WCOOP-63-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller], $1M Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2021

09-05-2021 18:29 UTC

Rudolph Ousts Lefrancois to Take the Lead

Jason Glatzer

Level 4 : 1,600/3,200, 400 ante

Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois opened for 6,400 from the hijack before Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph three-bet to 19,200 from the cutoff. Lefrancois jammed for 56,528 and Rudolph called.

Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois:
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph:

Rudolph improved to two pair on the board to eliminate Lefrancois and take the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	726,792 342,176	342,176

Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois	Busted
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	Busted
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov	Busted

09-05-2021 18:18 UTC

Veldhuis Collects Pardo's Bounty

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Jason Glatzer

Level 4 : 1,600/3,200, 400 ante

Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo opened for 6,400 from under the gun and was called by Ole "wizowizo" Schemion from the small blind. Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis three-bet to 28,800 from the big blind. Pardo four-bet jammed for 113,303. Schemion folded and Veldhuis called.

Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo:
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis:

Veldhuis' tens won the flip on the board to eliminate Pardo and collect his $2,500 bounty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras "probirs" Nemeth	458,204 106,900	106,900
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	432,663 180,991	180,991
3DTemujiN	427,467 105,029	105,029
Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski	354,530 128,754	128,754
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood	343,250 58,178	58,178
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton	333,915 79,595	79,595
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov	250,000 81,525	81,525
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion	209,326 209,326	209,326
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo	Busted

09-05-2021 18:08 UTC

Broadway for Mattsson to Collect Martirosian's Bounty

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Jason Glatzer

Level 3 : 1,400/2,800, 350 ante

Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian opened for 7,000 from the lojack and was called by Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson from the big blind.

Mattsson check-called for 13,388 on the flop before he check-jammed the turn from 39,060 to 186,557. Martirosian called off for a little less and the players turned over their cards.

Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian:
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson:

Mattsson had Broadway and he collected Martirosian's $2,500 bounty after his opponent blanked the river. Martirosian re-entered after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	398,390 398,390	398,390
ikkedus	318,611 73,961	73,961
Niklas "lena900" Astedt	315,933 71,033	71,033
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian	250,000 250,000	250,000
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez	174,032 51,305	51,305

09-05-2021 17:53 UTC

Strike 1 For Van Fleet

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Jason Glatzer

Level 3 : 1,400/2,800, 350 ante

Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet opened for 6,440 from the button. "lampo4kalove" three-bet to 20,080 from the big blind. Van Fleet four-bet to 57,400 before he called off for 202,581 after "lampo4kalove" five-bet jammed.

Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet:
"lampo4kalove":

"lampo4kalove" paired their king on the board and Van Fleet re-entered after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
lampo4kalove	433,184 433,184	433,184
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle	362,968 5,500	5,500
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet	250,000 250,000	250,000
Anton "Bomber&Granater" Wigg	Busted

09-05-2021 17:18 UTC

Full House for Gierse to Felt Jacobson

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Jason Glatzer

Level 1 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez opened from the lojack for 4,600 and four players called to see the flop.

Niklas "lena900" Astedt checked before Benitez bet 19,313. "ikkedus" folded and Gierse called before Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson raised to 65,000. Astedt and Benitez folded and Marius "DEX888" Gierse jammed for 281,150. Jacobson called off for 222,400 and the players turned over their hands.

Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson:
Marius "DEX888" Gierse:

Jacobson had top two pair but needed help to beat Gierse's set of dueces. Neither the turn nor the river saved the day and Jacobson didn't immediately re-enter after Gierse collected his bounty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius "DEX888" Gierse	548,613 262,363	262,363
Niklas "lena900" Astedt	244,900
ikkedus	244,650 5,350	5,350
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez	225,337
Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson	Busted

09-05-2021 17:13 UTC

Full House for Shakerchi to Collect First Bounty of the Day

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Jason Glatzer

Level 1 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph opened for 4,540 from the button before he called a three-bet by Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi to 17,000 from the big blind.

Shakerchi bet 13,320 on the flop and Rudolph called before firing out for 26,548 on the turn. Rudolph raised to 65,000 and Shakerchi called. Shakerchi checked the river and Rudolph jammed for 153,270. Shakerchi called and turned over for a full house to beat Rudolph's trips with to collect the first bounty of the day. Rudolph will give it another go as he immediately re-entered after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi	514,572 264,572	264,572
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	250,000

09-05-2021 15:59 UTC

Welcome to the WCOOP-63-H: $10,300 Progressive KO High Roller

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Jason Glatzer

The excitement continues in the $100 million guaranteed World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) at PokerStars with Sunday showcasing a $10K buy-in event with the WCOOP-63-H: $10,300 Progressive KO High Roller set to kick off at 5:05 p.m. GMT.

The two-day event guarantees at least a $1 million prize pool with $5,000 of each players' buy-in tagged as their progressive bounty.

The Progressive KO High Roller 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 1,000/2,000/250a and players can re-enter twice during the long five-hour late registration window.

Day 1 of this event will play down until a final table of nine hopefuls are remaining. The final table will commence on Monday, Sept. 6 at 5:05 GMT.

Some of the biggest names in poker will be in action today including Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph and Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic, who were all pre-registered more than an hour before kickoff time.

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