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| On Updated : Jun 8, 2020 5:26 PM IST

WSOP Online Finale Circuit: An Indian-Origin, Soheb Porbandarwala, Sets His Mark in Event 2: $100k GTD NLH

By Nimisha Popat

With the current pandemic on the rise, WSOP decided to host an online finale circuit from 3 to 14 June 2020. The series will gift 13 seats of the Global Casino Championship to the top twelve winners of different events, and the final place would be awarded to the Casino Champ of the WSOP series.

The first event $100000 GTD NLH Online Finale Circuit Kick-Off had a splendid start with ‘YoungGunz21’ bagging $42,528.

The next consecutive event, $100000 GTD NLH Online Finale Circuit 2x Re-Entry, required a mandatory $320 buy-in. With the hugely positive response from 397 unique players and 218 re-buys, the prize money skyrocketed to $184500.

He is competing in the field to bag the title, Soheb Porbandarwala, an Indian-origin player who goes by the alias ‘tommyconway6’ managed to win $46125 to his credit. In the past events, Porbandarwala has managed to be a four-time WSOPC ring winner and collected total lifetime earnings of about $924121.

The final players who emerged as big winners of the night were Jeremy Kottler($25830), Ian Steinman($11992), Matthew Larkin($10147), Joseph Cheong($4242), Brittney Stout ($2480), Anthony Zinno ($2214), Anthony Maio($1476), Andrew Donabedian($793), Lauren Roberts($774), and Scott Stewart ($756).

Whereas some elite players who failed to leave a mark this time were Ryan Dodd, Mark Liedtke, Yong Keun Kwon, Justin Lapka and William Corvino.

Now everyone has their eyes set on the series that will take place this weekend, namely,

  • Event 3: $100000 GTD Online Finale NLH Turbo Deepstack 2x Re-Entry
  • Event 4: $150000 GTD Online Finale Big 500 3x Re-Entry

These events are expected to surpass the expectations and gather a massive chunk of money.

Stay tuned for the full scoop of WSOP Online.

Nimisha Popat

Happy little birdie who is obsessed with content creation, online gaming and her warm cup of tea.