WCOOP 98-H $10,300 NLHE (World Championship of NLHE / Main Event), $6M GTD Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars WCOOP

10-02-2023 19:38 UTC

Mokri Flips to Chip Lead

Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

The action folded to Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri on the button, who raised to 63,300 chips. "brunojardas1" was in the big blind and promptly jammed his seven-figure stack of 1,007,098 in the middle, receiving a snap call from Mokri.

"brunojardas1": 2♠2♣
Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri: A♥K♠

Mokri paired his ace on the A♦8♦Q♣9♥7♦ runout and beat the pair of deuces of his opponent. Mokri seized the first place on the leaderboard while "brunojardas1" failed to make the top 100 of the WCOOP Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri	3,562,906 961,848	961,848
brunojardas1	Busted

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10-02-2023 19:57 UTC

Holz Bluffs It Off

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

"chrisgoataui" raised to 60,000 chips from the cutoff before Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz three-bet to 225,000 from the small blind. The initial raiser obliged with a call and the pair saw the flop of Q♥2♣3♣ appear.

Holz continued with a bet of 90,000, receiving a call from "chrisgoataui", and the same happened on the 10♣ turn, albeit for an amount of 177,000.

The 8♥ river then appeared and Holz then shoved all in for his remaining 449,390 chips. "chrisgoataui" was quick with yet another call and Holz could only show A♣9♦ for the bluff attempt. Meanwhile, "chrisgoataui" was sitting on top pair with A♥Q♦ and secured himself a big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
chrisgoataui	2,200,630 938,890	938,890
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz	Busted

Tags: Fedor Holz

10-02-2023 20:03 UTC

More Pre-Bubble Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
hello_totti	Busted
Chris "Moorman1" Moorman	Busted

DingeBrinker	Busted
Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski	Busted

Dalton "daltonhb" Hobold	Busted
Liviu "0Human0" Ignat	Busted
normannolly	Busted
Andreas "daskalos20" Christoforou	Busted
playboy99999	Busted
Peter "pitaoufmg" Patricio	Busted

10-02-2023 20:16 UTC

"Nacho12441" Reduced to Crumbs

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Frank Visser

Level 22 : Blinds 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

It folded to "YannickPoker1" on the button and they opted for a raise to 70,000. "Nacho124441" then three-bet all-in from the small blind for 418,409 and "YannickPoker1" made the call with the covering stack.

"Nacho124441": K♣Q♣
"YannickPoker1: A♥Q♥

"Nacho124441" flopped a flush draw on 2♥J♣5♣, but the A♦ turn was in favor of "YannickPoker1". The K♦ river gave "Nacho124441" the inferior pair, bowing out in the pre-bubble phase of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
YannickPoker1	1,768,694
Nacho124441	Busted

10-02-2023 20:33 UTC

Romanovsky Eliminates Arruda, Bubble Looms

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Frank Visser

Level 22 : Blinds 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

Romanovsky Eliminates Arruda, Bubble Looms

Will "hellzito" Arruda was left with less than ten big blinds, and he jammed his 316,415 stack all in from the cutoff. The action then folded to Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky in the small blind, who was the only one interested in the pot and called to put Arruda at risk.

Will "hellzito" Arruda: A♥8♦
Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky: A♦9♥

Romanovsky hit a monster flop on Q♦5♦9♦, and the 5♠ turn secured him the victory in this pot. The Q♠ river was meaningless and Arruda fell in 89th place, ten places before the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky	1,083,705 224,777	224,777
Will "hellzito" Arruda	Busted

Tags: Will Arruda Roman Romanovsky

10-02-2023 20:35 UTC

More Soft-Bubble Casualties

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Frank Visser

Level 22 : Blinds 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov	Busted

Georgi "milennial" Sandev	Busted
Martin "moertelmu" Mulsow	Busted
Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger	Busted

10-02-2023 20:45 UTC

Beresford Busts Before the Money

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

"Sralando" opened the action with a raise to 88,00 from middle position before being faced with a three-bet from Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri in the cutoff to 260,000. Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford was sitting in the big blind and cold four-bet jammed for 662,639 chips.

"Sralando" made the call, which forced Mokri out of the pot.

Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford: Q♦Q♣
"Sralando": A♠K♠

The most classic of flips, and this time it would be "Sralando" that won the pot, when he made the better full house on 6♥6♠A♥K♥6♣, leaving Beresford to dream of winning the WCOOP Main Event another year.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sralando	4,885,693
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford	Busted

Tags: Conor Beresford Kayhan Mokri

10-02-2023 20:58 UTC

Rapid Eliminations Bring the Field to the Stone Bubble

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

80 players remain, and with 79 paid the tournament is now moving into the hand-for-hand phase.

Player	Chips	Progress
fichtner3000	Busted
RokiRo3	Busted
necgaidziai	Busted
Eleres88	Busted

10-02-2023 21:17 UTC

"nikolai4o0o0" Bubbles the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

"nikolai4o0o0" Bubbles the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event

"P0KERPR02.0" raised to 80,000 from the hijack and the absolute short-stack of the field "nikolai4o0o0" went all-in for 95,162 from the cutoff. PokerStars Ambassador Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes joined in from the small blind, and "P0KERPR02.0" put in the extra chips as well.

The two players who still had action then checked through the 10♣5♥Q♣ flop before Moraes bet 190,053 on the 6♦ turn, forcing "P0KERPR02.0" out of the pot.

"nikolai4o0o0": A♦K♦
Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes: 10♠10♦

"nikolai4o0o0"s only hope was a jack on the river, but the 7♠ came instead, resulting in the Bulgarian player to be the last to be eliminated before securing the min-cash of $21,342.

Player	Chips	Progress
P0KERPR02.0	3,380,554 680,176	680,176
Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes	2,035,940 714,966	714,966

nikolai4o0o0	Busted

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10-02-2023 21:31 UTC

Padilha Unable to Work Miracles with the "Doyle"

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Frank Visser

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante

Padilha Unable to Work Miracles with the "Doyle"

Pedro "PaDiLhA SP" Padilha had less than an ante left and thus was automatically all-in with the cards dealt to him on the button. Thorsten "juicetus" Legit then limped in from the cutoff, Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv completed the small blind, and Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja checked from the big blind.

The trio then checked through the 5♦7♦9♦ flop, as well as the Q♦ turn. On the 7♣ river, it was Radoja who bet out 75,000 chips and both of his opponents folded.

Radoja then tabled K♦10♣ for the king-high flush, and it was enough to beat the 10♦2♣ of Padilha, who was eliminated with the lower flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja	1,307,448 1,075,785	1,075,785

Thorsten "juicetus" Legit	1,163,867 753,626	753,626
Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv	818,104 226,415	226,415

Pedro "PaDiLhA SP" Padilha	Busted

Tags: Mark Radoja Pavel Plesuv Pedro Padilha Thorsten Legit