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

09-03-2020 18:44 UTC

"Sintoras" Back Above the Starting Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

"Sintoras" raised it up to 8,400 and then called a three-bet to 26,000 by Joao "Naza114" Vieira to check-call 15,500 on the flop and 30,690 on the turn. The river was checked and "Sintoras" tabled for a rivered set to earn the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos	490,458	128,471
Sintoras	247,293	44,871
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	232,970	17,908
Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver	229,348	-20,652
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	199,225	5,055
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann	173,663	-26,212
serggorelyi7	139,314	-171,750

09-03-2020 18:38 UTC

Chidwick Gets Rivered by Dattani

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson made it 9,000 to go from under the gun and Michel "FreelancerZZ" Dattani three-bet to 30,000 in the hijack. Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick moved in for 71,460 in the small blind and Dattani looked him up.

Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick:
Michel "FreelancerZZ" Dattani:

Nothing changed on the flop and turn but Dattani spiked the higher full house on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michel "FreelancerZZ" Dattani	364,936	114,936
Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick	Busted

09-03-2020 18:35 UTC

Another Double for Chidwick

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Only a few hands ago, Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick had doubled up a flip with nines versus ace-queen and now shoved his short stack again from the cutoff. Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson isolated from the small blind and they went heads-up into the following showdown.

Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick:
Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson:

The board was not without sweat but Chidwick doubled once more thanks to the superior kicker.

Player	Chips	Progress
girafganger7	302,253	33,098
Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson	263,970	-42,280
Jareth "Jareth3542" East	242,085	-7,915
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov	189,442	-60,558
Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick	82,960	62,945

Level: 5

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

09-03-2020 18:32 UTC

New Entries

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 1,800/3,600, 450 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson	306,250
Mario "MB TREMENDO" Bonanata	250,000
Andy "wiisssppppaa" Taylor	250,000	250,000
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker	250,000
Michel "FreelancerZZ" Dattani	250,000

09-03-2020 18:29 UTC

Double Knockout for Botteon

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 1,800/3,600, 450 ante

Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez moved all in for just 34,471 and Georgios "Geokarak" Karakousis reshoved for 138,442 from one seat over. Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon isolated by shoving for 276,724 in the hijack and Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick then ripped it in from the small blind with the biggest stack.

Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez:
Georgios "Geokarak" Karakousis:
Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon:
Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick:

The flop provided the case ace and Botteon with the worst kicker picked up a flushdraw. The turn changed nothing but the river improved the Brazilian to a flush to secure the double knockout and leave Chidwick short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon	733,091	424,519
Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick	20,015	-141,382
Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez	Busted
Georgios "Geokarak" Karakousis	Busted

09-03-2020 18:24 UTC

Big Double for Mattsson

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 1,800/3,600, 450 ante

Mike "SirWatts" Watson made it 9,000 to go from under the gun and that was called by Artur "mararthur1" Martorisian in the cutoff. Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder three-bet to 34,200 on the button and Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson four-bet to 84,500 in the big blind.

It was then Mulder who jammed after the action had folded to him and Mattsson called to create a pot of nearly 600k.

Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson:
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder:

Nothing at all changed on the board and Mattsson doubled into the lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	598,326	265,518
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian	258,914	-72,301
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	231,715	5,442
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder	90,663	-183,632

09-03-2020 18:21 UTC

Dzivielevski Second to Bust

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 1,800/3,600, 450 ante

From under the gun, Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski raised to 7,200 and Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford three-bet to 21,864 on the button. Back to the Brazilian who jammed for 120,818 and Beresford quickly called.

Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski:
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford:

Beresford had the slightly superior stack and flipped to immediately spike a set on . Dzivielevski needed a queen but found none on the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford	260,558	117,498
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski	Busted

09-03-2020 18:18 UTC

Taylor's Bounty Gets Chopped Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 1,800/3,600, 450 ante

Filipe "Zagazaur" Oliveira raised to 7,560 and Andy "wiisssppppaa" Taylor called all-in for 6,812, which was then called by another four players. They all checked it down to the river and Aliaksei "ale6ka" Boika in the small blind tabled , Preben "prebz" Stokkan had the equally strong . All other players including Taylor mucked their cards and the first bounty of the tournament was chopped up between Boika and Stokkan.