Event #72: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 1 Completed
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #72: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Level 30
: 200,000/400,000, 0 ante
After almost nine hours, Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra has won his first WSOP bracelet on GGPoker in Event #72: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Championship when he defeated Carter Swidler in a swingy heads-up.
The second and final Limit tournament of the series attracted 337 players to create a prize pool of $480,225 with Chabra logging off victoriously with the first-place prize of $77,475 and the WSOP Europe package.
Chabra had already collected $219,689 in cashes on the WSOP circuit which includes results on WSOP.com and has over $1.3 million in live tournament results according to The Hendon Mob. He has collected at least ten cashes on GGPoker with four top-ten cashes and can now cross off a win in his third final table appearance. With the victory, his results bring him close to the $200K mark in the 2020 series.
Chabra and Swidler were joined by familiar names and faces on the final table like Kosei Ichinose, Mike Watson, Rich "DadPoker" Dixon, and Shannon "Any2Cantu" Shorr.
WSOP Online Event #72: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra | United States | $77,475 |
| 2 | Carter Swidler | Canada | $65,737 |
| 3 | Apti "deafandblind" Dzhabrailov | Russia | $48,296 |
| 4 | Kosei Ichinose | Japan | $35,483 |
| 5 | Mike Watson | Canada | $26,069 |
| 6 | Dzmitry "dendr0id" Yasiukevich | Ukraine | $19,153 |
| 7 | Kevin "AnnieBot" Liu | Luxembourg | $14,071 |
| 8 | Rich "DadPoker" Dixon | United States | $10,338 |
| 9 | Shannon "Any2Cantu" Shorr | United States | $7,595 |
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Action of the Day
By the time the 3-hour late registration period closed, fewer than half of the field was left to battle it out for a spot in the top 47 as they would cash at least $3,312. GGPoker Ambassador Daniel Negreanu busted soon after when he lost his last few chips to Farid Jattin.
Fellow ambassador Felipe Ramos couldn't run his stack back up either, which was also the case for numerous bracelet winners like Yuri Dzivielevski, Benny Glaser, James Chen, Sam "samsam81" Higgs, Mike Leah, Juha Helppi, and Phil Hellmuth.
Two hours later, it was time for the bubble as Chris "nelanio" Ferguson busted before hand-for-hand play could start. It didn't last long as Belarmino De Souza got his last chips in with pocket tens. He was called by Kilian "Birdie Power" Loeffler and Mark "Beanboozled" Herm but Loeffler was forced out of the hand on the turn as Herm had flopped top pair with queen-seven which held on the river too to burst the bubble.
It would only take an hour before the field was reduced to the final two tables. Alek "astazz" Stasiak was in the running for a while for a third bracelet win this summer but it wasn't meant to be. Luke Schwartz, Georgios "blakjak19" Sotiropoulos, Joseph "jellopy77" Cheong all busted too.
Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang, Arkadiy "Kamsky" Tsinis, and Mark "Beanboozled" Herm were quickly eliminated before Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka bubbled the final table when he couldn't hit his gutshot to a straight against Watson who had flopped a pair of nines and even improved to two pair.
The final table started with Kevin "AnnieBot" Liu in the lead but after a series of doubles by short stacks, Liu ultimately fell in seventh at the hands of Watson. Chabra started moving up the pack and took out Dzmitry "dendr0id" Yasiukevich before Swindler took down Watson and Ichinose.
Three-handed play lasted 20 minutes in which Swidler doubled up twice before dusting off Dzhabrailov. Chabra had a 2:1 chip lead at the start of the heads-up battle but Swidler won two big hands to turn things around.
Chabra hit quads to get the stacks to almost even to then hit a full house for a 3:1 chip lead before dealing the final blow with king-queen against deuces to cross the coveted price off his list.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on Wednesday, August 26 to bring you the coverage of Event #73: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed so make sure to follow along with those updates from 6 p.m. UTC.
Level 30
: 200,000/400,000, 0 ante
Carter Swidler raised from the button and Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra three-bet. Swidler four-bet for Chabra to make the call.
The flop came 
, Chabra check-raised the bet of Swidler. Swidler three-bet all-in for 531,994 which Chabra called.
Carter Swidler: 
Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra: 
Swidler held a pair of deuces while Chabra had king-high.
The turn was the 
for Chabra to leap ahead with the pair of queens and those held when the river completed the board with the 
for Chabra to claim his first bracelet, the WSOP Europe package, and $77,475. Swidler finished as the runner-up for $65,737.
A recap is to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,425,000
2,331,994
|
2,331,994 |
|
Busted |
Level 30
: 200,000/400,000, 0 ante
Carter Swidler raised from the button and Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra defended.
The flop came 
, Chabra check-raised the bet of Swidler which was called.
They both checked through the on the turn to the 
on the river. Chabra check-raised the bet of Swidler who called with 
for two pair but Chabra held 
for the full house to increase his chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,093,006
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
|
|
2,331,994
-1,800,000
|
-1,800,000 |
Level 30
: 200,000/400,000, 0 ante
Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra raised from the button and Carter Swidler called.
The flop came 
, Swidler check-called the bet of Chabra.
The turn was the , Swidler check-called another bet of Chabra.
The river completed the board with the 
, Swidler checked and then called the bet with 
for Chabra to chip up with 
for quads.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,293,006
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
|
4,131,994
-1,200,000
|
-1,200,000 |
Level 30
: 200,000/400,000, 0 ante
Carter Swidler raised from the button and Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra called. The flop came 
, Chabra check-called the bet of Swidler. The turn was the , Chabra bet which Swidler called. The river completed the board with the , Chabra bet again for Swidler to call. Chabra tabled 
for Swidler to claim the pot with 
for the flopped pair of eights.
The next hand, Chabra raised from the button and Swidler call. The flop came , Swidler check-called the bet of Chabra. The turn was the 
, Swidler bet and Chabra called. The river completed the board with the 
, Swidler bet and Chabra folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,331,994
2,400,000
|
2,400,000 |
|
|
3,093,006
-2,400,000
|
-2,400,000 |
Level: 30
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 0
Level 29
: 150,000/300,000, 0 ante
Carter Swidler raised from the button and Apti "deafandblind" Dzhabrailov three-bet from the small blind which only Swidler called.
The flop came 
, Dzhabrailov bet which Swidler called.
The turn was the and Dzhabrailov bet. Swidler raised for Dzhabrailov to call for his last 107,382.
Apti "deafandblind" Dzhabrailov:
Carter Swidler: 
Swidler had flopped the higher pair than the fives in Dzhabrailov's hand.
The river completed the board with the for Dzhabrailov to bust in third place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,493,006
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
2,931,994
1,082,382
|
1,082,382 |
|
Busted |
Level 29
: 150,000/300,000, 0 ante
Apti "deafandblind" Dzhabrailov raised from the button and Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra three-bet from the small blind. Carter Swidler folded but Dzhabrailov called.
The flop came 
, Chabra bet and Dzhabrailov called.
The turn was the , Chabra bet again and was called.
The river completed the board with the 
and Chabra bet. Dzhabrailov called with 
for Chabra to claim the pot with 
for the higher two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,418,006
1,125,000
|
1,125,000 |
|
|
1,849,612
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
|
|
1,157,382
-675,000
|
-675,000 |
Level 29
: 150,000/300,000, 0 ante
Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra raised from the small blind and Carter Swidler called in the big blind.
The flop came , Chabra bet which Swidler called.
The turn was the 
and Chabra bet. Swidler raised for Chabra to three-bet and Swidler to call for his last 99,806.
Carter Swidler:
Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra:
Chabra had flopped two pair while Swidler was sitting on top pair.
The river completed the board with the 
for Swidler to improve to trips to double up with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,293,006
-1,899,806
|
-1,899,806 |
|
|
2,299,612
1,299,806
|
1,299,806 |
|
|
1,832,382
600,000
|
600,000 |