PokerStars WCOOP 2020

WCOOP-63-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Thursday Thrill SE]
Day: 2
Event Info

PokerStars WCOOP 2020

Final Results
Winner
luelue399
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$76,339
Event Info
Prize Pool
$988,000
Entries
494
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
62
Players Left
1

WCOOP-63-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Thursday Thrill SE]

Day 2 Completed

"luelue399" Wins PokerStars WCOOP-63-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Thursday Thrill SE] for $171,300

Level 35 : 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
WCOOP-63-H Final Table Results
WCOOP-63-H Final Table Results

After almost five hours, "luelue399" has won the PokerStars WCOOP-63-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Thursday Thrill SE] for a combined total of $171,300 after taking both Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio and "BenArfaa10" out in the final hand of the night. The tournament attracted 365 unique players who reentered 129 times to get to 494 entries to create a prize pool of $988,000.

"luelue399" burst the final table bubble to come in third in the counts but went on a bit of a rampage as they knocked out six players in the end to score a bounty of $94,961 which was more than the original $76,339 first-place prize. This is their first WCOOP or even any COOP-series title but they're definitely no stranger to the PokerStars virtual fields. They have won events like the Bigger $019 and made deep runs in the bigger tournaments during the busy series.

The final table also featured familiar faces and names like "I'MalliN.3lli", Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert, "PeroQmaloSoy", "proh1t", Eduardo "edudrake1987" Pires, and "Fear1sWisdom".

WCOOP-63-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Thursday Thrill SE] Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryBountiesPrizeTotal
1"luelue399"Canada$94,961$76,339$171,300
2Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'AlterioItaly$17,523$76,339$93,862
3"BenArfaa10"United Kingdom$9,594$48,063$57,657
4"I'MalliN.3lli"Malta$5,625$35,573$41,198
5Kenny "SpaceyFCB" HallaertBelgium$5,375$26,329$31,704
6"PeroQmaloSoy"United Kingdom$13,734$19,487$33,221
7"proh1t"Thailand$10,375$14,423$24,798
8Eduardo "edudrake1987" PiresBrazil$6,750$10,675$17,425
9"Fear1sWisdom"United Kingdom$14,781$8,519$23,300

Race to the Final Table

At the start of the day, there were 62 players left. Andy "wiisssppppaa" Taylor was first to go and by the time the first 30 minutes of the day had passed, there were 49 players left. Players like Joao "Naza114" Vieira, Fabian "!$eveeeeeeen!" Gumz, Enrico "WhaTisL0v3" Camosci, Bert "girafganger7" Stevens, and Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs all fell before the second break of the day.

Marius "DEX888" Gierse, Andras "probirs" Nemeth, Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak, Michael "merla888" Gathy, Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson, Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk, and Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet all busted too after.

"luelue399" was one of the shortest stacks in the tournament when there were 15 players left but doubled up twice to get themselves to the middle of the pack while "PeroQmaloSoy" held a commanding chip lead over the rest after they had taken out Van Fleet. Jans "Graftekkel" Arends busted to D'Alterio before Pavel "MountainRo$e" Veksler was eliminated by "proh1t". In the end, Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov became the final table bubble thanks to the set "luelue399" had flopped.

Sergei Koliakov
Sergei Koliakov bubbled the final table

Final Table Rampage

"Fear1sWisdom" became the first final table victim of "luelue399" and then Pires was pushed out by "I'MalliN.3lli" in eighth place. A few pots went "luelue399"'s way but then they lost a chunk back to "proh1t". But from there on, "luelue399" seemed unstoppable.

They kept building their stack to grab the chip lead but the crucial hand came after almost 70 minutes of 7-handed play. "luelue399" called the five-bet shove of "proh1t" for 72 big blinds with aces. "proh1t" held queens and saw their big stack go to "luelue399" who then held almost two-thirds of the chips in play in their possession.

Within 20 minutes, D'Alterio took out "PeroQmaloSoy" first before "luelue399" took care of Hallaert and "I'MalliN.3lli", With almost 75% of all the chips in play, three-handed play was fast and furious with hardly any hands going to showdown.

"BenArfaa10" had gotten short and managed to survive one all-in but in the end, they three-bet shoved for 12 big blinds. D'Alterio had raised and then four-bet shoved for almost 40 big blinds to see "luelue399" call both of them with pocket tens. No danger came on the board as "luelue399" took both of them out in one fell swoop.

This concludes this event but the PokerNews live reporting is back in full force on Sunday, September 20 withcoverage of six different events so make sure to keep following along with all the action.

Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio Eliminated in 2nd Place ($76,339 +$17,523); "BenArfaa10" Eliminated in 3rd Place ($48,063 + $9,594)

Level 35 : 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
luelue399 vs D'Alterio vs BenArfaa10
luelue399 vs D'Alterio vs BenArfaa10

Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio raised to 1,200,000 from the button and "luelue399" called in the small blind. "BenArfaa10" three-bet shoved for 7,015,550 for D'Alterio to four-bet shove for 23,637,651 and "luelue399" called both.

"BenArfaa10": {a-Diamonds}{9-Spades}
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}
"luelue399": {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}

The board ran out {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} for "luelue399" to hold and bust both opponents in one hand and claim their bounties. "BenArfaa10" finished in third place with the shorter stack while D'Alterio took second place and "luelue399" claimed the WCOOP title and $94,961 in bounties on top of the $76,339 first-place prize.

A recap is to follow.

Player Chips Progress
luelue399 ca
luelue399
123,500,000
32,632,926
32,632,926
BenArfaa10 gb
BenArfaa10
Busted
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio
Busted

Level: 35

Blinds: 300,000/600,000

Ante: 75,000

"I'MalliN.3lli" Eliminated in 4th Place ($35,573 + $5,625)

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 62,500 ante
luelue399 vs I'MalliN.3lli
luelue399 vs I'MalliN.3lli

"I'MalliN.3lli" shoved from the button for 6,778,496 and "luelue399" three-bet from the small blind for "BenArfaa10" to fold their big blind.

"I'MalliN.3lli": {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
"luelue399": {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

The flop came {3-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{k-Clubs} for "luelue399" to hit the pair of nines while "I'MalliN.3lli" picked up a gutshot to a straight but the rest of the board was completed with the {4-Spades} on the turn and the {9-Hearts} on the river for "luelue399" to claim another bounty as they busted "I'MalliN.3lli" in fourth place.

Player Chips Progress
luelue399 ca
luelue399
90,867,074
7,840,996
7,840,996
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio
22,811,401
-437,500
-437,500
BenArfaa10 gb
BenArfaa10
9,821,525
562,500
562,500
I'MalliN.3lli mt
I'MalliN.3lli
Busted

Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert Eliminated in 5th Place ($26,329 + $5,375)

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 62,500 ante
luelue399 vs Hallaert
luelue399 vs Hallaert

Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert shoved from the cutoff for 3,323,205 and was called by "luelue399" on the button while the rest got out of their way.

Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert: {a-Spades}{10-Hearts}
"luelue399": {k-Clubs}{9-Hearts}

The flop came {j-Spades}{8-Hearts}{k-Spades} for "luelue399" to hit top pair but for Hallaert to pick up the gutshot to a straight.

The turn was the {6-Spades} for Hallaert to pick up some extra outs with the flush draw but the river completed the board with the {j-Hearts} for him to bust in fifth place.

Player Chips Progress
luelue399 ca
luelue399
83,026,078
4,698,205
4,698,205
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio
23,248,901
312,500
312,500
BenArfaa10 gb
BenArfaa10
9,259,025
-1,000,000
-1,000,000
I'MalliN.3lli mt
I'MalliN.3lli
7,965,996
562,500
562,500
Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert be
Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert
Busted

"PeroQmaloSoy" Eliminated in 6th Place ($19,487 + $13,734)

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 62,500 ante
D'Alterio vs PeroQmaloSoy
D'Alterio vs PeroQmaloSoy

In the next hand, "PeroQmaloSoy" shoved from under the gun for 8,069,265 and the action folded to Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio in the small blind who three-bet shoved for more for "I'MalliN.3lli" to fold their big blind.

"PeroQmaloSoy": {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio: {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The board ran out {8-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} for D'Alterio to hold and bust "PeroQmaloSoy" in sixth place.

Player Chips Progress
luelue399 ca
luelue399
78,327,873
-62,500
-62,500
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio
22,936,401
8,881,765
8,881,765
BenArfaa10 gb
BenArfaa10
10,259,025
-62,500
-62,500
I'MalliN.3lli mt
I'MalliN.3lli
7,403,496
-562,500
-562,500
Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert be
Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert
4,573,205
-62,500
-62,500
PeroQmaloSoy gb
PeroQmaloSoy
Busted

"proh1t" Eliminated in 7th Place ($19,487 + $10,375)

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 62,500 ante
luelue399 vs proh1t
luelue399 vs proh1t

"luelue399" raised to 1,060,000 from the button and "proh1t" three-bet to 4,240,000 from the big blind. "luelue399" four-bet to 11,485,0000 and "proh1t" five-bet shoved for 36,195,031 which "luelue399" called with the bigger stack.

"proh1t": {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}
"luelue399": {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{2-Spades}{10-Clubs} for "luelue399" to hold with the aces to scoop the huge pot for a big chip lead and bust "proh1t" in seventh place.

Player Chips Progress
luelue399 ca
luelue399
78,390,373
37,007,531
37,007,531
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio
14,054,636
-312,500
-312,500
BenArfaa10 gb
BenArfaa10
10,321,525
-1,062,500
-1,062,500
PeroQmaloSoy gb
PeroQmaloSoy
8,131,765
1,125,000
1,125,000
I'MalliN.3lli mt
I'MalliN.3lli
7,965,996
-562,500
-562,500
Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert be
Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert
4,635,705
-1,062,500
-1,062,500
proh1t th
proh1t
Busted

"PeroQmaloSoy" Triples Up

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 62,500 ante
PeroQmaloSoy vs proh1t
PeroQmaloSoy vs proh1t

"PeroQmaloSoy" raised to 1,150,000 from under the gun, keeping 789,755 behind. "luelue399" three-bet to 2,250,000 from the hijack. "proh1t" four-bet to 7,250,000 from the button for the blinds to fold while "PeroQmaloSoy" called for the rest and "luelue399" folded.

"PeroQmaloSoy": {k-Spades}{6-Spades}
"proh1t": {10-Hearts}{4-Hearts}

The board ran out {q-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} for "PeroQmaloSoy" to triple up with the rivered pair of kings.

Player Chips Progress
luelue399 ca
luelue399
41,382,842
-2,312,500
-2,312,500
proh1t th
proh1t
35,132,531
-1,692,010
-1,692,010
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio
14,367,136
-312,500
-312,500
BenArfaa10 gb
BenArfaa10
11,384,025
-62,500
-62,500
I'MalliN.3lli mt
I'MalliN.3lli
8,528,496
-562,500
-562,500
PeroQmaloSoy gb
PeroQmaloSoy
7,006,765
5,004,510
5,004,510
Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert be
Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert
5,698,205
-62,500
-62,500

Level: 34

Blinds: 250,000/500,000

Ante: 62,500