Pavel Plesuv Is Among the Leaders in the PKO World Championship
Moldova's Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv has won millions of dollars from tournament poker and has a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet to his name, yet he only has a singular WCOOP title. Of course, winning a WCOOP is ridiculously difficult, but you would think this superstar would have more WCOOP victories under his belt. He could well have in a few hours.
Plesuv is one of 61 players who progressed from Day 2 of the $1,050 World Championship of Progressive KO NLHE. A bumper crowd of 1,182 entrants started with high hopes, but most busted before the curtain came down on Day 1 proceedings.
Pleasuv returns to the fray with enough chips for tenth place, plus $3,640 worth of bounties already nestled in his PokerStars account. Though there's still a lot of poker to be played before we discover the tournament's champion, expect Plesuv to be right in the mix.
$1,050 World Championship of Progressive KO NLHE Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOOOOOOM92 | United Kingdom | $4,015 | 6,240,850 |
| 2 | xX.TESSERACT.Xx | Brazil | $3,968 | 5,083,655 |
| 3 | WYIYW | Austria | $6,406 | 5,006,959 |
| 4 | Dan "Dannyz0r" Borlan | Romania | $3,875 | 4,581,572 |
| 5 | kZhh | Hungary | $4,476 | 4,373,198 |
| 6 | akuuu529 | Finland | $3,531 | 4,155,990 |
| 7 | Oll_In2228 | Ukraine | $1,500 | 3,657,138 |
| 8 | NY17PATS14 | Canada | $4,062 | 3,478,216 |
| 9 | gabrielbieu | Brazil | $3,937 | 3,409,041 |
| 10 | Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv | Moldova | $3,640 | 3,328,817 |
The United Kingdom's "BOOOOOOM92" (6,240,850) is the player to catch when Day 2 begins at 5:30 p.m. BST on September 22. Others to look out for include Hungaruan "kZhh" (4,373,198), Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker (2,437,950), Ole "wizowizo" Schemion (1,221,606), and Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser (605,689), the latter having much to do when play resumes.