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Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
PokerStars WCOOP 2020
WCOOP-59-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Midweek Freeze]
Day: 1
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Level 15
: 3,500/7,000, 875 ante
Andras "probirs" Nemeth raised from early position and chip leader Filipe "Zagazaur" Oliveira three-bet to 42,000 from one seat over. Out of the big blind, "Sintoras" squeezed to 122,500 and Nemeth jammed for 220,263, which forced a fold from Oliveira and was called by "Sintoras".
Andras "probirs" Nemeth: 
"Sintoras": 
On a board of 
, Nemeth found no help and the nines of "Sintoras" held up.
Level 15
: 3,500/7,000, 875 ante
Estonia's "DingeBrinker" raised to 15,400 from under the gun and Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden then three-bet to 46,200 on the button. "DingeBrinker" four-bet to 98,000 with 212,599 behind and was called by Vousden.
On the 
, "DingeBrinker" moved all in and Vousden came along with the superior stack by two blinds.
"DingeBrinker": 
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden: 
The 
turn gave Vousden a set and the 
river sent "DingeBrinker" to the rail with a bad beat story to tell.
Level 15
: 3,500/7,000, 875 ante
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski raised it up to 14,770 and "MaxHendrix" three-bet to 45,500 on the button. Out of the small blind, Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin moved all in for 288,202 and Martins called for just over 200,000, while "MaxHendrix" folded and mucked the 
face up.
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski: 
Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin:
On a board of 
, the Brazilian three-time champ of the current festival was eliminated.
Level 15
: 3,500/7,000, 875 ante
Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk opened to 15,960 and was called by Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood in the small blind and Adam "fishbones11" Fyshe in the big blind.
The flop fell 
and Greenwood check-raised a bet of 17,822 by Fyshe to 45,500. Pateychuk dipped out in between and Fyshe called. Greenwood then jammed the turn and Fyshe called for 73,345.
Adam "fishbones11" Fyshe: 
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood: 
The 
river improved Greenwood to a flush and that spelled the end for Fyshe.
Level 15
: 3,500/7,000, 875 ante
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang was unable to spin up his late entry and busted right after the final four tables were reached.
Ireland's "ArtHouse2011" was left short when they doubled Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski and then three-bet jammed into a raise by Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian, who snap-called.
"ArtHouse2011": 
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian: 
The board ran out 
and one jack was not enough.
Up next, Michael "merla888" Gathy defended the big blind against a raise by chip leader Filipe "Zagazaur" Oliveira and check-raised the flop from 12,276 to 39,000. Oliveira called to see the turn on which Gathy bet 31,104 and was called.
On the 
river, Gathy jammed for 227,424 and Oliveira beat him into the pot. Gathy's had turned the nut straight but Oliveira rivered a flush with .
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,500/7,000
Ante: 875
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 750 ante
In a battle of late entries, Christopher "lissi stinkt" Frank was all in from the big blind and "DingeBrinker" looked him up from the button.
Christopher "lissi stinkt" Frank: 
"DingeBrinker":
Frank flopped a gutshot on 
but whiffed the 
turn and river.
Next to fall was Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood, who was sent to the rail by "MaxHendrix".
"MaxHendrix" raised to 13,200 on the button and Filipe "Zagazaur" Oliveira called in the small blind. Greenwood ripped it in for 220,428 in the big blind and "MaxHendrix" isolated successfully.
Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood:
"MaxHendrix":
The board ran out 
for "MaxHendrix" to hold and Oliveira showed the mucked .
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 750 ante
The guaranteed prize pool of $500,000 will be split among the top 11 finishers and the payout information can be found below.
| Place | Payout (in USD) |
|---|---|
| 1 | $119,483 |
| 2 | $92,338 |
| 3 | $71,360 |
| 4 | $55,148 |
| 5 | $42,619 |
| 6 | $32,936 |
| 7 | $25,453 |
| 8 | $19,671 |
| 9 | $15,755 |
| 10-11 | $12,619 |
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 750 ante
Simon "Igorkarkarof" Pedersen got it in from the cutoff with the 
and was flipping against "efkinis24" in the big blind with the .
The 
flop provided an ace, the turn the second pair and the 
river sent Pedersen to the rail.
