WCOOP-91-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max, NLHE Main Event], $1.5M Gtd | PokerStars WCOOP 2021

09-15-2021 17:32 UTC

"benea29" Eliminated in 7th Place ($25,404)

Lyle Bateman

Level 62 : 2,000,000/4,000,000, 500,000 ante

"benea29" Eliminated in 7th Place ($25,404)

"benea29" shoved about 17 million from the cutoff, and got called by "|Chompiras|0" in the big blind.

"|Chompiras|0":
"benea29":

"|Chompiras|0" held without a sweat on a board of . "benea29" laddered nicely into 7th place after starting the day with the smallest stack, less than 10 bigs.

Player	Chips	Progress
pagan_junior	318,072,037 24,781,501	24,781,501

sNap36484	223,086,385 15,635,000	15,635,000
rickiolsen1988	169,052,243 -12,594,001	-12,594,001
Castanella	131,655,035 -26,595,000	-26,595,000
pr0_nl	93,301,776 -7,045,000	-7,045,000
\|Chompiras\|0	66,107,254 26,328,802	26,328,802
benea29	Busted

09-15-2021 17:52 UTC

"pr0_nl" Eliminated in 6th Place ($35,638)

Lyle Bateman

Level 62 : 2,000,000/4,000,000, 500,000 ante

"pr0_nl" Eliminated in 6th Place ($35,638)

"rickiolsen1988" raised the cutoff to 10 million, then called off with more when small blind "pr0_nl" shoved for 58,351,776.

"pr0_nl":
"rickiolsen1988":

The big slick won the race on and "pr0_nl" had to settle for 6th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
pagan_junior	339,098,637 21,026,600	21,026,600

sNap36484	259,643,585 36,557,200	36,557,200
rickiolsen1988	198,620,219 29,567,976	29,567,976
\|Chompiras\|0	107,887,524 41,780,270	41,780,270
Castanella	102,025,035 -29,630,000	-29,630,000
pr0_nl	Busted

Level: 63

Blinds: 2,500,000/5,000,000

Ante: 600,000

09-15-2021 17:56 UTC

"Castanella" Eliminated in 5th Place ($49,995)

Lyle Bateman

Level 63 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante

"Castanella" Eliminated in 5th Place ($49,995)

"pagan_junior" raised to 8.4 million from the button at the end of the last level, then called off with the most when "Castanella" shoved the small blind for 101,525,035.

"Castanella":
"pagan_junior":

"pagan_junior" had the best of it, and chipped up to almost 450 million on .

Player	Chips	Progress
pagan_junior	446,632,672 107,534,035	107,534,035

sNap36484	259,143,585 -500,000	-500,000
rickiolsen1988	198,120,219 -500,000	-500,000
\|Chompiras\|0	103,387,524 -4,500,000	-4,500,000
Castanella	Busted

09-15-2021 17:57 UTC

Final Four Stacks at First Break

Lyle Bateman

Level 63 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante

Just four players remain at the first break.

Player	Chips	Progress
pagan_junior	514,347,793 67,715,121	67,715,121

sNap36484	239,743,585 -19,400,000	-19,400,000
rickiolsen1988	153,396,098 -44,724,121	-44,724,121
\|Chompiras\|0	99,787,524 -3,600,000	-3,600,000

09-15-2021 18:06 UTC

"rickiolsen1988" Eliminated in 4th Place ($70,136)

Lyle Bateman

Level 63 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante

"rickiolsen1988" Eliminated in 4th Place ($70,136)

"rickiolsen1988" raised under the gun to 10,850,000, then shoved 152,196,098 when "sNap36484" three-bet the button to 35,000,000.

"sNap36484":
"rickiolsen1988":

Once again, it was big slick winning a race against the pair on .

Player	Chips	Progress
pagan_junior	533,764,793 19,417,000	19,417,000

sNap36484	398,139,680 158,396,095	158,396,095
\|Chompiras\|0	75,370,524 -24,417,000	-24,417,000
rickiolsen1988	Busted

09-15-2021 18:12 UTC

"|Chompiras|0" Doubles

Lyle Bateman

Level 63 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante

"pagan_junior" raised the small blind to 10 million, then called when "|Chompiras|0" shoved 48,995,524 from the big blind.

"|Chompiras|0":
"pagan_junior":

"pagan_junior" looked good to take it heads-up until "|Chompiras|0" hit the flop on and "pagan_junior" bricked the 4th heart.

Player	Chips	Progress
\|Chompiras\|0	75,370,524,104,791,040 75,370,524,029,420,528	75,370,524,029,420,528
pagan_junior	537,844,269 4,079,476	4,079,476

sNap36484	364,639,683 -33,499,997	-33,499,997

09-15-2021 18:17 UTC

"|Chompiras|0" Eliminated in 3rd Place ($98,390)

Lyle Bateman

Level 63 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante

"|Chompiras|0" Eliminated in 3rd Place ($98,390)

"|Chompiras|0" raised under the gun to 53,050,000, leaving a bit more than 15 million behind. "pagan_junior" raised the big blind to put them all-in, and got the call.

"pagan_junior":
"|Chompiras|0":

They both had clubs, but it was the ten that played on board, though not without some club sweats for the chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
pagan_junior	667,535,317 129,691,048	129,691,048

sNap36484	339,739,683 -24,900,000	-24,900,000
\|Chompiras\|0	Busted

Level: 64

Blinds: 3,000,000/6,000,000

Ante: 750,000

09-15-2021 18:19 UTC

Let's Make a Deal

Lyle Bateman

Level 64 : 3,000,000/6,000,000, 750,000 ante

Immediately after play got heads-up, the remaining players agreed to a deal. "sNap36484" will take $151,000, while leader "pagan_junior" will pocket $161,000.

That leaves just under $20,000 and the title to play for.