WCOOP-52-H: $10,300 8-Game [High Roller], $500K Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2021

09-02-2021 23:42 UTC

Strebkov Wins Showdown Pot Against donthnrmepls

Christian Zetzsche

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Limits 10,000-20,000

Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski raised and then bet fourth with a seven-four showing to then call on fifth with a nine-seven draw. Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov bet with a six-trey draw and check-called sixth. He then bet on seventh and Dzivielevski called.

Strebkov tabled / / for eights and a low to scoop the entire pot.

"donthnrmepls" recovered earlier losses in the next hand when they won a pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov	765,278	78,000
donthnrmepls	473,436	-116,000
Jens "Fresh_oO_D" Lakemeier	321,346	87,000
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski	256,056	17,000
Ola "Odd_Oddsen" Amundsgard	100,080	-35,000

09-02-2021 23:35 UTC

"Chillolini" Sent to the Rail

Christian Zetzsche

Seven Card Stud Limits 10,000-20,000

In a previous hand, "Chillolini" was left with one and a half big bets when they couldn't beat the fours and deuces of Christopher "Apotheosis92" Kruk. Both clashed again with "Chillonini" at risk on third street.

"Chillolini": / /
Christopher "Apotheosis92" Kruk: / /

Both players ended with a pair as "Chillolini missed a four-card flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari "BodogAri" Engel	367,200	-14,600
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich	317,838	143,800
Christopher "Apotheosis92" Kruk	229,924	89,600
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	125,985	-80,200
Chillolini	Busted

09-02-2021 23:33 UTC

Glaser Busts "XD89lol<3"

Christian Zetzsche

Seven Card Stud Limits 10,000-20,000

"XD89lol<3": / /
Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser: / /

With three bets invested on third, Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser check-called once, bet fifth and called a raise. Glaser raised sixth and called the all-in of "XD89lol<3" for 42,500 total. The Brit tabled kings and sevens, which beat the queens in the hole of the Finn after seventh was a brick for ""XD89lol<3"".

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser	457,133	119,500
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	317,520	23,000
Luke "lb6121" Schwartz	269,560	-10,000
RaulGonzalez	259,490	-13,000
XD89lol<3	Busted

09-02-2021 23:28 UTC

Veldhuis Eliminated by "donthnrmepls"

Christian Zetzsche

Seven Card Stud Limits 10,000-20,000

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis: / /
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski: / fold
"donthnrmepls": / /

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis completed and Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski raised, "donthnrmepls" made it three bets and Veldhuis called all-in for 15,100 total. Dzivielevski check-called once and then folded on fifth street. Veldhuis had a lot of outs to the final card and made kings and queens but "donthnrmepls" improved to aces and kings as wel.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov	687,278	80,400
donthnrmepls	589,436	98,700
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski	239,056	-85,800
Jens "Fresh_oO_D" Lakemeier	234,346	7,000
Ola "Odd_Oddsen" Amundsgard	135,080	64,600
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	Busted

09-02-2021 23:27 UTC

Chadha Eliminated by "RaulGonzalez"

Christian Zetzsche

Seven Card Stud Limits 10,000-20,000

Carlos "Carster" Chadha: / /
"RaulGonzalez": / /

Carlos "Carster" Chadha completed and then bet fourth and fifth. Defending champion "RaulGonzalez" called fourth and raised fifth, which Chadha called with 19,300 behind. They got it in after sixth and Chadha failed to improve with his eights in the hole, as "RaulGonzalez" prevailed with nines and treys.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser	337,633	-8,600
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	294,520	-7,200
Luke "lb6121" Schwartz	279,560	27,200
RaulGonzalez	272,490	92,300
XD89lol<3	119,500	16,800
Carlos "Carster" Chadha	Busted

09-02-2021 23:24 UTC

Engel Chips Up Further

Christian Zetzsche

Razz Limits 8,000-16,000

Christopher "Apotheosis92" Kruk dragged in a healthy pot during Razz in which he had a jack-ten showing.

Ari "BodogAri" Engel then completed with a five and called a raise by Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich, who had a four. Engel called with a five-four draw while Urbanovich had an four-trey. However, Urbanovich paired his four and called twice before folding on seventh with a when facing Engel's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari "BodogAri" Engel	381,800	132,800
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	206,185	61,900
Konstantin "Krakukra" Maslak	194,354	40,900
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich	174,038	-57,400
Christopher "Apotheosis92" Kruk	140,324	-80,600
Chillolini	114,400	-97,600

09-02-2021 23:20 UTC

Small Pot for Dzivielevski in Battle of Big Stacks

Christian Zetzsche

Razz Limits 8,000-16,000

The Razz hands so far went by very quickly and no major pot emerged. On the bigger side was a clash between Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski and Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov in which the former made an eighty-six. Strebkov had a ninety-seven and lost a small chunk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov	606,878	-28,800
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski	324,856	-35,200

09-02-2021 23:16 UTC

Strebkov and Dzivielevski Chip Up

Christian Zetzsche

Omaha Hi-Lo Limits 4,000-8,000

Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov earned three quarters on a board of when he made the wheel and nut flush with . "donthnrmepls" only had and had to settle for a quarter.

Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski was then involved in a three-way pot with four bets in preflop and bet the turn out of the small blind. "donthnrmepls" and Ola "Odd_Oddsen" Amundsgard called but they both folded when Dzivielevski bet the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov	635,678	131,000
donthnrmepls	490,736	64,000
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski	360,056	80,500
Jens "Fresh_oO_D" Lakemeier	227,346	-207,500
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	100,900	-8,500
Ola "Odd_Oddsen" Amundsgard	70,480	-68,500

09-02-2021 23:10 UTC

Only Three Tables Remain

Christian Zetzsche

Omaha Hi-Lo Limits 8,000-16,000

Mike "SirWatts" Watson and Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot sent their shorter stacks over to "Chillolini" to reduce the field to the final 18 contenders. Watson had invested all but the last 11,500 preflop and then got it in after a flop.

Mike "SirWatts" Watson:
"Chillolini":

The turn and river sealed Watson's fate as "Chillolini" also had the nut low as well.

Talbot was all-in with a gutshot and low draw on a flop for few chips. He tabled the and was up against . The turn and river kept the cards high and that was it for Talbot, too.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov	504,678	62,500
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	301,720	-32,000
Chillolini	212,000	123,000
Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot	Busted
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	Busted

09-02-2021 23:06 UTC

Glaser anad Schwartz Chip Up

Christian Zetzsche

Limit Hold'em Limits 7,000-14,000

Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser won a bigger pot off "XD89lol<3" when his final bet on the board went through without resistance.

The game type then switched to Omaha Hi-Lo and "XD89lol<3" check-called all the way on a board of . Luke "lb6121" Schwartz tabled the for a pair of aces and low to scoop the entire pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser	346,233	91,000
Luke "lb6121" Schwartz	252,360	150,500
RaulGonzalez	180,190	-45,500
Carlos "Carster" Chadha	120,500	-14,000
XD89lol<3	102,700	-182,000