PokerStars WCOOP 2021

The 2021 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) showcased its largest buy-in event thus far this festival at PokerStars with Tuesday featuring the first of two days of the WCOOP 14-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller. The tournament was another success with 101 entries including 35 re-entries squeaking past the $1,000,000 guarantee with a $1,010,000 prize pool.

The action was down to nine players to end the day after nearly 8 1/2 hours of play with a pair of Greek players on top in Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias and Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis with both players going for their first WCOOP title.

The duo were also responsible for all the Day 1 eliminations that took place once the money was reached after both Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress and "vino la iubi" went out on the money bubble in the same hand to PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle, who eventually bubbled the final table to end the day.

Theologis eliminated Mike "SirWatts" Watson in 13th place for $21,412, while Kolonias took care of the final three players of the day in Rolle, Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson, and Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet for a $25,601 cash.

2021 WCOOP-14-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller Final Table Chip Counts

In addition to Kolonias and Theologis, the final table will also feature an impressive bunch as one might expect for a $10K event including Pedro "PadiLhA SP" Padilha, "Darwinsfish", Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja, Pablo "pabritz" Brito, Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker, Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder, and "kZhh".

While Rolle missed out on the final day, he did better than his fellow PokerStars Ambassadors with the three other PokerStars Ambassadors in the event in Sam "SamSquid" Grafton, Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, and Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot falling short of the money. Other players to battle it out but miss out on the money included Ole "wizowizo" Schemion, Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, Niklas "lena900" Astedt, Bert "girafganger7" Stevens, Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, and Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood.

Final Table Payouts

The nine returning players are each slated to receive at least a $30,610 payout with the winner set to add $232,739 to their PokerStars balance.

Final Table Schedule

The final table will kick off on Wednesday, Aug. 25 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 (40,000/80,000/10,000a) and increase every 30 minutes until a winner is crowned.

Stay tuned at PokerNews to see who will win the WCOOP-14-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller at PokerStars.

Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias opened for 160,000 from under the gun and Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle defended his big blind. Rolle jammed the flop for 301,940. Kolonias used some of clock before he made the call.

Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle:
Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias:

Rolle looked like he would double and his odds increased for this to happen after the turn. However, Kolonias improved to top pair on the river and Rolle was eliminated in 10th place on the final table bubble for $25,601.

The final nine players are on a break until Wednesday, Aug. 25 at 5:05 p.m. GMT. Each player will be guaranteed at least $30,610 payout with tomorrow's winner taking home a cool $232,739 barring any final table deals.

Stay tuned for the final table chip counts and the recap of Day 1 of the WCOOP-14-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller.

Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja opened for 160,000 from under the gun and was called by Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias from the big blind.

Both players checked the flop. Kolonias led out for 410,000 on the turn. Radoja jammed for 1,604,408 and won the hand to chip up after Kolonias folded.

The action is hand-for-hand for both the end of the day and the final table after Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson was eliminated in 11th place as follows.

Mattsson opened for 160,000 from the cutoff. Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias three-bet to 520,000 from the small blind before he called a four-bet jam by Mattsson to 1,561,910.

Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson:
Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias:

The board wasn't enough to push Mattsson ahead of the aces and he was eliminated in the money before the end of the day.

Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder was down to less than three big blinds last blind level. He got some breathing room with a triple up and more recently catapulted back to the middle of the pack after the following hand.

Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis opened for 140,000 from the hijack before he called a jam by Mulder from the button to 873,518.

Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder:
Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis:

Theologis flopped a flush draw on the flop but he never got there on the turn or the river and Mulder doubled up with a set of queens.

"kZhh" opened for 140,000 from under the gun and was called by Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis from the cutoff. "kZhh" bet 148,750 on the flop and Theologis called.

Theologis then called a bet of 551,250 on the turn. "kZhh" bet 613,900 on the river and Theologis jammed for 2,350,014. "kZhh" folded and Theologis snagged the chip lead.

"Darwinsfish" jammed from the small blind and Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson called off for 808,080 from the big blind.

Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson:
"Darwinsfish":

The board gave Mattsson a full house to double his stack.