WCOOP 100-H $10,300 PLO (6-Max, World Championship of PLO / PLO Main Event), $750K GTD Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars WCOOP

Oct 01, 2023

Defending Champ Folds on River

Matt O'Halloran

Level 3 : Blinds 700/1,400, 140 ante

Last year, "jokkee_apart" emerged victorious in the highest buy-in PLO tournament of the WCOOP series. They have appeared in today's field, seeking to defend their title.

They opened to 4,900. Directly on their left, Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski, made the call, before "boerni21", the big blind, made it 20,300. Both players called.

On the A♠3♠3♦ flop, "boerni21" continued their aggression, firing out 6,300, and getting calls from both players. On the 6♦ turn, "boerni21" sized up to 34,104. "jokkee_apart" made the call while Dzivielevski got out of the way.

On the 3♣ river, "boerni21" fired yet again, this time for the pot, a bet worth 149,408. The defending champ surrendered their hand, conceding the pot to "boerni21"

Tags: Yuri Dzivielevski jokkee_apart boerni21

Oct 01, 2023

"NVoskob1986" Doubles Up

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 3 : Blinds 700/1,400, 140 ante

After an open to 4,900 and a call, "NVoskob1986" put in a three bet to 8,400 from the small blind. The opener, Andras "probirs" Nemeth, made the call before "AmSoGood" made the four bet to 35,000 from the button. Both other players called.

On the J♦Q♦8♠ flop, "NVoskob1986" opened for the pot, a bet of 107,240. "AmSoGood" moved all in, covering their opponent. "NVoskob1986" made the call for his effective stack of 213,275.

"NVoskob1986": J♣8♣8♥6♥
"AmSoGood": A♥K♠K♦4♦

"NVoskob1986" was in good position to double up with their set of eights, but "AmSoGood" still had plenty of equity. The 3♠ turn and Q♣ river changed nothing, and "NVoskob1986" secured the double.

Level: 3

Blinds: 700/1,400

Ante: 140

Oct 01, 2023

Shove Takes it Down for Vieira

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 2 : Blinds 600/1,200, 120 ante

Andras "probirs" Nemeth opened from under the gun to 4,200. Joao "Naza114" Vieira, in the hijack, made the call before "AmSoGood" reraised to 18,600. "NVoskob1986" made the call on the button. Everyone but the blinds made the call.

On the 2♥K♠K♥ flop, Nemeth led into his three opponents for 25,384. Only Vieira made the call. On the 7♣ turn, Vieira called another bet, now for 42,137.

On the A♠ river, Nemeth fired a third barrel, now for 52,991. Vieira, undeterred, moved all in as the big stack. Nemeth, with nearly 100,000 behind, laid his hand down, conceding the pot to Vieira.

Tags: Joao Vieira Andras Nemeth AmSoGood NVoskob1986

Oct 01, 2023

Loeliger Doubles Up

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 2 : Blinds 600/1,200, 120 ante

"eltucu64" opened to 4,200 from under the gun. Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois reraised to 14,400 from the cutoff, before Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger bumped it up to 48,600 in the small blind. The opener folded before Lefrancois made the call.

On the 7♦5♠5♦ flop, Loeliger led out with a pot sized bet of 103,320, leaving himself just 3,313 behind. A raise came from Lefrancois and all the chips were quickly in the middle, with Loeliger at risk.

Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger: A♦K♥J♥J♦
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois: 8♥8♣6♥6♣

Loeliger was ahead, and the A♠ turn and 5♥ river kept it that way. Loeliger scooped the pot with the better full house, doubling his stack.

Tags: Linus Loeliger Pascal Lefrancois

Oct 01, 2023

Chip Leaders at First Break

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 2 : Blinds 600/1,200, 120 ante

Oct 01, 2023

Cochrane Strikes Back

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 2 : Blinds 600/1,200, 120 ante

After Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane was eliminated when he ran his full house into quads, he reentered the tournament and was sat at the same table, where he quickly got back in the action.

Cochrane opened to 4,200 from under the gun, earning one caller, Aku "Aku1206" Joentausta, who sat in the cutoff.

Action checked through on the 10♦7♦8♠ flop, leading to the K♠ turn. On this turn, Cochrane check-raised from 10,920 to 43,680. Joentausta made the call.

On the 3♦ river, Cochrane fired out 31,450. Joentausta raised to 192,630, nearly putting his opponent all-in. Cochrane made the call.

Joentausta turned over A♦A♣J♠2♠ for a pair of aces before Cochrane showed 10♣9♦7♣6♦, a rivered flush. Cochrane raked in the pot, sitting now with more than twice a starting stack.

Tags: Gavin Cochrane Aku Joentausta

Level: 2

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 120

Oct 01, 2023

Frank Gets Early Chip Lead

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 100 ante

Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph opened to 3,500 in the cutoff, which was called by Christopher "lissi stinkt" Frank on the button before Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane reraised to 14,500 in the big blind. Rudolph got out of the way before Frank stuck in a call.

The Q♥8♠8♦ flop checked around before Cochrane fired 14,070 on the 8♥ turn. Frank called.

On the 6♥ river, Cochrane made a pot-sized bet of 61,640. Frank jammed, putting his opponent all-in for a total of 153,282. Cochrane made the call.

Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane: A♣A♥Q♣10♠
Christopher "lissi stinkt" Frank: 9♠8♣5♣5♥

Cochrane had a full house, but it was no match for Frank's quad eights, as he raked in the pot, catapulting himself over 500,000 chips.

Tags: Christopher Frank Gavin Cochrane Christian Rudolph

Oct 01, 2023

Myrmo Wins at Showdown

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 100 ante

"Argentin_GOd" opened to 3,500 from under the gun. "Elkku35" then bumped it up to 12,000 in the cutoff, before another raise came from Espen "locomi" Myrmo in the small blind, this time to 40,500. Both opponents made the call, leading to three-way action on the flop.

On the 2♠8♠A♠ flop, Myrmo led out for 18,000. "Argentin_GOd" made the call while "Elkku35" folded. The two remaining players checked through the 7♦ turn and Q♣ river, leading to showdown. Myrmo turned over A♣Q♥J♣10♥ for two pair, enough to scoop the pot.