Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,750
PokerStars WCOOP 2020
WCOOP-48-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam]
Day: 2
"Achuienas" and "Zhagy27SLO" On the Rail
Level 22
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
"Zhagy27SLO" defended the big blind against a min-raise by "Chus1979" and check-called three barrels with their short stack on the 
board with 
for kings up. "Chus1979" had that crushed with 
for the turned nut flush and scored the knockout.
Next to fall was "Achuienas who jammed the 
from the small blind and was called by "wale44_" in the big blind with the 
.
The 
runout kept the superior hand in the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,499,832 | |
|
1,228,058 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Filatov No More; Salter Thriving
Level 22
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov saw his stack reduced to crumbs when 
for the flopped nut flush draw on 
failed to get there to crack the 
of "Aduobe4". The 
turn and river were both blanks.
Filatov was not the next to depart on that table, however, as "icedavid" in the big blind called a shove by "Kurtkaare" in the small blind.
"icedavid": 
"Kurtkaare": 
The board came 
and the eight was good enough for "Kurtkaare".
Up next on the same table, Filatov jammed his short stack and "tarantullv" raised. Jack "jackziyang" Salter reshoved for more than 1.5 million and eventually picked up a call by "tarantullv".
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov:
Jack "jackziyang" Salter:
"tarantullv":
On a board of 
, Salter made tens full of deuces and more than doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,404,796 | 2,543,855 |
|
1,958,486 | 1,207,327 |
|
1,371,847 | -1,744,950 |
|
1,267,197 | 368,541 |
|
|
Busted |
Fewer Than 320 Remain
Level 22
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
As expected, the early casualties keep on coming as the opening 15 minutes reduced the field to fewer than 320 players in contention. Some notable casualties can be found below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Sintoras Runs Into Aces
Level 22
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
Right before the blinds went up, "Sintoras" opened to 2,000 and picked up a call by "tarantullv". Out of the big blind, "WhoAreYoux1" three-bet to 200,000 and "Sintoras" made it 460,000 to go with 697,892 behind. "tarantullv" folded and "WhoAreYoux1" jammed to pick up a call.
"Sintoras":
"WhoAreYoux1":
The board ran out 
and "Sintoras" was drawing dead on the turn already.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,157,366 | 1,214,892 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 12,500/25,000
Ante: 3,250
Clark Wins a Flip for a Bounty
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
Germany's "88er*JSP" was all in with the 
out of the small blind and Jon "luckyfish89" Clark looked them up from the big blind with the 
. The board ran out 
and the nines faded the flush draw and overcards to earn a bounty prize.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,895,745 | 372,735 |
|
|
Busted |
"tarantullv" Joins the Big Stacks
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
It was a big flip for more than two million in chips that decided over the fate of "viejojuan5" as he battled with "tarantullv" and the following cards were turned over in showdown.
"viejojuan5":
"tarantullv":
On a board of 
, "viejojuan5" fell behind right away on the flop and failed to catch any help.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,116,797 | 3,116,797 |
|
|
1,185,764 | -15,000 |
|
|
1,053,892 | 1,053,892 |
|
|
898,656 | -5,000 |
|
|
860,941 | -102,175 |
|
Busted |
Early Notable Eliminations
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
"Serebity_p" Loses Flip to Bust
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
Among the first players to get their shorter stack in was "Serebity_p" from Romania who tabled the in showdown against "Strz", who had the .
Despite flopping a set, the 
board provided four diamonds and spelled the end for "Serebity_p".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,036,648 | |
|
Busted |