Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden opened for 240,000 from middle position and was called by Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani from the big blind.
Garagnani check-called for 168,750 on the flop. The turn paired the board and Garagnani fired out for 138,000. Vousden called and both players checked the river.
Both players had the same two pair with Vousden holding and Garagnani holding . But, Vousden held the better kicker to win the hand.
PokerStars Twitch has begun its broadcast with James Hartigan and guests live in the booth. They'll comment on all the action of WCOOP-72-H: $5,200 Main Event with cards-up coverage, so make sure to check it out!
The final table has kicked off in real-time. This will be the last post in real-time for PokerNews for this event as well as we will reporting on a 30-minute delay the rest of the way to avoid giving away spoilers to those also watching the stream.
The 2021 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) progresses onto its second day at PokerStars with many big events highlighted by the final table of the $1 million guaranteed WCOOP-04-H: $5,200 NLHE High Roller.
The tournament attracted exactly 200 entrants on Day 1 to meet its lofty guarantee and after nearly 8 1/2 hours of play, there were just nine players remaining with Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani entering the final table of nine remaining hopefuls as the table captain.
Garagnani is no stranger to WCOOP success as today he will be after his second WCOOP title as he previously shipping the WCOOP-76-L NLHE 6-Max PKO Turbo in 2017 for $45,980.
Meanwhile, Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura, Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani, and Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt all advanced to the final table with above average stacks with Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden, Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood, Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann, and David "dpeters17" Peters, all advancing with shorter stacks.
2021 WCOOP-04-H: $5,200 NLHE High Roller Final Table Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani
10,329,673
86
2
Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura
7,896,514
66
3
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph
7,357,216
61
4
Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani
6,394,828
53
5
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt
5,959,377
50
6
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden
3,737,401
31
7
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood
3,707,552
31
8
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann
2,397,479
20
9
David "dpeters17" Peters
2,219,960
18
Total
50,000,000
417
Average
5,555,556
46
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph begins final table in third place
Final Table Schedule
The final table will kick off on Monday, Aug. 23 at 5:05 p.m. GMT. PokerStars will be streaming the final table with hole cards exposed on a 30-minute delay. PokerNews will report on the same delay as to not reveal any spoilers.
The blinds will resume with the remainder of Level 24 (60,000/120,000/15,000a) and increase every 30 minutes until a winner is crowned.
Final Table Payouts
The nine returning players are each slated to receive at least a $20,554 payout with the winner set to add $195,690 to their PokerStars balance.
Place
Prize
1
$195,690
2
$152,344
3
$118,600
4
$92,330
5
$71,879
6
$55,958
7
$43,563
8
$33,914
9
$26,402
Stay tuned at PokerNews to see who will win the WCOOP-04-H: $5,200 NLHE High Roller at PokerStars.
flop. The 
turn paired the board and Garagnani fired out for 138,000. Vousden called and both players checked the 
river.
and Garagnani holding 
. But, Vousden held the better kicker to win the hand.
flop and Greenwood called. Dattani bet 574,200 when the 
came on the turn and Greenwood again called. 
river and Dattani tabled 
for second pair. Greenwood mucked his hand and Dattani took two million chip pot.
