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WCOOP-48-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam]
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Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Day 1 of the PokerStars WCOOP-48-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam] has come to an end with 34 players making it through to the final day, all sure of an extra $5,443 for their bankrolls. The tournament originally had a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool set but due to the 192 players who reentered 75 times, 267 entries were collected to create a prize purse of $1,335,000.
Claiming a narrow Day 1 chip lead is Jakob "Succeeed" Miegel from Germany who resides in Austria with 4,456,378. Miegel was near the top of the counts for most of the latter stage of the day but cemented the lead when he took out "girafganger7" and Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov out in one hand, before Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras fell to him too, and then took a chunk out of the stack of "kimokh".
Miegel is closely followed by Bruno "great dant" Volkmann who burst the bubble when he eliminated Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez when he called the three-bet shove of Benitez who held pocket nines. Volkmann had picked up the rockets and even flopped a set to send the tournament on a break for today.
Completing the top five for today are Alex "dynoalot" Difelice (4,376,506), "Prof. Hitman" (3,839,907), and "NeedBeat" (3,827,026). But there are many big names left in the field, players like Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker, Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov, Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias, Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski, Christopher "lissi stinkt" Frank, Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov, Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon, and Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas all bagged an above average stack.
If you look at the bottom of the counts Simon "Igorkarkarof" Ronnow Pedersen, Mirza "zazano" Muhovic, Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev, Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak, Preben "prebz" Stokkan, Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver, Mario "t4t0PAGAU" Navarro, Maxime "Daghemuneguu" Chilaud, and Aliaksei "ale6ka" Boika are all coming back for Day 2 with fewer than 20 big blinds.
This is what the 34 remaining players are still competing for:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $127,410 |
| 2 | $95,458 |
| 3 | $71,519 |
| 4 | $53,584 |
| 5 | $40,146 |
| 6 | $30,078 |
| 7 | $22,535 |
| 8 | $16,884 |
| 9 | $13,981 |
| 10-12 | $11,577 |
| 13-15 | $9,586 |
| 16-23 | $7,938 |
| 24-31 | $6,573 |
| 32-34 | $5,443 |
When the registration period closed, there were 76 players left to try and make it into the top 34 but players like Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford, Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza, and Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams all fell at the wayside shortly after.
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz was halted by Grafton who then busted before the bubble when he ran his king-queen into the ace-queen of Vezhenkov. The actual bubble ended up lasting almost 50 minutes with Danchev and Freitas doubling up in the meantime.
When the players return on Monday, September 4, at 7:05 p.m. CEST, they will finish the last 9 minutes of Level 21 which features a small blind of 25,000, a big blind of 50,000, and a running ante of 6,000. Play will continue until a new WCOOP champion can be crowned and the PokerStars Twitch Stream will be live with James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton. The coverage will be on a security delay as the hole cards will be shown.
PokerNews will be back from the start on a similar delay so make sure to return to see who will win this tournament.
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann raised to 100,000 from the hijack and Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez three-bet shoved for 898,618 from the button. The blinds folded and Volkmann made the call.
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez: 
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann: 
The flop came 
for Volkmann to hit a set and leave Benitez in need to hit a runner-runner.
But the rest of the board was completed with the 
on the turn and the 
on the river for Benitez to bubble the tournament while the rest was in the money and on a break for Day 2 on Monday, September 14.
A recap and the chip counts are to follow.
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski raised to 100,000 from the cutoff and Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov three-bet to 312,5000 from the button but folded when Dzivielevski four-bet shoved for 2,526,465.
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas raised to 100,000 from the middle position and "Sasuke234" three-bet to 275,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Freitas four-bet shoved for 1,025,354 which "Sasuke234" called.
Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas: 
"Sasuke234": 
The board ran out 
for Freitas to double up with the flopped set of jacks.
Level: 21
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 6,000
Level 20
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and was called by Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez and Alex "dynoalot" Difelice in the blinds.
The flop came 
, it was checked to Volkmann who bet 90,750 which was called by both.
The turn was the , it was checked to Volkmann again who continued with a bet of 180,593 which only Difelice called.
The river completed the board with the 
and both players checked. Difelice tabled the 
for two pair and the pot.
Level 20
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
"Sasuke234" raised to 90,000 from the middle position and Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon called on the button. Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker defended his big blind.
The flop came 
, they all checked to the 
on the turn. Muehloecker bet 214,500 which was called by all.
The river completed the board with the 
and Muehloecker bet 319,605 for "Sasuke234" to fold and Botteon to raised to 760,000. Muehloecker took some time and then folded.
Level 20
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver raised to 80,000 from under the gun and Jakob "Succeeed" Miegel called from the hijack. "kimokh" did the same in the big blind.
The flop came 
, it was checked to Miegel who bet 97,350 which only "kimokh" called.
The turn was the 
, "kimokh" checked again. Miegel bet 280,000 and was called.
The river completed the board with the 
, "kimokh" checked for the last time and then called the 520,000 continuation-bet of Miegel but folded when he tabled the 
for the set of eights.
