WCOOP-72-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] Day 2 | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

09-21-2020 19:09 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Ihar "OMGitshunt" Soika	Busted
Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii	Busted
Matas "NoTilit" Cikinas	Busted
Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon	Busted
19Pistike93	Busted
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves	Busted
Mike "gorodski" Gorodinsky	Busted

NeedBeat	Busted
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	Busted
Biocid	Busted
Belarmino "PaGaOVelhinho" de Souza	Busted
serggorelyi7	Busted
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov	Busted
Thiago "KKremate" Crema	Busted
Pedro "gusmaa" Gusma	Busted
Matthias "MLS20" Lipp	Busted
Marc "Rowniwn" Radgen	Busted
shahter98	Busted
airlewis	Busted
Jareth "jareth3542" East	Busted
morans350	Busted
Evan "PURPLE"K"99" Parkes	Busted
patapong	Busted
Igor "Garrin4e" Yaroshevskyy	Busted
Diego "TheGrinderØ" Falcone	Busted

Hand Eliminated by "d7o1d1s0"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

A raise to 42,800 by "d7o1d1s0" saw Fintan "easywithaces" Hand jam the last 318,975 in the cutoff and he was quickly called by the initial raiser.

Fintan "easywithaces" Hand:
"d7o1d1s0":

Hand took the lead on the flop but it was a short-lived one as the appeared right away on the turn to restore the preflop order. A blank river brought no miracle for the PokerStars ambassador and Hand joined the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
d7o1d1s0	2,679,334 363,975	363,975
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo	1,093,724
Fintan "easywithaces" Hand	Busted

09-21-2020 19:17 UTC

Next Batch of Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

"JiGGz22" limped and called a raise to 53,444 by table neighbor "WhaTisL0v3" to then check-call a bet of 30,000 on the flop.

On the turn, they check-raised from 130,000 to 260,000 and "WhaTisL0v3" called all-in for the 120,708 they had behind.

"WhaTisL0v3":
"JiGGz22":

The on the river brought no flush for "WhaTisL0v3" as they joined the list of casualties.

Player	Chips	Progress
JiGGz22	2,022,807 384,152	384,152
Markus "12dürma89" Dürnegger	1,907,193 191,500	191,500
kimokh	1,714,364 50,896	50,896
WhaTisL0v3	Busted
zas93	Busted
3DTemujiN	Busted
Pimmss	Busted
Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy	Busted
Nacho124441	Busted
Jamil11	Busted
Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson	Busted

09-21-2020 19:21 UTC

Waigel Eliminated by "Horseman4444"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Hungary's "xnrobix" raised to 42,000 from middle position and was called by Ezequiel "eze88888" Waigel from one seat over and "Horseman4444" in the big blind. On a flop of , "Horseman4444" check-raised all-in for 900,463 to force our "xnrobix" as Waigel bet 89,000 and subsequently called all-in for less.

Ezequiel "eze88888" Waigel:
"Horsman4444":

The turn brought no help and the river ended the bid of Waigel for a second WCOOP-H Main Event title.

Player	Chips	Progress
Horseman4444	1,953,142 1,953,142	1,953,142
xnrobix	1,594,872 941,836	941,836
RUMUKULUS	1,141,764 583,744	583,744
Helio "hneves182" Neves	951,133 -812,147	-812,147
Nicolas "niccc" Chouity	544,873 -393,161	-393,161
Ezequiel "eze88888" Waigel	Busted

09-21-2020 19:26 UTC

Alavali Busts Pateychuk

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk three-bet jammed his short stack of 214,134 from the button and was called by Jargo "bungakat" Alavali.

Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk:
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali:

The dominated ace of Pateychuk found no help on the board and the Russian was gone well before the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao "XxJoaoFeraxX" Otavio	1,659,584 1,219,338	1,219,338
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali	1,629,135 1,370,693	1,370,693
Alex "dynoalot" Difelice	1,596,271 -97,180	-97,180
Jens "Jeans89" Kyllonen	1,272,612 1,272,612	1,272,612

trifanescub	613,997 -123,879	-123,879
Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis	548,120 -17,012	-17,012
komarac_zg	356,291 356,291	356,291
Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk	Busted

Level: 20

Blinds: 12,500/25,000

Ante: 3,250

09-21-2020 19:33 UTC

"vladxxxro" In the Lead

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Romania's "vladxxxro" is the first player above five million in chips and Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja is on the verge of achieving that soon whereas another four players have climbed above 3.5 million in chips, which includes Manuel "BigFudge95" Fritz as the latest big stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
vladxxxro	5,029,101 2,520,120	2,520,120
Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja	4,703,768 2,839,736	2,839,736
Manuel "BigFudge95" Fritz	3,704,731
juswhackit	3,670,198 1,021,552	1,021,552
KidsPoker89	3,639,319 372,500	372,500
Daniel "Razer2311" Rezaei	3,621,095 513,594	513,594

09-21-2020 19:35 UTC

WCOOP 2020 Winner Gavin “gavz101” Cochrane Offers Advice on Dealing with Downswings after “turbulent but fun” 10 Years

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Gavin “gavz101” Cochrane has been playing for over a decade, usually tearing up cash games and occasionally crossing over into the tournament arena to put a few notches on his record. Last week, he won event 26-H for $63,236k, claiming the first WCOOP win of his illustrious poker career.

Speaking of his win, Cochrane says, “It feels like it’s about time! I’ve played enough WCOOPs. I’m happy to win in 5 card PLO, as I really enjoy playing that game.”

He describes his 10+ year long poker journey as “pretty turbulent, but lots of fun.”

Cochrane was once involved in some of the most insane cash games of all time, including regular $100/$200 sessions against players such as Viktor “Isildur1” Blom. In one particularly memorable session, Cochrane came off $600k in profit against Blom. Another time, Cochrane won $150k in a single hand against Scott Palmer.

“I had quite a lot of gamble in my twenties – loved the high stakes and big swings. But I feel that urge less these days,” says Cochrane. “I still have a lot of love for the game, but I have a very different relationship with poker these days. It doesn’t consume me like it used to.”

Read the full story over at the PokerStars Blog

09-21-2020 19:35 UTC

Van Zadelhoff Eliminated by "akayagi44"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff dropped to a shorter stack and ultimately got those last blinds in out of the small blind to get called by "akayagi44" in the big blind.

Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff:
"akayagi44":

The flop provided an additional flushdraw for the Dutchman but he bricked the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
akayagi44	540,758
Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff	Busted

09-21-2020 19:40 UTC

"cigarromata" Eliminated by Rudolph

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Brazil's "cigarromata" defended the big blind against a raise of 54,500 by Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph and checked the flop, which led to a bet of 37,500 by Rudolph. His opponent check-raised to 100,000 and earned a call to then jam the turn and pick up a snap-call.

"cigarromata":
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph:

The top set of Rudolph had the checkmark as a meaningless peeled off on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja	4,703,768
Angel "atlantaca661" Teicher	2,357,993 -189,038	-189,038
Julien "Stroposoz" Achard-Stropoli	2,073,472 -150,828	-150,828
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	1,929,722 802,440	802,440
Sergio "zcedrick" Aido	1,115,279 -471,429	-471,429
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt	715,265 334,149	334,149
cigarromata	Busted