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The 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 Main Event on WSOP.com proved to be a big affair as 705 players spread out between Nevada and New Jersey competed for the prestigious title. Along with the international portion’s 674 runners on GGPoker (over three starting flights), the 2020 WSOP Main Event reached 1,379 combined players.

For the domestic portion on WSOP.com, the top 107 finishers were slated to make the money, with the eventual winner slated to take home $1,553,256. The runner-up will also become a poker millionaire as $1,002,340 is set aside for second place.

1. De Silva leads with a bet of 345,000 which Holz calls after some quick deliberation. There's 1.28 million in the pot and de Silva has about 1.3 million left. The turn is the Q Q Now de Silva checks and Holz bets 425,000. De Silva calls and there's now 2.13 million in the pot.
2. Tags: live poker, Upeshka De Silva, world series of poker, WSOP, wsop main event. Day 1 of the most prestigious WSOP Main Event since well, summer, has arrived and despite there being nowhere.

The total prize pool of $6,768,000 is a new record for regulated U.S. online poker. It's also the first time a player will be able to win a seven-figure prize on a U.S. licensed site. Not only that, but the winner will also face the winner over at the international side in a heads-up showdown scheduled for December 30 in Las Vegas to play for an additional $1,000,000.

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After 12 hours, the field was whittled down to 71 players with three-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Upeshka 'gomezhamburg' De Silva and his stack of 1,930,067 leading the way.

Ten other players bagged seven-figure stacks including Taylor “zeroto100” Von Kriegenbergh (1,518,393), Michael “vagab0nd” Youngman (1,421,443), Galen “turkmalloy” Hall (1,271,362), and Keith “T1mB3y_B33f” Donovan (1,255,452).

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2020 WSOP Main Event on WSOP.com Day 1 Chip Counts

Others to punch their ticket to Day 2 were Mohsin “bubbletea3” Charania (777,260), Jason “haderade” Somerville (692,314), Darren “darrenelias” Elias (632,176), Nick “CashUsKlay” Schulman (585,012), Dan “pepperprince” Zack (420,146), Ryan “Protential” Laplante (391,535), Maria “femmeonfelt” Ho (342,441), Freddy “nevera” Deeb (272,539), and 2013 WSOP Main Event champ Ryan “BiTC0iN” Riess (288,474),

Some players to make the money but fail to survive the day were Michael “miguelfiesta” Lech (74th - $15,566), Dan “FeeltheFlow” Sindelar (81st - $15,566), Lauren “sycamore22” Roberts (88th - $15,566), Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu (92nd - $14,890), Matt “Nitr0” Affleck (97th - $14,890), and Ian “APokerJoker2” Steinman (105th - $14,890). For Negreanu, it was his 35th WSOP cash of the year after a summer chock-full of cashes.

Hellmuth, Galfond Among Eliminations

Among those to compete in the tournament but fall short of the money were Phil “Lumestackin” Hellmuth, Phil “heyguys” Galfond, Chris “robotbob47” Moorman, Faraz “22nevaloose” Jaka, Connor “666666” Drinan, Ryan “Joeyisamush” Depaulo, Mike “Mouth123' Matusow and Nahrain “2Rivers” Tamero, who you might recall won the WSOP.com Championship event over the summer.

Another player to leave empty-handed by just one spot was bubble boy Adrian “ParTee” Buckley, who busted in a gut-wrenching manner. In Level 21 (6,000/12,000/1,200), 'Samthedog76' raised to 32,000 under the gun and called with ace-king when Buckley, a WSOP bracelet winner, moved all in for 154,716 from the hijack holding pocket queens.

It was a flip with Buckley looking to hold to avoid becoming the bubble boy. While he was able to dodge all the kings and aces, the board ran out to put quads on the board. That meant Buckley's flopped full house was no good and that the ace kicked of 'Samthedog76' made the difference.

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Action will resume at Noon PST on Tuesday, and PokerNews will once again bring you live updates until the final table is set. There will also a be a live stream of the action at twitch.tv/pokernews. Be sure to join us then to see who plays their way to the final nine!

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The ‘Domestic Tournament’ segment of the 2020 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in main event attracted a total of 705 entries. The turnout built a final prize pool of $6,768,000, the largest ever on a regulated online poker site in the United States. Despite only a single starting day, the US-facing segment surpassed the 674 entries made in the ‘International Tournament’, which featured three starting flights.

The eventual champion of the ‘Domestic Tournament’ walk away with $1,553,256 and then play the winner of the ‘International Tournament’ in a heads-up showdown for the bracelet and an added prize of $1,000,000 to go along with what they each won at their final tables.

With 705 entries, the top 107 finishers will cash in the ‘Domestic Tournament’. The money bubble burst when Adrian Buckley’s pocket queens lost a preflop race against an opponent’s A-K. Buckley’s opponent’s ace kicker played when four sevens ran out on the board, sending him to the rail in 108th place and guaranteeing the rest of the field at least a $14,890 payday.

Those that make the final table of this event will earn at least $98,813, with both of the top two finishers securing seven-figure paydays. The champion will be awarded $1,553,256, while the runner-up will take home $1,002,340.

Day 1 came to an end after 12 hours of action, with three-time WSOP bracelet winner Upeshka De Silva bagging up the leading stack of 1,930,067.

De Silva will be joined by plenty of notables who survived to day 2 with big stacks, including Taylor Von Kriegenbergh (1,518,393), PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event champ and bracelet winner Galen Hall (1,271,362), Martin Zamani (964,178), poker triple-crown winner Mohsin Charania (777,260), bracelet winner Jason Somerville (692,314), four-time World Poker Tour main event winner Darren Elia (632,176), three-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman (585,012), Ryan Laplante (391,535), and 2013 WSOP main event champion Ryan Riess (288,474).

Daniel Negreanu had a few days off from his high-stakes grudge match against Doug Polk and spent one of them playing this event. The six-time bracelet winner made the money, but was ultimately eliminated in 92nd place, earning $14,890. He posted a screenshot of his final hand on Twitter, showing that he picked up a royal flush draw, but was unable to beat out the trip kings of Jason ‘haderade’ Somerville.

Had my “usual” on the turn all in preflop
Squeaked into the money but that’s all she wrote. pic.twitter.com/LtPr69LgIE

— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 14, 2020

Other big names to fall during day 1 action included all-time bracelet leader Phil Hellmuth, five-time bracelet winner Michael Mizrachi, four-time bracelet winner Mike Matusow, two-time bracelet winner and three-time WPT champion Anthony Zinno, Chris Moorman, four-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb, three-time bracelet winner Ben Yu, Faraz Jaka, three-time bracelet winner Phil Galfond, two-time bracelet winner and Card Player columnist Nathan Gamble, and 2015 WSOP main event champion Joe McKeehen.

The remaining 71 players will return to action at 3:00 p.m. eastern on Monday, Dec. 14 to play down to a final table. The last nine will then have a break until Dec. 28, when the final table will get underway live and in person at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The final nine will play for the following payouts:

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1st place – $1,553,256
2nd place – $1,002,340
3rd place – $529,258
4th place – $387,130
5th place – $286,963
6th place – $215,222
7th place – $163,786
8th place – $125,885
9th place – $98,813

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The final table of the ‘International Tournament’ is set to play out on Tuesday, Dec. 15 at King’S Casino in Rozvadov, the site of the WSOP Europe festival in recent years. The winner at that final table will earn $1,550,969 and the opportunity to face off against the ‘Domestic Tournament’ champion in a final heads-up showdown for the bracelet and $1,000,000 in added prize money.

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