PokerStars WCOOP 2020

WCOOP-56-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE]
Day: 1
Event Info

PokerStars WCOOP 2020

Final Results
Winner
Stevan "random_chu" Chew
Winning Hand
88
Prize
$140,595
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,100
Prize Pool
$772,000
Entries
386
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
386
Players Left
54

Maasberg Burst the Bubble With a Double Knockout

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
Maasberg vs Sintoras vs Gerritss
Maasberg vs Sintoras vs Gerritss

Leonard "Gerritss" Gerritss shoved from the cutoff for 70,574 and Mathias "Cashcid Linc" Maasberg three-bet shoved for more from the button for "Sintoras" to make the call in the small blind for the 325,176 they had behind while the big blind quickly got out of their way.

Leonard "Gerritss" Gerritss: {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
"Sintoras": {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
Mathias "Cashcid Linc" Maasberg: {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

The flop came {j-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{9-Clubs} for Maasberg to hit a straight immediately.

The turn was the {4-Diamonds} to leave both opponents drawing dead as the river completed the board with the {4-Clubs} for Maasberg to burst the bubble with the double knockout while "Sintoras" min-cashed as they held the bigger stack than Gerritss.

The chip counts and a recap are to follow.

Player Chips Progress
Mathias "Cashcid Linc" Maasberg de
Mathias "Cashcid Linc" Maasberg
Day 1 Chip Leader
1,878,814 266,790
Leonard "Gerritss" Gerritss nl
Leonard "Gerritss" Gerritss
Busted
Sintoras de
Sintoras
Busted

Ruijs Busts Before the Bubble

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
Crema vs Ruijs
Crema vs Ruijs

Thiago "KKremate" Crema raised to 33,440 in the last hand of the previous level and Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs three-bet to 376,000 from the big blind, keeping 19,532 behind. Crema four-bet for Ruijs to call for the rest.

Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs: {a-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}
Thiago "KKremate" Crema: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}

The flop came {j-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for both of them to pick up the gutshot to a straight.

The turn was the {3-Spades} which didn't change things and the river completed the board with the {10-Diamonds} for Crema to stay ahead with the higher kicker to bust Ruijs to get to tournament to the bubble and hand-for-hand play.

Player Chips Progress
Thiago "KKremate" Crema br
Thiago "KKremate" Crema
1,807,204 540,707
Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich gb
Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich
1,391,190 -109,901
Prof. Hitman nl
Prof. Hitman
684,780
Pablo "pabritz" Brito br
Pablo "pabritz" Brito
455,792 95,385
Patrick "thebigdog09" Brooks gb
Patrick "thebigdog09" Brooks
312,078
Pimmss nl
Pimmss
216,885 -404,551
Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs
Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs
Busted

Shakerchi Eliminated by Petrone

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Petrone vs Shakerchi
Petrone vs Shakerchi

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi shoved from under the gun for 138,711 and Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone three-bet shoved for 466,668 for the rest of the table to fold.

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi: {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}

The board ran out {10-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{8-Spades}{9-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} for Petrone to stay ahead and even improve to top pair on the river to bust Shakerchi.

Player Chips Progress
Mathias "Cashcid Linc" Maasberg de
Mathias "Cashcid Linc" Maasberg
Day 1 Chip Leader
1,612,024 54,674
Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone ar
Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone
645,379 169,461
BarracudaNL nl
BarracudaNL
613,802 613,802
Kristijonas "greezhool" Andrulis lt
Kristijonas "greezhool" Andrulis
590,151 -31,250
Stevan "random_chu" Chew au
Stevan "random_chu" Chew
469,434 -10,742
Leonard "Gerritss" Gerritss nl
Leonard "Gerritss" Gerritss
223,849 -16,250
Sintoras de
Sintoras
184,838 -257,274
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
Busted

WCOOP 2020: Heads up! Ankush Mandavia Wins Third Title in $530 TKO HU Zoom

Level 19 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
Ankush Mandavia
Ankush Mandavia

We’ve grown accustomed to seeing the name “pistons87” late in tournaments on PokerStars, whether in series like the 2020 World Championship of Online Poker or at other times.

That’s the nick of Ankush Mandavia, whom we also got used to seeing at the live tourney tables over the years. Mandavia has a couple of EPT trophies collected in Berlin and Prague, plus another won at the PCA a few years back — just a small part of the more than $5 million he’s earned in recorded live cashes.

We can add another online triumph — and a third WCOOP title (to go along with three SCOOPs) — to Mandavia’s résumé, after he took down Event #12-H, the $530 NLHE Heads-Up Turbo Progressive Total KO Zoom.

Read the full story over at the PokerStars Blog

Boivin Busts Both Amadi and Koliakov

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
Boivin vs Amadi vs Koliakov
Boivin vs Amadi vs Koliakov

Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos shoved from the hijack for 128,680 for Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin to call on the button. Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov three-bet shoved for 315,343 from the big blind which Boivin called too.

Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos; {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

The board ran out {k-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{2-Hearts} for Boivin to flop the higher pair and improve to trips on the turn to bust both opponents.

Player Chips Progress
Thiago "KKremate" Crema br
Thiago "KKremate" Crema
1,215,398 -2,700
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
1,196,652 -52,725
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin be
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin
939,332 527,948
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov ru
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos
Busted

WCOOP 2020: High Stakes Crusher Preben “prebz” Stokkan Continues to Progress and KO

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Preben "prebz" Stokkan WCOOP
Preben "prebz" Stokkan WCOOP

When it comes to Progressive Knockout tournaments (aka PKOs or Bounty Builders), there aren’t many players as accomplished as Norway’s Preben “prebz” Stokkan.

His love affair with PKOs started back in 2017 during the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) when he won his first title in a Thursday Thrill special edition for $160K plus $93K in bounties. He’s been hunting bounties ever since.

“I really enjoy the KOs!” Stokkan says as he gears up for a WCOOP Sunday session. “I probably like them more than freezeouts. They are less solved so I think the edge in them can be bigger. PKOs require more intuitive thinking regarding bet sizing and preflop strategy.”

It’s safe to say that in 2020 Stokkan has a pretty big edge.

Read the full story over at the PokerStars Blog

Deeb Dusts Jacobson Off

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Deeb vs Jacobson
Deeb vs Jacobson

Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson raised to 17,600 from under the gun and the action folded to Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb in the big blind who made the call.

The flop came {10-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{7-Spades}, Deeb check-called the 12,000 continuation-bet of Jacobson.

The turn was the {4-Hearts}, Deeb checked again. Jacobson bet 44,000 and was called.

The river completed the board with the {5-Spades} and Deeb checked for the last time. Jacobson shoved for 14,4926 which Deeb called. Jacobson tabled the {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for Deeb to bust him with the {10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} for the pair of tens.

Player Chips Progress
Stevan "random_chu" Chew au
Stevan "random_chu" Chew
570,290 418,790
Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb
Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb
489,286
Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone ar
Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone
441,038 -90,153
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
422,482 422,482
Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson
Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson
Busted

Speranza Stopped by Urbanovich

Level 15 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante
Urbanovich vs Speranza
Urbanovich vs Speranza

Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich raised to 15,750 from the middle position and Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza three-bet shoved from the cutoff for 117,720. The action folded back to Urbanovich who made the call with the bigger stack.

Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich: {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

The board ran out [7hjh9c4h3c[ for Urbanovich to flop the pair to bust Speranza.

Player Chips Progress
Martijn "maztijn" Gerrits nl
Martijn "maztijn" Gerrits
817,229 441,543
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich
589,968 43,671
Andreas "mrAndreeew" Berggren
Andreas "mrAndreeew" Berggren
336,270 149,143
Kyriakos "9cream4" Papadopoulos gr
Kyriakos "9cream4" Papadopoulos
319,068 112,186
Andrey "kot_spartac" Kotelnikov ru
Andrey "kot_spartac" Kotelnikov
301,690 -7,525
Tomas "dartazzzz" Jozonis lt
Tomas "dartazzzz" Jozonis
182,519
Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak ua
Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak
Busted
Matt "OLD TIME GIN" Stone
Matt "OLD TIME GIN" Stone
Busted
Rinat "Zapahzamazki" Lyapin ru
Rinat "Zapahzamazki" Lyapin
Busted
Rodrigo "digopapel" Semeghini
Rodrigo "digopapel" Semeghini
Busted
Daniel "Razer2311" Rezaei at
Daniel "Razer2311" Rezaei
Busted
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza it
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza
Busted

Bujtas Busted by Muehloecker

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante
Muehloecker vs Bujtas
Muehloecker vs Bujtas

Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker completed his small blind and Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas opted to check his big blind.

The flop came {8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, Muehloecker bet 6,000 for Bujtas to raise to 18,000 and was called.

The turn was the {6-Spades}, Muehloecker checked and Bujtas shoved for 56,375 which Muehloecker called.

Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas: {10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker: {7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}

Bujtas had flopped a flush draw and turned a gutshot to a straight while Muehloecker had flopped a pair of sevens and picked up the open-ended straight draw on the turn.

The river completed the board with the {a-Clubs} for Muehloecker to bust Bujtas.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker at
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker
257,390 157,515
Matas "NoTilit" Cikinas lt
Matas "NoTilit" Cikinas
Busted
cartoon2387 lb
cartoon2387
Busted
Luke "lb6121" Schwartz gb
Luke "lb6121" Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov
Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov
Busted
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas
Busted

Are These The Most Unstoppable Players in WCOOP History?

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante
WCOOP Unstoppable Players
WCOOP Unstoppable Players

Just a couple of short years ago, only one player had accumulated five WCOOP titles.

Since then, the picture has changed quite a lot.

Two excellent MTT pros have now taken the lead, both with insane scores – one player has nine WCOOP titles, and another has eight.

With the WCOOP 2020 upon us, all could change again over the coming weeks, but it’s going to take nothing less than a legendary run if anyone is to join the top of the pack.

So as we look forward to the Series, here are the players who have won the most WCOOP titles so far. You’ll also find out who that five-time winner was.

Read the full story over at the PokerStars Blog