Gediminas Uselis Wins 2020 WSOP Online $400 'Forty Stack' Event

The 2020 World Series of Poker Online $400 buy-in no-limit hold’em ‘Forty Stack’ event attracted 4,461 total entries to create a $1,677,336 final prize pool. In the end only one player could emerge victorious with the title, though, and that was Lithuania’s Gediminas Uselis. Playing under the screen name ‘NeverGambol’, Uselis outlasted the massive field to capture his first WSOP bracelet and the top prize of $211,282. This was the largest score on his tournament resume, eclipsing the $60,710 he earned as the champion of the 2019 WSOP Circuit Choctaw $2,200 buy-in high roller.

The strong turnout for this event saw the top 548 finishers make the money, locking IP at least $960 for cashing. Plenty of notables made deep runs in this event, including bracelet winner Chris Moorman (421st – $1,071), eight-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel (409th – $1,071), 2013 WSOP main event champion Ryan Riess (377th – $1,194), bracelet winner Kevin Eyster (71st – $2,643), two-time bracelet winner Kevin Macphee (30th – $3,737), and four-time bracelet winner Brian Rast (26th – $5,285).

When the final table got underway it was the United Kingdom’s Andrew Wilson who held the chip lead, with Yaniv Bohadana in second and Uselis sitting on the next-largest stacks. Nicolau Villa Lobos was the shortest stack, and he ultimately hit the rail first when his KQ failed to win against the A10 of Yucheng Xiao and Uselis’ Q10. Xiao flopped a pair of aces and held from there to send Villa Lobos packing with $14,949 as the ninth-place finisher.

Guilherme Dos Santos lost a big pot with pocket kings losing out against the A-Q of Uselis see his stack shrink to below a single big blind. His last chips went in with 8-4 offsuit and he was called by the A-6 suited of Wilson, who made a pair of aces to eliminate Dos Santos in eighth place ($21,141).

Michelle “CallTheFloor” Roberts’ run in this event came to a brutal end. She picked up pocket kings in the small blind and got all-in against Yaniv Bohadana, only to learn that she was up against pocket aces. The superior pair held up and Roberts was awarded $29,898 for her seventh-place showing.

Yucheng Xiao three-bet all-in over the top of an under-the-gun raise from Andrew Wlison for around six big blinds holding A10. Wilson called with the Q6 and the board ran out QJ92Q and Wilson made trip queens to take down the pot. Xiao earned $42,282 as the sixth-place finisher.

Espen Jorstad was the next to fall. He got all-in with pocket sixes against the pocket jacks of Bohadana. Boahada flopped a set and held from there to leave Jorstad on crumbs. He was knocked out shortly after that in fifth place ($59,796).

Andrew Wilson continued to extend his lead by busting Silviya Kaymakchieva in fourth place. Kaymakchieva shoved from the button with A8 for a bit over six big blinds and and Wilson called with JJ from the big blind. Kaymakchieva didn’t improve and was sent home with $84,564.

Uselis secured a double up through Wilson to close the gap somewhat, and then took the outright lead by winning a preflop race against Bohadana. Uselis shoved from the small blind with 22 and Bohadana called holding QJ. The 109372 runout saw Uselis make a set of deuces on the end to win the hand. Bohadana earned $119,591 as the third-place finisher.

Uselis took 101 million into heads-up play with Wilson, who had 77 million. Wilson was able to regain the lead during the early going, but Uselis won a key pot with flopped trips against Wilson’s missed flush draw to surge back in front. In the final hand Wilson limped in with K8 and Uselis checked his option with J7. The flop came down 976 and Uselis checked. Wilson bet 3,000,000 with his flush draw and Uselis called with middle pair. The 7 hit the turn to give Uselis trips and he checked again. Wilson checked behind and the 7 on the river completed the board. Uselis bet 141,000,000 with his quads and Wilson, having rivered a flush with trips on the board, went deep into the tank. He eventually called for his tournament life, only to learn that he had run into four sevens. Uselis secured the pot and the title, while Wilson took home $169,128 as the runner-up finisher.

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

Winner photo via WSOP.

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