PokerStars WCOOP 2020

WCOOP-75-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Series Saver]
Day: 2
Event Info

PokerStars WCOOP 2020

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$97,526
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,050
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Entries
1,489
Level Info
Level
44
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
150,000
Players Info - Day 2
Players Left
1

WCOOP-75-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Series Saver]

Day 2 Completed

"Roche9797" Takes Down WCOOP-75-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Series Saver] for $97,526!

Level 44 : 600,000/1,200,000, 150,000 ante
WCOOP-75-H Champion "Roche9797"
WCOOP-75-H Champion "Roche9797"

The WCOOP-75-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Series Saver] $1 Million GTD had a total of 1,489 entries, blowing past the set guarantee with a prize pool of $1,489,000 and on Day 2 only 135 players returned to battle it out. when the last chance saloon had closed for business it was "Roche9797" reigning supreme, taking home $97,526 and a WCOOP title.

"Roche9797" came into the final day with about average stack, but jumped into the action quickly and catapulted to the top of the food chain after dropping "Hustlaaaaa" from the tournament. Sending "Roche9797" to the ten million mark first in the day. The United Kingdom native kept their foot on the gas all the way to the final table, bringing as much action as anyone.

There was talk of a deal at the final table but then "Roche9797" found a quick double to the top and all thought of the idea suddenly disappeared. "Roche9797" elected to play through and it paid off as they took down the first-place cash prize of $97,526 and $74,277 in bounties, along with a WCOOP title.

WCOOP-75-H Results and Payouts

PlacePlayerCountryPayout 
1"Roche9797"United Kingdom$97,526 
2Leonardo "LeoMattosAK" MattosBrazil$97,525 
3Gary "quiditbear" HassonBelgium$58,313 
4Alex "AlexGelinski" GelinskiBrazil$41,771 
5"gerasag"Ukraine$29,922 
6"Aalexxs"Netherlands$21,434 
7"MCvisitor"Russia$15,353 
8"Serebity_p"Romania$10,998 
9Ezequiel "eze88888" WaigelArgentina$8,745 

Final Day Action

The final day of this tournament started off with a bang, losing multiple well-known players during the first levels including Anthony "holdplz" Spinella, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Gediminas "Gedis92" Uselis, Robin "robinho" Ylitalo, and Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia.

After the first few rounds, play started to slow down and the big stacks started to run the tables, in what seemed to be a battle of lowball poker. Two stacks in particular to jump into an early lead were "Roche9797" and "Aalexxs" who took over the tournament four hours, cruising right into the final table.

First to take an exit from the final table was none other than the 2018 WCOOP Main Event champion Ezequiel "eze88888" Waigel who was leading the final two tables but caught himself on the worse end of some coolers. Waigel put his remaining chips in with ace-king versus the pocket fives of "Roche9797" and failed to hit, taking an exit in ninth place. Serebity_p was the next short-stack to take a shot, jamming with a pair of dimes but unfortunately ran into the queens of Gary "quiditbear" Hasson and was sent out in eighth place.

Next on the list of exits was "MCvisitor" after shoving snowmen into the kings of "Aalexxs", leaving the tournament in seventh place for a respectable $15,353. The next few rounds saw "Aalexxs" attempt two massive bluffs, and both times they were caught, leaving them short. Just a few hands after losing those hands "Aalexxs" put there last chips in with jack-ten and it was Gary "quiditbear" Hasson hooking up them up with king-queen and the rest is history as neither hit anything and "Aalexxs" was dropped from the tournament.

Hasson didn't stop there, sending another opponent out the door when "gerasag" pushed all in with jacks and Hasson woke up with bullets, the board rolled out clean and "gerasag" fell to the wayside. The final four battled it out for a quite some time before the next casualty occurred and in a rather disgusting manner. Alex "AlexGelinski" Gelinski flopped a straight, and also had a flush draw and managed to get it all in on the turn versus the gutshot and higher flush draw of "Roche9797". But as is life, an unexpected card landed on the river, giving "Roche9797" and the biggest pot of the tournament. Gelinski was eliminated in fourth.

"Roche9797" continued with his red-hot day, putting Hasson to the test during a blind-on-blind confrontation and Hasson snap-called for his life, tabling ace-king which had the king-queen of "Roche9797" destroyed. Hasson flopped top two but someone "Roche9797" managed to go runner-runner diamonds to take down the pot, knocking Hasson out of the tournament in third for $58,311.

The heads-up portion of this tournament was like many other part leading up, fast and full of surprises. Around ten hands into the feud, the players put all of their chips into the middle on a queen high board that looked relatively dry. Leonardo "LeoMattosAK" Mattos called for his tournament life and showed a pair of kings, only took look across the table at the pocket aces of "Roche9797" who was then dubbed the champion of this event. Mattos fell just shy of the title but managed to go home with $97,525 for his efforts.

That wraps it up for the PokerNews live reporting on this event, but tune in tomorrow as the Main Event final table is set to play down to a winner.

Leonardo "LeoMattosAK" Mattos Eliminated in 2nd Place ($97,525)

Level 44 : 600,000/1,200,000, 150,000 ante

"Roche9797" raised to 2,532,000 from the button, Leonardo "LeoMattosAK" Mattos three-bet to 7,000,000 and "Roche9797" smooth-called. The {q-Clubs}{9-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop landed on the virtual felt and Mattos bet 3,500,000.

"Roche9797" called and the {4-Diamonds} peeled off on the turn. Mattos check-called a bet of 6,390,000 from "Roche9797" and the board was then completed by a {6-Spades}.

Action checked to "Roche9797", they moved all in and Mattos called for less, putting in his 16,118,111. Mattos tabled {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} for an overpaid of kings but it was not enough when
"Roche9797" tabled {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}, beating Mattos in a cooler on the last hand of the night.

Mattos took home a respectable $97,525 for his efforts.

Player Chips Progress
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Roche9797
149,000,000
35,262,111
35,262,111
Profile photo of Leonardo "LeoMattosAK" Mattos
Leonardo "LeoMattosAK" Mattos
Busted

Level: 44

Blinds: 600,000/1,200,000

Ante: 150,000

Gary "quiditbear" Hasson Eliminated in 3rd Place ($58,313)

Level 43 : 500,000/1,000,000, 125,000 ante

"Roche9797" moved all in from the small blind and Gary "quiditbear" Hasson called for his remaining 22,601,605.

Gary "quiditbear" Hasson: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
"Roche9797": {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

Hasson was in a great spot and after the {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} flop landed he was looking even better take take down the pot with his two pair.

A {9-Diamonds} turn peeled off, giving "Roche9797" a lot of outs to send Hasson to the cleaners. The {5-Diamonds} happened to be one of the cards "Roche9797" was looking for, landing a flush to knock Hasson out of the tournament in third place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Roche9797 gb
Roche9797
114,362,889
40,543,284
40,543,284
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Gary "quiditbear" Hasson
Busted

Alex "AlexGelinski" Gelinski Eliminated in Fourth Place ($41,771)

Level 43 : 500,000/1,000,000, 125,000 ante

Alex "AlexGelinski" Gelinski limped from the small blind and "Roche9797" tapped behind to the {9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} flop. Action checked to "Roche9797" and they bet 1,775,000 which Gelinski quickly check-called.

A {q-Spades} landed on the turn, Gelinski checked and "Roche9797" bet 4,295,000. Gelinski check-raised to 11,300,000 and "Roche9797" shoved. Gelinksi called for less, putting in his 33,392,622 and the two tabled their hands.

Gelinski tabled {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for a flopped straight and was against the {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} of "Roche9797" who had plenty of outs to take down the pot. One of which was the {q-Diamonds} river that completed the board, sending the entire pot to "Roche9797" as Gelinski had to settle for fourth.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Roche9797 gb
Roche9797
73,819,605
47,610,222
47,610,222
Profile photo of Alex "AlexGelinski" Gelinski br
Alex "AlexGelinski" Gelinski
Busted

Gelinski Climbs Through the Leader

Level 43 : 500,000/1,000,000, 125,000 ante

"Roche9797" raised to 2,610,000 from the cutoff, Gary "quiditbear" Hasson called on the button and Alex "AlexGelinski" Gelinski defended his big blind.

The flop fell {j-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and all three checked through to the {8-Spades} turn card where Gelinski bet 6,000,000 and Hasson called to see the {2-Spades} river.

Gelinksi bet 10,500,000 and and Hasson folded, sending a healthy-sized pot to Gelinski.

Player Chips Progress
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Gary "quiditbear" Hasson
57,225,375
-2,648,663
-2,648,663
Profile photo of Alex "AlexGelinski" Gelinski br
Alex "AlexGelinski" Gelinski
43,477,222
10,528,663
10,528,663

Level: 43

Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000

Ante: 125,000