PokerStars WCOOP 2020

WCOOP-25-H: $25,000 NLHE [8-Max, Super High Roller Sunday Slam]
Day: 1
Event Info

PokerStars WCOOP 2020

Final Results
Winner
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$543,686
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$2,599,650
Entries
106
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
37,500
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
106
Players Left
13

Blind-on-Blind Action Catapults Karapanau

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Action folded around to Ryhor "Grisha813" Karapanau in the small blind who completed and Kahle "ROFLshove" Burns raised to 28,000 in the big blind.

Karapanau bumped it up to 91,000 and Burns shoved. Karapanau called for his 344,693 stack and was the player at risk of elimination.

Ryhor "Grisha813" Karapanau: {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Kahle "ROFLshove" Burns: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

The board came down {q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{8-Spades}{9-Clubs} and Karapanau took down the pot with a turned straight, doubling through the Australian.

Player Chips Progress
Ryhor "Grisha813" Karapanau by
Ryhor "Grisha813" Karapanau
695,000
Kahle "ROFLshove" Burns
Kahle "ROFLshove" Burns
260,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Bujtas Finds a Classic, Comes Out on Top

Level 9 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick opened to 15,400 and Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas three-bet to 49,000. "Nelisschuif7" four-bet to 147,000 in the big blind and Chidwick folded to Bujtas who moved all-in. "Nelisschuif7" called for their 481,696 stack and was the player at risk of elimination.

"Nelisschuif7": {a-Spades}{k-Spades}
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

The flop came down {10-Spades}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts} and Bujtas was still ahead but needed to dodge some more outs now. The {2-Hearts} turn and {j-Clubs} river were both safe for him as he scooped the pot with his ladies, almost eclipsing the one million chip mark in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas
988,417
Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick gb
Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
777,000 -4,000

Geilich Attempts to Flip His Way into a Double vs. Hirs

Level 9 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

Aliaksandr "Alexgirs" Hirs opened to 15,000 from the hijack and Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich shoved in the small blind to 132,677. Hirs called, putting Geilich at risk of elimination as the two tabled their hands.

Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich: {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Aliaksandr "Alexgirs" Hirs: {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}

The board was all but exciting as {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} landed on the virtual felt, shifting nothing as Hirs held on with his snowmen to drop Geilich from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Aliaksandr "Alexgirs" Hirs by
Aliaksandr "Alexgirs" Hirs
718,000
Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich
Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich
Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 3,500/7,000

Ante: 875

Break Time

Level 8 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

The players will now be taking a five-minute break.

Player Chips Progress
Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin ru
Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin
1,262,000 -51,000
Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo
Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo
920,000
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
912,000 333,100
Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick gb
Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
781,000 161,000
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz
651,000 90,270

Addamo and Shakerchi Both Hit the Turn

Level 8 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi opened to 12,840, Mike "SirWatts" Watson called in the cutoff, Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach called in the small blind and Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo defended his big blind.

The flop came down {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and all four players checked to the {j-Hearts} turn card. Action checked to Shakerchi who bet 24,091, Watson called, Reixach folded and Addamo check-raised to 77,000.

Shakerchi pushed all-in for 159,841 and Watson folded. Addamo snapped and the two tabled their hands with Shakerchi in need of a river.

Addamo showed {q-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for a straight and Shakerchi tabled {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}, giving him a set. A {q-Hearts} river did not change a thing and Addamo took down the hand, dropping Shakerchi off at the cleaners.

Player Chips Progress
Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo
Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo
920,000 920,000
Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach
Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach
228,000 228,000
Mike "SirWatts" Watson
Mike "SirWatts" Watson
220,000 -298,050
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 750

Kelopuro and Arends Flip for Stacks

Level 7 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

Jans "Graftekkel" Arends raised to 11,000 in the hijack and Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro three-bet, making it 52,500. Arends four-bet shoved for 271,794 and Kelopuro called, putting Arends at risk.

Jans "Graftekkel" Arends: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

The board rolled out {j-Spades}{7-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{5-Spades} and Kelopuro failed to improve his ace-high. Arends took down the pot with a flush, doubling up in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Jans "Graftekkel" Arends nl
Jans "Graftekkel" Arends
WSOP 2X Winner
564,000 564,000
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro fi
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro
52,000 52,000

Brito Holds On with Ladies to Knock-Out Nemeth

Level 7 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

Pablo "pabritz" Brito opened to 10,000 from the hijack and directly on his left was Andras "probirs" Nemeth who bumped it up to 25,000. Brito shoved and Nemeth called for less, putting in his 165,752 stack.

Andras "probirs" Nemeth: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Pablo "pabritz" Brito: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The board came down {9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{4-Clubs} and Brito's pair of queens pulled in the pot, sending Nemeth out.

Player Chips Progress
Pablo "pabritz" Brito br
Pablo "pabritz" Brito
348,493
Andras "probirs" Nemeth
Andras "probirs" Nemeth
Busted