WCOOP-21-H: $5,200 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO] Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

09-05-2020 21:39 UTC

Leonard Hooks Astedt for His Bounty

Anthony Thompson

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

Patrick "pads1161" Leonard raised to 10,500 from under the gun and then called Niklas "Lena900" Astedt's 87,896 three-bet jam from the big blind.

Niklas "Lena900" Astedt:
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard:

Astedet woke up with a made hand but was still trailing Leonard's pocket jacks and the runout was no help ending his tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	964,965 556,201	556,201
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt	Busted

Tags: Niklas Astedt Patrick Leonard

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 625

09-05-2020 21:31 UTC

Aido Dusted After His Kings Get Cracked

Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Sergio "zcedrick" Aido riased to 8,000 from under the gun and Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak three-bet jammed for 94,050 from the small blind.

Sergio "zcedrick" Aido:
Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak:

Aido was looking good to score the double until the flop appeared giving Maslak a set of nines.

The turn was of no help to Aido who needed a king to stay alive but the completed the board on the river ending his tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak	270,825 149,802	149,802
Sergio "zcedrick" Aido	Busted

Tags: Sergio Aido Konstantin Maslak

09-05-2020 21:22 UTC

You Could Win One of TEN Tickets to the $10m GTD WCOOP Main Event!

Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is well underway on PokerStars and we're giving you the chance to win one of TEN tickets to the $5,200 WCOOP Main Event which starts on Sunday, 20 September.

Players who have signed up through PokerNews and made their first deposit of at least $10 on PokerStars this year will have a ticket automatically credited to their account to use in three satellite tournaments taking place over the next week.

The top 100 players from these three satellites will then enter the Main Satellite where the top ten players will receive a ticket to the $10,000,000 GTD event!

Check out how to win!

09-05-2020 21:20 UTC

Level 12 Chip Leaders

Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
retro_cheetah01	676,365
Passiveaggro	601,407
Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis	505,348 131,100	131,100
Daris "DEX888" Pedes	457,868 175,244	175,244
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker	412,774
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	408,764
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian	386,517 173,003	173,003
Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian	366,657 -18,584	-18,584
Michael "merla888" Gathy	357,253 77,556	77,556
Preben "prebz" Stokkan	340,121 174,294	174,294
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt	325,793 -22,498	-22,498
mao2015	296,572 75,303	75,303
Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov	279,732 184,316	184,316
Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev	245,592 30,870	30,870

Level: 12

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

09-05-2020 21:05 UTC

Koplimaa Wins With River Jam

Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : 1,750/3,500, 450 ante

Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani raised to 7,805 from the button and Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa defended his big blind to see a flop appear.

Koplimaa check-called Dattani's 6,471 continuation bet and did the same for 22,395 after the came on the turn.

Once the completed the board on the river, Koplimaa turned the aggressor and moved all in for 129,483 getting a quick fold from Dattani to win the pot.