Level: 3
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
PokerStars WCOOP 2021
WCOOP-71-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE], $650K Gtd
Day: 1
Break
Level 3
: 400/800, 100 ante
Players are on their first five-minute break of the day.
Top Ten Stacks
Level 3
: 400/800, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
218,758
86,195
|
86,195 |
|
|
174,217
23,665
|
23,665 |
|
157,650
157,650
|
157,650 |
|
|
142,940
142,940
|
142,940 |
|
138,530
-14,958
|
-14,958 |
|
|
135,620
135,620
|
135,620 |
|
135,473
35,473
|
35,473 |
|
128,602
28,602
|
28,602 |
|
||
|
128,028
128,028
|
128,028 |
Straight Beats Ladies of Astedt
Level 3
: 400/800, 100 ante
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt opened to 1,760 on the button and Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez called in the big blind. The flop came 
and Benitez check-raised Astedt's 3,068 lead up to 10,233. Astedt then made it 26,604 to go and Benitez put his 61,945 in the middle. Astedt called and hands were revealed.
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt: 
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez: 
Benitez flopped the goods and Astedt's ladies were drawing slim. The 
turn gave him some outs to fill up on the river but the 
completed the board, sending Benitez the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
128,610
128,610
|
128,610 |
|
|
25,671
-74,329
|
-74,329 |
Alt's Pocket Rockets Cracked by Boivin
Level 3
: 400/800, 100 ante
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt opened to 2,000 under the gun and Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin three-bet to 6,400 from one seat over. Action folded back to Alt who made it 18,000. Boivin called and the two saw a flop of 
.
Alt led for 11,200 and Boivin raised it up to 25,600. Alt went all in for 86,844 and was called.
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin: 
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt: 
Alt had the best starting hand but was now a dog against the flopped top two-pair of Boivin. The turn was the 
and the river was the , sending the rest of Alt's chips to Boivin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
228,488 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 4
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 125
Alavali Gets Most of Leonard's Chips
Level 4
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard opened to 2,200 in early position and Jargo "bungakat" Alavali called in the cutoff. Everyone else folded and the two players saw a flop of 
.
The 
turn saw Leonard lead for 2,277, get raised by Alavali to 9,837, which Leonard re-raised to 18,000. Alavali called and the peeled off on the river. Leonard led for 52,500, leaving just 194 chips behind, and Alavali called.
Leonard showed 
which wasn't good enough to beat the 
of Alavali. The hand left Leonard with less than a big blind which he lost a couple hands later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,176
175,176
|
175,176 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Rolle Adds to Stack with Boat
Level 4
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle opened under the gun to 2,150, and Ole "wizowizo" Schemion three-bet to 7,400. Rolle called and the two saw a flop of 
.
Rolle check-called a bet of 4,500 on the flop and the turn was the 
. Rolle check-called on the turn for 7,500 as the river 
peeled off. Both players checked the river and Rolle showed 
for a boat to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
117,319
17,319
|
17,319 |
|
|
48,151 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 150
Jacks Over Tens Leaves Pateychuk Short
Level 5
: 600/1,200, 150 ante
Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk raised to 2,640 from middle position, got called by a player in the cutoff as well as Jargo "bungakat" Alavali on the button before seeing a raise from "vincelis" in the small blind to 19,800. Pateychuk went all in for 100,803 and was called only by "vincelis" who was slightly covered.
Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk: 
"vincelis":
The board ran out 
to leave Pateychuk with only a couple big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
203,780 | |
|
|
177,801
2,625
|
2,625 |
|
2,753 | |
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