Poker news | Aug 23, 2021
Joshua McCully Leads the Final 37 in WSOP Online Event #16
By RTR Dennis
Australia’s Joshua McCully ran red hot in the final hour to close out Day 1 as the chip leader of Event #16: $1,050 WSOP GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH in the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online.
The $2 million guarantee brought 2,040 entries for a $2,240,000 prize pool, and 37 players will return tomorrow to fight for the WSOP gold bracelet on GGPoker.
Event #16: $1,050 WSOP GGMasters Top Ten Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua McCully | Australia | 1,577,465 |
| 2 | "jaku29" | Estonia | 1,411,261 |
| 3 | Zac "Pyschedelic" Duce | Australia | 1,286,561 |
| 4 | Mor "Yosemite Sam" Leybovich | Israel | 1,145,141 |
| 5 | Qibing "degenkaliu" Wang | China | 1,085,827 |
| 6 | Samuel Vousden | Finland | 1,065,104 |
| 7 | Fabian "lordof0513" Schmidt | Austria | 1,056,884 |
| 8 | AMATERA5! | Canada | 979,503 |
| 9 | 666cyest | China | 877,158 |
| 10 | Joao "nobreadpls" Ferreira | Portugal | 852,942 |
The Aussie spent the day in and around the top ten, but it was a burst of cards late that claimed the Day 1 chip lead. Over the course of just a few minutes in Level 31, McCully went from the middle of the pack to a comfortable chip lead after busting Noam "silverplat" Makavy with kings, George Wolff with tens, and Sosia "Aunty_Ninja" Jiang with ace-king.
Other players like Samuel Vousden and Qibing "degenkaliu" Wang are still alive after taking a share of the chip lead at one point in the day before McCully took control.
They will return tomorrow for a shot at the WSOP gold bracelet.
Remaining Payouts
| PLACE | PRIZE |
|---|---|
| 1 | $275,519 |
| 2 | $205,859 |
| 3 | $154,372 |
| 4 | $115,763 |
| 5 | $86,810 |
| 6 | $65,098 |
| 7 | $48,817 |
| 8 | $36,607 |
| 9 | $27,452 |
| 10 | $15,734 |
| 11 | $13,826 |
| 12-13 | $12,150 |
| 14-17 | $10,677 |
| 18-21 | $9,383 |
| 22-25 | $8,245 |
| 26-33 | $7,246 |
| 34-41 | $6,367 |