WCOOP-16-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller], $1M Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

09-03-2020 21:52 UTC

Higgins Knocked out by Martirosian

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

Simon "simon1471" Higgins limped the button and Joao "Naza114" Vieira filled up from the small blind, which then prompted a raise to 70,000 by Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian in the big blind. Higgins stuck around and called a first continuation bet of 54,285 on the flop.

Martirosian then bet the turn for 218,680 and Higgins jammed for 838,331 only to get snap-called.

Simon "simon1471" Higgins:
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian:

Higgins needed the case trey for quads but the river was a blank to reduce the field to the final 24 contenders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian	2,076,400 1,400,971	1,400,971

Joao "Naza114" Vieira	1,403,755 457,269	457,269
Simon "simon1471" Higgins	Busted

09-03-2020 22:04 UTC

Payout Information

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Out of the 95 entries, only the top 11 finishers will walk away with a portion of the $1,000,000 guarantee and the cash prizes can be found below.

Place	Prize (in USD)
1	$111,206
2	$111,206
3	$74,928
4	$57,905
5	$44,749
6	$34,583
7	$26,726
8	$20,654
9	$16,543
10-11	$13,250

09-03-2020 22:13 UTC

Hunichen Gets Rivered by Botteon

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Down to just 164,000, Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen moved all in from middle position and Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon jammed for nearly 1.5 million in the small blind to isolate successfully.

Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen:
Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon:

The kicker advantage of Hunichen grew with an added flushdraw until the turn but Botteon hit the magic river to score the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit	2,282,326 193,454	193,454
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian	2,049,978 26,422	26,422

Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon	1,688,212 103,135	103,135
David "dpeters17" Peters	1,437,810 89,881	89,881
LeslieGroves	1,303,310 436,954	436,954
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	1,101,765 301,990	301,990
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger	517,228 266,791	266,791
Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen	Busted

09-03-2020 22:23 UTC

Eibinger Knocked Out by Martirosian

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian raised to 40,000 from the under-the-gun position and table short stack Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger three-bet to 112,000 in the small blind. Martirosian simply moved all in with the far superior stack and Eibinger called for 513,228 total.

Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger:
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian:

It was a cold deck for the Austrian who found no help on the board to leave with just $5,000 in bounty prizes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian	2,698,146 648,168	648,168

Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit	2,229,386 52,940	52,940
Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon	1,628,212 60,000	60,000
David "dpeters17" Peters	1,417,810 20,000	20,000
LeslieGroves	1,347,310 44,000	44,000
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	1,059,765 42,000	42,000
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger	Busted

09-03-2020 22:32 UTC

Mattsson Hits the Rail

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson jammed the button with the and Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin called for less than that in the small blind with the . The board delivered no upset and Boivin called.

However, the bounty of Mattsson then went to "Kurtkaare" when he called Mattsson's shove for eight blinds the next hand.

Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson:
"Kurtkaare":

The board left Mattsson drawing dead on the turn and he departed in 18th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kurtkaare	1,590,724 172,191	172,191
Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich	1,549,493 137,494	137,494
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	910,681 7,500	7,500
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin	859,664 324,838	324,838
Preben "prebz" Stokkan	117,720 27,500	27,500
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	Busted

09-03-2020 22:32 UTC

Huge Double for Martirosian

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

The biggest pot of the tournament so far has vaulted Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian into the top spot and the hand itself was very identical to a previous one when he flopped the best of it and was called down all the way.

His latest victim was previous chip leader Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit, who kicked off the action with a raise to 43,200. Martirosian three-bet to 200,000 in the small blind and Kanit came along. The Russian bet the flop for 143,550 and checked the turn. Kanit fired a bet of 395,825 and check-called the shove of Kanit on the river for 1,753,306.

Kanit tabled and Martirosian won the huge pot with for aces full.

Kanit tripled up two hands later when he jammed and Martirosian called, then folded to the shove of Joao "Naza114" Vieira with the . The board gave Kanit a straight on the turn and flush on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian	4,908,656 2,210,510	2,210,510

LeslieGroves	1,780,384 433,074	433,074
David "dpeters17" Peters	1,309,060 108,750	108,750
Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon	1,274,712 353,500	353,500
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	742,699 317,066	317,066
Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit	365,118 1,864,268	1,864,268

09-03-2020 23:15 UTC

Kanit Felted by Martirosian

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Down to the last 201,618, Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit moved all in from early position and it was only fitting that big chip leader Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian isolated by moving all in from the button.

Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit:
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian:

Kanit was ahead but Martirosian finished off the job he had started on a board of to claim the bounty of the Italian.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian	5,710,899 254,118	254,118

Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit	Busted

09-03-2020 23:32 UTC

Yurasov Eliminated by Seiji

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov raised to 60,000 with 362,335 behind and table neighbor Rodrigo "Seijistar" Seiji in the cutoff three-bet to 180,000. Yurasov opted to call and checked the flop on which he then check-called all-in for 242,335 following a continuation bet of Seiji.

Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov:
Rodrigo "Seijistar" Seiji:

Yurasov was in great shape with a pair an flushdraw but Seiji took the lead on the turn. A blank followed and that reduced the field to the final 14 contenders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodrigo "Seijistar" Seiji	1,538,195 632,335	632,335

Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov	Busted

09-03-2020 23:35 UTC

Schemion Sends Shakerchi Out

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

The action folded all the way to Ole "wizowizo" Schemion on the button and he moved all in to put pressure on the two shorter stacks in the blinds. Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi was one of them and called all-in for 581,719 in the small blind.

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi:
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion:

Schemion flopped best on and the turn came a blank, too. The river further improved Schemion to trips tens and Shakerchi was out in 14th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion	2,807,129 426,759	426,759
Rodrigo "Seijistar" Seiji	2,006,055 467,860	467,860

Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos	1,592,308 372,500	372,500
Andras "probirs" Nemeth	1,435,908 264,239	264,239
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	1,431,806 247,500	247,500
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin	685,178 178,839	178,839
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi	Busted

09-03-2020 23:51 UTC

Martirosian Continues Domination and Felts Geilich

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

"LeslieGroves" opened the action with a raise to 70,000 and Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian three-bet to 210,000 from one seat over in the hijack. Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich, who had dropped to just 741,421, moved in from the big blind and that forced out "LeslieGroves". However, Martirosian snap-called and that was bad news for Geilich.

Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich:
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian:

On a board of , Geilich found no help and departed in 13th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian	6,565,147 710,421	710,421

Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon	2,573,956 263,000	263,000
Kurtkaare	1,358,822 129,000	129,000
LeslieGroves	1,311,345 3,630	3,630
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	1,198,341 69,730	69,730
David "dpeters17" Peters	784,005 150,000	150,000
Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich	Busted