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

10-02-2023 17:35 UTC

Talbot Secures Much-Needed Double-Up

Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot sat in the cutoff and he jammed all in for 78,871 when the action folded to him. Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias was in the big blind and made the call.

Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot: J♥8♥
Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias: K♥7♠

Talbot flopped a pair on 5♠6♠J♠, but Kolonias had a flush draw in addition to one overcard. Lukcily for Talbot, the spades remained absent on the 6♥A♣ runout and he doubled up, although he still has less chips than the 250,000 he entered today with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias	302,143

Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot	178,742 178,742	178,742

Tags: Parker Talbot Alexandros Kolonias

10-02-2023 17:24 UTC

Short-Stacked Veldhuis' Main Event Dreams Crushed

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis raised to 30,800 on the button, leaving himself only 20,845 chips behind. Pedro "gusmaa" Gusma then put in the rest as well from the big blind and Veldhuis made the call.

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis: J♥7♦
Pedro "gusmaa" Gusma: A♦6♦

The 3♠4♠A♠ flop left Veldhuis with little hope, and the 2♦ turn sealed the deal for the popular PokerStars streamer. He could do nothing but look on as the meaningless 8♦ river completed the board, and was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro "gusmaa" Gusma	450,985
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	Busted

Tags: Lex Veldhuis Pedro Gusma

10-02-2023 17:19 UTC

Tournier off to a Hot Start, Busts Moura

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

Laurie "LaliTournier" Tournier raised to 28,000 from under the gun and Gabriel "aaurelio" Moura three-bet all in from the next seat over for 109,500. The action folded back to Tournier, who quickly called with the covering stack.

Gabriel "aaurelio" Moura: A♦Q♥
Laurie "LaliTournier" Tournier: K♠K♦

Tournier needed to fade an ace, and she did just so when the board ran out 2♥9♦4♣6♣8♦, eliminating Moura

Tournier started today as one of the absolute short stacks, but she has managed to chip up to an around-average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laurie "LaliTournier" Tournier	575,150 389,650	389,650

Gabriel "aaurelio" Moura	Busted

Tags: Gabriel Moura Laurie Tournier

Level: 17

Blinds: 7,000/14,000

Ante: 1,750

10-02-2023 17:12 UTC

Grafton Crosses Two-Million Mark, More Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton	2,256,106 976,341	976,341

Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo	Busted

Igor "Garrin4e" Yaroshevskyy	Busted
Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen	Busted

ashisit	Busted

10-02-2023 17:10 UTC

Chew Doubles in Flip

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Bruno "great dant" Volkmann raised to 24,000 from early position and "lildani9" three-bet to 90,000 from the next seat over. Stevan "random_chu" Chew sat in the hijack and saw an opportunity to get his 183,860 stack in the middle, which he did.

Volkmann folded and "lildani9" made the call with the covering stack.

Stevan "random_chu" Chew: 10♥10♣
"lildani9": K♦J♦

Chew's tens held on the 9♥6♠5♥Q♠A♥ runout and he secured a double-up, now being a fair few chips above the 250,000 stack he bought in with at the start of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
lildani9	1,325,422 143,344	143,344
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann	891,143 160,000	160,000
Stevan "random_chu" Chew	421,720 421,720	421,720

Tags: Stevan Chew Bruno Volkmann

10-02-2023 17:01 UTC

Early Eliminations and Those Who Benefitted

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
BRzRoll	2,417,112 37,500	37,500

Jonathan "Proudflop" Proudfoot	2,385,710 1,050,739	1,050,739
[Removed:591]	2,084,006 263,655	263,655
Jamil "Jamil11" Wakil	2,031,863 2,031,863	2,031,863
Ivan "ILS007" Stokes	1,801,848 1,801,848	1,801,848

Felipe "ketzerfelipe" Ketzer	1,801,754 386,200	386,200
Jordi "prot0" Urlings	1,765,075 1,765,075	1,765,075
Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser	Busted

Leon "RUMUKULUS" Sturm	Busted

Ami "UhhMee" Barer	Busted

Ilya "Leqenden" Anatsky	Busted
Matas "NoTilit" Cikinas	Busted

10-02-2023 16:54 UTC

Ferreira's Farewell

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira raised to 24,438 from under the gun and the action folded to Alexandre "aminolast" Raymond in the big blind. He then shoved all in, covering Ferreira's 164,832 chips.

Ferreira made the call and the cards went face-up.

Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira: A♦Q♦
Alexandre "aminolast" Raymond: A♣K♦

Some chop outs appeared on the 3♣3♦6♥ flop, but Raymond's king kicker would remain in play on the A♥10♣ runout, sending Ferreira to focus on his other tournaments for the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre "aminolast" Raymond	943,670
Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira	Busted

Tags: Rui Ferreira Alexandre Raymond

10-02-2023 16:47 UTC

Jeppsson Delivers Revenge with Suck-Out

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

"Revenge892" was one of the many late entries today and opened to 24,000 from the cutoff. Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson sat in the small blind and put out a three-bet to 78,000 before the action folded back to "Revenge892", who put in their stack of 231,400.

Jeppsson made the call and was delivered the bad news.

"Revenge892": Q♠Q♦
Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson: 7♦7♣

However, the A♣7♦K♣ flop saw Jeppsson turn his dominated hand into the dominating one, flopping a set to jump into the lead. No queen saved "Revenge892" on the 4♦A♦ runout and he was one of the many eliminations in the early minutes of Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson	822,193
Revenge892	Busted

Tags: Christian Jeppsson

10-02-2023 16:39 UTC

The Payouts for the 2023 WCOOP Main Event

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

With a 600 entries and a prize pool of $6,000,000, 79 people will receive at least $21,342, with the first price being a seven-figure sum of $1,047,257

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$1,047,257	10-12	$76,287
2	$765,389	13-15	$61,965
3	$559,385	16-23	$49,894
4	$408,827	24-31	$40,350
5	$298,792	32-39	$32,632
6	$218,372	40-55	$26,390
7	$159,598	56-79	$21,342
8	$116,642
9	$94,330