Frank Crivello Wins 2020 World Series of Poker Online $800 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Stack Event

Frank Crivello has won the 2020 World Series of Poker Online $800 buy-in pot-limit Omaha double stack event. The American defeated a field of 831 total entries in the event to secure his first WSOP gold bracelet and the first-place prize of $94,253. This was his second final-table finish in a WSOP bracelet event, having finished fifth in the $3,200 online no-limit hold’em event held in 2018. His largest recorded tournament score came when he finished 40th in the 2017 WSOP main event for $176,399.

Crivello came into the nine-handed final table as the chip leader, and promptly eliminated Pulkit Goyal (9th – $8,854) to extend that advantage even further. Julijan Rados climbed into third place on the leaderboard by knocking out Ajay Chabra in eighth place ($12,080).

Markus Cara’s run in this event came to an end when his A655 failed to beat out the QQ86 of Crivello. Cara took home $16,480 as the seventh-place finisher, while Crivello extended his lead on his five remaining opponents.

Rados earned his second knockout at the final table, with this AAK4 making the nut flush on the turn to best the KQQ7 of Jin Li (6th – $22,483). With that Rados joined Crivello as the only other player to surpass the eight-figure mark in chips.

Tszfai Tong was the next player to fall. They got their last chips in preflop with KK82 against the JJ64 of Crivello. Three clubs came off the deck to give Crivello a flush. Tong earned $30,672 as the fifth-place finisher.

Yonathan Journo also got the last of his stack in with pocket kings. His KK64 was up against the QQ73 of Craig Timmis. The flop came down Q104 to give Timmis top set, but Journo picked up a king-high flush draw. The 9 turn and 2 river was of no help and Journo was eliminated in fourth place, taking home $41,485 for his strong showing in this event.

Timmis was able to battle his way into the chip lead during three-handed action, but a massive hand between him and Crivello soon shifted the balance of power. Crivello raised to three big blinds from the button with AAQ5 and Timmis called from the big blind holding AK76. The flop came down 742 and Timmis checked. Crivello bet 1,750,000 and Timmis check-raised to 8,750,000 with his nut flush draw and pair of sevens. Crivello moved all-in for around 14.3 million total and Timmis called. The turn was the 8 and the river the 3. Crivello made a straight on the end to lock up the pot, and in doing so took a commanding chip lead.

Timmis was able to knock out Julijan Rados in third place to close the gap somewhat, with his AK109 overcoming the AK54 of Rados to send the Croatian to the rail with $57,088. As a result, he entered heads-up play with 10.3 million to Crivello’s 31.2 million.

Timmis chipped up a bit and then doubled into the chip lead with a flopped full house against the flush draw of Crivello. The American was able to regain the advantage by the time the final hand was dealt, though. The two got all the chips in preflop with Crivello holding KK63 against the 6622 of Timmis. Both players sit sets on the K72 flop. The 9 on the turn and 5 on the river were of no help to Timmis, and Crivello’s higher set secured him the pot and the title. Timmis cashed for $77,883 as the runner-up finisher.

Here is a look at the payouts awarded at the final table:

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