Adnan Hacialioglu Wins 2020 WSOP Online $1,000 Turbo Eight-Max Event

Adnan Hacialioglu has won the 2020 World Series of Poker Online $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em turbo eight-max event. The Finnish player outlasted a field of 1,910 total entries in the fast-paced event to earn his first WSOP gold bracelet and the top prize of $259,841.

The top 278 finishers made the money in this tournament, locking up a minimum payday of $2,108. The final table began with Niko Koop sitting in the chip lead, with Jargo Alavali and Robin Berggren having the next-largest stacks. Tuen Bui was the first to be sent to the virtual rail. Koop ran A-Q into the pocket aces of Alavali preflop and failed to come from behind, earning $28,814 as the eighth-place finisher.

Soo Jo Kim was the next to fall. Like Bui, Kim got the last of their stack in with A-Q. Kim was ahead of the A7 of Koop, but the board gave Koop a ten-high straight on the turn to eliminate Kim in seventh place ($39,706).

Andriy Lyubovetskiy’s run in this event came to an end when his Q8 failed to outrun the KJ of Hacialioglu, which made a full house by the river to send Lyubovetskiy packing in sixth place ($54,714).

Jargo Alavali got the last of his stack in with the best starting hand in hold’em: AA. He was at risk against the Q10, which hit the QJ9 flop in a major way. The turn was the 7 kept Alavali ahead for the time being, but Hacialioglu had plenty of outs heading into the river. The K was one of them, as it gave Hacialioglu a king-high straight on the river to lock up the pot. Alavali was awarded $75,395 for his fifth-place showing.

Nico Koop ultimately finished in fourth place in this event when his AQ couldn’t hold up against the KJ of Hacialioglu. A king on the turn gave Hacialioglu the best hand and he held from there to see Koop sent home with $103,893.

American poker pro Tim West came into the final table as the shortest stack, but managed to battle his way to three-handed play. West’s final hand was a preflop race with K10 facing the 44 of Hacialioglu, who had scored the last three knockouts in a row. The board came down AJ352 to give Hacialioglu his fourth straight elimination. West cashed for $143,162 as the third-place finisher.

With that, Hacialioglu took roughly a 3:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Robin Berggren. The final showdown only lasted a matter of minutes. In the end, the two players got all-in in a classic preflop race situation. Berggren held the 77 while Hacialioglu has AQ. The QJ36J runout gave Hacialioglu a winning pair of queens to secure the pot and the title. Berggren earned $197,274 as the runner-up.

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

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