Shankar ‘burgersssss’ Pillai Wins WSOP.com Winter OC Main Event
Shankar ‘burgersssss’ Pillai Wins WSOP.com Winter OC Main Event

The 2020 WSOP.com Winter Online Championships wrapped up on Sunday, February 23, completing two weeks of hard-fought action on the virtual felt. The series featured 47 events and more than $1.5 million in guaranteed prize money. When it was all said and done, players from Nevada and New Jersey helped the series generate 14,711 entries and award $2.129 million in prize money.

Shankar ‘burgersssss’ Pillai Wins Main Event for $69,250

Event: $525 Main Event
Guarantee: $200,000
Entries: 554 entries
Total Prize Pool: $277,000
Places Paid: 60

The online festival’s $525 Main Event had a field of 554 entries and generated a prize pool of $277,000. The top 60 places paid and it was Shankar ‘Burgersssss’ Pillai taking top honors. For the win, Pillar scored $69,250 in prize money. He defeated Timothy ‘valuebet’ Rhoda in heads-up play, who took home $38,780, and Michael ‘itWasThatOr0’ Gagliano finished in fifth place for $15,235.

In the fall of 2019, Pillai won one of WSOP.com Fall Online Championships events for $24,223.29.

Final Table Results

  1. Shankar ‘Burgersssss’ Pillai – $69,250
  2. Timothy ‘valuebet’ Rhoda- $38,780
  3. Stickyicky28 – $23,545
  4. Rocroe – $18,005
  5. Michael ‘itWasThatOr0’ Gagliano – $15,235
  6. c0nky – $12,465
  7. OtB_RedBaron – $9,418
  8. Toosick – $6,371
  9. Joseph ‘MegolaMan1ac’ Liberta – $4,155

Notables Anthony ‘flawlessbink’ Maio (16th – $2,216), Brian ‘Penny6’ Mancilla (21st – $1,440.40), Krista ‘Pollux’ Gifford (29th – $1,301.90), and David ‘dehhhhh’ Coleman (48th – $1,163.40) also ran deep in the WSOP.com Winter Online Championships Main Event.

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‘okicall’ Scores First in $320 Sunday Special Edition

Event: $320 Sunday Special Edition
Guarantee: $150,000
Entries: 565 entries
Total Prize Pool: $169,500
Places Paid: 60

The $320 Sunday Special Edition that took place on Sunday, February 16, was one of the larger events of the series, attracting 565 entries for a prize pool of $169,500. Winning the event for $42,375 was ‘okicall.’

‘Yazi41’ finished second for $23,730, and Steve ‘gborooo’ Gross took third for $14,407.50.

  1. okicall – $42,375
  2. yazi41- $23,730
  3. Steve ‘gborooo’ Gross – $14,407.50
  4. huncho – $11,017.50
  5. Katie1972 – $9,322.50
  6. GladiusIII – $7,627.50
  7. PocketProfit – $5,763
  8. foldemup – $3,898.50
  9. gailums – $$2,542.50

The winner of the $525 Main Event, Pillai, finished 13th in this event for $2,034.

‘4632647’ Wins $1,000 High Roller

Event: $1,000 High Roller
Guarantee: $100,000
Entries: 197 entries
Total Prize Pool: $188,135
Places Paid: 20

The $1,000 High Roller was the event with the largest buy-in on the WSOP.com Winter Online Championships schedule. It attracted a total of 197 entries and generated a prize pool of $188,135. Walking away with the title was ‘4632647.’ He earned $52,677.80 for the win.

‘4632647’ beat ‘chromeking’ in heads-up play, with 2019 WSOP.com Player of the Year Gifford placing third.

  1. 4632647 – $52,677.80
  2. chromeking- $30,477.87
  3. Krista ‘Pollux’ Gifford – $17,496.55
  4. datsnlbaby – $13,733.85
  5. Aram ‘X69Podheiser’ Zobian – $11,852.50
  6. David ‘YoungPitts’ Baker – $9,971.15
  7. bbissick – $7,901.67
  8. Dan ‘centrfieldr’ Lupo – $5,267.78
  9. Daniel ‘RedsoxNets5’ Sewnig – $3,950.83

‘LeftSid3,’ ShadowFiend1,’ and ‘boom81boom’ Win Multiple Events Each

Michael ‘LeftSid3’ Haberman was the winner of three events during the WSOP.com Winter Online Championships. He won the $50 NL 4-Max [R&A] for $9,440.43, the $50 NL Turbo Deepstack [R&A] for $5,515.96, and the $50 Special Sunday Deepstack [R&A, Super Add-on] for $11,932.37.

Alexander ‘ShadowFiend1’ Condon was the winner of the $100 NL [Re-entry] for $11,649.04 and the $50 NL [R&A] for $10,907.26. ‘Boom81boom‘ won the $50 NL 8-Max [R, Turbo] for $5,377.86 and the $100 NL [Re-entry] for $8,533. In the $100 NL [Re-entry] that ‘boom81boom’ won, it was Haberman who finished second for $4,991.

WSOP.com Winter Online Championships Winners

EVENT ENTRIES WINNER AMOUNT
$30 NL [R&A] 495 Michael ‘itWasThatOr0’ Gagliano $10,748.41
$320 Sunday Special Edition [Re-entry] 494 thekid32 $37,791
$50 NL 4-Max [R&A] 252 Michael ‘LeftSid3’ Haberman $9,440.34
$100 NL [Knockout] 248 ryan1650 $4,534.68
$100 NL [Re-entry] 487 Alexander ‘ShadowFiend1’ Condon $11,649.04
$88 8×8 [8R, 8-Max, Turbo] 255 evilitch $5,610
$50 NL [R&A] 226 manik1972 $8,404.07
$500 Special Tuesday Showdown [Re-entry] 219 swaggyb $28,125.07
$75 NL [Re-entry, Super Turbo] 435 blondewonder $7,803.90
$20 NL Deepstack [R&A] 407 skillz225 $5,574.97
$100 NL 6-Max [Re-entry] 407 Rainmakerr $9,922.66
$50 NL [R&A, Turbo] 159 Matt ‘OMG_Obama’ Iles $5,761.66
$30 NL [R&A] 308 shady_1 $7,267.80
$100 NL [Freezeout] 284 jokershows $6,793.28
$50 NL Turbo Deepstack [Re-entry] 448 fuzzyworth $5,358.08
$20 NL [R&A] 318 rsnmike $4,548.18
$100 NL 6-Max [Re-entry] 295 rjack $7,327.80
$50 NL Turbo Deepstack [R&A] 158 Michael ‘LeftSid3’ Haberman $5,515.96
$30 NL 30 for 30 [R&A] 387 ace710 $8,312.85
$50 PLO 8-Max [R&A] 100 melonhead $3,453.45
$100 NL [Re-entry] 355 Lokass27 $8,654.90
$75 NL [Knockout] 336 Jon ‘jetsfan14’ Borenstein $4,191.28
$320 Sunday Special Edition [Re-entry] 565 okicall $42,375
$11 NL [R&A] 575 cory000005 $6,009.60
$30 NL [R&A] 312 iuserags $6,877.96
$75 NL Deepstack [Re-entry] 323 Tommy_Nubs $5,906.05
$50 Monster Stack [R&A, Super Turbo] 150 liquidsword $4,942.43
$50 NL [R&A] 288 Alexander ‘ShadowFiend1’ Condon $10,907.26
$1,000 High Roller [Re-entry, 6-Max] 197 4632647 $52,677.80
$300 NL [Knockout] 114 teplo22 $6,809.44
$30 NL Deepstack Super Add-on [R&A] 347 Qstunna12 $8,541.76
$100 NL [Re-entry] 397 TheClubber $9,678.86
$50 NL 8-Max [R, Turbo] 433 boom81boom $5,377.86
$30 NL 8-Max [R&A] 313 whosyourdodd $7,295.65
$250 NL 6-Max [Re-entry] 202 James ‘PRPirate420’ Vales $12,943.15
$50 PLO 6-Max [R&A] 84 Daniel ‘juice’ Buzgon $3,215.85
$30 NL [R&A] 308 jselz $6,474.19
$215 Monster Stack [1x Re-entry, Capped] 152 AJinOK $8,512
$100 NL [Re-entry] 350 boom81boom $8,533
$30 NL Deepstacl [R&A] 312 thejberg $7,100.73
$100 NL [Re-entry] 348 richrdparker $8,484.24
$75 NL [Re-entry, Super Turbo] 199 SIAFBM $4,125
$50 Special Sunday Deepstack [R&A, Super Add-on] 360 Michael ‘LeftSid3’ Haberman $11,932.37
$525 Main Event 554 Shankar ‘Burgersssss’ Pillai $69,250
$215 NL [Freezeout] 259 UNequivocaL $13,468
$500 PLO High Roller [Re-entry, 6-Max] 106 biueberry $14,355.58
$100 NL Deepstack [Re-entry, Turbo] 390 Pantalette $9,328.80