WCOOP 98-H $10,300 NLHE (World Championship of NLHE / Main Event), $6M GTD Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars WCOOP

Oct 02, 2023

Lauber Busts Brombin in Preflop Flip

Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 4,500/9,000, 1,100 ante

Patrick "JaegsPL" Lauber open-raised to 19,800 from middle position and was met with a three-bet jam from Paulo "paulinhoo00" Brombin for 197,609 from the button. Lauber made the call once the action folded back to him and all cards were revealed.

Paulo "paulinhoo00" Brombin: J♥10♥
Patrick "JaegsPL": Lauber: 8♠8♦

Lauber's eights held on the 9♣9♥2♠4♣K♥ runout and he won a sizable pot in the penultimate level of Day 1, while Brombin exited the tournament.

Tags: Paulo Brombin Patrick Lauber

Oct 02, 2023

"fichtner3000" Adds Another One to the Tally

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 4,500/9,000, 1,100 ante

"fichtner3000" raised to 18,000 from early position before Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph three-bet jammed for 193,700 from the small blind. "fichtner3000" made the call and a showdown was had.

Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph: 2♥2♦
"fichtner3000": A♦K♦

"fichtner3000" would end up making Broadway on the 10♦3♠Q♥K♠J♠ runout to secure the victory and Rudolph's elimination.

Tags: Christian Rudolph

Level: 14

Blinds: 4,500/9,000

Ante: 1,100

Oct 02, 2023

Some More Counts Before the Last Hour of Play

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Oct 02, 2023

Astedt's Aspirations One Flip Closer to Fruition

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Roman "Gogac sniper" Hrabec raised to 16,000 from middle position and Niklas "Lena900" Astedt obliged with a call from the hijack. "Uki.KRK" was waiting on the button and put in a three-bet to 84,000 once the action had folded to them. Hrabec quickly got out of the way, but Astedt put in one more raise to put his opponent all-in for their 252,190 chips.

"Uki.KRK" made the call and the players were off to the races.

"Uki.KRK": A♥J♦
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt: 9♠9♣

Only undercards to Astedt's nines appeared on the 7♥3♦3♥8♠6♥ board, which meant "Uki.KRK" was eliminated and Astedt raked in a sizable pot.

Tags: Niklas Astedt Roman Hrabec

Oct 02, 2023

Alavali Secures Double-Up

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Michael "imluckbox" Addamo opened the action with a raise to 16,000 from early position, receiving calls from Jargo "bungakat" Alavali in the next seat over and "BRzRoll" in the cutoff.

With the action on Matas "NoTilit" Cikinas on the button, a three-bet to 72,000 was put forth, which quickly got a fold from Addamo. Alavali had other plans, however, and went all-in for 168,924 chips. "BRzRoll" got out of the way before Cikinas made the call.

Jargo "bungakat" Alavali: A♠Q♠
Matas "NoTilit" Cikinas: A♦4♦

Cikinas brought the dominated preflop hand close to a flip on the J♠6♦K♦ board, but he bricked all his outs on the 2♣Q♣ runout, resulting in a double-up for Alavali, while he was left with a mere 11 big blinds.

Tags: Jargo Alavali Matas Cikinas Michael Addamo

Oct 02, 2023

"fichtner3000" Busts Reixach, First to Cross Two-Million Mark

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

"fichtner3000" Busts Reixach, First to Cross Two-Million Mark

Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach raised to 17,600 and "fichtner3000" was the only caller from the hijack. The K♥Q♣5♦ flop saw Reixach check and "fichtner3000" put out a bet of 24,000 in response. Reixach then raised to 72,000 and "fichtner3000" called.

On the 8♥ turn, Reixach continued betting, this time for 130,960. "fichtner3000" responded with a minimum raise to 261,920 before Reixach put in his entire stack of 392,103, which "fichtner3000" called.

Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach: A♣K♣
"fichtner3000": K♠Q♠

The 8♣ river paired the board and thus failed to improve Reixach, resulting in his elimination. Meanwhile, "fichtner3000" won a large pot which saw them be the first to have more than 2,000,000 chips in the 2023 WCOOP Main Event.

Tags: Sergi Reixach

Level: 13

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Oct 02, 2023

More Assorted Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

Oct 02, 2023

Vousden's Aggression Backfires

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden open-raised to 15,400 from early position and saw a three-bet to 44,800 from Vicente "vicenfish" Delgado in the cutoff. The action folded back to Vousden, who opted for a four-bet jam, covering Delgado's 279,082 stack. Delgado quickly called and the cards went on their backs.

Vicente "vicenfish" Delgado: A♣K♣
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden: A♠3♠

Delgado immediately paired his king on the K♦2♦10♥ flop and while the J♣ turn provided some chop outs for Vousden, they would not arrive when he rivered the inferior pair on the 3♦ river. Thus, Delgado doubled up and Vousden was back to almost starting stack.

Tags: Samuel Vousden Vicente Delgado