WCOOP-10-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller], $1M Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

Sep 01, 2020

Hollink and More Notables on the Rail; Vogelsang Doubles

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Rob "batoelrob" Hollink got his stack in preflop with the an "Prof. Hitman" looked him up with the on the button.

The board ran out [Ah84s6hJc] and that was it for Hollink.

Up next, Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson departed, as did Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois, Andrey "drupa-lucker" Chernokoz and Jonathan "corback_fr" Therme.

Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang was more fortunate when he flipped for his tournament life with against the of Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder. The board delivered the ace on the turn.

Sep 01, 2020

Watson On the Rise

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

As the frantic post registration period is somewhat slowing down, Mike "SirWatts" Watson chipped up to more than half a million. His under the gun raise was called by "Prof. Hitman" who check-called 20,000 on the flop and 80,000 on the turn.

They checked the river and Watson earned the pot with versus .

Level: 16

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,500

Sep 01, 2020

Nolet Elliminated by Schemion

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

David "dpeters17" Peters was sent to the rail by Ole "wizowizo" Schemion not long ago and the German wizard of the live and online poker circuit also knocked out Guillaume "Nolet20" Nolet.

In a battle of the blinds, Schemion jammed for an effective 14 blinds with into and left Nolet drawing dead on the turn of a board.

Sep 01, 2020

Further Recent Eliminations

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Sep 01, 2020

Van Fleet Eliminated by Gathy

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet was among the latest batch of entries but in fact busted once and re-entered just before the registration closed.

Van Fleet then three-bet jamme around 12 bigs with the and was called by Michael "merla888" Gathy with the in a battle small blind versus button.

The board ran out and Gathy made aces an eights.

Sep 01, 2020

Recent Eliminations

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Sep 01, 2020

Payout Information

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Only 48 players currently remain in contention for the guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000, which will be split as follows among the top 11 finishers.

Place	Prize (in USD)
1	$238,966
2	$184,676
3	$142,719
4	$110,295
5	$85,237
6	$65,872
7	$50,907
8	$39,341
9	$31,510
10-11	$25,238

Sep 01, 2020

Maslak Runs Kings Into Aces

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Two of the late entries clashed and it was one of those setup hands that sealed the fate of Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak when he took on Patrick "pads1161" Leonard.

Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak:
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard:

The board ran out and that spelled the end for Maslak.

Level: 15

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000