WCOOP-22-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller], $750K Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2021

08-26-2021 23:28 UTC

Bonomo Doubles Up Through Spragg

Connor Richards

Level 18 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Ben "Spraggy" Spragg opened to 55,000 first to act and Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo jammed for 545,215 from the hijack. Spragg put in the call.

Ben "Spraggy" Spragg:
Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo:

Bonomo took the lead when the flop came and his hand only improved with the on the turn and on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg	1,270,809 582,380	582,380

Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo	1,150,680 630,465	630,465

08-26-2021 23:34 UTC

Garagnani Eliminates Ventura in a Flip

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Off a stack of 760,491, Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura min-raised in the cutoff and Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani three-bet to 221,400 in the small blind. Ventura moved all-in and was called swiftly.

Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura:
Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani:

The board ran out for Garagnani to hold and Ventura was eliminated in 25th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani	3,110,087 174,871	174,871
Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura	Busted

08-26-2021 23:40 UTC

Brouk Eliminated By Muehloecker

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Connor Richards

Level 18 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk opened to 55,000 from the hijack and "HITRII999" flat-called from the cutoff. Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker three-bet to 200,000 on the button, and Brouk moved in for 799,826. "HITRII999" folded and Muehloecker called.

Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk:
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker:

Muehloecker had the best of it and Brouk did not improve as the board ran out , sending him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker	2,841,597 628,440	628,440
HITRII999	1,301,671 1,354,921	1,354,921

Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk	Busted

08-26-2021 23:41 UTC

"spaise411" Chips Up

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

"Nes1989" made it 60,000 to go and was called by "spaise411" in the cutoff and Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani on the button. On the flop, it was "spaise411" who bet 150,000 and they only received a call from Garagnani.

The Russian player also bet the turn for 277,500 with 670,623 behind, which Garagnani called once more. Following the river, "spaise411" moved all-in and Garagnani surrendered.

Player	Chips	Progress
HITRII999	3,246,267 1,944,596	1,944,596

Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani	2,804,837 305,250	305,250
Nes1989	2,510,523 296,883	296,883
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker	2,467,072 374,525	374,525
spaise411	1,780,623 248,150	248,150
Dalton "daltonhb" Hobold	855,336 757,685	757,685
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	644,142 55,750	55,750

Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes	600,634 620,550	620,550

08-26-2021 23:44 UTC

Dzivielevski Takes From Mattsson

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Andras "probirs" Nemeth chipped up further with the pending money bubble looming and the same table also featured several other medium-sized pots. The largest one was played out between Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski and Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson.

Mattsson raised to 69,000 and Dzivielevski came along in the cutoff. The flop brought a check-call for 70,290 by Mattsson and he did so again for another 233,363 on the turn. Dzivielevski checked behind the river and earned the pot with versus .

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras "probirs" Nemeth	4,741,394 728,892	728,892
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski	2,238,003 815,616	815,616
Thiago "KKremate" Crema	1,730,178 530,887	530,887
Eder "edercampana" Campana	1,602,428 1,090,308	1,090,308

Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	1,280,928 514,153	514,153
Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak	1,217,539 71,595	71,595
flerrehuve	1,213,542 446,950	446,950
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder	824,136 452,180	452,180

Level: 19

Blinds: 17,500/35,000

Ante: 4,500

08-26-2021 23:47 UTC

"FishOnHeater" Knocks Out Ponakovs with Jacks

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Connor Richards

Level 19 : 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

"FishOnHeater" opened to 70,000 on the button and Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs jammed in the big blind for 910,522. "FishOnHeater" called.

Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs:
"FishOnHeater":

"FishOnHeater" was already ahead when he flopped a set on the flop but Ponakovs wasn't dead as the turn came the . But the on the river locked up the hand for "FishOnHeater" and sent Ponakovs out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
FishOnHeater	2,552,928 601,052	601,052
Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs	Busted

08-26-2021 23:53 UTC

Novak Eliminated by Bonomo

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

The action folded to Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo and he made it 77,000 to go on the button. Table short stack Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak comitted his last 454,129 in the big blind and Bonomo called for nearly half of his remaining stack.

Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak:
Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo:

Thanks to a board of , Bonomo improved to nines and fours, eliminating Novak in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo "pabritz" Brito Silva	2,389,124 1,969,486	1,969,486
FishOnHeater	2,317,228 235,700	235,700
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	2,065,724 656,250	656,250
Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo	1,502,122 351,442	351,442
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg	1,080,059 190,750	190,750

Paul "Fold Machiii" Dando	888,161 288,390	288,390
Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak	Busted

08-26-2021 23:56 UTC

Maslak Takes It On the Turn

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder raised to 87,500 from an early position and was called by Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski on the button and Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak in the big blind. None of the three contenders was willing to invest any chips on the flop and Maslak also checked the turn.

Mulder now bet 105,000 for Dzivielevski to call and Maslak check-raised to 365,000, which shut down the ambitions of both opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras "probirs" Nemeth	4,965,294 223,900	223,900
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski	2,117,103 120,900	120,900
Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak	1,625,289 407,750	407,750
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder	520,386 303,750	303,750