Event #8: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
Day 1 Completed
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #8: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$665,550
Entries
1,479
Level
42
Blinds
140,000 / 280,000
Ante
40,000
Entries
1,479
Players Left
1
Level 42
: 140,000/280,000, 40,000 ante
On Wednesday night, the 2020 WSOP Online Event #8: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout attracted a whopping 1,479 players to generate an $665,550 prize pool.
After eleven and a half hours of play, it was Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring emerging victorious to capture his first bracelet and $119,399.67 first-place prize.
Goehring is no stranger to the poker world as he has a long list of accomplishments dating back to 1997 in which he has accumulated $5,346,961 in career earnings.
His two largest cashes came after winning two World Poker Tour titles (2003 $25,000 WPT Championship for $1,011,886 and the $10,000 2006 LAPC Championship Event for $2,391,550) but for Goehring, this may be the most important win of his career, as his last closest opportunity at WSOP gold came in 1999 when he was runner-up to Noel Furlong in the WSOP Main Event.
2020 WSOP Event #8 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring | $119,400 |
| 2 | Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb | $73,942 |
| 3 | Randy "StayAlive" Ohel | $52,511 |
| 4 | Robert "bustinballs" Kuhn | $37,803 |
| 5 | Brendan "clembutt" Torrejon | $27,620 |
| 6 | Drew "dudeguydrew" O'Connell | $20,365 |
| 7 | Timothy "aceviper" Sterns | $15,307 |
| 8 | Scott "miamicane" Davies | $11,580 |
| 9 | Louie Anthony "xILoUieIx" Torres | $8,918 |
After "Debaser" bubbled in 208th place, the in-the-money eliminations came at a steady pace. Among the notables to cash were Phil "lumestackin" Hellmuth (109th - $931.77), Kevin "ImaLuckSac" MacPhee (93rd - $1,703.73), Anthony "nowb3atthat" Spinella (75th - $1,331.10), Daniel "centrfieldr" Lupo (62nd - $1,730.43), Ryan "Adopt_aDogg0" Leng (45th - $2,395.98), Don "banhmi" Nguyen (33rd - $2,861.86), Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen (14th - $5,457.51), Steve "gborooo" Gross (11th - $6,921.72), and Matthew "MartyCohen" Weiss (10th - $6,921.72).
Final Table Action
Randy "StayAlive" Ohel began the final table as the chip leader, while Louie Anthony "xILoUieIx" Torres and Scott "miamicane" Davies were the two short stacks. Not surprisingly, they were the first two to go before Timothy "aceviper" Sterns followed them out the door in seventh place after he flopped top-pair only to be rivered by Robert "bustinballs" Kuhn's straight.
Drew "dudeguydrew" O'Connell then bowed out in sixth place when he failed to spike his over holding ace-eight against eventual champ Goehring's pocket eights.
Brendan "clembutt" Torrejon was the next victim to fall as their ace-queen was no match of Ohel's ace-king.
Once four-handed action started, Goehring held almost half of the chips in play and two bracelet winners quickly took their exits as Kuhn ran into Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb's hooks to leave in fourth place while Ohel left in third after he was out-kicked by Goehring.
The heads-up battle started with both players holding even stacks but the match only lasted a few hands after Gottlieb flopped the straight holding king-nine off only to have it flushed by Goehring's ace-three of clubs on the turn and Gottlieb took his exit in second place for $99,708.77.
The next tournament on the schedule – Event #9: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed – will take place at 3 p.m. PDT on Thursday. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will once again be reporting all the action, so be sure to tune in then to see who captures the next 2020 WSOP bracelet!
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Level 42
: 140,000/280,000, 40,000 ante
Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb opened for 680,000 and Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring called to see a 
flop.
Gottlieb continued for 860,000 and Goehring raised to 1,720,000 before calling Gottlieb's 7,996,774 all in three-bet.
Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb: 
Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring: 
Gottlieb was ahead after flopping the straight but it was short-lived as the 
turn gave Goehring the nuts.
The meaningless 
completed the board on the river to send Gottlieb home in second place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,580,000
11,432,774
|
11,432,774 |
|
Busted |
Level 42
: 140,000/280,000, 40,000 ante
Randy "StayAlive" Ohel raised to 560,000 from the button, Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring called in the small blind, and Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb called in the big blind.
Action checked to Ohel on a 
flop, and he bet 800,000. Goehring check-raised to 2,160,000, and Gottlieb folded. Ohel tanked for a bit before three-bet shoving for 4,083,186, and Goehring quickly called.
Randy "StayAlive" Ohel: 
Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring: 
Ohel, the final WSOP Bracelet winner left in the field, needed an eight to stay alive, and the 
turn presented him with chop outs as well. The 
river was a brick, and Goehring takes a roughly 2:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Gottlieb.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,147,226
3,863,186
|
3,863,186 |
|
|
11,432,774
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 42
: 140,000/280,000, 40,000 ante
Robert "BustinBalls" Kuhn, who had been on an up-and-down roller coaster here at the final table, jammed for 2,753,022 on the button, and Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb three-bet shoved for 8,084,752 in the small blind, chasing out Randy "StayAlive" Ohel in the big blind.
Robert "BustinBalls" Kuhn: 
Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb: 
Kuhn, one of two WSOP Bracelet winners left in the field along with Randy Ohel, needed a queen to survive, but a 
board gave Kuhn no help, and he hit the rail in fourth, while Gottlieb jumped back to near the chip lead in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,257,774
4,038,022
|
4,038,022 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 42
: 140,000/280,000, 40,000 ante
Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring opened for 560,000 on the button and then called Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb's 1,850,000 three-bet from the big blind.
The flop came 
, Gottlieb lead out for 2,200,000 before calling Goehring's all in raise of 5,152,020.
Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb: 
Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring: 
Goehring was ahead after flopping a set but the 
turn gave Gottlieb the flush.
Goehring needed the board to pair and his prayer was answered as the 
came on the river to secure his massive double-up
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,284,040
5,952,020
|
5,952,020 |
|
|
7,219,752
-1,146,134
|
-1,146,134 |
Level 42
: 140,000/280,000, 40,000 ante
Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb raised to 560,000 on the button, and Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring called in the big blind.
Goehring check-called a bet of 525,000 from Gottlieb on a 
flop, and the fell on the turn. Goehring checked again, and Gottlieb jammed for Goehring's last 2,941,010. Goehring snapped him off.
Alan "GladiusIII" Goehring:
Ross "BlueTang" Gottlieb: 
Goehring flopped trips and held the lead, but Gottlieb had turned a ton of outs with a double gutter and the nut flush draw. The river bricked off, and Goehring doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,365,886
-4,180,983
|
-4,180,983 |
|
|
8,332,020
1,746,556
|
1,746,556 |
|
|
6,883,908
6,009,181
|
6,009,181 |
|
|
5,998,186
-2,820,000
|
-2,820,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 42
Blinds: 140,000/280,000
Ante: 40,000
Level 41
: 120,000/240,000, 30,000 ante
Brendan "clembutt" Torrejon jammed for 2,802,760 from the cutoff, and Randy "StayAlive" Ohel three-bet shoved for 5,505,426 on the button, chasing out the blinds.
Brendan "clembutt" Torrejon:
Randy "StayAlive" Ohel: 
Ohel's lead increased substantially on the 
flop, and Torrejon was left drawing dead after the fell on the turn, rendering the 
river moot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,818,186
2,558,033
|
2,558,033 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level 41
: 120,000/240,000, 30,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,546,869
-27
|
-27 |
|
|
6,585,464
-1,385,000
|
-1,385,000 |
|
|
6,260,153
-1,446,306
|
-1,446,306 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,312,760
1,674,180
|
1,674,180 |
|
|
874,727 | |