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

10-01-2023 19:56 UTC

Holz Bluffs, Left Short

Frank Visser

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

The action folded to Jonathan "x_zola25" Skovsen in the cutoff and he raised to 5,500. Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz sat in the small blind and was the only caller. Holz then check-called a 5,313 bet from Skovsen on the Q♥10♥K♦ flop before leading out for 8,018 chips on the A♣ turn.

Skoves looked him up and called the 12,829 bet from Holz on the 6♠ river as well. Holz could only show 8♥7♥ for a missed flush draw and Skovsen had the winner with his K♣10♦ for flopped two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan "x_zola25" Skovsen	285,719
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz	44,103 -158,812	-158,812

Tags: Fedor Holz Jonathan Skovsen

10-01-2023 19:48 UTC

Odeen Gives Up on the River

Frank Visser

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

It folded to Jerry "Perrymesjen" Odeen on the button and he made a raise to 6,250. "bbernardinho" was sitting in the big blind and opted to defend.

"bbernardinho" checked the J♠6♣Q♥ flop and Odeen bet 5,069. His opponent stuck around with a call and the A♠ turn fell. "bbernardinho" checked again and Odeen then fired a pot-sized bet of 26,488 chips. Again, "bbernardinho" made the call and the 5♠ river completed the board.

Both players then checked it down, and "bbernardinho" showed down A♣10♥ for the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry "Perrymejsen" Odeen	252,103

bbernardinho	211,959

Tags: Jerry Odeen

10-01-2023 19:41 UTC

Glaser Joins the Fray

Frank Visser

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

In the midst of all the action, COOP phenomenon Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser has taken his seat in the Main Event. He was sitting on the button with a stack of 135,000 when he made a raise to 5,625. Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak sat in the big blind and made the call.

The flop was dealt 6♦Q♦3♣ and Glaser continued with a bet of 6,040 after a check from Novak. Novak made the call and did so too for the 15,000 Glaser put out on the 8♠ turn.

The river then fell the J♠ and both players checked. Novak showed his Q♠7♠ and Glaser was forced to muck his cards as he could not beat the pair of queens of his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak	238,187
Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser	108,335

Tags: Benny Glaser Andrey Novak

10-01-2023 19:31 UTC

Sturm On Bullet Two

Frank Visser

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

Leon "RUMUKULUS" Sturm was down to his final 6,780 chips, which he put all in from the hijack. "I Attack95" made the call from the big blind and their cards were revealed.

Leon "RUMUKULUS" Sturm: K♦6♦
"I Attack95": K♥10♥

"I Attack95" flopped trips on the 10♦A♠10♥ flop and had his opponent drawing dead on the 9♠ turn. The J♦ river was but a formality and Sturm made an instant reentry, getting right back into the action on the same seat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon "RUMUKULUS" Sturm	250,000

I Attack95	222,480 -25,180	-25,180

Tags: Leon Sturm

Level: 6

Blinds: 1,250/2,500

Ante: 325

10-01-2023 19:24 UTC

New Names At the Top

Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Renatbog97	772,096
cJloH1991	628,607
Jonathan "Proudflop" Proudfoot	585,772

10-01-2023 19:17 UTC

Romanovsky Sends "dimiangelako" to the Reentry Desk

Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

Romanovsky Sends "dimiangelako" to the Reentry Desk

Peter "pitaoufmg" Patricio kicked off the preflop action with a raise to 4,000 from middle position. Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky then three-bet to 13,000 from the hijack and "dimiangelako" cold-called from the button.

Juan "xPastorcitox" Pastor then made it 44,000 to go from the small blind, which was enough to make Patricio fold his hand. Romanovsky, on the other hand, opted to five-bet jam his 218,710 chips in the middle, receiving a call from "dimiangelako", who was playing 152,426 chips.

Pastor had seen enough and let go of his holding, and the other two players shared a showdown.

"dimiangelako": 8♥7♥
Roman "RemeOpro" Romanovsky: K♥K♦

"dimiangelako" sought gold with his suited connector, and the board brought them some hope on the 6♠6♣10♠6♠8♣ runout. However, none of their outs came on the 4♥ river and the Greek player surrendered his chips to Romanovsky.

Not much later, "dimiangelako" sat back down in the same seat with a fresh stack of 250,000 chips, hoping for better luck this time around.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky	423,136 423,136	423,136
dimiangelako	250,000 -200,312	-200,312
Peter "pitaoufmg" Patricio	234,618 234,618	234,618
Juan "xPastorcitox" Pastor	228,286 228,286	228,286

Tags: Juan Pastor Peter Patricio Roman Romanovsky

10-01-2023 19:00 UTC

Chipleaders and Red Spades

Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Baby Federer	671,059 671,059	671,059
ShipitFTW911	622,476 264,526	264,526
Gandalf MR	593,316 593,316	593,316
ashisit	557,133 194,357	194,357
estoygordoyk	537,474 537,474	537,474
AA DOCTOR	514,679 514,679	514,679
Martin "moertelmu" Mulsow	506,181 126,746	126,746
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	323,054 19,800	19,800

Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas	245,170 245,170	245,170

Alejandro "[Papo]AR" Lococo	166,065 31,590	31,590

10-01-2023 18:55 UTC

Grafton Goes Huge

Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

"Uki.KRK" raised to 4,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Sam "SamSquid" Grafton in the big blind, who opted to defend. Both players then checked the Q♣5♥5♦ flop before Grafton fired a huge bet 30,000 chip bet on the 4♦ turn, almost three times the size of the pot.

That did not deter "Uki.KRK" from making the call, however, and the 4♣ river was dealt thereafter. Grafton decided to go for another big over-bet, for a total of 150,000 this time, still more than double the pot.

"Uki.KRK" looked Grafton up for the final time, and the PokerStars Ambassador could only show 8♠7♥ for a failed bluff attempt. Meanwhile, "Uki.KRK" was sitting on A♠A♦ for pocket aces, which won him the gigantic pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Uki.KRK	600,033
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton	99,979

Tags: Sam Grafton

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 250