After two days of online poker action in the flagship event of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) 2020, just 71 hopefuls out of a field of 1,977 entries remain in the WCOOP-72-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event]. They have all locked up at least $27,139 for their efforts but all dream of a far bigger share of the $10,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Leading the survivors into the penultimate tournament day is "rzr1st" from Russia with a huge stack of 29,925,402 and their nearest followers "jokkee_apart" (19,635,359), Denys "SantaZzz" Chufarin (19,539,620), and Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder (19,478,439) are all tightly bunched together.
Further notables among the big stacks include Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi (15,060,503), and "Spotzilla666" (15,006,741), Robin "robinho" Ylitalo (10,230,679), Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov (9,355,572), Sergio "zcedrick" Aido (9,128,302), and Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson (8,863,571).
The Top 10 in Chips After Day 2 in WCOOP-72-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event]
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | rzr1st | Russia | 29,925,402 | 214 |
| 2 | jokkee_apart | Norway | 19,635,359 | 140 |
| 3 | Denys "SantaZzz" Chufarin | Ukraine | 19,539,620 | 140 |
| 4 | Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder | Netherlands | 19,478,439 | 139 |
| 5 | Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi | Brazil | 15,060,503 | 108 |
| 6 | Spotzilla666 | Poland | 15,006,741 | 107 |
| 7 | The_Poker_G33k | Romania | 13,950,225 | 100 |
| 8 | juswhackit | Ecuador | 11,049,626 | 79 |
| 9 | Andre_Hansen | Ukraine | 11,046,692 | 79 |
| 10 | robinsex | Bolovia | 10,428,375 | 74 |
Day 3 will continue at 1.05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) with most of level 31 to be played at blinds of 70,000/140,000 with a running ante of 17,500. All levels continue to last 30 minutes each and the goal for all those still in contention is to survive another day and reach the nine-handed final table. That would lock up a cash of at least $99,997 and retain the chances of becoming the next WCOOP-H Main Event champion.
The Main Event Schedule
| Day | Date | Start Time | Further Information |
|---|
| 1 | September 20th, 2020 | 1.05 PM EST | 579/1,697 entries remained end of level 15 |
| 2 | September 21st, 2020 | 1.10 PM EST | 280 new entries, 71/1,977 remained |
| 3 | September 22nd, 2020 | 1.05 PM EST | Play concludes when 9 remain |
| 4 | September 23rd, 2020 | 1.05 PM EST | Play down to a winner |
Stay tuned to find out who makes the cut as the PokerNews live reporting team will provide all the action from start-to-finish.
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