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

09-03-2020 20:58 UTC

Quick Guide to PokerStars Home Games; It Takes Just Five Easy Steps!

Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 1,750/3,500, 450 ante

There's never been a better time to find out how to set up a PokerStars Home Games than right now.

PokerStars Home Games allow you to set up a private members club where you can play cash games and tournaments. All games can be for play money and real money, so you don't need to spend anything if you don't want to.

You can invite whoever you want and even keep track of tournament leader board standings.

PokerStars Home Games allow you to take the banter of your local home game onto the online felt, even allowing you to play with poker friends from all over the world.

Here is our quick and easy five-step guide to setting up a PokerStars Home Game of your own.

09-03-2020 20:57 UTC

Fourth Break of the Day

Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 1,750/3,500, 450 ante

The 500 or so remaining players have gone for another 5-minute break with registration still open for fewer than 50 minutes.

09-03-2020 20:54 UTC

Hellman Falls to Rajkovic

Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 1,750/3,500, 450 ante

Jonatan "TanTanSWE" Hellman shoved from the middle position for 6,243 and Adi "Chillero1441" Rajkovic three-bet to 16,200 from the hijack and Luiz "Giant_Santos" Constantino was the only one to make the call from the small blind.

The flop came , Constantino check-called the 14,732 continuation-bet of Rajkovic.

The turn was the and Constantino check-folded to another bet of Rajkovic who held the for two pair while Hellman had the .

The river completed the board with the for Rajkovic to win a bounty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luiz "Giant_Santos" Constantino	474,827	-38,537
Yordan "YordanPetrov" Petrov	358,293
Adi "Chillero1441" Rajkovic	279,076
Igor "OMGitshunt" Soyka	233,720
Jonatan "TanTanSWE" Hellman	Busted

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,750/3,500

Ante: 450

09-03-2020 20:47 UTC

"G A W" Gets Two Bounties

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.

Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak:
"PESCJAU":
"G A W":

"PESCJAU" had flopped the open-ended straight draw while "G A W" held the overpair and Maslak needed some help.

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for "G A W" to hold to bust both opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
G A W	622,269
PESCJAU	Busted
Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak	Busted

09-03-2020 20:31 UTC

Notable Chip Counts

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
Luiz "Giant_Santos" Constantino	513,364	-22,515
Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone	500,454	-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
Ben "jenbizzle" Jones	383,865
Henri "buehlero" Buehler	383,530
Maksim "MAMOHT_T" Viktorovich	372,158	-13,256

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 375

09-03-2020 20:20 UTC

Prize Pool Guarantee Surpassed

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.

09-03-2020 20:17 UTC

Everything You Need to Know About the WCOOP 2020 on PokerStars

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

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,250/2,500

Ante: 325