WCOOP-51-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $800K Gtd | PokerStars WCOOP 2021

09-04-2021 20:46 UTC

"Eleres88" Eliminated in 10th Place ($6,605 + $6,750 in Bounties)

Jaxon

Level 27 : 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante

"Eleres88" limped from the small blind. Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet raised to 700,000 from the big blind before he called a three-bet by "Eleres88" to 2,100,000.

Van Fleet called a bet of 1,297,500 on the flop. "Eleres88" check-jammed the turn from 2,283,600 to 8,923,695 and Van Fleet called.

"Eleres88":
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet:

Van Fleet's hand held on the river and took a huge lead into the final table with more than 1/3 the total chips in play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet	44,793,022	13,808,695
Eleres88	Busted

09-04-2021 20:40 UTC

Speranza's Turn to Double with Big Slick Against Jacks

Jaxon

Level 27 : 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante

The next hand, a similar set-up wound up taking place at the other table with big slick once again coming out on top against jacks.

Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza jammed for 2,778,892 from the button and was called by "Eleres88" from the big blind.

Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza:
"Eleres88":

Speranza nailed trips on the board to double his stack on the final table bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eleres88	12,346,195
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza	5,782,784

09-04-2021 20:40 UTC

Speranza's Turn to Double with Big Slick Against Jacks

Jaxon

Level 27 : 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante

The next hand, a similar set-up wound up taking place at the other table with big slick once again coming out on top against jacks.

Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza jammed for 2,778,892 from the button and was called by "Eleres88" from the big blind.

Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza:
"Eleres88":

Speranza nailed trips on the board to double his stack on the final table bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eleres88	12,346,195	-3,303,892
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza	5,782,784	2,153,892

09-04-2021 20:37 UTC

Oliver Doubles with Big Slick

Jaxon

Level 27 : 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante

Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver opened for 400,000 from under the gun. "RonnyNine" three-bet to 1,610,000 from the big blind before they called a four-bet shove by Oliver to 5,822,140.

Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver:
"RonnyNine":

Oliver was flipping for a chance at the final table with a double stack or no stack at all and came out ahead after he paired his king on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
OManstrom	14,137,390	855,000
Frank "Denman98" Lillis	12,437,814	-715,000
Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver	11,869,280	5,107,140
Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva	10,664,161	-475,000
RonnyNine	3,637,293	-4,772,140

09-04-2021 20:32 UTC

Flush for "Eleres88"

Jaxon

Level 27 : 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante

"Eleres88" limped from the big blind and Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet checked back from the big blind. "Eleres88" bet 200,000 on the flop before they called a raise to 900,000 by Van Fleet.

check-called a bet of 155,750 on the turn before the paired the board on the river. Both players checked and "Eleres88" won the hand with a flush holding after Van Fleet mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet	30,984,327	-2,707,750
Eleres88	15,650,087	3,357,750

09-04-2021 20:28 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

Jaxon

Level 27 : 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet	33,692,077	-45,000
OManstrom	13,282,390	-53,400
Frank "Denman98" Lillis	13,152,814	-371,880
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich	12,742,866	280,000
Eleres88	12,292,337	455,000
Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva	11,139,161	-2,082,520
RonnyNine	8,409,433	1,730,000
Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver	6,762,140	-285,000
nmi128	4,897,890	-125,000
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza	3,628,892	-565,000

Level: 27

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 25,000

09-04-2021 20:26 UTC

Van Fleet Takes One Off Urbanovich

Jaxon

Level 26 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich opened for 320,000 from the cutoff before he called a three-bet by Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet from the small blind to 1,280,000.

Van Fleet bet 960,000 on the flop and Urbanovich called. Both players checked the turn. Van Fleet bet 1,564,200 on the river and won the pot after Urbanovich folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet	33,737,077	960,000
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich	12,462,866	-2,580,000
Eleres88	11,837,337	889,800
nmi128	5,022,890	-360,000
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza	4,193,892	1,260,000

09-04-2021 20:17 UTC

Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford Eliminated in 11th Place ($6,605 + $7,625 in Bounties)

Jaxon

Level 26 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford opened for 320,000 from under the gun and Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet defended his big blind.

Van Fleet check-called for 270,600 on the flop before leading out for 640,000 on the turn. Beresford jammed for 2,257,254 and Van Fleet called.

Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford:
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet:

Van Fleet's two pair held with the river completing the board and the action was hand-for-hand on the final table bubble with 10 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet	32,777,077	3,007,854
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich	15,042,866	-100,000
nmi128	5,382,890	-2,755,396
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza	2,933,892	1,085,696
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford	Busted

09-04-2021 20:13 UTC

Van Fleet Overbets Turn

Jaxon

Level 26 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

The action has slowed significantly with the action just two players away from the final table.

In a recent pot, Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet opened for 368,000 from under the gun and Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich called from the big blind.

Urbanovich check-called the flop before checking again on the turn. Van Fleet bet 1,920,000 into a pot of 1,520,560 and won the hand after Urbanovich folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet	29,769,223	639,405
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich	15,142,866	1,390,295