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

Aug 22, 2021

Veldhuis Loses With Kings; Busts Out Shortly After

Connor Richards

Level 16 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet raised to 50,000 from the lojack and Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis three-bet jammed from the hijack. It folded to Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis in the big blind who went all-in for 811,500. Van Fleet called off with 666,932.

Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis:
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis:
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet:

The kings of Veldhuis were well ahead on the flop and turn, but the on the river gave Theologis the nut flush.

Veldhuis busted out a few hands later when he moved all-in preflop with from the big blind with two big blinds behind and did not improve against the of Theologis.

Aug 22, 2021

Vieira Eliminates Grafton

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Jason Glatzer

Level 16 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Sam "SamSquid" Grafton become the first of the four PokerStars Ambassadors to be officially eliminated from the tournament as follows.

Grafton limped from the small blind before Joao "Naza114" Vieira raised to 67,500 from the big blind. Grafton jammed for 333,594 and Vieira called.

Sam "SamSquid" Grafton:
Joao "Naza114" Vieira:

Both players improved to top pair on the board. However, Grafton's eight kicker came into play to end his run.

Aug 22, 2021

Maslak Out With Eights

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Connor Richards

Level 16 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Joao "Naza114" Vieira opened to 41,200 from the hijack and Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski called from the button. Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak then jammed from the small blind for 673,980 and Vieira re-jammed for 846,778. Kovalski folded.

Joao "Naza114" Vieira:
Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak:

It looked like Maslak could crack Vieira's aces when the flop came to give him middle set, but Vieira improved to the nut flush when the board ran out and .

Aug 22, 2021

Dimov Ousts Benitez

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Jason Glatzer

Level 16 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez jammed the button for 220,664 and Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov called from the big blind.

Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez:
Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov:

The ran out on the board and Dimov eliminated Benitez short of the money.

Level: 16

Blinds: 12,500/25,000

Ante: 3,250

Aug 22, 2021

Dattani Sends Salas Packing

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Jason Glatzer

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Damian "pampa27" Dattani jammed for 216,924 from the hijack. Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani three-bet to 542,310 and the rest of the table folded.

Damian "pampa27" Salas:
Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani:

Dattani took down the pot to eliminate Salas after his opponent whiffed on the board.

Aug 22, 2021

"TAG-AA-KK" Busts Out

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Connor Richards

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

"TAG-AA-KK" moved all-in from the small blind for 179,994 and "tounik" called from the big blind.

"TAG-AA-KK":
"tounik":

"tounik" had "TAG-AA-KK" dominated preflop and maintained the lead on the flop. "TAG-AA-KK" did not improve on the turn and only had a counterfeited two-pair on the river.

Aug 22, 2021

Mateos Eliminates Camosci

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Jason Glatzer

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Enrico "WhaTisL0v3" Camosci jammed for 72,636 from early position. Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos three-bet to 125,272 from one seat over and the rest of the table folded.

Enrico "WhaTisL0v3" Camosci:
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos:

It was looking like Camosci would double after the safe flop and turn. However, the river gave Mateos a better pair and Camosci was eliminated before the money.