8 and Botteon checked holding 73. The flop came down K42 and Botteon checked. Salas checked behind with his top pair and the turn brought the 6 to give Botteon a flush draw and outs to a straight. He checked and Salas bet 1,000,000. Botteon check-raised to 2,800,000. Salas called and the river brought the 8. Botteon had missed, but he elected to move all-in as a bluff for around 6.6 million. Salas thought it over before making the call with his kings and eights to secure the pot and the title. Botteon earned $1,062,723 as the runner-up finisher.

Here is a look at the payouts awarded at this final table: