Filatov Leads 16 Contenders into Day 2 of WCOOP-71-H: $2,100 NLHE
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.
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.
turn kept things interesting by giving Veldhuis a straight draw if a queen were to hit the river, and the 
indeed completed the board, eliminating Van Fleet from the tournament just before cashing.
and Kade bet 94,336. Only "bagoch" continued as he raised to 375,000. Kade went all in for only 1,934 more and was called.
and proved to be quite an action flop as Cochrane check-raised after "GlobalHappiness" bet 14,375, bringing it up to 45,425. "GlobalHappiness" re-raised to 130,000 and Cochrane put in his entire 380,983 stack. "GlobalHappiness" called and hands were revealed.
on the turn and the 
sent the pot Talbot's way.
came on the turn and "Kraskata85" was drawing dead as Nemeth needed a king or a nine for a straight, but it was the 
