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

09-05-2021 23:41 UTC

Ace-Jack no Good for Martirosian Against Mateos' Big Slick

Jason Glatzer

Level 18 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos opened for 60,000 form the hijack. Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian three-bet shoved for 516,949 from the button and Mateos called.

Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian:
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos:

Mateos hit a full house on the board to eliminate Martirosian in 17th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski	1,968,255 490,749	490,749
hello_totti	1,874,716 144,000	144,000
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	1,717,086 67,500	67,500
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos	1,332,123 32,200	32,200
BenArfaa10	846,392 82,500	82,500
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian	Busted

09-05-2021 23:35 UTC

Hand-For-Hand After Brito Runs Ace-Ten into Ace-Jack

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Jason Glatzer

Level 18 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Patrick "thebigdog09" Brooks opened for 66,000 from the cutoff before he called a three-bet jam by Pablo "pabritz" Brito from the small blind.

Pablo "pabritz" Brito:
Patrick "thebigdog09" Brooks:

Brito improved to top pair on the but was eliminated in 18th place as this board gave Brooks two pair to win the hand.

The action moved hand-for-hand two away from the money after Brito was felted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	2,967,895 61,430	61,430

Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	2,620,840 18,000	18,000

Patrick "thebigdog09" Brooks	1,818,436 380,077	380,077

Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis	1,087,761 96,000	96,000
Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira	791,372 64,906	64,906

Pablo "pabritz" Brito	Busted

09-05-2021 23:32 UTC

"BenArfaa10" Doubles Through Martirosian

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Jason Glatzer

Level 18 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian opened for 66,000 from the button before he called a three-bet jam to 445,696 by "BenArfaa10" from the big blind.

"BenArfaa10":
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian:

Martirosian bricked the runout and he doubled the stack of "BenArfaa10" while leaving himself with under 20 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	1,784,586 1,079,439	1,079,439
hello_totti	1,730,716 549,209	549,209
Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski	1,477,506 325,825	325,825
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos	1,299,923 716,382	716,382
BenArfaa10	928,892 87,064	87,064
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian	516,949 580,567	580,567

09-05-2021 23:28 UTC

Kovalski Runs Into Leonard's Cowboys

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Jason Glatzer

Level 18 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski opened for 50,000 from the hijack before he called a three-bet by Patrick "pads1161" Leonard to 187,500. Leonard fired out for 75,000 on the flop. Kovalski jammed for 557,923 and Leonard called.

Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski:
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard:

Kovalski improved to two pair after the turn and river completed the board but was eliminated in 19th place with Leonard holding a dominating top set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	2,906,465 766,423	766,423

Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	2,602,840 266,500	266,500

Patrick "thebigdog09" Brooks	1,438,359 80,500	80,500

Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis	1,183,761 50,490	50,490
Pablo "pabritz" Brito	513,965 56,500	56,500
Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski	Busted

Level: 18

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,750

09-05-2021 23:24 UTC

Bujtas Runs Tens into Nines

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Jason Glatzer

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

Marius "DEX888" Gierse opened for 52,500 from the lojack and was called by Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi from the cutoff. Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas three-bet jammed for 672,198 from the button. Gierse folded and Shakerchi called.

Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas:
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi:

Bujtas was unable to get nines ahead of tens on the runout to go out in 20th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi	2,966,823 916,948	916,948
Marius "DEX888" Gierse	666,525 27,619	27,619
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas	Busted

09-05-2021 23:21 UTC

Snowmen No Good for "kZhh"

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Jason Glatzer

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

Patrick "pads1161" Leonard opened for 55,000 from the button. "kZhh" three-bet shoved for 547,205 from the small blind. Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph jammed for 1,711,385 from the big blind and Leonard folded.

"kZhh":
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph:

"kZhh" lost the flip for their tournament life to leave just 20 players remaining after Rudolph improved to two pair on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	2,336,340 883,205	883,205

Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	2,140,042 1,310,814	1,310,814

Patrick "thebigdog09" Brooks	1,518,859 788,183	788,183

Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis	1,234,251 75,684	75,684
Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski	988,423 3,250	3,250
Pablo "pabritz" Brito	457,465 20,507	20,507
kZhh	Busted

09-05-2021 23:18 UTC

Kovalski Collects Alavali's Bounty

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Jason Glatzer

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:
Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski:

Kovalski claimed Alavali's $6,500 bounty to his PokerStars account after hitting trips on the board and the action was down to just 21 players.

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

09-05-2021 23:15 UTC

Shakerchi Ousts Rolle

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Jason Glatzer

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:
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi:

Rolle fell behind to Shakerchi's two pair on the flop and after the turn and river the two pair improved to a full house to eliminate Rolle in 23rd place.

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

09-05-2021 23:12 UTC

Greenwood Eliminates Parssinen

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Jason Glatzer

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:
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood:

Greenwood won the flip after his ace found a friend on the board to eliminate Parssinen in 24th place.

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