WSOP: Ivan Zufic Rides Final Table Chip Lead to Mini Main Event Win
Ivan Zufic came to the final table of Event #63 ($500 Mini Main Event) of the 2020 World Series of Poker Online with the chip lead and turned that lead into gold as he outlasted his final eight opponents to win $843,460 and his first career WSOP bracelet.
The tournament drew a total of 15,205 across multiple starting flights with 2,055 of them returning to play Day 2 on Sunday. It took more than 16 hours to play down to a winner including more than two hours for the final table alone.
Fedor Kruse came to the final table with the third shortest stack but had already picked up a $188,000 score earlier in the day after winning a $3,000 side event. Unfortunately for him, that wound up being his best cash of the day. Just a few minutes after the final table began Suraj Mishra moved raised to 7,000,000 from late position with 
before Kruse moved all in for 29,194,761 from the button with 
. Mishra called and then watched the 
runout give him the pot thanks to his kicker to eliminate Kruse in ninth place.
It took a full half-hour before the next elimination. Royal Pek moved all in for 11,147,776 from UTG with [k8]
before Daniel Saugspier re-raised to 36,694,440 from the small blind with 
forcing Daniel Neilson folded his big blind. The 
flop missed Pek and he was eliminated in eighth place after the turn and 
river completed the board.
Just a minute later, Troy McLean raised to 17,500,000 from UTG and Zufic called from his immediate left. Neilson moved all in from the cutoff for 137,597,212 with, McLean called off his last 1,828,688 and Zufic folded. Neilson showed 
while McLean tabled 
. The 
runout ended McLean’s run in seventh.
Zufic picked his first elimination of the final table 20 minutes later. The Croatian raised to 8,000,000 from late position with and action folded to Derek Miller in the big blind. He moved all in for 49,212,982 with 
and Zufic called. The 
flop gave Miller some runner-runner flush hopes. The 
turn added some chop outs but the river was no help and Miller was eliminated in sixth. place.
The deep structure allowed play to carry on for another 40 minutes without an elimination. From the cutoff, Suraj Mishra raised to 10,000,000 with 
and Oleksii Kravchuk re-raised to 85,000,000 with 
. Mishra then re-raised to 160,000,000 and Kravchuk called off the last 16,997,222. The 
flop left Kravchuk in a bad spot and neither the 
turn nor was able to save him from a fifth place finish.
Mishra put his stack to use five minutes when he raised to 12,000,000 from UTG with . Daniel Saugspier moved all from the small blind for 55,343,172 with and Mishra called. Both players made top pair on the flop but Mishra’s kicker played through the 
turn and 
river to end Saugspier’s run in fourth.
Down to three players, a preflop confrontation between the blinds lead to the next elimination. Daniel Neilson pushed his last 58,501,800 in from the small blind with 
and Mishra called from the big blind with . The 
flop seemed relatively safe for Neilson. The 
turn gave Mishra a gutshot straight draw which came in on the 
river to eliminate Neilson in third and send the tournament to heads up.
Zufic held a 5.5 big blind lead when heads up play began but he needed just 10 minutes to eliminate Mishra and claim his first WSOP bracelet. On the final hand Mishra moved all in for 50,612,190 with 
and Zufic called with . The drama was short-lived as the was the first card dealt to the table along with the and 
. Mishra didn’t connect with the turn or river and was eliminated in second place.
Final Table Payouts
- Ivan Zufic – $843,460
- Suraj Mishra – $586,157
- Daniel Neilson – $401,635
- Daniel Saugspier – $275,200
- Oleksii Kravchuk – $188,567
- Derek Miller – $129,206
- Troy McLean – $88,532
- Royal Pek – $60,662
- Fedor Kruse – $41,566