WCOOP-91-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, NLHE Main Event], $10M Gtd
Day 1 Started
PokerStars WCOOP 2021
WCOOP-91-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, NLHE Main Event], $10M Gtd
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
PokerStars WCOOP 2021
Buy-in
$5,200
Prize Pool
$10,000,000
Entries
1,965
Level
56
Blinds
3,500,000 / 7,000,000
Ante
875,000
Entries
1,700
Players Left
588
Welcome to Day 1 of WCOOP 91-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, NLHE Main Event]
Welcome to Day 1 of WCOOP 91-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, NLHE Main Event]. A large turnout is expected for this World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) main event with a guaranteed prize pool of $10,000,000.
Portugal's Andre "PTFisherman23" Marques was the main event champion in 2020, topping a field of 1,977 to take home $1,147,271 after a three-way deal with Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder and Tonio "prrrak4783" Röder.
This is a four-day tournament. Day 1 will kick off at 5:05 p.m. GMT and will play continue until the completion of Level 15. Monday’s Day 2 will continue until 72 players are remaining, and Day 3 will have Tuesday to play down to a final table that will take place on Wednesday September 15.
Players will begin with 250,000 chips and blinds will start at 500/1000/125 with an increase every 30 minutes. Re-entry is available for 24 hours after the start of the tournament and players may re-enter twice during that time.
Be sure to keep it here while the PokerNews live reporting team provides the updates on the action as it happens.
Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 125
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
Cards are now in the air with 528 players registered to play.
PokerStars Ambassadors in Today's Field
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
"Sajanas171" Chips into Early Lead
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
"Alex Shepel" opened the betting with a raise to 3,000 from under the gun. "Sajanas171" made the call from the big blind.
The flop was 
and "Sajanas171" checked. "Alex Shepel" bet 2,475 and "Sajanas171" check-raised to 8,500. "Alex Shepel" fired back a raise to 23,200 and "Sajanas171" called.
The turn was 
and "Sajanas171" checked. "Alex Shepel" bet 77,000 and "Sajanas171" called.
The river was 
and "Sajanas171" checked again. "Alex Shepel" shoved for the last 152,250 and got the call. "Sajanas171" turned over 
for a full house that was good enough to beat the 
of "Alex Shepel".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
523,450 | 523,450 |
|
Busted |
Garagnani Makes a Flush
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
"Sucra71" opened the betting with a raise to 2,400. "Jesseonboss" three-bet to 9,000 from the next seat over and Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani four-bet to 26,500. The rest of the table got out of the way and "Jesseonboss" was the lone caller.
The flop was 
and both players checked. The turn was 
and "Jesseonboss" bet 20,000. Garagnani made the call to see a river 
.
"Jesseonboss" checked the river and Garagnani bet 87,000. "Jesseonboss" made the check-call and Garagnani showed 
for the flush. "Jesseonboss" mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
382,210 | |
|
|
242,225 | |
|
113,850 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 150
Early Big Stacks
Level 2
: 600/1,200, 150 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,700 | -12,750 |
|
503,700 | 503,700 |
|
497,868 | 497,868 |
|
461,900 | 461,900 |
|
|
453,130 | 453,130 |
|
|
441,928 | 441,928 |
|
426,593 | 426,593 |
|
|
422,916 | 422,916 |
|
|
421,370 | 421,370 |
|
|
411,426 | 411,426 |
Grafton Rivers a Second Pair
Level 2
: 600/1,200, 150 ante
Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche raised to 4,200 from the cutoff and Sam "SamSquid" Grafton three-bet to 14,400 from the button. The blinds folded and Nitsche made the call.
The flop was 
and Nitsche checked. Grafton bet 9,600 and Nitsche check-raised to 33,000. Grafton made the call.
The turn was 
and both players checked.
The river was 
and Nitsche checked again. Grafton bet 36,000 and Nitsche called. Grafton showed 
for queens and nines while Nitsche mucked the losing hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
314,805 | 64,805 |
|
|
74,805 | 74,805 |