WCOOP-02-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam], $1.5M Gtd | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

08-31-2020 18:24 UTC

Final Table Seat Draw

Shirley Ang

Level 22 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev	12,956,118
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	4,214,753 453,750	453,750
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	3,824,262
Ryhor "Grisha813" Karapanau	3,581,732 -521,250	-521,250
663Daur	2,631,926
Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez	2,485,514 449,700	449,700
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	2,022,995
Jans "Graftekkel" Arends	1,290,192 -359,700	-359,700

Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak	992,508 -22,500	-22,500

08-31-2020 18:21 UTC

Patrick "pads1161" Leonard Eliminated in 10th Place ($19,434 + $8,750)

Shirley Ang

Level 22 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

Joao "Naza114" Vieira raised to 123,600 from under the gun and Patrick "pads1161" Leonard defended his big blind.

The flop came , Leonard check-shoved for 777,755 when Vieira continued with a bet of 150,000 and was called by the bigger stack.

Patrick "pads1161" Leonard:
Joao "Naza114" Vieira:

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for Vieira to turn the Broadway to bust Leonard before the final table in tenth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev	12,956,118 -7,500	-7,500
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	3,824,262 961,355	961,355
663Daur	2,631,926 -7,500	-7,500
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	2,022,995 -37,500	-37,500
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	Busted

08-31-2020 18:17 UTC

Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot Eliminated in 11th Place ($19,434 + $2,500)

Shirley Ang

Level 22 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev raised to 120,000 from the cutoff and Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot three-bet shoved from the button for 503,169 for the blinds to fold and Danchev to make the call.

Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot;
Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev:

The board ran out for Danchev to flop the flush immediately to bust Talbot in eleventh place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev	12,963,618 720,669	720,669
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	2,862,907 513,455	513,455
663Daur	2,639,426 -112,500	-112,500
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	2,060,495 -82,500	-82,500
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	908,855 -423,455	-423,455
Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot	Busted

08-31-2020 18:14 UTC

"Aleks Better" Eliminated in 12th Place ($19,434 + $10,000)

Shirley Ang

Level 22 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

Ryhor "Grisha813" Karapanau raised to 120,000 from the cutoff and "Aleks Better" three-bet shoved from the big blind for 1,014,594 which Karapanau called.

"Aleks Better":
Ryhor "Grisha813" Karapanau:

The board ran out for Karapanau to hold with the rockets for two pair to bust "Aleks Better".

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryhor "Grisha813" Karapanau	4,102,982 954,594	954,594
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	3,761,003 -207,000	-207,000
Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez	2,035,814 732,000	732,000
Jans "Graftekkel" Arends	1,649,892

Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak	1,015,008 -390,000	-390,000
Aleks Better	Busted

08-31-2020 18:11 UTC

Rob "batoelrob" Hollink Eliminated in 13th Place ($15,998+ $11,250)

Shirley Ang

Level 22 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

Rob "batoelrob" Hollink shoved from the hijack for 358,890 and was called by Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev in the big blind.

Rob "batoelrob" Hollink:
Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev:

The board ran out for Danchev to hold and even improve to a full house to bust Hollink.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev	12,242,949 433,890	433,890
663Daur	2,751,926 -7,500	-7,500
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	2,349,452 -37,500	-37,500
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	2,142,995 -7,500	-7,500
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	1,332,310 -7,500	-7,500
Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot	615,669 -7,500	-7,500
Rob "batoelrob" Hollink	Busted

08-31-2020 17:57 UTC

Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph Eliminated in 14th Place ($15,998 + $18,125)

Shirley Ang

Level 22 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

Jans "Graftekkel" Arends shoved from the middle position for 1,849,998 and the action folded back to Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph in the big blind who called for the 100,941 he had left.

Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph:
Jans "Graftekkel" Arends:

The board ran out for Arend to flop a full house immediately to bust Rudolph in fourteenth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	3,938,003 162,780	162,780
Ryhor "Grisha813" Karapanau	2,983,388 -44,500	-44,500
Jans "Graftekkel" Arends	2,033,439 163,941	163,941

Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak	1,525,008 -122,780	-122,780
Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez	1,498,814 -19,500	-19,500
Aleks Better	586,047 -19,500	-19,500
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	Busted

08-31-2020 17:35 UTC

Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson Eliminated in 15th Place ($15,998 + $15,000); "serggorelyi7" Eliminated in 16th Place ($13,170 + $8,750)

Shirley Ang

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

Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev raised to 80,000 from the hijack and Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson called from the cutoff. "serggorelyi7" three-bet to 600,000 from the small blind, keeping 23,806 behind. The big blind folded and Danchev called but then Margereson four-bet shoved for 3,125,408. "serggorelyi7" called for the remainder of their stack and Danchev called too, having both of them covered.

"serggorelyi7":
Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson:
Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev:

The board ran out for Danchev to hold and bust both opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev	11,623,809 3,884,214	3,884,214
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	3,404,995 -25,000	-25,000
663Daur	1,609,051 -183,600	-183,600
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	1,507,204 85,600	85,600
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	1,441,168 -285,000	-285,000
Rob "batoelrob" Hollink	938,258 79,000	79,000

Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson	Busted
serggorelyi7	Busted

08-31-2020 17:24 UTC

"BenArfaa10" Eliminated in 17th Place ($13,170)

Shirley Ang

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

"BenArfaa10" shoved from the small blind for 672,206 and was called by "663Daur" in the big blind with the bigger stack.

"BenArfaa10":
"663Daur":

The flop came for "663Daur" to stay ahead.

The turn was the for "BenArfaa10" to pick up the open-ended straight draw while "663Daur" had a gutshot to it.

The river completed the board with the for "663Daur" to hit the straight indeed to bust "BenArfaa10" without them claiming any bounties.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	3,054,995 565,000	565,000
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	2,809,223 202,625	202,625
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	2,476,970 -324,030	-324,030
663Daur	1,887,651 495,206	495,206
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	1,158,675 311,500	311,500
BenArfaa10	Busted

08-31-2020 16:00 UTC

17 Players Return To Play Down to a Winner in WCOOP-02-H: $10,300 [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam]

Shirley Ang

Day 2 of WCOOP-02-H: $10,300 [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam] will restart at 7:05 p.m. CEST here on PokerStars with 17 players out of 136 entries returning to the virtual felt. The tournament featured a $1,5000,000 guaranteed prize pool and as all the players are in the money, they will all be eyeing up those pay jumps.

Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev will be coming back today with a massive chip lead of 7,383,474 which is more than double what Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson had collected on Day 1 which was 2,891,908. Completing the top five in the counts are Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Mike "SirWatts" Watson, and Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts.

But there are still many more familiar names left in the field, don't count out players like Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez, Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot, Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak, Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, and Joao "Naza114" Vieira for example.

They have all already secured at least $13,170 to add to their bankrolls but that first-place prize of $152,682 and the WCOOP title is the one to covet for them. The eventual winner will also be claiming their own bounty to add on top of that.

When play resumes, they will finish the remainder of Level 19 which features a small blind of 17,500, a big blind of 35,000, and a running ante of 4,500. Level duration will remain at 20 minutes until the end of a play with a 5-minute break every hour at 55 minutes past the hour. The PokerStars Twitch Stream will be up and running again with hole cards on display on a 30-minute security delay.

PokerNews will be right here to provide you with all the action as it happens, so stick around to see who will be claiming that WCOOP victory later today.