WCOOP-51-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $800K Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2021

09-02-2021 18:53 UTC

"Tauno500" Busts Two

Jason Glatzer

Level 6 : 2,250/4,500, 550 ante

"LaContraBleff" jammed for 61,019 from under the gun. Eder "edercampana" Campana three-bet shoved for 163645 from the button and "Tauno500" called them both from the big blind.

"LaContraBleff":
Eder "edercampana" Campana:
"Tauno500":

"Tauno500" had the worst odds to win the hand of the trio but took out two players anyway after pairing their six on the board with none of the other players holding a single spade for a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tauno500	971,114
Eder "edercampana" Campana	Busted

LeContraBleff	Busted

09-02-2021 18:11 UTC

Stevens Collects Miegel's Bounty

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Jason Glatzer

Level 3 : 1,600/3,200, 400 ante

Bert "girafganger7" Stevens opened for 8,000 from the button and was called by Jakob "Succeeed" Miegel from the big blind.

Miegel check-raised the flop from 6,864 to 22,624 and Stevens called. Stevens check-called for 44,800 on the turn before jamming the river. Miegel called off for 154,126 and turned over for a full house. Stevens held for a better full house to collect his opponent's bounty.

Miegel re-entered after the hand for a fresh stack of 250,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bert "girafganger7" Stevens	479,920 479,920	479,920

Jakob "Succeeed" Miegel	250,000 250,000	250,000

09-02-2021 17:49 UTC

Quad Snowmen for "Assad91"

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Jason Glatzer

Level 3 : 1,600/3,200, 400 ante

"BBRS999" open-jammed for 43,511 from under the gun and was called by Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin from the button and "Assad91" from the big blind.

The flop checked around before Boivin called a bet of 28,640 on the turn. The river completed the board and "Assad91" jammed. Boivin folded and the remaining two players showed their hands.

"Assad91" turned over for a flopped full house and rivered quads to easily beat "BBRS999" and collect their bounty who showed .

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin	424,077
Assad91	262,932 85,276	85,276
BBRS999	Busted

09-02-2021 17:09 UTC

Chadha First to Collect a Bounty

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Jason Glatzer

Level 1 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

On the very first hand of play, Carlos "Carster" Chadha opened for 5,520 from early position. "CalmRevolver" three-bet to 26,400 from the big blind before Chadha four-bet to 60,000. "CalmRevolver" jammed for 249,700 and Chadha called.

Carlos "Carster" Chadha:
"CalmRevolver":

Chadha's rockets not only held to collect a bounty of $500 on the [5adjd9h6s] board but also improved to a set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos "Carster" Chadha	503,000
CalmRevolver	Busted

09-02-2021 16:04 UTC

WCOOP-51-H: $2,100 Thursday Thrill Kicks Off at 5:05 p.m. (GMT)

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Jason Glatzer

The $100 million guaranteed World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is in full gear at PokerStars.

The two-day event guarantees at least an $800,000 prize pool with $1,000 of each players' buy-in tagged as their progressive bounty.

The Thursday Thrill 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 twice during the long 280-minute late registration window giving players a chance to build a big stack for Day 2.

Day 1 of this event will play down until the money is reached. Those advancing to the final day will take a day off before they resume their battle until a winner is declared on Saturday, Sept. 3 at 5:05 GMT.

Some of the biggest names in poker will be in action today as the WCOOP-51-H: $2,100 Thursday Thrill. PokerStars Ambassador Lex "L. Veldhius" Veldhuis, Blaz "Scarmak3r" Zerjav, Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic, and Kenny "kenny05" Smaron were among the notable players pre-registered at an hour before the action began.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing all of the updates throughout this event so stay tuned.