Level: 22
Blinds: 17,500/35,000
Ante: 4,500
PokerStars WCOOP 2021
WCOOP-22-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd
Day: 1
Big Stacks in Level 21
Level 21
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,584,459 | -71,250 |
|
3,886,767 | |
|
3,629,883 | |
|
3,440,943 | |
|
3,190,123 | |
|
3,084,791 | 2,706,052 |
|
3,044,593 | 541,208 |
|
|
2,897,776 | 818,284 |
|
|
2,830,514 | 2,266,788 |
|
2,829,342 |
"spakiii1337" Wins Biggest Pot of the Tournament
Level 21
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
Tiago "Tayguera" Guimaraes started the action by moving all in for his final 282,547, and "spakiii1337" called on the button. Sebastian "sebasñato" Toro was in the small blind, and he three bet it to 690,000. "spakiii1337" called that bet, and they started a side pot on the 
flop. Toro went for a huge continuation bet of 1,500,000, enough to set "spakiii1337" all in. "spakiii1337" would call with 
.
Toro was in great shape to score a huge double knockout with pocket rockets, as Guimaraes was also trailing with 
, but the 
gave both of his opponents extra outs. The 
came on the river, giving "spakiii1337" the winning straight.
After cracking those aces, "spakiii1337" is the new chip leader with nearly five million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,655,709 | 4,655,709 |
|
|
1,412,377 | 1,412,377 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,750
Paris Knocks Out Radgen
Level 20
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
Bryan "bparis" Paris kicked off the action with a raise to 56,250, and two seats over, Marc "Rowniwn" Radgen moved all in for his final 338,088. It folded back to Paris, who called over half his stack holding 
. He was ahead of the of Radgen, and Paris took a stranglehold on the hand after the 
flop. The 
turn gave two pair to Paris, but also meant a ten would now win for Radgen. However, another ace came on the river to fill Paris up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
983,463 | 426,244 |
|
|
Busted |
"hartwith" Doubles Through Grafton
Level 20
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
Action folded all the way around to small blind "hartwith", and they moved all in for 300,000. Sam "SamSquid" Grafton was in the big blind, and he called the bet for about 40% of his stack. "hartwith" showed 
, Grafton 
, and it looked like the pot would be chopped after the flop came down 
.
However, the 
came on the turn, and suddenly, Grafton was drawing dead. To rub salt in the wounds, a now useless five came on the river to pair Grafton up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
627,498 | 627,498 |
|
|
503,895 | -773,063 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 12,500/25,000
Ante: 3,250
The Big Stacks As Play Hits the Money
Level 19
: 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
The tournament clock says that under 300 players remain, which means that they are now all in the money! Everyone has locked up at least $687, along with whatever is in their bounty pool. The players below are in the best shape at the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,984,458 | |
|
|
2,944,525 | 841,500 |
|
|
2,569,703 | |
|
|
2,503,385 | |
|
2,434,765 | 1,417,045 |
|
|
2,397,584 | |
|
|
2,309,985 | 536,904 |
|
2,231,377 | |
|
|
2,210,268 | 563,855 |
|
|
2,104,768 | |
|
|
2,079,492 | |
|
|
2,078,473 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,500
"Vocaaas" Wins Million Chip Flip
Level 18
: 7,500/15,000, 1,850 ante
Big stack Gerson "Gerson'GR'" Braga raised it up to 33,000, and in the cutoff, "Vocaaas" three bet to 103,000. Braga would four bet shove to set "Vocaaas" all in, and they would call holding . Barga showed , but the Brazilian never improved on a runout of 
, shipping a million chips over to "Vocaaas."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,408,646 | -159,840 |
|
1,000,598 | 724,886 |