PokerStars WCOOP 2020

WCOOP-10-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Freezeout, Super Tuesday SE], $1M Gtd
Day: 1
Event Info

PokerStars WCOOP 2020

Final Results
Winner
Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$164,398
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,050
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Entries
957
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
125,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
957
Players Left
122

Play is Complete for Day 1 of WCOOP-10-M

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
Marc Macdonnell, 3rd in Chips
Marc Macdonnell, 3rd in Chips

After 7 hours and 45 minutes of poker, the final 122 players in WCOOP-10-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Freezeout, Super Tuesday SE], $1M Gtd bagged up their virtual stacks for the night. When they return tomorrow, they'll be three players away from the money.

Action on Day 1 got started at 1:05 p.m. eastern time and the field grew steadily through the almost 5 hours of late registration. When the desk finally closed, the field topped out at 957 players, just a few players shy of the $1 million guarantee. That put $164,398 up top for the winner, with 119 player total sharing in the prizes.

Both Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand and Ben "Spraggy" Spragg were in this one. Hand busted the event early, but for awhile, Spragg was in the running for his second WCOOP title of the series. However, he too fell a couple hours before the end of Day 1.

By the time play was closing for the day, they'd played down very close to the money, with Poland's "gardze_wami" leading the way into Day 2 with 3,111,742 chips. Close behind is the only other player with 3 million chips, "alexfull13" from Romania with 3,027,623. Ireland's Marc "14alonso14" Macdonnell is in third with just over 2.5 million.

The Top Ten Day 2 Stacks

PlacePlayerCountryChips
1gardze_wamiPoland3,111,742
2alexfull13Romania3,027,623
3Marc "14alonso14" MacdonnellIreland2,547,228
4Yuri "theNERDguy" DzivielevskiBrazil2,361,774
5pokersenlinChina2,298,563
6Warley Bruno "WarleyBruno" GalvaoBrazil2,260,541
7dani azizBrazil2,204,211
8vladulaNkoBulgaria2,137,692
9Jon "apestyles" Van FleetCanada1,964,897
10Marc "Rowniwn" RadgenAustria1,854,938

Action on Day 2 resumes at 1:05 eastern time September 2nd, but three remaining players will go home empty handed. PokerNews will be here to bring you all the Day 2 action tomorrow, so stay tuned to find out who will take down this WCOOP title when Super Tuesday concludes on Wednesday.

Tags: Ben SpraggFintan HandMarc Macdonnell

Nolet Doubles

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Nolet Doubles
Nolet Doubles

"despedespi33" raised the cutoff to 33,600 before Guillaume "Nolet20" Nolet shoved the button for 253,416 and got the call from a bigger stack.

Guillaume "Nolet20" Nolet: {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
"despedespi33": {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

Board: {7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{3-Spades}

Nolet didn't need any help with the best ace, but he flopped a jack, turned trips, and rivered the boat.

Player Chips Progress
despedespi33 gb
despedespi33
719,895 40,047
Guillaume "Nolet20" Nolet ca
Guillaume "Nolet20" Nolet
544,832 261,416

This Time? Some of the Top Talents Who Have (Inexplicably) Never Won During WCOOP

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante
WCOOP players due
WCOOP Players

Just before the 2018 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) got under way, we took a look at five players who were overdue a victory in poker’s premiere tournament series. There was simply no rational explanation for how come all of Niklas “Lena900” Astedt, Simon “C. Darwin2” Mattsson, Luke “lb6121” Schwartz, Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi and Tobias “kuhns89” Hausen had not, to that point, won a WCOOP tournament.

Two years on, only Astedt has put it right. He won the $530 PLO 6-Max in 2018 to get the monkey off his back.

Today we’re taking a look at another list of brilliant talents who have not yet won a title during WCOOP. But remember as you read the list of nearly men below that Mattsson, Schwartz, Shakerchi and Hausen are still looking for that WCOOP title too. Perhaps there’s no real shame in all of this.

Check out the full story over at the PokerStars Blog

Speranza Busts Bardon

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante
Speranza Busts Bardon
Speranza Busts Bardon

Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza raised the middle, and Manuel "manuverd0n" Bardon called from the button, as did the big blind. The flop came {7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{j-Spades} and it checked to Speranza who bet 23,600. The big blind mucked, but Bardon raised to 65,000 and Speranza called to the {6-Diamonds} turn. Bardon shoved for 125,865, and Speranza called.

Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Manuel "manuverd0n" Bardon: {k-Spades}{j-Hearts}

Board: {7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{j-Spades}{6-Clubs}{q-Spades}

Bardon was drawing very thin and couldn't find help on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza it
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza
650,911
Manuel "manuverd0n" Bardon gb
Manuel "manuverd0n" Bardon
Busted

Chip Leader Over 2 Million

Level 15 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante
Chip Leader Over 2 Million
Chip Leader Over 2 Million

"gangst3rn1" raised the middle to 14,000, and "alexfull11" raised to 21,000. "Gratitdude" called the button before Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts raised the big blind to 105,000. Only "alexfull11" called to see {q-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} on the flop. Aerts bet 84,000 but "alexfull11" reraised to 168,000. Aerts called, but check-folded to a bet of 260,750 on the {8-Hearts} turn.

Player Chips Progress
alexfull13 ro
alexfull13
2,029,961 885,093
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts be
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts
598,518 598,518
Gratitdude
Gratitdude
391,606 391,606
gangst3rn1
gangst3rn1
238,021 238,021

Are These The Most Unstoppable Players in WCOOP History?

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Just a couple of short years ago, only one player had accumulated five WCOOP titles.

Since then, the picture has changed quite a lot.

Two excellent MTT pros have now taken the lead, both with insane scores – one player has nine WCOOP titles, and another has eight.

With the WCOOP 2020 upon us, all could change again over the coming weeks, but it’s going to take nothing less than a legendary run if anyone is to join the top of the pack.

So as we look forward to the Series, here are the players who have won the most WCOOP titles so far. You’ll also find out who that five-time winner was.

Read the full story over at the PokerStars Blog

"NeedBeat" Takes a Stack

Level 10 : 1,500/3,000, 375 ante
NeedBeat Takes a Stack
NeedBeat Takes a Stack

"NeedBeat" raised the middle to 3,000 and "MaxBNuts" called to defend. "MaxBNuts" check-raised the flop of {5-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{7-Hearts} from 5,445 to 17,800, and got the call. They bet 34,386 on the {6-Clubs} and got the call, then shoved for 89K on the {q-Diamonds} river.

"MaxBNuts": {10-Clubs}{8-Hearts}
"NeedBeat": {j-Spades}{9-Spades}

Board: {5-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

"NeedBeat" turned a straight and took the stack of "MaxBNuts".

Player Chips Progress
NeedBeat ee
NeedBeat
400,120 400,120
MaxBNuts ru
MaxBNuts
Busted

Everything You Need to Know About the WCOOP 2020 on PokerStars

Level 8 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

The 2020 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on PokerStars got underway last Sunday with the first of a 225-tournament schedule that runs until Wednesday, September 23rd.

The festival comes with more than $80 million in guarantees, with Low, Medium and High buy-in tiers for each event.

PokerNews takes you through everything you need to know about WCOOP, including the must-play events, key details on satellites, and how you can enjoy all the action thanks to cards-up Twitch coverage on the PokerStars channel.

Check out all WCOOP details here

"Kabotajoe" Takes a Stack

Level 8 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante
Kabotajoe Takes a Stack
Kabotajoe Takes a Stack

"SoulRead93" raised early to 4,240 before Sergio "zcedrick" Aido three-bet to 11,000 from the cutoff. "Kabotajoe" shoved from the big blind for 68,236 and only Aido called with slightly less.

Sergio "zcedrick" Aido: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
"Kabotajoe": {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

Board: {7-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}

"Kabotajoe" was dominated but got there on the flop for a nice chip up.

Player Chips Progress
SoulRead93 ro
SoulRead93
493,883
Kabotajoe de
Kabotajoe
138,421
Sergio "zcedrick" Aido gb
Sergio "zcedrick" Aido
Busted