WCOOP-80-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller], $750K Gtd
Day 1 Completed
PokerStars WCOOP 2021
WCOOP-80-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller], $750K Gtd
Day: 1
Level 23
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Austria's Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph leads the field of nine remaining players at the end of Day 1 in the WCOOP-80-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller], $750K Gtd as part of the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). The PKO tournament attracted 106 entrants and smashed the guarantee with a prize pool of $1.1 million.
Rudolph is looking for his third WCOOP title after taking down the WCOOP 24-H: $2,100 NLHE in August for $71,404, in addition to winning the $215 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller] in 2018 for $130,598. Other players who made it through Day 1 include Andras "probirs" Nemeth, Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani, Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski and PokerStars ambassador Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis.
End of Day 1 Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Country | Chips | |
| 1 | Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph | Austria | 4,798,502 | |
| 2 | Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin | United Kingdom | 4,220,361 | |
| 3 | DrawindDead | Poland | 3,334,606 | |
| 4 | Andras "probirs" Nemeth | Hungary | 3,101,024 | |
| 5 | Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski | Brazil | 2,992,496 | |
| 6 | Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder | Netherlands | 2,347,186 | |
| 7 | Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani | Brazil | 2,171,811 | |
| 8 | Niklas "Lena900" Astedt | Sweden | 1,837,676 | |
| 9 | Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis | Netherlands | 1,696,338 |
Day 1 Action
The high roller tournament attracted a field of elite players, including Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski, Joao "Naza114" Vieira and Bruno "great dant" Volkmann, who is fresh off a win in the WCOOP 63-H: $10,300 NLHE for $331,595.
PokerStars Team Online players Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand, Ben "Spraggy" Spragg and Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle all made deep runs in the tournament. Rolle fared the best of the three players and busted in 16th place.
"kZhh" was eliminated on the money bubble in 14th place after their two-pair didn't stand up to an opponent's full house. Eder "edercampana" Campana was the first player out in the money for an $11,236 prize and $8,750 in bounties after his king-jack couldn't get there against the opponent's ace-eight.
Day 1 broke after over eight hours of play when "ludako123" busted in 10th place after their ace-ten was no good against the pocket sevens of Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin.
Day 2 will begin on Sept. 11 at 5:05 p.m. GMT. Top prizes in the high roller tournament include $107,949 for both first and second, $71,991 for third and $55,272 for fourth.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on Saturday to bring you Day 2 updates.
Level 23
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin opened to 140,000 in the hijack and got called by Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani in the cutoff and Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph on the button. "ludako123" decided to squeeze in the big blind and raised to 1.2 million with just over 13,000 behind. Boivin re-shoved and everyone but "ludako123" folded.
"ludako123": 
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin: 
"ludako123" was at risk of busting on the final table bubble, which is what happened when the board ran out 
and Boivin kept the lead with his sevens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,220,361
763,741
|
763,741 |
|
Busted |
Level 23
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder three-bet jammed in the small blind and Andras "probirs" Nemeth called off for 1.3 million after raising on the button.
Andras "probirs" Nemeth: 
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder: 
Nemeth got there as the board ran out 
and he was saved from elimination on the final table bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,024,724
1,634,867
|
1,634,867 |
|
2,822,486
-1,678,112
|
-1,678,112 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 35,000/70,000
Ante: 8,750
Level 22
: 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder opened to 132,000 from the cutoff and Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis defended in the big blind. Mulder bet 248,625 on the 
flop and Veldhuis called. Both players checked the 
turn and Veldhuis bet 273,488 when checked to on the river, which Mulder called.
Veldhuis showed the winner with 
and Mulder mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,500,598
-969,113
|
-969,113 |
|
2,450,536
793,358
|
793,358 |
|
||
Level 22
: 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph opened to 136,200 in the cutoff and "ludako123" three-bet to 555,000 in the small blind. Rudolph responded with a four-bet jam and "ludako123" decided to hold onto 1.9 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,371,327
390,900
|
390,900 |
|
|
1,868,142
-23,400
|
-23,400 |
Level 22
: 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante
The remaining 10 players took a five-minute break.
Level: 22
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 7,500
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias three-bet jammed for 1.5 million in the small blind and Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin re-shoved in the big blind, which got the original raiser to fold.
Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias:
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin: 
Boivin took a lead on the flop of 
with a pair of aces and kept the lead as the board ran out 
, sending Kolonias out in 11th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,919,945
500,226
|
500,226 |
|
|
Busted |