WCOOP-73-H: $10,300 PLO [6-Max, Main Event] Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

Player	Chips	Progress
hotmark777	1,689,323 144,323	144,323

Us_Alex	1,689,203 374,203	374,203
Kukenmuser	1,491,159 142,159	142,159
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	1,440,771 133,771	133,771
ZhipOHoy	1,356,471 131,471	131,471
jedimaster82	1,327,056 327,056	327,056
Sintoras	1,285,939 -414,061	-414,061
Sira Al Aziz	1,253,848 164,848	164,848
Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak	1,202,172 -152,828	-152,828
David "EzPaTuLa" Cabrera	1,190,240 -10,760	-10,760
Ola "Odd_Oddsen" Amundsgard	1,160,058 910,058	910,058
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas	1,077,874 142,874	142,874
Ben "Ben86" Tollerene	1,043,306 423,306	423,306
Andreas "Skjervoy" Torbergsen	951,881 951,881	951,881
3DTemujiN	860,288 860,288	860,288
Eelis "EEE27" Parssinen	762,059 567,059	567,059
Aku1206	739,962 144,962	144,962
Alex "dynoalot" Difelice	727,795
Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane	719,464 719,464	719,464
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro	718,127 -131,873	-131,873
Ioannis "ActionFreak" Kontonatsios	704,254
Venividi1993	699,493
Noah "Exclusive" Boeken	685,230 -202,770	-202,770

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi	682,390 -139,610	-139,610
Kahle "ROFLshove" Burns	605,888 50,888	50,888

Player

Chips

Progress

hotmark777

1,689,323

144,323

Us_Alex

1,689,203

374,203

Kukenmuser

1,491,159

142,159

Mike "SirWatts" Watson

1,440,771

133,771

ZhipOHoy

1,356,471

131,471

jedimaster82

1,327,056

327,056

Sintoras

1,285,939

-414,061

Sira Al Aziz

1,253,848

164,848

Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak

1,202,172

-152,828

David "EzPaTuLa" Cabrera

1,190,240

-10,760

Ola "Odd_Oddsen" Amundsgard

1,160,058

910,058

Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas

1,077,874

142,874

Ben "Ben86" Tollerene

1,043,306

423,306

Andreas "Skjervoy" Torbergsen

951,881

3DTemujiN

860,288

Eelis "EEE27" Parssinen

762,059

567,059

Aku1206

739,962

144,962

Alex "dynoalot" Difelice

727,795

Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane

719,464

Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro

718,127

-131,873

Ioannis "ActionFreak" Kontonatsios

704,254

Venividi1993

699,493

Noah "Exclusive" Boeken

685,230

-202,770

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi

682,390

-139,610

Kahle "ROFLshove" Burns

605,888

50,888

After an action-packed seven hours, Day 1 of WCOOP-73-H: $10,300 PLO [6-Max, Main Event] wrapped up with 38 of the 123 entries advancing.

The top chip count belongs to "hotmark777," though the'll be looking for a deep run to make up for the maximum allowance of three bullets fired. They finished with 1,689,323, just a hair above the 1,689,203 "bagged" by "Us_Alex." "Kukenmuser" (1,491,159), Mike "SirWatts" Watson (1,440,771) and "ZhipOHoy" (1,356,471).

Watson, of course, is the most notable and well-known of those names. One of the best players in the history of online poker tournaments, Watson is a two-time WCOOP winner, with one of those coming in a High event, as this one is. With $12 million in live cashes, he's one of the names to watch going forward.

Another former high-stakes 8-game champ, Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak also wound up with a big stack of 1.2 million. Maslak won a huge three-way all in with aces late, making the nut flush on the river after he got sucked out on the turn, to put himself in good position going to Day 3.

Of course, plenty of top PLO cash regs are also in the hunt, such as Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas, and Galfond Challenge villains Ioannis "ActionFreak" Kontonatsios and "Venividi1993."

Registration remains open until a bit before the start of Day 2, so the guarantee of $1.25 million appears almost certain to be met. A few players will be frozen out due to using all their shells on Day 1, though, including Richard "raconteur" Gryko, Jens "Jeans89" Kyllonen, Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen, and Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski.

Day 2 gets rolling at 1:10 p.m. EDT on Monday. Come back to PokerNews for more live coverage.