WCOOP-16-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

09-03-2020 23:22 UTC

Notable Chip Counts in Top 50

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler "Wonderboy222" Goatcher	1,875,304	34,051
Mikael "Vakio Assa" Koistinen	1,643,421	-237,115
Carlos "Carloss.Rox" Henrique	1,507,487	137,528
Pavels "Rigapols81" Spirins	1,417,686	-396,981
Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov	1,267,504	82,700
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann	1,227,235
Bernardo "Bedias" Dias	1,158,966	717,495
Henri "buehlero" Buehler	1,030,531	647,001
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio	1,015,125	136,509
Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb	951,266	202,895
Fernando "fviana" Viano	940,527	-168,410
Pablo "pabritz" Brito	870,154
Andras "probirs" Nemeth	846,784	-96,679
Dylan "ImaLucSac" Linde	796,707
Marc "14alonso14" Macdonnell	776,784	410,845
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski	769,806	-186,975
Diego "Mr.Bittar" Bittar	714,066

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,250

09-03-2020 23:06 UTC

"vlaadiiva" Falls to Jaka

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

"vlaadiiva" limped in from under the gun and so did "bunkazai" in the cutoff. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka raised to 40,000 from the button for the blinds to fold and "vlaadiiva" to three-bet to 168,000. The cutoff folded and Jaka four-bet shoved with the bigger stack for "vlaadiiva" to call for the remaining 152,865.

"vlaadiiva":
Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka:

The board ran out for Jaka to hold the better two pair to bust "vlaadiiva".

Player	Chips	Progress
Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka	1,404,645	1,404,645
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt	577,983	577,983
vlaadiiva	Busted

09-03-2020 23:02 UTC

Top Ten Chip Counts After the Break

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikael "Vakio Assa" Koistinen	1,880,536	-10,000
Tyler "Wonderboy222" Goatcher	1,841,253	-47,450
Pavels "Rigapols81" Spirins	1,814,667	477,737
Carlos "Carloss.Rox" Henrique	1,369,959	53,663
hatsunemikurx	1,326,294	-220,200
Lonnie "thx4urm0n3y" Hallett	1,222,752	9,534
Luckbox1326	1,205,218
need2klonk	1,185,692
Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov	1,184,804	-205,525
Fernando "fviana" Viano	1,108,937	224,503

09-03-2020 23:00 UTC

Are These The Most Unstoppable Players in WCOOP History?

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 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

09-03-2020 22:58 UTC

Sixth Break of the Day

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The 208 remaining players have gone for another 5-minute break.

09-03-2020 22:57 UTC

Koistinen Kicks Nedelcu Out

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Mikael "Vakio Assa" Koistinen raised to 18,000 from the early position and Narcis "Narcisus90" Nedelcu three-bet to 60,000 from the middle position. The action folded back to Koistinen who made the call.

The flop came , Koistinen check-called the 43,000 bet of Nedelcu.

The turn was the and Koistinen check-called the 120,000 bet of Nedelcu.

The river completed the board with the and Koistinen checked for the last time. Nedelcu shoved for 264,064 and was called. Nedelcu tabled for two pair but Koistinen held the for the flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikael "Vakio Assa" Koistinen	1,890,536
Narcis "Narcisus90" Nedelcu	Busted

09-03-2020 22:54 UTC

"hatsunemikurx" Doubles Through Gathy

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

"hatsunemikurx" raised to 17,600 from under the gun and Michael "merla888" Gathy three-bet to 60,000 from the middle position. The action folded back to "hatsunemikurx" who four-bet to 169,760 which Gathy called.

The flop came , "hatsunemikurx" continued with a bet of 153,760 for Gathy to respond with a raise to put "hatsunemikurx" all-in who called for the remaining 440,227.

"hatsunemikurx":
Michael "merla888" Gathy:

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for "hatsunemikurx" to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
hatsunemikurx	1,546,494
Michael "merla888" Gathy	549,137	-739,107

09-03-2020 22:48 UTC

Gathy Gets a Bounty

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Vitor "flipmm" Castro raised to 16,000 from under the gun and Michael "merla888" Gathy three-bet to 48,000 from the cutoff. "Olichhh" four-bet shoved from the button for 339,866 for the action to fold back to Gathy who made the call with the bigger stack.

"Olichhh":
Michael "merla888" Gathy: