WCOOP-72-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max NLHE Main Event] Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 12

09-20-2020 11:48 UTC

Welcome to the 2020 WCOOP Low Main Event

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Today is a huge day for the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) at PokerStars with 15 events kicking off including the four-day WCOOP-72-L: $55 [8-Max NLHE Main Event], $1.25M Gtd at 7:05 p.m. CEST / 1:05 p.m. EDT.

Today's opening day will witness tens of thousands of players battling it out in hopes of putting themselves in a great position for Days 2-4 for a huge payout.

Players will have plenty of chances to build a massive stack with 25,000 in starting chips and blinds increasing slowly at 20 minutes per level starting at 50/100 with an ante of 12.

The tournament will witness new players entering throughout the entire opening day with late registration open until the start of Day 2. Players can opt to re-enter up to three times provided they lose all their chips during the late registration window.

Today's action will conclude after 17 20-minute blind levels are in the books and will reconvene for Day 2 at 7:05 p.m. CEST / 1:05 p.m. EDT when blind levels will be reduced to 15 minutes in length the rest of the way.

2020 WCOOP Low Main Event Blind Structure

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante	Duration
1	50	100	12	20 min.
2	60	120	15	20 min.
3	75	150	20	20 min.
4	100	200	25	20 min.
5	125	250	30	20 min.
6	150	300	40	20 min.
7	175	350	45	20 min.
8	200	400	50	20 min.
9	250	500	65	20 min.
10	300	600	75	20 min.
11	350	700	90	20 min.
12	400	800	100	20 min.
13	450	900	110	20 min.
14	500	1,000	125	20 min.
15	600	1,200	150	20 min.
16	700	1,400	175	20 min.
17	800	1,600	200	20 min.

Last year this event attracted a massive field of 37,065 (24,477 entries + 12,588 re-entries). This generated a massive $1,853,250 prize pool to crush the $1.25 million guarantee with 6,007 spots getting paid.

Finland's Jesse "Jesseonboss" Laakkonen shipped the event for $130,035 after agreeing to a four-way deal at the final table.

Stay tuned at PokerNews starting at 7:05 p.m. CEST / 1:05 p.m. EDT for a blow by blow report of the opening day of the 2020 WCOOP Low Main Event.

WCOOP-72-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max NLHE Main Event]

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