Orhan Ates Wins First World Series of Poker Bracelet For Turkey

Orhan ‘yirtil’ Ates has won the 2020 World Series of Poker Online $525 buy-in bounty no-limit hold’em six-max event. He defeated a field of 3,170 total entries to become the first player representing his native country of Turkey to win a WSOP gold bracelet. Ates earned $114,584 from the main prize pool and another $65,593 in bounties to bring his total haul as the champion of this event to $180,177.

Ates eliminated Renato Ribeiro on the final-table bubble to take the chip lead into nine-handed play. The first knockout after the final table got underway took place when Arsens Sakanjans shoved from the small blind with A-10 and received a call from Caique Sanches’ A-6 in the big blind. The flop brought a six to give Sanches a lead that he never relinquished. Sakanjans took home $14,855 in prize money and bounty payouts as the ninth-place finisher.

Ates earned his first bounty at the final table when Jeff Hakim’s 1010 ran into his KK. The larger pocket pair held up and Hakim was sent to the rail with $17,715 in total earnings for his deep run in this event.

Augusto Hagen was the next to fall. He got all-in holding K10 and was called by the 88 of Sanches. Neither player improved and Hagen settled for $27,686 as the seventh-place finisher.

Tobias Schwecht began the final table in third chip position. By the time the next big hand arose, he had climbed into second place behind Ates. Schwecht picked up QQ and min-raised to 1,000,000 from the hijack. Gaurav Sood three-bet all-in fro the big blind for just over 6.6 million with AJ. The board ran out K109J5 and Sood was eliminated in sixth place ($28,540). Schwecht moved into the outright chip lead after taking down the pot with his king-high straight.

Caique Sanches and Ates clashed i an huge pot that nearly spelled the ned of the eventual champion. Ates picked up 1010 in the cutoff and shoved for 11.9 million. Sanches called all-in from the button with the AA. The flop brought the AJ9 to give Sanches top set. He was a 92 percent favorite to win the hand from this position. The 7 on the turn gave Ates a gutshot straight draw heading into the river. The 8 completed Ates’ straight to earn him the massive pot and eliminate Sanchez in fifth place ($51,300).

Alexandre Reard defended his big blind with A2 and then check-called all-in after the flop brought the 652. His opponent, Schwecht, was making a move with the J7. The turn brought the 9 to give Reard the nut flush draw in addition to his currently leading pair of deuces, but the 8 on the river gave Schwecht a straight to lock up the pot. Reard earned $56,475 in prize money and bounties for his fourth-place showing.

Schwecht kepot his foot on the gas, shoving with 64 from the small blind into the big blind of short stack Tomas Jozonis, who called with AJ. The 7663K runout gave Schwecht trip sixes for the win. Jozonis earned $61,410 in total as the the third-place finisher.

With that, Schwecht took a 3:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Ates. During the heads-up showdown Ates was all-in and at risk with trips up against a flush for Schwecht, but managed to improve to a full house to stay alive. Shortly after that, he won a preflop race with pocket sevens against the AJ of Schwecht to take a 2:1 lead of his own. In the final hand, the two got all of the chips on after a flop of Q63. Schwecht was at risk but ahead with AA up against the Q10 of Ates. The turn brought the 3 to keep Schwecht ahead, but the Q on the river gave Ates a full house to secure the pot and the title. Schwecht cashed for $98,015 as the runner-up finisher, $15,629 of which was earned via bounties.

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

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