WCOOP-51-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $800K Gtd
Day 1 Completed
PokerStars WCOOP 2021
WCOOP-51-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $800K Gtd
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
PokerStars WCOOP 2021
Buy-in
$2,100
Prize Pool
$960,000
Entries
480
Level
33
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000
Entries
480
Players Left
62
PokerStars Ambassador Ben "Spraggy" Spragg Finds a Virtual Bag to Day 2 of the WCOOP $2K Thursday Thrill
Level 17
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
The 2021 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) roared ahead on Thursday at PokerStars with the WCOOP 51-H: $2,100 Thursday Thrill attracting 480 entries for a $960,000 prize pool to smash to $800,000 guarantee by 20 percent.
The action was down to just 62 hopefuls by the end of the day, each of whom will advance to Day 2 just making the money with a $2,138 min-cash in their pocket along with any bounties collected along the way.
Brazil's Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva will advance to Day 2 as the chip leader after winning a massive pot with Broadway for the nuts near the end of the day when his opponent was betting into him the entire way.
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet is just behind Silva and he also ended the day on a high note after ousting "LoosControl" one away from the bubble.
Just behind this duo is Brazil's "Eleres88", who eliminated "flerrehuve" on the final hand of the day when his ace-queen got there against big slick. "fierrehuve" still made the money in 63rd place as "dBlock32" was out on the bubble at the same time on a different table when their ace-seven suited didn't get there against the tens held by Jargo "bungakat" Alavali.
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford, Ilya "thienlao21" Korobkin, and Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa were also among the players to bag big one Day 1.
2021 WCOOP-51-H: $2,100 Thursday Thrill Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva | Brazil | 8,318,217 | 238 |
| 2 | Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet | United States | 6,915,322 | 198 |
| 3 | Eleres88 | Brazil | 6,905,517 | 197 |
| 4 | ShipitFTW911 | Sweden | 5,886,251 | 168 |
| 5 | Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford | United Kingdom | 4,595,770 | 131 |
| 6 | Remi Lebo_10 | Ukraine | 4,473,080 | 128 |
| 7 | Ilya "thienlao21" Korobkin | Ukraine | 3,898,962 | 111 |
| 8 | OManstrom | Sweden | 3,717,401 | 106 |
| 9 | Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa | Estonia | 3,606,882 | 103 |
| 10 | Assad91 | Argentina | 3,566,067 | 102 |
Spragg Advances to Day 2
Six PokerStars Ambassadors got into the action on Day 1. Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis and newly annoited PokerStars Team Pro Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes fired the three maximum bullets only to come up empty while Felix "xflixx" Schneiders had the same result with two bullets and both Fintan "easywithaces" Hand and Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot failed to find a bag after firing a single bullet.
Things went better for Ben "Spraggy" Spragg who was the sole PokerStars Ambassador to advance to Day 2 with at least a min-cash in hand, although he will enter Day 2 with one of the shorter stacks of 796,810.
Final Day Schedule
The 62 surviving players will have a day off before the action resumes on Saturday, Sept. 4 at 5:05 p.m. GMT. The blinds will resume with the remainder of Level 17 (17,500/35,000/4,500a) and increase every 25 minutes until a winner is crowned.
Stay tuned at PokerNews to see who will win the WCOOP-51-H: $2,100 Thursday Thrill at PokerStars.
Full Day 1 Chip Counts
Level 17
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,318,217 | 304,594 |
|
6,915,322 | 559,125 |
|
|
6,905,517 | |
|
5,886,251 | -144,245 |
|
|
4,595,770 | 222,187 |
|
4,473,080 | -13,500 |
|
|
3,898,962 | 386,425 |
|
|
3,717,401 | 655,025 |
|
3,606,882 | 2,037,700 |
|
3,566,067 | 794,293 |
|
3,091,094 | |
|
2,916,060 | 75,000 |
|
2,786,913 | 410,750 |
|
2,780,667 | 882,572 |
|
2,771,709 | -115,279 |
|
2,568,848 | |
|
|
2,440,734 | 888,192 |
|
|
2,334,421 | |
|
2,309,716 | 1,368,233 |
|
1,806,278 | |
|
|
1,714,708 | |
|
|
1,707,748 | 1,072,426 |
|
|
1,640,337 | 59,855 |
|
|
1,629,013 | |
|
|
1,608,722 | 381,702 |
Alavali Bubbles "dBlock34" to End Day 1
Level 17
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali opened for 76,300 from the button before he called a three-bet jam by "dBlock34" from the big blind.
"dBlock34": 
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali: 
Alavali ousted "dBlock34" in 64th place on the bubble with a set on the 
board.
Also eliminated on another table in the money was "flerrehuve" in 63rd place when their 
was no good against the 
held by "Eleres88" with their opponent nailing trips on the 
board.
Stay tuned at PokerNews for the final Day 1 chip counts and the recap of the opening day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,905,517 | 6,905,517 |
|
|
3,091,094 | 529,503 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
"Remi Lebo_10" Doubles Through "nmi128" on the Bubble
Level 17
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
"RonnyNine" opened for 70,000 from early position before "nmi128" three-bet to 210,000 from the cutoff. "Remi Lebo_10" four-bet to 560,000 from the small blind. "RonnyNine" folded and "nmi128" called.
"nmi128" check-called for 280,000 on the 
flop before doing the same for 455,000 on the turn. The completed the board on the river and "nmi128" check-called a jam by "Remi Lebo_10" for 877,790. "Remi Lebo_10" doubled up on the bubble with 
to win the hand with "nmi128" holding 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,486,580 | 2,366,940 |
|
|
2,841,060 | -2,530,478 |
|
|
1,637,366 |
Bubble Time After Van Fleet Ousts "LoosControl"
Level 17
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
"spaise411" opened for 70,000 from the hijack before "LoosControl" three-bet jammed for 1,061,073 from the cutoff. Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet cold-called from the big blind and "spaise411" folded.
"LoosControl":
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet: 
Van Fleet won the flip on the 
board and the action was hand-for-hand on the bubble with 64 players remaining and 63 players getting paid at least a $2,138 min-cash in addition to any bounties collected.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,356,197 | 1,868,886 |
|
|
850,694 | -1,665,176 |
|
|
Busted |
Silva Ousts Smiljkovic with Broadway to Take the Lead
Level 17
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva opened for 68,100 from the cutoff and was called by Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic from the small blind.
Smiljkovic check-called for 226,400 on the flop before check-calling again for 769,896 on the turn. The 
completed the board on the river and Smiljkovic bet before Silva jammed. Smiljkovic called off for 2,320,335 for the largest pot of the day so far.
Silva turned over 
for broadway which was more than enough to oust Smiljkovic who held 
.
"Hymn2Ninkasi" also hit the rail to leave just 65 players remaining in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,013,623 | 7,159,545 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 17,500/35,000
Ante: 4,500
"max cheb" Runs Into Broadway
Level 16
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
"max cheb" opened for 69,000 from the lojack and was called by "OManstrom" from the cutoff. "max cheb" bet 120,000 on the flop. "OManstrom" three-bet to 720,000 from the cutoff and "max cheb" called off for 417,732.
"max cheb":
"OManstrom": 
"max cheb" was in trouble after their opponent improved to Broadway on the turn. The river didn't help for a chop and they were eliminated in 70th place. Three more players hit the rail around the same time to leave just 67 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,062,376 | 1,562,395 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Stacks Above 4 Million at Sixth Break
Level 16
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
The Thursday Thrill is on its sixth, and likely final break of Day 1 with just 71 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,030,496 | 2,012,552 |
|
|
5,371,538 | 378,180 |
|
|
4,487,311 | 1,240,889 |
|
|
4,373,583 | 2,030,657 |