WCOOP-73-M: $1,050 PLO [6-Max, Main Event] Day 2 | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

09-21-2020 17:49 UTC

Say Goodbye to...

Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : 3,500/7,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	Busted
Alexander "joiso" Kostritsyn	Busted
Joao Mathias "joaoMathias" Baumgarten	Busted
Naoya "nkeyno" Kihara	Busted

Andre "Sira Al Aziz" Santos	Busted
Philippe "takechip" D'Auteuil	Busted
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	Busted
Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane	Busted
Bengt "pkrbt" Sonnert	Busted
Espen "locomi" Myrmo	Busted
Jareth "jareth3542" East	Busted
tmk999	Busted
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion	Busted
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois	Busted
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	Busted
Helio "hneves182" Neves	Busted
Diogo "phounderAA" Veiga	Busted

Alex "dynoalot" Difelice	Busted

09-21-2020 17:42 UTC

"luckymo32" Eliminated by Stone

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Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : 3,500/7,000, 0 ante

Matt "OLD TIME GIN" Stone raised to 21,000 from the button and "luckymo32" defended their big blind to see a flop appear.

"luckymo32" jammed for 28,360 and Stone quickly called putting "luckymo32" at risk.

"luckymo32":
Matt "OLD TIME GIN" Stone:

"luckymo32" out-flopped Stone and picked up a heart flush draw after the came on the turn.

"luckymo32" was looking good to snag a double until the dropped on the river giving Stone a better two-pair and "luckymo32" was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt "OLD TIME GIN" Stone	248,896 364,865	364,865
luckymo32	Busted

Tags: Matt Stone

09-21-2020 17:34 UTC

Everything You Need to Know About the WCOOP 2020 on PokerStars

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Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : 3,500/7,000, 0 ante

The 2020 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on PokerStars got underway last Sunday with the first of a 225-tournament schedule that runs until Wednesday, September 23rd.

The festival comes with more than $80 million in guarantees, with Low, Medium and High buy-in tiers for each event.

PokerNews takes you through everything you need to know about WCOOP, including the must-play events, key details on satellites, and how you can enjoy all the action thanks to cards-up Twitch coverage on the PokerStars channel.

Check out all WCOOP details here

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,500/7,000

Ante: 0

09-21-2020 17:26 UTC

First Players to Fall

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Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matheus "zilbee" Zilberknop	Busted
Narcis "Narcisus90" Nedelcu	Busted
flounder18	Busted
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro	Busted
Kelvin "kelvin_fp:ar" Kerber	Busted
James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins	Busted
Guilherme "guinor" Cunha	Busted
Eelis "EEE27" Pärssinen	Busted
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski	Busted
ShipitFTW911	Busted
Florin "AAgoodfold" Duta	Busted
Sam Fartoviy	Busted
Alexey "LuckyGump" Makarov	Busted
Noah "Exclusive" Boeken	Busted

Miguel "¿¿toneecho??" Seoane	Busted
Katz0r	Busted
nikolaaa1234	Busted
Carlo "Ravenswood13" van Ravenswoud	Busted

09-21-2020 17:17 UTC

"ghost crab" Turns "MrNebula" for Double

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Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

"MrNebula" raised to 13,500 from middle position and "ghost crab" three-bet to 46,500 from the small blind.

Action folded back to "MrNebula" who four-bet to 145,500 and "ghost crab" called off the rest of their 53,500 stack.

"ghost crab":
"MrNebula":

"MrNebula" was ahead with their pair of kings and nothing changed after the flop.

Luckily for "ghost crab", the appeared on the turn giving them trip fours and the river secured their double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
MrNebula	471,448
ghost crab	206,000

09-21-2020 17:10 UTC

Prize Pool and Payout Information

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Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

The numbers are in!

The registration period has officially closed with 788 total entries which generated a $788,000 prize pool.

This means that 95 players will be in the money for at least $2,373 while the winner will walk away with $133,757 plus the WCOOP title.

This is what the remaining 267 players are still playing for:

Place	Prize
1	$133,757
2	$94,178
3	$66,311
4	$46,670
5	$32,874
6	$23,147
7	$18,432
8-9	$14,677
10-11	$11,687
12-14	$9,307
15-17	$7,411
18-23	$5,901
24-35	$4,699
36-53	$3,742
54-71	$2,980
72-95	$2,373

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

09-21-2020 15:44 UTC

Who Will Reach the Final Day in WCOOP-73-M: $1,050 PLO [6-Max, Main Event]?

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Anthony Thompson

An exciting day of poker is ahead for the latest medium stakes event of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) 2020 as a field of 788 will see 267 survivors return to their seats at 1.10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) for Day 2 of WCOOP-73-M: $1,050 PLO [6-Max, Main Event].

Among those survivors, only three players eclipsed the one-milly mark and those include Guilherme "guilherme12" Decourt (1,458,730), "Zagalo87" (1,414,407) and Richard "raconteur" Gryko (1,084,327).

Other notable players holding top stacks include Jens "Jeans89" Kyllönen (933,004), Mathias "Cashcid Linc" Maasberg (836,791), Eder "edercampana" Campana (377,574) and Patrick "pads1161" Leonard (796,991).

The Top 10 for Day 2 at a Glance

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Guilherme "guilherme12" Decourt	Brazil	1,458,730	243
2	"Zagalo87"	Crotia	1,414,407	235
3	Richard "raconteur" Gryko	United Kingdom	1,084,327	180
4	"XD89lol<3"	Finland	987,924	164
5	"anonymstruts"	Sweden	950,135	158
6	"Argentin_GOd"	Hungary	934,724	155
7	Jens "Jeans89" Kyllönen	Finland	933,004	155
8	"7Be^eC7"	Belarus	863,830	143
9	Mathias "Cashcid Linc" Maasberg	Germany	836,791	139
10	"[Removed:559]"	Austria	825,581	137

The action is slated to pick up action in level 16 at blinds of 3,000/6,000 and each level on Day 2 will last 20 minutes in length. Once the field is dwindled down to the final 18 players, the day concludes for the night and the final three tables will then continue the following day at 1.05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) .

Stay tuned to find out who makes it one step further to add a WCOOP title to their online poker resume as the PokerNews live reporting team will provide as many key hands as possible until a winner has been crowned.

Tags: Eder Campana Guilherme Decourt Jens Kyllönen Richard Gryko

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