| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
584,510 | 948 |
|
|
523,058 | 12,678 |
|
368,320 | -12,900 |
|
368,137 | 118,137 |
|
350,056 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,400/2,800
Ante: 350
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle opened for 5,160 from under the gun and Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos defended his big blind.
Mateos check-raised the 
flop from 8,924 to 24,000 and Rolle called. Rolle then called a bet of 20,236 on the 
turn before the 
completed the board on the river.
Mateos bet 51,914 and Rolle jammed for 211,889. Mateos made the call and turned over 
for an ace-high flush. Rolle had a bare pair of rockets with 
and re-entered after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
583,562 | 583,562 |
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 |
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis opened for 6,240 from the lojack and was called by Mason "Pye_Face21" Pye from the cutoff, "Hy_3DpAcTe" from the small blind, and "tomlaar" from the big blind.
The action checked to Veldhuis on the 
flop and he bet 6,000. Pye called, "Hy_3DpAcTe" folded, and "tomlaar" called. Veldhuis bet 36,000 on the 
turn. Pye called and "tomlaar folded.
The 
river completed the board and Pye called a bet of 58,800 by Veldhuis. Veldhuis turned over 
for a flush and won the pot after Pye mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
381,220 | 131,220 |
|
241,060 | -8,940 |
|
|
236,560 | -13,440 |
|
150,160 | -99,840 |
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood opened for 5,280 from the lojack and was called by "Trana7" from the cutoff and "Kohlrabi7" from the big blind.
"Trana7" bet 10,770 after the action was checked to them. "Kohlrabi7" folded before Greewood check-raised to 36,000. "Trana7" called and Greenwood checked the 
turn. "Trana7" jammed for 280,420 and Greenwood called off for 208,420.
"Trana7": 
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood: 
"Trana7" was drawing dead and Greenwood officially doubled after the 
river improved him further to a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,380 | |
|
|
184,500 | -65,500 |
|
72,000 |
The field is already at 33 entries. Here is a look at some of the early entrants in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
The Super High Roller has just kicked off with 29 players in their seats. This figure will grow for throughout the opening day with late registration open for nearly 5 1/2 hours.
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
The $100 million guaranteed World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) progressed to second week at PokerStars.
Some of the biggest names in poker will be in action today as the WCOOP-34-H: $25,000 Super High Roller] features the largest buy-in of the festival.
The two-day event guarantees at least a $3 million prize and comes on the heads of another big buy-in event just completing with Brazil's Pedro "PadiLhA SP" Padilha defeating fellow countrymate Pablo "pabritz" Brito heads-up in the WCOOP-14-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller with both players banking over $200,000 thanks to the duo agreeing to a heads-up deal.
The Super High Roller is a deep-stacked affair with all players beginning with 250,000 in chips. The blinds will slowly at every 20 minutes on Day 1 starting at 1,200/2,400/300a. Players can re-enter three times during the long late registration period which last is available for the first 325 minutes of play.
Day 1 of this event will play down until the money is reached. Those advancing to the final day will resume their battle until a winner is declared on Monday, Aug 30 at 5:05 GMT.
PokerStars Ambassadors Lex "L. Veldhius" Veldhuis and Mason "Pye_Face21" Pye were among the players to register at least an hour before the action was scheduled to begin. They will be joined by Niklas "lena900" Astedt, Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson, Vlad "dariepoker" Darie, and many other of the stars of poker.
Pye is not normally a name the poker world is used to seeing in $25K events. He will give today a shot for free, while also streaming the action to his Twitch fans, thanks to winning the PokerStars Ambassador SNG.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing all of the updates throughout this event so stay tuned.
WCOOP-34-H: $25,000 NLHE [8-Max, Super High Roller], $3M Gtd
Day 1 Started