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

09-03-2020 19:48 UTC

Petrone Wins Three-Way All-In

Shirley Ang

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

"D PitcherAK" shoved from the cutoff for 21,462 and "WTFOMFGOAO" three-bet shoved for more from the button for Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone to make the call in the small blind for the 233,496 he had behind and the big blind to get out of their way.

"D PitcherAK":
"WTFOMFGOAO":
Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone:

The board ran out for Petrone to flop top pair and improve to two pair on the river to claim a bounty and more than double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone	494,454
WTFOMFGOAO	25,168
D PitcherAK	Busted

09-03-2020 19:58 UTC

Third Break of the Day

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Shirley Ang

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

With almost 1,000 players in the field, the remaining players have gone for another 5-minute break.

09-03-2020 20:03 UTC

Top Ten Chip Counts After the Break

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Shirley Ang

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Luiz "Giant_Santos" Constantino	535,879
Andras "probirs" Nemeth	527,159 170,787	170,787
Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone	509,654 15,200	15,200
Brian "kofi89" Kaufman	452,694 24,580	24,580
Witalii	444,743
josip1313	397,146
234241234214432	389,953
Maksim "MAMOHT_T" Viktorovich	385,414
tzini9	383,844 173,203	173,203
CalmRevolver	360,608

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,250/2,500

Ante: 325

09-03-2020 20:17 UTC

Everything You Need to Know About the WCOOP 2020 on PokerStars

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Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 1,250/2,500, 325 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

09-03-2020 20:20 UTC

Prize Pool Guarantee Surpassed

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Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 1,250/2,500, 325 ante

With over 1,000 players in the field, the guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 has been surpassed while the late registration period is still open for almost another 80 minutes.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 375

09-03-2020 20:31 UTC

Notable Chip Counts

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Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 1,500/3,000, 375 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler "Wonderboy222" Goatcher	619,484
Andras "probirs" Nemeth	608,314 81,155	81,155
Luiz "Giant_Santos" Constantino	513,364 22,515	22,515
Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone	500,454 9,200	9,200
Luis "luisdono" Dono	499,296
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	457,865
Bernardo "Bedias" Dias	441,471
Brian "kofi89" Kaufman	399,531 53,163	53,163
Ben "jenbizzle" Jones	383,865
Henri "buehlero" Buehler	383,530
Maksim "MAMOHT_T" Viktorovich	372,158 13,256	13,256

09-03-2020 20:47 UTC

"G A W" Gets Two Bounties

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Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 1,500/3,000, 375 ante

Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak raised to 6,630 from under the gun and "G A W" three-bet to 19,500 from the cutoff. "PESCJAU" called in the small blind but Maslak four-bet shoved for 60,120. "G A W" called and so did "PESCJAU".

The flop came , "PESCJAU" shoved for 120,302 which "G A W" called with the bigger stack.