PokerStars WCOOP 2022

WCOOP 92-H: $10,300 NLHE [World Championship of NLHE / Main Event], $7M Gtd
Day: 2
Event Info

PokerStars WCOOP 2022

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
97
Prize
$1,293,825
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$7,600,000
Entries
760
Level Info
Level
47
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
760
Players Left
39

Thorsten "juicetus" Legit Leads The Way Into Day 2 of the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event

WCOOP 2022
WCOOP 2022

After the dust settled on Day 1 in the $10,300 NLH World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event on PokerStars, Thorsten "juicetus" Legit came out on top with an impressive stack of 2,791,391, more than 200 big blinds.

The field saw 536 entrants who rebought 168 times to create a prize pool of $7,040,000, already surpassing their guarantee. Late registration is still open until the start of Day 2 at 5:35 p.m. GMT so there is still time to jump in the action and have a chance at WCOOP glory.

Some more notables who managed to find a bag included Team PokerStars Pro Sam "SamSquid" Grafton (1,372,605), online regular Neville "NevilleWeeee" Costa (1,632,644), and high stakes crusher Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos (875,068).

$10,300 WCOOP Main Event Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Thorsten "juicetus" LegitAustria2,791,391232
2"nik_meat"Ukraine2,782,732231
3"sergebezb"Estonia2,683,869223
4"Faboulus888"Austria2,439,643203
5"saiiizika"Brazil2,407,636200
6"SerVlaMin"United Kingdom2,140,721178
7Andras "probirs" NemethHungary1,992,858166
8Jans "Graftekkel" ArendsNetherlands1,852,248154
9Artem "veeea" VezhenkovRussian Federation1,811,612151
10Gilles "TaxationIsTheft" SimonNetherlands1,786,389149

The action kicks off with blinds at 6,000/12,000 with a 1,500 ante. Those who buy into Day 2 will start with 250,000 in chips, which is just over 20 big blinds. Day 2 will play down to 40 players and will bag for the night to return for Day 3 on November 8 at 5:30 p.m. GMT.

Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we will be here to bring you all the updates in both the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event and the $1,050 WCOOP Main Event on PokerStars.

WCOOP 92-H: $10,300 NLHE [World Championship of NLHE / Main Event], $7M Gtd

Day 2 Started

Level: 16

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,500

Registration Closed

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Day 2 is underway and late registration is now closed. A total of 551 entries with 209 re-entries created a prize pool of $7,600,000 with the top 87 places being paid a minimum cash of $25,102.

All eyes will be on the massive top prize of $1,293,825 and the WCOOP title. A full prize breakdown will be available shortly.

Full Prize Payouts

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
WCOOP 2022
WCOOP 2022
PlacePrize
1st$1,293,825
2nd$950,078
3rd$697,658
4th$512,302
5th$376,192
6th$276,244
7th$202,850
8th$148,956
9th$122,217
10th-11th$100,278
12th-13th$82,277
14th-17th$67,508
18th-23rd$55,389
24th-31st$45,447
32nd-47th$37,288
48th-63rd$30,595
64th-87th$25,102

"qieng" Scores The Knockout

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
"qieng"
"qieng"

The action folded around to "nomalice" on the button who opened for 27,120. The small blind quickly folded and "qieng" moved all in, covering the 253,380 total for "nomalice", who made the call.

"nomalice": {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
"qieng": {a-Clubs}{5-Spades}

"nomalice" was well ahead with a better kicker until the flop came {8-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}, pairing the five for "qieng". The {j-Clubs}{9-Spades} completed the board and was no help to "nomalice" as he was sent to the exit early on Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
qieng at
qieng
1,842,069
nomalice hr
nomalice
Busted

Level: 17

Blinds: 7,000/14,000

Ante: 1,750