PokerStars WCOOP 2021

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

PokerStars WCOOP 2021

Final Results
Winner
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$119,620
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$1,230,000
Entries
123
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
18,500
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
123
Players Left
9

Set of Ladies for "CPUrul0r" to Beat Higgins' Top Two Pair

Level 16 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Just before the blinds increased, Simon "simon1471" Higgins opened for 31,250 from the button before he called a three-bet to 125,000 by "CPUrul0r" from the small blind.

"CPUrul0r" bet 161,250 on the {q-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} flop. Higgins jammed for 957,249 and "CPUrul0r" called.

Simon "simon1471" Higgins: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
"CPUrul0r": {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

It was a bit of a cooler for Higgins to run top two pair into a set and "CPUrul0r" collected his $7,500 bounty after Higgins bricked the {9-Clubs} turn and {6-Clubs} river.

Player Chips Progress
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood ca
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood
2,732,334
-1,850
-1,850
CPUrul0r at
CPUrul0r
2,504,613
1,067,949
1,067,949
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph de
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph
1,453,135
181,145
181,145
Day 1 Chip Leader
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard gb
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard
829,228
198,638
198,638
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos
583,541
391,194
391,194
Simon "simon1471" Higgins gb
Simon "simon1471" Higgins
Busted
Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver us
Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver
Busted
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden
Busted

Volkmann Ousts "krakukra"

Level 16 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

"krakukra" jammed from early position and was called by Bruno "great dant" Volkmann from the cutoff.

"krakukra": {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann: {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

Volkmann collected yet another bounty to bring his total up to $28,750 thus far after his queen paired the {4-Hearts}{q-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{k-Spades} board.

Player Chips Progress
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann br
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann
2,624,072
286,975
286,975
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood ca
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood
2,542,334
-190,000
-190,000
3DTemujiN kz
3DTemujiN
1,300,810
567,390
567,390
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi gb
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
852,287
183,590
183,590
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle
584,331
36,900
36,900
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro fi
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro
583,223
174,575
174,575
krakukra ru
krakukra
Busted

"CPUrul0r" First Over 3 Million After Busting Kelopuro

Level 16 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro limped from the small blind and "CPUrul0r" checked their option from the big blind.

Both players checked the {k-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} flop before Kelopuro check-called for 38,525 on the {5-Diamonds} turn. Kelopuro bet 107,640 on the {7-Diamonds} river and "CPUrul0r" jammed. Kelopuro called off for 499,698 and turned over {8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for a flush. He was eliminated in 28th place after "CPUrul0r" turned over {9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} for a better flush.

Player Chips Progress
CPUrul0r at
CPUrul0r
3,067,836
563,223
563,223
Eder "edercampana" Campana br
Eder "edercampana" Campana
Busted
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro fi
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro
Busted

"hello_totti" Eliminates "DingeBrinker" with Big Slick

Level 16 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

"hello_totti" opened for 41,600 from under the gun and was called by Eelis "EEE27" Parssinen from the button. "DingeBrinker" jammed for 372,007 from the big blind and Parssinen folded after "hello_totti" came over the top for 1,890,318.

"DingeBrinker": {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
"hello_totti": {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

Big slick got there on the {6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{7-Hearts} board to eliminate "DingeBrinker" in 27th place.

Player Chips Progress
hello_totti ru
hello_totti
2,331,425
545,807
545,807
DingeBrinker ee
DingeBrinker
Busted

Veldhuis Out with Queens

Level 16 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski opened for 40,000 from under the gun and was called by Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira from one seat over. Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis three-bet jammed for 291,871 and Ferreira folded after Malinowski four-bet shoved for 782,310.

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski: {a-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}

Malinowski paired his ace on the {5-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{a-Spades} board to eliminate Veldhuis in 25th place. "KennedyPK97" was eliminated on another table and the action was down to just 24 players heading into the sixth break.

Player Chips Progress
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood ca
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood
2,709,834
167,500
167,500
3DTemujiN kz
3DTemujiN
2,401,821
1,101,011
1,101,011
hello_totti ru
hello_totti
2,279,925
-51,500
-51,500
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann br
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann
2,085,997
-538,075
-538,075
CPUrul0r at
CPUrul0r
1,607,013
-1,460,823
-1,460,823
Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski pl
Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski
1,151,681
167,171
167,171
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis nl
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
Busted
KennedyPK97 gb
KennedyPK97
Busted

Level: 17

Blinds: 12,500/25,000

Ante: 3,250

Greenwood Eliminates Parssinen

Level 17 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood opened for 55,000 from the hijack. Eelis "EEE27" Parssinen three-bet to 165,000 from the button. Greenwood jammed and Parssinen called off for 1,040,231 to create a huge 2.1 million chip pot.

Eelis "EEE27" Parssinen: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

Greenwood won the flip after his ace found a friend on the {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{4-Spades} board to eliminate Parssinen in 24th place.

Player Chips Progress
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood ca
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood
3,760,565
1,050,731
1,050,731
3DTemujiN kz
3DTemujiN
2,313,821
-88,000
-88,000
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann br
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann
2,085,997
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi gb
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
1,834,082
981,795
981,795
CPUrul0r at
CPUrul0r
1,792,393
185,380
185,380
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas
1,162,948
-1,006,131
-1,006,131
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle
231,543
-352,788
-352,788
Eelis "EEE27" Parssinen
Eelis "EEE27" Parssinen
Busted

Shakerchi Ousts Rolle

Level 17 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

The final member of Team PokerStars has been eliminated with Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle losing his short stack as follows.

Rolle jammed for 206,043 from the hijack and Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi call from the button.

Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle: {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi: {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

Rolle fell behind to Shakerchi's two pair on the {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}{8-Clubs} flop and after the {9-Hearts} turn and {k-Diamonds} river the two pair improved to a full house to eliminate Rolle in 23rd place.

Player Chips Progress
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi gb
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
2,049,875
215,793
215,793
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle
Busted

Kovalski Collects Alavali's Bounty

Level 17 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski jammed or 937,219 from middle position. Jargo "bungakat" Alavali was already all-in from the big blind with just 15,954 in his stack and the rest of the table folded.

Jargo "bungakat" Alavali: {7-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}
Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}

Kovalski claimed Alavali's $6,500 bounty to his PokerStars account after hitting trips on the {q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{6-Spades} board and the action was down to just 21 players.

Player Chips Progress
Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski br
Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski
991,673
415,159
415,159
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali ee
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali
Busted