Level: 23
Blinds: 17,500/35,000
Ante: 4,500
PokerStars WCOOP 2021
WCOOP-34-M: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max], $1M Gtd
Day: 2
"Floesoe" Doubles
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
"Floesoe" shoved early for more than 200,000 and Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic called from the cutoff with heaps.
Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic: 
"Floesoe": 
The suited ace worked for "Floesoe" on the 
board with a river boat. Two hands later, Smiljkovic busted Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk with a Greenstein over Pateychuk's kings when his 
got there on the river of 
board over 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,392,313 | 699,176 |
|
573,778 | -327,146 |
|
Busted |
Smiljkovic Takes Rolle's Stack First Hand
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle raised to 90,000 from the middle, leaving just 15,000 and change behind. Chip leader Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic called from the hijack and the flop came 
.
Rolle shoved his fumes on the flop, and Smiljkovic made the easy call.
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle: 
Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic: 
Rolle was ahead on the flop, and turned an ace, but the river of the board gave Smiljkovic Broadway for the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,693,137 | -93,750 |
|
|
Busted |
Veldhuis and Rolle have Chip Leader Between Them
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
After the start of day table shuffle, PokerStars pros Lex "L. Velhuis" Veldhuis and Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle are on either side of chip leader Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic. Veldhuis is on his left however, so may have found a sweet spot to start Day 2.
Day 2 is On!
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
Action for Day 2 has begun, and there are a few minutes left in Level 22 before they move on. Day 2 is scheduled to play until just nine players remain, so stay tuned for a big day of poker.
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,750
Veldhuis and Kade Join Chip Leader Smiljkovic on Day 2 of WCOOP 34-M
Day 2 of WCOOP 34-M: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max] is about to get underway with 79 players returning from the Day 1 starting field of 614 entries. That meant they blew past the $1 million guarantee with $1.228 million in total prizes.
The final 79 players reconvene today, but they won't finish the game. Day 2 is scheduled to end when the final table of nine players is set, so there's at least a few hours of poker on the horizon to get there.
Players come back to action in Level 22 with blinds at 15,000/30,000/3,750. Levels change every 25 minutes through the day, and all returning players are guaranteed at least a bit of cash back for their efforts as Day 1 ended when the money burst.
The $1,228,000 prize pool meant there's $214,339 up top for the win. The first 23 players out today will get a min-cash of $4,368, but players who survive till the end of Day 2 will all be guaranteed a final table cash of at least $19,306.
Leading the way into Day 2 and the money is Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic. He bagged 2,768,887 chips at the end of Day 1, more than 200,000 more than 2nd place "3DTemujin". Among the other big stacks going into Day 2 are Jerry "Perrymejsen" Odeen, Jordan "bigbluffzinc" Drummond, and Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas.
There are a few other prominent players who are still sitting on a stack of chips in the money in Day 2. PokerStars streamer extraordinaire Lex "L. Velhuis" Veldhuis bagged a 14th place stack worth 1,547,390, while recent winner of the Sunday Million Anniversary game Vanessa "Niffller" Kade bagged a small stack of 40,615 to end the day. Newly minted PokerStars ambassador Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle also bagged a small stack for Day 2, ending Day 1 with 109,534, good for 75th place.
Action for Day 2 gets underway at 13:05 ET, and will continue until only nine players have chips left. PokerNews will be on the virtual floor all day for this event, as well as WCOOP-34-H: $25,000 NLHE [8-Max, Super High Roller]. Get the full schedule for coverage at our PokerStars WCOOP 2021 hub to plan what games you are going to follow with us.
WCOOP-34-M: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max], $1M Gtd
Day 2 Started