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.