WCOOP-02-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam], $1.5M Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

08-30-2020 17:38 UTC

Speiser and Eibinger Flip for Stacks

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Level 2 : 1,400/2,800, 350 ante

Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker opened to 6,440 from the cutoff and Hannes "SuchADegen" Speiser three-bet to 23,800. Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger four-bet his entire 224,470 stack, Muehloecker folded and Speiser called, putting Eibinger at risk.

Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger:
Hannes "SuchADegen" Speiser:

The board ran out and Speiser's pair of johnnies took down the pot, securing him an early bounty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hannes "SuchADegen" Speiser	484,850
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger	Busted

Tags: Hannes Speiser Matthias Eibinger

Level: 2

Blinds: 1,400/2,800

Ante: 350

08-30-2020 17:24 UTC

Talbot Finds an Early Double Through Eibinger

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Level 1 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot opened from the cutoff to 6,000, Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger three-bet to 33,600 in the big blind and Talbot called to see the flop.

Eibinger continued for 37,350, Talbot quickly called and the landed as a turn card. Eibinger again led out, this time for 50,796 and again Talbot called.

The completed the board, Eibinger shoved his 138,454 stack into the middle and Talbot snapped-off for a little bit less, having 127,954.

Eibinger showed , giving him three jacks but it was not enough as the Canadian tabled his for a higher kicker, shipping Talbot the pot and a complete double in the process.

Eibinger shoved his remaining 10,500 in the very next hand and Sam "SamSquid" Grafton hooked him up. Grafton flopped top pair and it held on, sending Eibinger's bounty to Grafton.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot	506,900
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton	155,000
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger	Busted

Tags: Matthias Eibinger Parker Talbot Sam Grafton

08-30-2020 17:11 UTC

Early Notables to Take a Seat

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Level 1 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

The event has just started and already has 40 runners in the field here on level 1.

Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph is in the field and will be looking to add another notch to his belt after pulling in a career-cash yesterday for just over $1.8 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson	250,000
Anatoly "Aggro Santos" Filatov	250,000
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	250,000
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	250,000
Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs	250,000
Anton "Bomber&Granater" Wigg	250,000
Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo	250,000
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger	250,000	250,000
Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot	250,000	250,000
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton	250,000	250,000
Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo	250,000	250,000

Tags: Christian Rudolph

08-30-2020 17:05 UTC

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Level 1 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

The cards have now hit the virtual felt as WCOOP-02-H: $10,300 [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam] gets underway.

Level: 1

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

08-30-2020 16:00 UTC

WCOOP-02-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam] Kicks Off Today!

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The first day of a coveted series is set to kick-off as the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) begins today on PokerStars. There will be a guarantee of over $80 million spread throughout the 75 events that make up the series, with a range of low, medium, and high stakes for every event.

Headlining the events that are scheduled for today is without a doubt the WCOOP-02-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam] which begins at 1:05 p.m. ET. This event boasts a hearty $1.5 million guarantee and is sure to attract some of the best players in the world.

All players will begin with 250,000 in chips and will be playing with 20-minute blind levels, having a break every 55 minutes past the hour. Any player can re-enter two times during the late registration period which last is available for the first 5h 05m of play.

The Progressive KO tournament has a $5,000 bounty set on every players head, having the rest of the entry fee head directly into the prize pool. When a player eliminates an opponent they will collect half of the bounty, adding the remainder to their own bounty.

Day 1 of this event will play down until the money bubble has popped, all survivors will then return Monday, Aug 31 at 1:05 ET to play down to an eventual winner. A 20-minute delayed stream will come into play on Day 2, with all PokerNews live updates set coordinate as all of the final day action unfolds.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing all of the updates throughout this event so stay tuned.

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

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