WCOOP-42-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max], $700K Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2021

08-31-2021 23:32 UTC

Volkmann's Kings Get Cracked by "elliottpet"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Bruno "great dant" Volkmann opened the action with a raise to 80,000 and "elliottpet" three-bet to 240,000 in the cutoff. Volkmann piled his stack of 728,426 in and earned the call.

Bruno "great dant" Volkmann:
"elliottpet":

The flop sent "elliottpet" into the lead and they retained it throughout the turn and river. Since neither player had a diamond in the hand, Volkmann was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman	5,159,227	57,358
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann	Busted

08-31-2021 23:30 UTC

Vousden Felted by Smiljkovic

Connor Richards

Level 19 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic, opened to 80,000 in the cutoff and Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden moved in on the button for 822,542. Smiljkovic made the call.

Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden:
Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic:

Smiljkovic had his opponent dominated and Vousden couldn't get there as the board came out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic	3,799,764	426,667
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden	Busted

08-31-2021 23:29 UTC

Nemeth Chips Up; Dzivielevski Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

In the last hand of the previous level, Andras "probirs" Nemeth opened the button and was called by Bruno "great dant" Volkmann in the big blind. Volkmann check-called for the minimum on the flop and check-raised the turn from 116,325 to 269,874. Nemeth made the call and Volkmann then check-folded the river when he faced a bet worth 840,000 by the Hungarian.

One hand later, Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski was at risk in a flip with the . Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph looked him up with the and saw the board run out , which improved Dzivielevski to kings and nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman	5,101,869	180,348
Andras "probirs" Nemeth	2,981,488	1,640,073
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	1,796,292	-260,334
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali	1,068,803	322,352
Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis	832,222	-403,750
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann	748,426	-959,381
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski	716,068	242,954

Level: 19

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

08-31-2021 23:22 UTC

Garagnani Gets Through With a Jam

Christian Zetzsche

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

Several short stacks are fighting for survival and among them is also Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani. He just faced a raise to 60,000 by table big stack Tom "Daenarys T" Vogelsang ad shipped it in for 462,368. Vogelsang got out of the way and Garagnani jumped above half a million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom "Daenarys T" Vogelsang	3,680,006	929,560
CrazyLissy	1,646,771	1,389,778
Marius "DEX888" Gierse	1,213,182
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford	740,808	-238,212
Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani	597,368	-321,081
Sintoras	540,628
Damian "pampa27" Salas	472,821
Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski	433,850

08-31-2021 23:20 UTC

Astedt Eliminated by "elliottpet"

Connor Richards

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

"elliottpet" raised to 66,000 in the hijack and Niklas "Lena900" Astedt three-bet in the big blind to 251,500. "elliottpet" four-bet jammed for 3.7 million and Astedt called with 1.2 million.

"elliottpet":
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt:

"elliottpet" was far ahead with queens and Astedt did not get there as the board ran out , sending him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman	4,921,521	1,312,424
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt	Busted

08-31-2021 23:13 UTC

Yan Felted by "elliottpet"

Christian Zetzsche

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

The action kicked off with a raise to 66,000 by "elliottpet" and they were called by David "MissOracle" Yan in the big blind.

On a flop of , Yan opted for a check-shove for the 475,389 he had behind and was called instantly by "elliottpet".

David "MissOracle" Yan:
"elliottpet":

Nothing changed on the turn and the river ended Yan's run in 25th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman	3,609,097	2,072,631
David "MissOracle" Yan	Busted

08-31-2021 23:10 UTC

"ludako123" Eliminated by Smiljkovic

Christian Zetzsche

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

Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic made it 60,000 to go on the button and quickly called the shove by table short stack "ludako123" for the last 518,669 out of the big blind.

"ludako123":
Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic:

The dominated pair found no help at all on the board and "ludako123" was gone. Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress is also no longer in contention as 25 players remain.