PokerStars WCOOP 2020

WCOOP-72-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event]
Day: 2
Event Info

PokerStars WCOOP 2020

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
98
Prize
$504,584
Event Info
Buy-in
$530
Prize Pool
$3,552,500
Entries
7,105
Level Info
Level
56
Blinds
3,000,000 / 6,000,000
Ante
750,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
2,611
Players Left
80

Who Will Make Day 3 of the PokerStars WCOOP-72-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event]?

Adam Crawford
Adam Crawford

Day 2 of the PokerStars WCOOP-72-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] will restart at 7:10 p.m. CEST with more entries than the 2,006 players who survived Day 1 as the late registration is open until 7:05 p.m.

On Day 1, 6,500 entries were collected to create a prize pool of $3,250,000 which easily surpasses the initial $2,000,000 guarantee that was set but with almost 200 extra entries already with another hour to go, the prize pool will only go up more.

Brazil's Guilherme "Guizãoo_" Carmo claimed the Day 1 chip lead with 1,786,242 and is followed in the counts by Eelis "EEE27" Pärssinen (1,374,760), "Sektor17" (1,319,456), "Netstorm" (1,268,460), and Adam "ISmellToast" Crawford (1,247,007) to make up the top five.

Players like Lonnie "thx4urm0n3y" Hallett, PokerStars Ambassador Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas, Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov, Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro, Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Cristian "Progre69" Sampaoli, Narcis "Narcisus90" Nedelcu, Manuel "fellatiado" Ruivo, Phillipe "takechip" D’Auteui, Joao "Naza114" Vieira, Nicolas "niccc" Chouity, and Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk are among the more familiar names in the top 100 of the counts.

When the players return for Day 2, they will play Level 17 which features a small blind of 3,000, a big blind of 6,000, and a running ante of 750. The level duration will be reduced to 20 minutes and play will continue until there are 80 players left for Day 3 which starts at 7:05 p.m CEST on Tuesday, September 22. On Day 3, they will continue play until the final table has been reached which will resume on Day 4 on Wednesday.

PokerNews will be there from the first bustout until the day ends, so stick around for all the exciting action.

Prize Pool Details Confirmed

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

With the 605 entries before the start of the day, there were 7,105 entries in total for this event which created a prize pool of $3,552,500. This means that today, 863 players will be in the money for at least $1,141 while the winner will walk away with the title and the first-place prize of $504,584 on Wednesday, September 23.

This is what the 2,611 players at the start of the day are battling for:

PlacePrize PlacePrize PlacePrize
1$504,584 10-12$23,978 144-191$2,530
2$359,680 13-15$17,092 192-247$2,258
3$256,392 16-23$12,184 248-327$2,015
4$182,765 24-31$8,685 328-415$1,798
5$130,281 32-47$6,191 416-511$1,605
6$92,868 48-71$4,413 512-615$1,432
7$66,199 72-103$3,177 616-727$1,278
8$47,189 104-143$2,835 728-863$1,141
9$33,638      

Paris Chips Up With Quads

Level 18 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante
Paris vs 99dm84
Paris vs 99dm84

Bryan "bparis" Paris raised to 13,800 from the button and "99dm84" three-bet to 54,000 from the small blind which Paris called.

The flop came {j-Clubs}{9-Spades}{k-Spades}, "99dm84" check-called the 79,800 bet of Paris.

The turn was the {j-Spades}, "99dm84" bet 63,000 and Paris called.

The river completed the board with the {j-Hearts}, "99dm84" checked for the last time. Paris bet 274,800 for "99dm84" to call but mucked when Paris tabled the {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} for quads.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bryan "bparis" Paris
Bryan "bparis" Paris
1,192,345
1,192,345
1,192,345
Profile photo of 99dm84 ba
99dm84
425,069
425,069
425,069

Straight Flush for Rodriguez

Level 18 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante
Rodriguez vs DiamantM
Rodriguez vs DiamantM

"DiamantM" raised to 16,380 from under the gun and Luis "Turko_man" Rodriguez three-bet to 43,277 from the hijack. The action folded back to "DiamantM" who made the call.

The flop came {j-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Hearts}, "DiamantM" check-raised the 59,500 continuation-bet of Rodrigues to 1668,000 for the latter to shove with the bigger stack. "DiamantM" called for the 696,571 they had behind.

"DiamantM": {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}
Luis "Turko_man" Rodriguez: {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

"DiamantM" had flopped a set of sevens while Rodriguez held the flush draw and gutshot to a straight.

The turn was the {8-Clubs} for Rodriguez to hit the straight but the {9-Hearts} on the river got him to improve to a straight flush.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Luis "Turko_man" Rodriguez
Luis "Turko_man" Rodriguez
1,549,847
Profile photo of Jason "JASON.MAC100" McConnon gb
Jason "JASON.MAC100" McConnon
198,438
Profile photo of DiamantM ru
DiamantM
Busted

WCOOP 2020: Matheus ‘MathCamillo1’ Camillo Rides Out The Storm, Wins #15-M

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Matheus Camillo WCOOP
Matheus Camillo WCOOP

There were just five players left near the end of Day 2 of Event #15-M of the 2020 World Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars, a $55+R no-limit hold’em eight-handed tournament.

Brazilian player Matheus “MathCamillo1” Camillo had enjoyed a great couple of days of poker to that point. He had built a big stack on Day 1, made it to the final table bubble on Day 2 where he won a big all-in, and was fifth in chips to start the FT.

A little while after that there were just five left out of 5,450 total entries (including re-entries). And coincidentally, Camillo was down to just five big blinds.

“I was just folding and hoping to find a favorable situation,” explains Camillo. “But the favorable situation never came.”

“That’s when I put on my lucky song… Snoop Dogg‘s ‘Riders on the Storm.'”

Read the full story over at the PokerStars Blog

Swidler Busts "ZirtoMaltana" and Mustafov

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Swidler vs ZirtoMaltana vs Mustafov
Swidler vs ZirtoMaltana vs Mustafov

"ZirtoMaltana" shoved from under the gun for 96,275 and Fahredin "FeriBo" Mustafov three-bet to 288,000 from the button, keeping 7,179 behind. Carter "cswidler" Swidler four-bet from the big blind for Mustafov to call for the rest.

"ZirtoMaltana": {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Fahredin "FeriBo" Mustafov: {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Carter "cswidler" Swidler: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}

The board ran out {5-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} for Swidler and "ZirtoMaltana" both to flop top pair but for Swidler to hold with the higher kicker to bust both players.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Carter "cswidler" Swidler ca
Carter "cswidler" Swidler
1,728,231
Profile photo of Fahredin "FeriBo" Mustafov bg
Fahredin "FeriBo" Mustafov
Busted
Profile photo of ZirtoMaltana ca
ZirtoMaltana
Busted

Three WCOOP 2020 Titles for the Unstoppable Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski: “Every day I learn something new”

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
Yuri Dzivielevski WCOOP
Yuri Dzivielevski WCOOP

“Why do you think the same five guys make it to the final table of the World Series of Poker EVERY YEAR?” argues Mike McDermott (played by Matt Damon) in Rounders. “What, are they the luckiest guys in Las Vegas? It’s a skill game.”

Here we are, some 22 years later, and If you still don’t believe Mike McD that poker is a game of skill then let us introduce you to Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski.

Forget about making headlines once a year, this 28-year-old Brazilian is a mainstay in our daily World Championship of Online Poker updates. And I mean every single day, in every single game.

Dzivielevski has won an incredible three WCOOP titles in the first two weeks of online poker’s most prestigious series, taking his career tally to four. At the time of writing, he’s in second place on both the overall and High WCOOP leaderboards and sits third in the Medium contest.

Read the full story over at the PokerStars Blog

"DaryaSt" Busts Two

Level 22 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
DaryaSt vs Peruano90 vs heinus
DaryaSt vs Peruano90 vs heinus

"Peruano90" raised to 29,400 from the early position and "DaryaSt" called from the hijack and so did Fabian "fabstinho" Quoss on the button. "heinus" three-bet shoved for 202,022 from the small blind. "Peruano90" four-bet shoved for 653,467 for "DaryaSt" to call and Quoss to fold.

"heinus": {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}
"Peruano90": {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}
"DaryaSt": {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The board ran out {10-Spades}{q-Spades}{5-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} for "DaryaSt" to hold with the kings for two pair to bust both opponents.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of DaryaSt by
DaryaSt
2,947,359
Profile photo of Fabian "fabstinho" Quoss de
Fabian "fabstinho" Quoss
359,406
Profile photo of Peruano90 br
Peruano90
Busted
Profile photo of heinus no
heinus
Busted

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

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
Gavin Cochrane WCOOP
Gavin Cochrane WCOOP

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