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PokerStars WCOOP 2020
WCOOP-39-H: $5,200 NLHE [Progressive KO, High Roller]
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Level 22
: 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante
Day 1 of the PokerStars WCOOP-39-H: $5,200 NLHE [Progressive KO, High Roller] attracted 124 unique players who needed to reenter 49 times to get to a total of 173 entries for the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Twenty players would get paid in this tournament and that is also the number of players who have made it through to Day 2 which will take place on Saturday, September 12 at 7:05 CEST.
Claiming the Day 1 chip lead is "wesoly78" with 5,036,933 after first doubling up through Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov in the latter stages of the tournament before taking out Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak to get to the bubble. "wesoly78" is followed in the counts by "bayaraa1002" with 4,828,054 who had been near the top of the count throughout the second half of the day but took a chunk out of the stack of "girafganger7" to end up in second place.
Closing out the podium is Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph with 4,382,833 who was also responsible for bursting the bubble just before the end of the day when he took out Espen "Hymn2Ninkasi" Jorstad. Jorstad raised and then called the three-bet shove of Rudolph with jacks while the latter held ace-trey. Rudolph flopped two pair and then improved to a full house to burst the bubble.
"Serebity_p", Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov, "Pwndidi", Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin, "girafganger7", "Garrin4e" all bagged an above average stack too. But with players like Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts, and Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov with more than twenty big blinds for Day 2, anything could still happen.
PokerStars WCOOP-39-H: $5,200 NLHE [Progressive KO, High Roller] Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "wesoly78" | 5,036,933 | 84 |
| 2 | "bayaraa1002" | 4,828,054 | 80 |
| 3 | Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph | 4,382,833 | 73 |
| 4 | "Serebity_p" | 3,404,066 | 57 |
| 5 | Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov | 3,210,575 | 54 |
| 6 | "Pwndidi" | 3,126,072 | 52 |
| 7 | Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin | 2,793,489 | 47 |
| 8 | "girafganger7" | 2,324,048 | 39 |
| 9 | "Garrin4e" | 2,180,665 | 36 |
| 10 | "TNDynamite" | 1,846,520 | 31 |
With three reentries available for all the players, the all-ins were flying in from the start. Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder was the first of many to bust today when his bluff was caught by "ArtHouse2011". PokerStars representatives Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand and Ben "Spraggy" Spragg also fired a bullet today but unsuccessfully so. Hand fell when he four-bet shoved with ace-queen and was looked up by Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski who held jacks. "Spraggy" had flopped top pair when his chips went in against "roo_400" who held the open-ended straight draw and got there on the turn.
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro busted to Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian just when the registration closed to leave 60 players in the field to battle it out for their share of the prize money. Andras "probirs" Nemeth had just won his second WCOOP title in WCOOP-37-H: $5,200 PLO [6-Max, High Roller] for $140,506 but fell to Rudolph in this tournament.
Semi-retired Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz jumped in just before the registration closed but couldn't run up his stack either. Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker, Joao "Naza114" Vieira, and "Aleks Better" all used their maximum amount of bullets but only the latter managed to make it work in the end.
When the players return on Saturday, they will continue with Level 22 which has a small blind of 30,000, a big blind of 60,000, and a running ante of 7,500 as only a minute or so has been used of it today. According to the tournament lobby, the level duration won't increase until the final table has been reached so the levels should last 20 minutes each until that point.
The PokerStars Twitch Stream will be live too on Saturday with commentary provided by James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton with hole cards on a 30-minute delay and PokerNews will be back to bring you all the coverage right here on a similar delay. As all the players enjoy a day off on Friday, make sure to return on September 12 to read about the conclusion of this event.
Level 22
: 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,036,933
74,993
|
74,993 |
|
||
|
4,828,054 | |
|
|
4,382,833
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
3,404,066 | |
|
3,210,575
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
3,126,072
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
2,793,489
382,500
|
382,500 |
|
2,324,048 | |
|
2,180,665 | |
|
1,846,520 | |
|
|
1,819,580
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
1,805,792
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
1,442,812 | |
|
|
1,241,986
611,493
|
611,493 |
|
1,057,063
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
||
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1,003,372
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
705,098
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
394,125 | |
|
378,123
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
|
268,794
6,000
|
6,000 |
Level 22
: 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante
In the final hand of the night, "Serebity_p" raised to 120,000 from under the gun and was called by "girafganger7" on the button. "mmetsla" three-bet shoved for 1,934,908 for "Serebity_p" to call for the 1,540,783 they had behind while "girafganger7" folded.
"Serebity_p": 
"mmetsla": 
The board ran out 
for "Serebity_p" to double up with the higher pocket pair for two pair before the tournament was paused for the remaining players to return on Saturday, September 12 to play down to a winner.
A recap and the chip counts are to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,828,054
552,220
|
552,220 |
|
|
3,404,066
1,802,783
|
1,802,783 |
|
|
2,324,048
619,774
|
619,774 |
|
|
2,180,665
624,500
|
624,500 |
|
|
1,846,520
1,381,774
|
1,381,774 |
|
|
1,442,812
473,500
|
473,500 |
|
|
394,125
1,744,003
|
1,744,003 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 7,500
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Espen "Hymn2Ninkasi" Jorstad raised to 110,000 from the middle position and Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph three-bet shoved with the bigger stack for Niklas "Lena900" Astedt to fold his big blind and for Jorstad to make the call for the 1,790,922 he had behind.
Espen "Hymn2Ninkasi" Jorstad: 
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph: 
The flop came 
for Rudolph to hit two pair immediately.
The turn was the 
for Jorstad to be left drawing dead as the 
completed the board to burst the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,488,833
1,160,122
|
1,160,122 |
|
|
3,216,575
882,877
|
882,877 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,836,792
243,300
|
243,300 |
|
|
1,664,580
139,100
|
139,100 |
|
|
711,098
139,250
|
139,250 |
|
|
274,794
466,777
|
466,777 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
"wesoly78" raised to 100,000 from under the gun and was called by Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin in the cutoff. Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak three-bet shoved for 251,356 from the button for the blinds to fold. "wesoly78" four-bet shoved for more for Tremzin to fold.
Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak: 
"wesoly78": 
The board ran out 
to not help Novak to get the tournament to the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,111,926
468,356
|
468,356 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,200,072
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
3,175,989
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
|
1,077,372
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
|
989,063
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
630,493
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
452,123
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov raised to 100,000 from the hijack and "Pwndidi" three-bet to 300,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Dimov who made the call.
The flop came 
, Dimov check-raised to put "Pwndidi" all-in who had continued with a bet of 216,900 and was called for the 1,241,536 they had behind.
"Pwndidi":
Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov:
Dimov had picked up the open-ended straight draw while "Pwndidi" held the pair of aces.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the 
on the river for "Pwndidi" to double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,643,570
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,281,989
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
3,206,072
1,658,536
|
1,658,536 |
|
|
1,133,372
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
995,063
1,547,536
|
1,547,536 |
|
|
||
|
|
636,493
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
483,123
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
|
257,356
31,000
|
31,000 |
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
"wesoly78" raised to 110,000 from the middle position and Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov three-bet to 450,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to "wesoly78" who made the call.
The flop came 
, "wesoly78"check-called the 200,000 continuation-bet of Dimov.
The turn was the 
and both players checked to the 
on the river. "wesoly78" checked for the last time. Dimov put them all-in which "wesoly78" called for the 1,613,285 they had behind. Dimov tabled the 
for "wesoly78" to double up with the for the higher two pair than on the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,649,570
2,424,785
|
2,424,785 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,287,989
273,000
|
273,000 |
|
|
2,542,599
1,854,785
|
1,854,785 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,547,536
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
1,139,372
111,000
|
111,000 |
|
|
642,493
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
539,123
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
|
288,356
116,000
|
116,000 |
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
"Pwndidi" raised to 100,000 from the button and Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin three-bet to 380,000 from the small blind which "Pwndidi" called.
The flop came , Tremzin bet 400,000 and was called.
The turn was 
, Tremzin shoved for 1,920,989 for "Pwndidi" to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,397,384
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,560,989
855,000
|
855,000 |
|
|
2,224,785
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,513,536
785,000
|
785,000 |
|
|
1,250,372
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
645,123
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
640,493
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
404,356
45,000
|
45,000 |
