PokerStars WCOOP 2021

WCOOP-91-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, NLHE Main Event], $2.5M Gtd
Day: 1
Event Info

PokerStars WCOOP 2021

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$549,008
Event Info
Buy-in
$530
Prize Pool
$3,891,500
Entries
7,783
Level Info
Level
58
Blinds
4,000,000 / 8,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
7,783
Players Left
2,826

WCOOP-91-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, NLHE Main Event], $2.5M Gtd

Day 1 Completed

"extasyman" Bags Heaps After Day 2 of WCOOP-91-L: $530 NLHE [8-Max, NLHE Main Event], $2.5M GTD

Level 38 : 125,000/250,000, 32,500 ante

After a little over eight hours of play on Day 2, the PokerStars WCOOP-91-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] has come to an end with 79 players making it through to Day 3.

Day 1 attracted 7,000 entries and before the start of the day, another 783 entries were collected to get to 7,783 in total to create a prize pool of $3,891,500 which smashed the original $2,500,000 guarantee which was set.

Romania's "extasyman" went on a late night heater to claim the chip lead, taking a massive 41,390,307 into Day 3 which will be worth 165 big blinds. They are followed in the top five by "badlucktou" (22,146,292), "PIPON777" (18,655,369), "Artur_IAB" (18,286,415), and yaskata (18,040,000).

There are still plenty of well known players outside the top stacks which include; Jordan "bigbluffzinc" Drummond Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi, Mathias "mdf92" Duarte, Andre "PTFisherman23" Marques, and Andreas "Wiborg95" Wiborg, all of whom bagged an above average stack.

WCOOP-91-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1"extasyman"Romania41,390,307164
2"badlucktou"Russia22,146,29288
3"PIPON777"Latvia18,655,36974
4"Artur_IAB"Kazakhstan18,286,41573
5"yaskata"Bulgaria18,040,00072
6"II-Giuglia"Malta17,310,13769
7"pEzzett^E"Brazil16,387,72374
8"tochetto885"Brazil16,214,00864
9"blowf1sh"Ireland16,153,11864
10"baz050"Russia16,118,13664

Today's Action

With all those extra entries, the tournament kicked off with 2,826 players who would all be trying to fight their way to the top 959 as that would mean that they would cash for at least $1,123. The players dropped like flies on the road to the money.

PokerStars Ambassador's Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot, Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes, were just some of the players to bust before the first break of the day but it didn't stop there, as the eliminations kept at a quick pace.

One by one players fell and three hours after the tournament had started, the bubble burst after "TravisPay666" was eliminated in Level 25.

Clifford Ellefson & Chris_Moneymaker & Ben Spragg
Ben Spragg finished in 185th place for $2,589

With 958 players remaining, only four PokerStars Ambassadors were left in the field with Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas being the first to fall he was straightened out on the river (459th place - $1,607).

Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban lasted a few levels longer until he was out-kicked by "imGROOOOOT" (408th place - $1,810) and Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle fell shortly after holding a pair of sixes (378th place - $1,810). Ben "Spraggy" Spragg was the last of the survivors but his luck ran out after failing to crack a pair of sixes.

From there, it would take just over three more hours for the field to be reduced to the final 79 players and those players will return for Day 3 at 5:05 p.m. GMT on Tuesday, September 14.

The returning players will finish the last of Level 38 which has a small blind of 125,000, a big blind of 250,000 with a running ante of 32,500 and will play until the final table has been reached.

All players have secured at least $3,423 but they will all be wanting to reach the final table where they will win at least $36,601, while the first-place comes with a prize of $549,008 and PokerNews will be there from the first bustout throughout the climb through the pay ladder so make sure to follow along.

End-of-Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

Level 38 : 125,000/250,000, 32,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
extasyman ro
extasyman
41,390,307 27,684,436
badlucktou ru
badlucktou
22,146,292 -3,109,534
PIPON777 lv
PIPON777
18,655,369 18,655,369
Artur_IAB kz
Artur_IAB
18,286,415 11,600,123
yaskata bg
yaskata
18,040,000 2,360,102
II-Giuglia mt
II-Giuglia
17,310,137 17,310,137
pEzzett^E br
pEzzett^E
16,387,723 16,387,723
tochetto885 br
tochetto885
16,214,008 2,897,309
blowf1sh ie
blowf1sh
16,153,118 12,415,410
baz050 ru
baz050
16,118,136 14,738,014
Play4livin pe
Play4livin
14,988,363 14,988,363
Dieferson09 br
Dieferson09
14,569,496 14,569,496
FullHouseDrop ua
FullHouseDrop
14,553,631 14,553,631
T0X16- at
T0X16-
14,505,970 12,418,547
Rocamaximus br
Rocamaximus
14,363,077 14,363,077
Jordan "bigbluffzinc" Drummond ca
Jordan "bigbluffzinc" Drummond
13,205,311 6,479,720
Sajanas171 lt
Sajanas171
13,198,701 13,198,701
Shichi-77 ge
Shichi-77
13,189,613 -1,241,652
adneysantos br
adneysantos
13,151,462 13,151,462
Lefebvre1101 ca
Lefebvre1101
13,055,683 5,234,360
Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi
Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi
12,755,288 12,755,288
maicon_gba br
maicon_gba
12,366,912 12,366,912
BBRS999 hr
BBRS999
12,120,470 -973,927
Lee-dragon88 kr
Lee-dragon88
11,917,151 11,917,151
Alvers2 ca
Alvers2
11,661,024 9,716,055

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"AmazingPlay9" Eliminated Near Hard Stop

Level 38 : 125,000/250,000, 32,500 ante

Action on the table folded to "AmazingPlay9" who raised all in for 2,746,944 from the small blind and "Sunday Melon" looked them up from the big blind.

"AmazingPlay9": {9-Spades}{6-Spades}
"Sunday Melon": {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}

"AmazingPlay9" was behind holding live cards with an ace appearing in the window on the {5-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} flop which gave them a gutshot straight draw.

The {3-Hearts} turn left "AmazingPlay9" drawing to only a seven but the {5-Clubs} paired the board on the river and ended their tournament in 84th place for $3,423.

Player Chips Progress
Sunday Melon pl
Sunday Melon
9,520,618
AmazingPlay9
AmazingPlay9
Busted

Level: 38

Blinds: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 32,500

"bubbleboybr" Can't Get Lucky

Level 37 : 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante

Action on the table quickly folded to the small blind where "Kranshan" raised all in for 6,813,404 and "bubbleboybr" called off their 2,184,156 from the big blind.

"Kranshan": {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
"bubbleboybr": {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

"bubbleboybr" was ahead but the {q-Hearts}{7-Spades}{9-Spades} flop gave them a sweat as it gave "Kranshan" a gutshot straight draw.

The {10-Spades} turn paired "Kranshan", giving "bubbleboybr" a Broadway draw but the {j-Hearts} appeared on the river, completing the straight for "Kranshan" to send "bubbleboybr" packing.

Player Chips Progress
Kranshan
Kranshan
9,317,560 6,013,380
bubbleboybr
bubbleboybr
Busted

Final Break

Level 37 : 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante

The 89 remaining players have been sent what should be their last five-minute break of the evening with only nine players left needing to bust before the tournament will be paused for Day 3.

"principle1954" Loses Race to "MrTermo1021"

Level 37 : 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante

"principle1954" raised all in for 2,015,127 from the hijack and "Lefebvre1101" called from the cutoff only to fold after "MrTermo1021" came over the top for 9,797,027 from the small blind.

"principle1954": {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}
"MrTermo1021": {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}

"principle1954" was ahead with their made hand until a king appeared in the window on the {j-Hearts}{7-Spades}{k-Diamonds} flop.

The {9-Clubs} turn was no help to "principle1954" nor was the {7-Clubs} river that ended their tournament.

Player Chips Progress
MrTermo1021 pl
MrTermo1021
13,147,281
Lefebvre1101 ca
Lefebvre1101
7,821,323
principle1954
principle1954
Busted