WCOOP-04-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller], $1M Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2021

08-22-2021 17:19 UTC

Jacobson Wins One Against Talbot

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Level 1 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson opened for 5,760 from the hijack. Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot three-bet to 27,600 from the big blind and Jacobson called.

Talbot bet 31,200 on the flop and Jacobson called. Talbot then check-called a bet of 34,800 on the turn before checking again on the river. Jacobson jammed for 177,160 and took the chip lead after Talbot folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson	367,360	124,020
Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot	219,880	-122,700

08-22-2021 17:15 UTC

Early Pot for Leonard

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Level 1 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Patrick "pads1161" opened for 5,280 from the hijack. Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii three-bet to 21,600 from the small blind and Leonard called.

Karmatchkii fired out for 15,741 on the flop. Leonard raised to 48,000 and won an easy pot after Karmatchkii folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	300,241
Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii	284,899	34,899

08-22-2021 17:12 UTC

Talbot Takes One Off Grafton

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Level 1 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Early on, the two PokerStars Ambassadors in Sam "SamSquid" Grafton and Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot were battling it out.

The hand began with Martin "M.nosbocaj" Jacobson opening for 5,760 from under the gun. Grafton called from the button before Talbot three-bet to 28,800 from the small blind. Jacobson folded and Grafton called.

Talbot fired out for 22,800 on the flop and 37,200 on the turn and was called by Grafton both times. The completed the board on the river and Talbot bet 151,200 with just 3,820 behind. Grafton folded to give Talbot an early chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot	342,580	92,580
Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson	243,340	-6,660
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton	156,700	-93,300

08-22-2021 17:07 UTC

Early Players in the Field Post

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Level 1 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Here's a look at some of the early entrants in the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bert "girafganger7" Stevens	250,000
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	250,000
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	250,000
Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic	250,000
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez	250,000
ArturR2R	250,000
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton	250,000
Dejan "dejanlc357" Kaladjurdjevic	250,000
Abroski	250,000
InFernO 909	250,000
sined333	250,000
tounik	250,000
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos	250,000
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo	250,000
Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach	250,000
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	250,000
Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot	250,000
Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov	250,000
Aalexxs	250,000
Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson	250,000
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt	250,000
occasionem	250,000
Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii	250,000
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford	250,000

08-22-2021 17:06 UTC

The Action Begins

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Level 1 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

The WCOOP-04-H: $5,200 NLHE High Roller has just kicked off with 31 players. This figure will grow throughout the day with players permitted up to two re-entries during the 280-minute late-registration window.

Level: 1

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

08-22-2021 15:55 UTC

WCOOP-04-H: $5,200 NLHE High Roller Kicks Off at 5:05 p.m. GMT

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The first day of a coveted series is set to kick-off as the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) begins today at PokerStars.

The festival guarantees a mind-blowing $100 million across 102 events broken with each event broken out into Low, Medium, and High tournaments from Aug. 22 to Sept. 15.

Many of the biggest names in poker will be battling it out in the WCOOP-04-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller] as it is the largest event of the day both in terms of the $5,200 buy-in and its generous $1 million guarantee.

All players will begin with 250,000 in chips and will be playing with four 15-minute blind levels before the action becomes deeper with 20-minute blind levels the rest of the way. Any player can re-enter two times during the late registration period which last is available for the first 280 minutes of play.

PokerStars Ambassador Sam "SamSquid" Grafton, Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic, Bert "girafganger7" Stevens, and Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez were among the players to register at least an hour before the action began.

Day 1 of this event will play down until the action is down to just a final table of nine players. Those advancing to the final table will then resume their battle until a winner is declared on Monday, Aug 23 at 5:05 GMT.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing all of the updates throughout this event so stay tuned.

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