WCOOP 98-H $10,300 NLHE (World Championship of NLHE / Main Event), $6M GTD Day 3 | 2023 PokerStars WCOOP

Oct 03, 2023

Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro Eliminated in 19th Place ($49,984)

Frank Visser

Level 31 : Blinds 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante

Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro Eliminated in 19th Place ($49,984)

Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro raised it up to 240,000 from the hijack and Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri defended his big blind. Mokri then checked to Kelopuro on a flop of 2♠7♠J♠ and the latter bet out 183,750. Mokri responded with a raise to 506,800 and Kelopuro made the call.

The 5♠ turn was checked by both players before the 3♠ river completed a flush on the board. Mokri now over-bet the pot, putting Kelopuro all-in for 2,326,331. Kelopuro went into his time bank but eventually made the call.

Mokri showed A♠2♥ for the ace-high flush, while Kelopuro played Q♣10♠ for a lower flush, resulting in his exit in 19th place.

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Oct 03, 2023

"[Removed:591]" Eliminated in 20th Place ($49,894)

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Frank Visser

Level 31 : Blinds 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante

"[Removed:591]" Eliminated in 20th Place ($49,894)

The action folded to "[Removed:591]", who jammed their final 1,206,298 chips in the middle from the button. Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri then called from the small blind and "PAX176" folded the big blind to create a heads-up showdown.

"[Removed:591]": 5♥5♦
Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri: J♦10♥

Mokri hit a pair on the 2♥10♣7♦ flop to jump ahead in the flip and he would end up with the checkmark on the 6♥K♥ runout, sending "[Removed:591]" home in 20th place.

Tags: Kayhan Mokri

Oct 03, 2023

Sam "SamSquid" Grafton Eliminated in 21st Place ($49,894)

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Frank Visser

Level 31 : Blinds 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante

Sam "SamSquid" Grafton Eliminated in 21st Place ($49,894)

"Thurpan" raised to 280,000 from middle position and Ivan "ILS007" Stokes three-bet to 910,000 from the cutoff. Sam "SamSquid" Grafton then four-bet to 3,220,000 from the big blind, only leaving himself 391,766 behind. "Thurpan" folded but Stokes moved in for the rest and Grafton made the call.

Sam "SamSquid" Grafton: A♣K♣
Ivan "ILS007" Stokes: J♠J♦

It was a classic flip, and this time it would be Stokes who was victorious when the board ran out 9♦7♠10♥5♦10♣. Grafton was the last member of Team PokerStars to still be in the Main Event but his deep run came to a halt in 21st place.

Tags: Sam Grafton Ivan Stokes

Oct 03, 2023

Leo "LeoAlcantara" Alcantara Eliminated in 22nd Place ($49,894)

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Frank Visser

Level 31 : Blinds 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante

Leo "LeoAlcantara" Alcantara Eliminated in 22nd Place ($49,894)

Leo "LeoAlcantara" Alcantara jammed all in for 955,572 from the button and Jamil "Jamil11" Wakil three-bet from the small blind while Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress folded the big blind.

Leo "LeoAlcantara" Alcantara: K♣10♦
Jamil "Jamil11" Wakil: Q♠Q♦

Wakil flopped a set on A♣Q♥6♠ and filled up on the 6♣ turn, leaving Alcantara drawing dead. Alcantara hit a meaningless Broadway on the J♥ river as salt in the wound and said his goodbyes in 22nd place.

Tags: Leo Alcantara Jamil Wakil

Oct 03, 2023

Dominykas "Mikensonas" Mikolaitis Eliminated in 23rd Place ($49,894)

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Frank Visser

Level 31 : Blinds 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante

Dominykas "Mikensonas" Mikolaitis Eliminated in 23rd Place ($49,894)

Dominykas "Mikensonas" Mikolaitis had become short-stacked when he went all in for 739,214 from the hijack. "PAX176" was in the cutoff and was the only caller, with the covering stack.

Dominykas "Mikensonas" Mikolaitis: Q♥10♥
"PAX176": J♥J♦

Mikolaitis would flop amazingly with trips on 8♥10♣10♦, but the 9♦7♦ runout saw "PAX176" make a straight to eliminate Mikolaitis in 23rd place.

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Oct 03, 2023

Jonathan "Proudflop" Proudfoot Eliminated in 24th Place ($40,350)

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Frank Visser

Level 31 : Blinds 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante

Jonathan "Proudflop" Proudfoot Eliminated in 24th Place ($40,350)

Ivan "ILS007" Stokes made a raise to 280,000 from middle position before [Removed:560] three-bet to 840,000 from the cutoff. Jonathan "Proudflop" Proudfoot then four-bet shipped his 2,143,236 stack in the middle from the small blind and the action folded back to [Removed:560], who made the call to put Proudfoot at risk.

Jonathan "Proudflop" Proudfoot: A♠K♠
[Removed:560]: K♥K♦

No ace showed its face on J♦J♥J♣5♦9♠ and Proudfoot lost his chips to [Removed:560] and bubbled a pay jump as he exited in 24th place.

Tags: Ivan Stokes Jonathan Proudfoot

Level: 31

Blinds: 70,000/140,000

Ante: 17,500

Oct 03, 2023

[Removed:560] Doubles Again, Leaves "[Removed:560]" Short

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Frank Visser

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Ivan "ILS007" Stokes raised to 276,000 from under the gun and "[Removed:560]" made a three-bet to 741,600 from the next seat over. [Removed:560] then cold four-bet to 1,380,000 as next to act and the action folded back to "[Removed:560]", who opted to go all in, covering [Removed:560] stack of 4,797,700 by about a million. [Removed:560] made a quick call and the holdings were revealed.

[Removed:560]: A♥A♦
"[Removed:560]": K♠K♦

It was the ultimate cooler, and no help would arrive for "[Removed:560]" on 8♠9♥8♠9♣7♠, leaving him with less than ten big blinds to play with. Meanwhile, [Removed:560] joined the rank of eight-figure stacks as he now played over then million in chips.

Tags: Ivan Stokes

Oct 03, 2023

Stokes Doubles Another One

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Frank Visser

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

[Removed:563] raised to 240,000 as first to act and the action folded to Ivan "ILS007" Stokes in the small blind, who made the call. They went heads up to a flop of 2♣9♦3♣ and Stokes check-jammed over [Removed:563] 480,000 continuation-bet. [Removed:563] made the call to put his 2,173,850 chips at risk and the cards were revealed.

[Removed:563] : K♥9♥
Ivan "ILS007" Stokes: 9♠6♠

Both players had the same pair, but [Removed:563] kicker remained the best on the A♦5♣ runout, awarding him the pot and a double-up.

Tags: Ivan Stokes

Oct 03, 2023

"mihic111" Wins Crucial Flip to Stay Alive

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Frank Visser

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

"mihic111" was one of the short stacks when they jammed all in from middle position fo 1,737,208. [Removed:563] sat in the button and was the only caller.

"mihic111": 10♠10♦
[Removed:563] : A♠K♠

The board ran out a full house with Q♥Q♦6♠6♣Q♠, but "mihic111"s tens gave them the superior one over the board, shipping the full pot to them as they doubled up.