WCOOP 2020 Day 2: Danchev Scores $400K; Deeb Eyes Seventh Title
Seven more players were crowned winners on the second night of the 2020 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), with Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev the biggest winner of them all.
The former PCA champion took home more than $400,000 after winning the first Sunday Slam tournament of the festival.
At least ten more winners will be crowned on Tuesday night, with six-time WCOOP champion Shaun Deeb one of the players in contention as he leads WCOOP 07-H: $2,100 PLO8 [6-Max].
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Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev Wins First WCOOP Title for $400,495 in WCOOP-02-H: $10,300 [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam]
After starting the final day of WCOOP-02-H: $10,300 [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam] as the chip leader, Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev has also closed it out as the new WCOOP champion by defeating Mike "SirWatts" Watson heads-up for $400,495 which includes a whopping $247,813 in bounties.
Danchev is no stranger to the PokerStars events, with almost $5 million in live cashes and a similar amount online, and gets to add another massive score here today in addition to his first WCOOP title.
In addition to Danchev and Watson, the final table was filled with the crème de la crème of the poker world with players like Joao "Naza114" Vieira, Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez, and Jans "Graftekkel" Arends on there too for example.
WSOOP-02-H: $10,300 [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam] Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev | Bulgaria | $247,813 | $152,682 | $400,495 |
| 2 | Mike "SirWatts" Watson | Canada | $45,781 | $152,682 | $198,463 |
| 3 | Joao "Naza114" Vieira | Portugal | $32,031 | $103,149 | $135,180 |
| 4 | Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez | Spain | $32,188 | $79,851 | $112,039 |
| 5 | "663Daur" | Kazakhstan | $11,250 | $61,816 | $73,066 |
| 6 | Ryhor "Grisha813" Karapanau | Belarus | $13,750 | $47,854 | $61,604 |
| 7 | Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts | Belgium | $13,125 | $37,045 | $50,170 |
| 8 | Jans "Graftekkel" Arends | Netherlands | $26,563 | $28,678 | $55,241 |
| 9 | Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak | Ukraine | $16,875 | $23,608 | $40,483 |
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Just 16 Remain in Event-02-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam]
A total of 211 players returned to continue to battle it out in Event-02-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam] for Day 2 action but only 16 of them made it through to the final day.
Leading the pack is "Darwinsfish", from the Netherlands, who bagged the chip lead with 33,411,567. "Darwinsfish" was slowly building throughout the day and he took over the chip lead during the last levels of the night when he scored a big double with threes against "1mSoWeeeaK"'s ace-queen suited in a blind vs blind situation all in preflop.
He is followed by Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski with 19,958,852 and Rasmus "Powergolf" Zerr rounds up the top three with 17,031,520.
WCOOP-02-M: Top Ten Chip Counts After Day 2
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darwinsfish | Netherlands | 33,411,567 |
| 2 | Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski | Brazil | 19,958,852 |
| 3 | Rasmus "Powergolf" Zerr | Denmark | 17,031,520 |
| 4 | Killer_ooooo | Netherlands | 15,483,682 |
| 5 | Martin "martin12389" Schejtman | Argentina | 13,668,758 |
| 6 | Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen | Finland | 13,511,580 |
| 7 | Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson | United Kingdom | 13,508,348 |
| 8 | Evan "PURPLE"K"99" Parkes | Canada | 12,947,125 |
| 9 | JEIK0 | Panama | 12,080,604 |
| 10 | Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva | Brazil | 10,134,607 |
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Six-Time WCOOP Champion Deeb Leads WCOOP-07-H
Two years after Shaun Deeb won his last WCOOP title in a PLO Hi/Lo tournament, he's chip leader in another with just 17 players remaining in WCOOP 07-H: $2,100 PLO8 [6-Max]. Deeb sits second in the all-time list for WCOOP champions behind Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov but is in a strong position ahead of the final day on Tuesday.
There's just 500,000 chips between Deeb (1,561,859) in the lead and the chasing pack of "Us_Alex" (1,064,265), "XD89lol<3" (1,056,228) and "Juicy_J_93" (1,056,228).
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, Connor "blanconegro" Drinan, Jussin "calvin7v" Nevanlinna and Naoya "nkeyno" Kihara are all still in contention. The winner will walk away with $50,910 after topping a field of 109 players.
WCOOP 2020 Day 2 Results
WCOOP-03-L: $55 PLO [6-Max]
| Entries | 3,013 |
| Prize Pool | $150,650 |
| Winner | icandodge22 (Finland) |
| First-place prize | $19,359* |
*denotes heads-up deal
WCOOP-03-M: $530 PLO [6-Max]
| Entries | 544 |
| Prize Pool | $272,000 |
| Winner | URMYLeNoR (Germany) |
| First-place prize | $48,124 |
WCOOP-03-H: $5,200 PLO [6-Max, High Roller]
| Entries | 127 |
| Prize Pool | $750,000 |
| Winner | dantegoyaF (Brazil) |
| First-place prize | $168,608 |
WCOOP-04-L: $22 NLHE [Freezeeout]
| Entries | 10,153 |
| Prize Pool | $203,060 |
| Winner | LosJ&B (Argentina) |
| First-place prize | $15,803 |
WCOOP-04-M: $215 NLHE [Freezeeout]
| Entries | 2,269 |
| Prize Pool | $453,800 |
| Winner | juanbonber (Uruguay) |
| First-place prize | $40,220 |
WCOOP-04-H: $2,100 NLHE [Freezeeout]
| Entries | 241 |
| Prize Pool | $500,000 |
| Winner | DingeBrinker (Estonia) |
| First-place prize | $96,144 |
In-Play Events
Besides the PokerNews live reported events, the following tournaments will conclude on Tuesday.
WCOOP-02-L: $109 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam]
| Entries | 19,397 |
| Players left | 24 |
| Prize Pool | $1,939,700 |
| Chip leader | Voss5 (Norway) |
| First-place prize | $86,167 |
WCOOP 06-L: $5.50 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO]
| Entries | 25,922 |
| Players left | 285 |
| Prize Pool | $127,018 |
| Chip leader | Troubaduren (Denmark) |
| First-place prize | $5,377 |
WCOOP 06-M: $55 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO]
| Entries | 11,280 |
| Players left | 274 |
| Prize Pool | $564,000 |
| Chip leader | Castiger14 (United Kingdom) |
| First-place prize | $31,257 |
WCOOP 06-H: $530 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO]
| Entries | 1,499 |
| Players left | 51 |
| Prize Pool | $749,500 |
| Chip leader | Gukiz (Netherlands) |
| First-place prize | $48,504 |
WCOOP 07-L: $22 PLO8 [6-Max]
| Entries | 2,848 |
| Players left | 102 |
| Prize Pool | $56,960 |
| Chip leader | cmajli (Serbia) |
| First-place prize | $8,248 |
WCOOP 07-M: $215 PLO8 [6-Max]
| Entries | 641 |
| Players left | 50 |
| Prize Pool | $128,200 |
| Chip leader | barry_dread (United Kingdom) |
| First-place prize | $21,988 |
WCOOP 07-H: $2,100 PLO8 [6-Max]
| Entries | 109 |
| Players left | 17 |
| Prize Pool | $218,000 |
| Chip leader | shaundeeb (Mexico) |
| First-place prize | $50,910 |
WCOOP 08-L: $11 NLHE [8-Max, Freezeout]
| Entries | 12,068 |
| Players left | 465 |
| Prize Pool | $118,266 |
| Chip leader | Han13kz (Kazakhstan) |
| First-place prize | $15,231 |
WCOOP 08-M: $109 NLHE [8-Max, Freezeout]
| Entries | 3,218 |
| Players left | 443 |
| Prize Pool | $321,800 |
| Chip leader | wallacy div (Brazil) |
| First-place prize | $46,317 |
WCOOP 08-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Freezeout]
| Entries | 314 |
| Players left | 38 |
| Prize Pool | $314,000 |
| Chip leader | clapjkspit (Hungary) |
| First-place prize | $59,072 |
Events Scheduled on September 1
While the above events will play down to a winner, the following new WCOOP events will kick off alongside them on Tuesday.
| Time (UTC) | Tournament | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|
| 12:05 | WCOOP 09-L | $11 NL 2-7 Single Draw |
| 12:05 | WCOOP 09-M | $109 NL 2-7 Single Draw |
| 12:05 | WCOOP 09-H | $1,050 NL 2-7 Single Draw |
| 13:05 | WCOOP 10-L | $109 NLHE [8-Max Mini Super Tuesday SE] |
| 13:05 | WCOOP 10-M | $1,050 NLHE [8-Max Super Tuesday SE] |
| 13:05 | WCOOP 10-H | $10,300 NLHE [8-Max High Roller] |
| 14:05 | WCOOP 11-L | $11 FLHE [6-Max] |
| 14:05 | WCOOP 11-M | $109 FLHE [6-Max] |
| 14:05 | WCOOP 11-H | $1,050 FLHE [6-Max] |
| 15:05 | WCOOP 12-L | $5.50 NLHE [Heads-Up Progressive Total KO] |
| 15:05 | WCOOP 12-M | $55 NLHE [Heads-Up Progressive Total KO] |
| 15:05 | WCOOP 12-H | $530 NLHE [Heads-Up Progressive Total KO] |
Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.
In this Series
- 1 WCOOP 2020 Day 1: "Spraggy" Strikes Gold on Opening Night
- 2 WCOOP 2020 Day 2: Danchev Scores $400K; Deeb Eyes Seventh Title
- 3 WCOOP 2020 Day 3: Geilich Leads High Roller; Deeb Misses Out on Glory
- 4 WCOOP 2020 Day 4: Wins for Geilich and Oliver, Third Title for Boeken
- 5 WCOOP 2020 Day 5: Andras "probirs" Nemeth Wins First WCOOP Title
- 6 WCOOP 2020 Day 6: Three New Winners Crowned
- 7 WCOOP 2020 Day 7: Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski First Repeat Winner of WCOOP 2020
- 8 WCOOP 2020 Day 8: Third Title for Mateos; Two for Stokkan as Holz Leads SHR
- 9 WCOOP 2020 Day 9: Back-to-Back Titles for Mateos; Wins SHR for $543K
- 10 WCOOP 2020 Day 10: Huge Scores For Zancan and “NoTilit”
- 11 WCOOP 2020 Day 11: Online Legend Beresford Finally Off the Mark with First WCOOP Title
- 12 WCOOP 2020 Day 12: Second WCOOP Title for Andras "probirs" Nemeth
- 13 WCOOP 2020 Day 14: Astedt and Frank Win Second Title; Leknes Wins Fifth
- 14 WCOOP 2020 Day 15: Back-to-Back Titles for Niklas "Lena900" Astedt
- 15 WCOOP 2020 Day 16: Dzivielevski Makes it Three With Big Win in Sunday Slam
- 16 WCOOP 2020 Day 17: Moreira Denies Gruissem WCOOP Title
- 17 WCOOP 2020 Day 18: Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot Becomes A WCOOP Champ
- 18 WCOOP 2020 Day 19: Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski Continues Brazilian Dominance
- 19 WCOOP 2020 Day 21: "luelue399" Wins WCOOP-63-H: $2,100 NLHE Thursday Thrill SE
- 20 WCOOP 2020 Day 22: The WCOOP Main Events are Underway!
- 21 WCOOP 2020 Day 23: Brummelhuis, Nevanlinna Among Winners, Main Events in the Money
- 22 WCOOP 2020 Day 24: Main Events Reach Their Final Tables
- 23 Andre "PTFisherman23" Marques Wins the 2020 WCOOP $5,200 Main Event After Three-Way Deal ($1,147,271)
- 24 WCOOP 2020 Day 25: "1mSoWeeeaK", "klimono" Win Main Events, Lyapin WCOOP Player of the Series
