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

10-01-2023 21:05 UTC

Updated Chip Counts Throughout the Field

Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 1,750/3,500, 450 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
AA DOCTOR	1,013,467 498,788	498,788
Andre "PTFisherman23" Marques	966,804
Klyujvenniy	903,209
rolandinjo	902,730
brunojardas1	832,605
chrisgoataui	814,952
Renatbog97	808,225 -128,541	-128,541
blowknockout	798,596
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	797,591 -188,897	-188,897
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas	362,685 117,515	117,515

Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes	273,719

Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot	218,001

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	212,381 -110,673	-110,673

Alejandro "[Papo]AR" Lococo	183,846 17,781	17,781

Sam "SamSquid" Grafton	142,199 42,220	42,220

10-01-2023 20:58 UTC

Crema Comes Out Ahead in Big Flip

Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 1,750/3,500, 450 ante

The action folded to Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson on the button and he made a raise to 7,700. "Top Grind" then three-bet to 28,000 from the small blind before Thiago "KKremate" Crema made it 66,500 to go from the big blind. Mattsson got out of the way, but "Top Grind" stuck in his 153,567 stack and Crema called whilst covering his opponent.

"Top Grind": A♣K♥
Thiago "KKremate" Crema: 10♦10♣

No ace or king appeared on the 2♥9♦J♠4♦7♠ runout and Crema's tens held to score him a knock-out and a nice pile of chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thiago "KKremate" Crema	465,172
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	232,384 -122,730	-122,730
Top Grind	Busted

Tags: Simon Mattsson Thiago Crema

10-01-2023 20:53 UTC

Shakerchi Can Not Get It Going

Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 1,750/3,500, 450 ante

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi raised to 7,490 from under the gun and the action folded to "CherryOnT0p" in the big blind, who defended. The flop of K♥3♦Q♦ then saw Shakerchi continuation-bet for 10,775 and "CherryOnT0p" made the call after initially checking.

"CherryOnT0p" then checked the Q♣ turn as well before calling the 22,196 bet that followed from Shakerchi. A third check followed from "CherryOnT0p" on the 4♥ river and this time Shakerchi checked behind.

"CHerryOnT0p" then showed Q♥2♥ for turned trips and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
CherryOnT0p	262,561
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi	158,059 27,503	27,503

Tags: Talal Shakerchi

10-01-2023 20:42 UTC

Ramos Chips Back Up to Above Starting

Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 1,750/3,500, 450 ante

"starwins :)" opened the action with a raise to 7,000 from middle position and Dennys "dennysramos2" Ramos made a three-bet to 21,000 from the button. The action folded back to "Starwins :)", who made the call.

The 3♥Q♦6♣ then appeared on the players' screens and Ramos fired a 16,781 bet after "starwins :)" checked. The latter then made the call and the 2♥ turn fell.

"starwins :)" checked again and Ramos continued for 38,500 chips, receiving another call from his opponent. The 7♦ river completed the board and this time both players checked.

"starwins :)" showed 9♥9♣ but the pocket pair could not beat the flopped top pair of Ramos who played K♥Q♣ and thus won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennys "dennysramos2" Ramos	269,717 269,717	269,717
starwins :)	138,660 138,660	138,660

Tags: Dennys Ramos

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,750/3,500

Ante: 450

10-01-2023 20:30 UTC

Rudolph Forces Out Mokri, Soars to Chip Lead

Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 375 ante

Rudolph Forces Out Mokri, Soars to Chip Lead

Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph made a raise to 6,000 from the cutoff and was faced with a three-bet to 27,660 from Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri in the small blind.

Rudolph made another raise to 82,500 and Mokri called. The J♦7♦8♠ saw Mokri take an unconventional lead for 33,600 chips, but it did not chase Rudolph away as he stuck around with a call.

The K♦ turn then fell and Mokri kept the aggression up, choosing to bet 51,600 chips into the pot. Rudolph responded with an all-in bet, covering Mokri's 357,602 stack. Mokri mulled it over for a bit but ended up letting his hand go, elevating Rudolph to the chip lead without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	986,488 666,574	666,574
Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri	306,002 -18,536	-18,536

Tags: Christian Rudolph Kayhan Mokri

10-01-2023 20:18 UTC

Kerber Doubles Up in Preflop Clash

Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 375 ante

Kelvin "Kelvin_FP:AR" Kerber made the minimum raise to 6,000 from the cutoff before "13santoy13" reraised to 21,000 from the button. The action folded back to Kerber, who stuck in a four-bet to 51,600. "13santoy13" then five-bet jammed, covering Kerber's 171,118 stack. Kerber quickly made the call and their cards were flipped up.

Kelvin "Kelvin_FP:AR" Kerber: 10♠10♦
"13santoy13": A♠K♠

"13santoy13" flopped a flush draw on 5♠6♥Q♠, but the 10♥ turn brought Kerber a set and saw him become a big favorite. He managed to fade "13santoy13"s outs on the A♣ river and thus doubled up to a healthy stack of over 100 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelvin "Kelvin_FP:AR" Kerber	349,736
13santoy13	166,295

Tags: Kelvin Kerber

10-01-2023 20:11 UTC

"Renatbog97" Extends Chip Lead, Nearing a Million

Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 375 ante

"Renatbog97" Extends Chip Lead, Nearing a Million

Current chipleader "Renatbog97" raised it up to 6,600 from the hijack and was met with a three-bet to 21,000 from "Nacho124441" in the cutoff. "Renatbog97" made the call before both players checked the 7♣Q♠10♣ flop.

"Renatbog97" then fired a massive 74,250 bet on the 3♦ turn, worth one and a half times the pot. "Nacho124441" made the call but would face another over-bet on the 2♥ river, this time for his entire stack of 214,815 chips.

"Nacho124441" elected to let his hand go and "Renatbog97" now plays more than 900,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renatbog97	936,766 164,670	164,670
Nacho124441	214,815 -141,993	-141,993

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 375

10-01-2023 20:02 UTC

Some More Names

Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 1,250/2,500, 325 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood	545,036

Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin	500,807
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann	389,124
Pedro "PaDiLhA SP" Padilha	388,506
Jans "Graftekkel" Arends	363,430

Paul "_pauL€FauL_" Hoefer	353,224

Roman "Gogac sniper" Hrabec	344,829
Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams	336,962