WCOOP-72-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

09-20-2020 18:42 UTC

Updated Counts of the PokerStars Ambassadors

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 700/1,400, 175 ante

Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas has joined the action recently and already made a small profit on a table which also includes Matas "NoTilit" Cikinas, "The_Poker_G33k", Julian "nailuj90" Stuer and Phillipe "takechip" D'Auteuil.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felix "xflixx" Schneiders	309,383 8,060	8,060

Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas	272,864
Fintan "easywithaces" Hand	247,596 85,868	85,868
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg	85,616 20,029	20,029

09-20-2020 18:42 UTC

Watch PokerStars Twitch with Cards-Up Coverage!

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 700/1,400, 175 ante

PokerStars Twitch has begun it's broadcast with James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton live in the booth. They'll comment on all the action of Event #68-H: $1,050 NLHE 8-Max Progressive Knockout with cards-up coverage, so make sure to check it out!

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09-20-2020 18:45 UTC

Watson Chips Up

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 700/1,400, 175 ante

Mike "SirWatts" Watson had dropped below half the starting stack and then three-bet an open raise of "LastJesus" from 2,940 to 9,800 out of the hijack. Watson was called and they checked to the turn on which "LastJesus" check-called a bet of 15,246.

The fell on the river and "LastJesus" check-folded when Watson made it 26,796 to go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	291,902 6,868	6,868
Aaron "AaronBeen" Been	281,210 33,585	33,585
GreenBoo	235,975 33,665	33,665
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann	224,278 7,547	7,547
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	146,379 94,851	94,851

Level: 4

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

09-20-2020 18:50 UTC

Spragg Doubles Through "Jacob Schindler"

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Jorge "jorginho88" Abreu min-raised to 3,200 and was called by Ben "Spraggy" Spragg in the small blind and "Jacob Schindler" in the big blind. On a flop of , "Jacob Schindler" check-raised to 21,562 following a bet of 3,696 by Abreu and a call by Spragg. The former then folded and Spragg moved all in to get called.

Ben "Spraggy" Spragg:
"Jacob Schindler":

Neither the turn nor the river changed anything and Spragg doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
ilir3	391,618 14,620	14,620
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder	342,259 35,500	35,500
Jacob Schindler	320,961 52,216	52,216

Jorge "jorginho88" Abreu	316,924 36,130	36,130
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg	172,188 86,572	86,572
Preben "prebz" Stokkan	143,618 27,851	27,851

09-20-2020 18:55 UTC

Simao Doubles Through "19Pistike93"

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Joao "IneedMassari" Simao opened the action with a raise and Hungary's "19Pistike93" three-bet to 12,000. Simao then made it 32,500 to go and called all-in for 190,846 following the shove of his table neighbor.

Joao "IneedMassari" Simao:
"19Pistike93":

On a board of , Simao remained ahead with his kinds to score a double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao "IneedMassari" Simao	385,692 99,860	99,860
19Pistike93	215,496 99,804	99,804
Henri "Buehlero" Buehler	145,809 46,780	46,780

09-20-2020 18:57 UTC

Second Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

According to the tournament information, there are 905 players out of 953 entries remaining on the second break of the day.

09-20-2020 19:02 UTC

Assorted Big Stacks on the Break

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs	791,821 19,026	19,026

WhAcKyJacKy99	657,696 657,696	657,696
Liviu "0human0" Ignat	628,648 378,648	378,648
VladTheSlaye	540,162 540,162	540,162
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro	533,940 533,940	533,940
Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi	519,486 519,486	519,486

Ihar "OMGitshunt" Soika	503,108 253,108	253,108
ross_654	498,451 21,127	21,127
kimokh	496,780 496,780	496,780
Old brock	492,665 492,665	492,665
Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson	480,275 230,275	230,275

09-20-2020 19:05 UTC

D'Auteuil Flushes Colillas

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas raised to 4,000 in the penultimate hand before the break and was called by Julian "nailuj90" Stuer on the button. "Netstorm" then three-bet to 25,600 and Philippe "takechip" D'Auteuil cold-called in the big blind. Colillas four-bet to 69,600 and was called only by D'Auteuil.

On a flop of , D'Auteuil check-called the shove of Colillas for 195,769.

Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas:
Philippe "takechip" D'Auteuil

The French-Canadian was freerolling and nailed the turn to leave Colillas drawing dead on the first bullet, which made the river a formality. The vacant seat was then filled by Josip "Jozinho6" Simunic, who had been eliminated on the first bullet before that, too.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philippe "takechip" D'Auteuil	654,665
Netstorm	433,248 433,248	433,248
Josip "Jozinho6" Simunic	250,000 250,000	250,000
Julian "nailuj90" Stuer	228,267 228,267	228,267
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas	Busted