WCOOP-91-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max, NLHE Main Event], $1.5M Gtd Day 3 | PokerStars WCOOP 2021

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

Day 3 Completed

09-14-2021 23:42 UTC

"pagan_junior" Leads After Day 3 of WCOOP-91-L with 9 Remaining

Lyle Bateman

Level 60 : 1,500,000/3,000,000, 375,000 ante

pagan_junior Leads After Day 3 of WCOOP-91-L with 9 Remaining — \"pagan_junior\" Leads After Day 3 of WCOOP-91-L with 9 Remaining

After just under 6 hours of play, the returning 160 players are down to just 9 left in WCOOP-91-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max, NLHE Main Event] after two players busted, one from each table, on the final hand before the break. "pagan_junior" wasn't involved in either final hand, but still managed to retain the lead to end the day, despite both the 2nd and 3rd place stacks picking up chips at the end.

"pagan_junior" jumped into the lead later in the day, solidifying the lead with a flopped set of nines against "HI_IH_IH" for nearly 240 million near the end of Level 58. It was "rickiolsen1988" and "Castanella" who spent most of the time battling with them for the lead, and prior to the final few levels of the night, the lead changed hands a few times between the three.

WCOOP-91-L Final Table Stacks

Place	Player	Country	Chips
1	"pagan_junior"	Sweden	240,852,840
2	"rickiolsen1988"	Denmark	217,351,244
3	"Castanella"	Russia	139,438,369
4	"sNap36484"	Belarus	130,167,214
5	"pr0_nl"	Russia	77,266,054
6	"/Chompiras/0"	Brazil	67,621,738
7	"luily021"	Russia	59,556,084
8	"Tfete"	Poland	47,579,171
9	"benea29"	Romania	27,443,266

That's a wrap for Day 3 of WCOOP-91-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max, NLHE Main Event]. There are still 9 players remaining to vie for the top prize of $193,654, and they will come back on September 15th at 13:05 ET to finish it out and crown a WCOOP Main Event champ. The PokerStars WCOOP 2021 is winding down, but head to the Hub to get all the series results and see what's left on the schedule.

There is still more than $640,000 of the $2,014,550 prize pool left to play for on the final table. Come back here to PokerNews tomorrow for all the final table action in WCOOP-91-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max, NLHE Main Event].

09-14-2021 23:02 UTC

Double Bustout to Set Final Day

Lyle Bateman

Level 60 : 1,500,000/3,000,000, 375,000 ante

There was no bubble to the final day, as it went straight from 11-handed to 9-handed right before the break. On one table, "Castanella" got it in with the best ace and biggest stack against "PIGGONE" and held to send "PIGGONE" out in 11th place.

At the same time on the other table, "rickiolsen1988" raised, then called off a shove from "pokerturo" in the big blind. "pokerturo" had against and while "pokerturo" hit their ace on the turn of , it was the wrong color and gave the flush to the big stack. "pokerturo" busted in 10th place, setting up the final table for Day 4.

Player	Chips	Progress
pagan_junior	240,852,840	39,140,100

rickiolsen1988	217,351,244	43,207,331

Castanella	139,438,369	-212,762

sNap36484	130,167,214	44,991,042

pr0_nl	77,266,054	28,904,777

\|Chompiras\|0	67,621,738	-2,165,900

luily021	59,556,084	-115,379,322

Tfete	47,579,171	15,422,919

benea29	27,443,266	7,152,494

PIGGONE	Busted

pokerturo	Busted

09-14-2021 22:43 UTC

Death by Quads

Lyle Bateman

Level 60 : 1,500,000/3,000,000, 375,000 ante

At the end of the previous level, "Castanella" raised under the gun, but got out of the way after "inter pato72" re-raised the button to 32.million, leaving barely 1 million behind, and "sNap36484" then shoved the big blind for more than 42 million. "inter pato72" called it off.

"inter pato72":
"sNap36484":

It looked like "inter pato72" flopped it on but then the running queens ran them over.

Player	Chips	Progress
Castanella	139,651,131	-41,534,518

sNap36484	85,176,172	46,744,010

inter pato72	Busted

Level: 60

Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000

Ante: 375,000

09-14-2021 22:25 UTC

"luily021" Takes a Stack

Lyle Bateman

Level 59 : 1,250,000/2,500,000, 325,000 ante

"rickiolsen1988" raised to 4.34 million from the cutoff, and "luily021" called the small blind before "adamka88" shoved the big blind for 12,468,374. Both players called to the flop, which they both checked. "luily021" led the turn for 9 million and got called, but got the fold when they bet 13.8 million on river.

"luily021":
"adamka88":

"luily021" rivered the nut flush to bring the field to 12.

Player	Chips	Progress
luily021	174,935,406	112,696,870

rickiolsen1988	174,143,913	14,827,547

adamka88	Busted

09-14-2021 22:20 UTC

"|Chompiras|0" Survives with Double

Lyle Bateman

Level 59 : 1,250,000/2,500,000, 325,000 ante

Just before the end of the last level, "pagan_junior" raised under the gun to 4.2 million, then called with more when "|Chompiras|0" shoved more than 32 million from their left.

"|Chompiras|0":
"pagan_junior":

The board of looked dangerous on the flop but was ultimately safe for the over pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
pagan_junior	201,712,740	-35,393,819

\|Chompiras\|0	69,787,638	-19,711,929

Level: 59

Blinds: 1,250,000/2,500,000

Ante: 325,000

09-14-2021 22:13 UTC

"pagan_junior" With Huge Lead

Lyle Bateman

Level 58 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 250,000 ante

"adamka88" raised to 4 million from the hijack, and "pagan_junior" three-bet to 11 million from the cutoff. "HI_IH_IH" shoved 41,352,854 from the small blind, and only "pagan_junior" called it off with more.

"pagan_junior":
"HI_IH_IH":