WCOOP-71-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE], $650K Gtd
Day 1 Completed
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WCOOP-71-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE], $650K Gtd
Day: 1
Filatov Leads 16 Contenders into Day 2 of WCOOP-71-H: $2,100 NLHE
Level 22
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Only 16 players remain out of 369 entries in WCOOP-71-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE], $650K Gtd. The biggest stack by a good margin was bagged by Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov, who ended the day by knocking out Niklas "Lena900" Astedt to add a large amount of chips to his stack.
The prize pool of $738,000 surpassed the guarantee and while all of the remaining players have locked up $7,103, most of the money will be handed out at the final table, including one player taking the $134,908 first-place prize.
Among the notables to make Day 2 was poker streamer and PokerStars Team Online member Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, bracelet winner Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress, and Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane.
WCOOP-71-H Day 1 Top Ten Chips
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov | Russia | 8,098,199 |
| 2 | Rodrigo "SELOUAN1991" Selouan | Brazil | 4,923,152 |
| 3 | Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane | UK | 3,923,776 |
| 4 | Gbisback | Argentina | 3,227,544 |
| 5 | Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak | Ukraine | 3,155,636 |
| 6 | Will "hellzito" Arruda | Brazil | 2,534,706 |
| 7 | K9648714 | Germany | 1,537,242 |
| 8 | Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis | Netherlands | 1,461,772 |
| 9 | DingeBrinker | Estonia | 1,426,252 |
| 10 | gnetaren | Sweden | 1,273,324 |
Day 2 action for WCOOP-71-H: $2,100 NLHE picks up on Sept. 8 at 1:05 p.m. EST, and PokerNews will be there to follow it to the end as they play down to a winner.
End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
Level 22
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,098,199 | |
|
4,923,152 | 2,188,842 |
|
3,923,776 | 333,874 |
|
3,227,544 | 128,134 |
|
3,155,636 | 3,155,636 |
|
2,534,706 | 1,613,390 |
|
1,537,242 | -989,492 |
|
1,461,772 | -6,850 |
|
1,426,252 | 265,442 |
|
1,273,324 | 456,724 |
|
1,115,487 | 136,549 |
|
1,091,784 | -610,746 |
|
1,001,163 | -110,553 |
|
|
855,610 | -635,800 |
|
663,134 | -137,469 |
|
|
611,219 | -1,169,120 |
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt Eliminated in 17th Place ($7,103)
Level 22
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt opened to 100,000 from the cutoff, Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov three-bet to 500,000, and action folded back to Astedt who put his entire stack of 3,353,744 chips into the middle. Filatov called and the hands were tabled.
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt: 
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov: 
Astedt was in rough shape and the 
flop left him drawing slim. The 
turn had him drawing dead and the meaningless 
river came down to eliminate Astedt at the end of the day, and propel Filatov to a sizable chip lead heading into Day 2.
Chip counts of all remaining players and a recap of today’s action are to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,098,199 | 4,558,073 |
|
|
Busted |
"ElephantGP" Eliminated in 18th Place ($7,103)
Level 22
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane opened under the gun to 100,000, "K9648714" raised to 150,000, and "ElephantGP" went all in for 536,596. Action folded back to "ElephantGP" who called.
"ElephantGP": 
"K9648714": 
"ElephantGP" found himself in a favorable position but that changed on the 
flop. The 
turn and 
river ended his tournament run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,526,734 | 1,420,366 |
|
|
Busted |
Georgi "milennial" Sandev Eliminated in 21st Place ($7,103)
Level 22
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane opened for 100,000 in the hijack and Georgi "milennial" Sandev went all in for 725,934 in the cutoff. Cochrane called and hands were revealed.
Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane: 
Georgi "milennial" Sandev: 
Sandev needed some help to stay alive and wouldn't find it on the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,589,902 | 1,064,934 |
|
Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 6,000
Break
Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
The remaining players are on a five-minute break.
Felipe "ketzerfelipe" Ketzer Eliminated in 24th Place ($5,587)
Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane opened to 80,000 in the cutoff and Felipe "ketzerfelipe" Ketzer three-bet to 200,000 on the button and Cochrane called.
Cochrane check-called for 53,200 on the 
flop. He again check-called the 
turn for 62,400, and check-called Ketzer's 546,876 jam on the 
.
Felipe "ketzerfelipe" Ketzer: 
Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane:
Cochrane's pair of queens were good against the ace-high of Ketzer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,524,968 | 771,731 |
|
Busted |
Vogelsang Eliminated by Filatov
Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang raised to 80,000 under the gun and Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov defended in the big blind.
Filatov check-called a 44,000 bet on the 
flop. The turn saw Filatov check-shove Vogelsang 168,000 bet. Vogelsand called for his last 604,216 chips.
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang: 
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov:
Filatov had two-pair and Vogelsang needed a river king or jack, but the 
sent him to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,540,126 | 1,255,816 |
|
Busted |