WCOOP-92-H: $10,300 PLO [6-Max, PLO Main Event], $1M Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2021

09-13-2021 01:43 UTC

Flush Good for Kelopuro

Connor Richards

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro opened to 35,000 in the cutoff and Ka Kwan "kaju85" Lau defended in the big blind. Lau check-called for 60,000 on the flop and both players checked the turn. Lau check-raised to 586,950 on the river and Kelopuro put in a call.

Lau showed a straight with but it was no good against the flush of Kelopuro, who held .

Player	Chips	Progress
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro	1,572,344 791,210	791,210
Ka Kwan "kaju85" Lau	1,141,223 108,197	108,197

09-13-2021 01:48 UTC

"jedimaster82" Eliminated by "cmontopdeck"

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Connor Richards

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

"jedimaster82" three-bet to 110,000 in the small blind and "cmontopdeck" called after flatting a raise on the button. "jedimaster82" shoved a stack of 54,146 on the flop and "cmontopdeck" called.

"jedimaster82":
"cmontopdeck":

"cmontopdeck" flopped the nuts and held as the board ran out , sending "jedimaster82" to the rail on their third bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
cmontopdeck	466,646 437,108	437,108
jedimaster82	Busted

09-13-2021 01:53 UTC

Goya Applies Pressure

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Connor Richards

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

"magiet12" opened 27,000 on the button and Dante "dantegoyaF" Goya called in the small blind. Goya then check-raised to 62,700 on the flop and "magiet12" called. Goya bet 124,200 on the turn and "magiet12" again called. On the river, Goya bet enough to put his opponent all-in and they laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dante "dantegoyaF" Goya	1,453,323 818,060	818,060

magiet12	274,260 332,264	332,264

09-13-2021 01:56 UTC

Players on Break

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Connor Richards

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

Players took another five-minute break.

09-13-2021 02:07 UTC

Flop Check-Raise from "Imbajimbaa"

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Connor Richards

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

"Imbajimbaa" opened to 28,750 in the lojack and Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph flat-called on the button, while "AlexKP" defended in the big blind. "Imbajimbaa" then check-raised to 181,250 on the flop when Rudolph bet 30,000. Rudolph folded and "AlexKP" had already gotten out of the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Imbajimbaa	1,140,386 257,696	257,696
AlexKP	545,266 327,766	327,766
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	169,640

09-13-2021 02:08 UTC

Day 1 Breaks

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Connor Richards

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

Day 1 broke at the end of Level 15 with 35 players remaining.

09-13-2021 02:13 UTC

Top 15 Stacks at End of Day 1

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Connor Richards

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
yara777	2,295,639 816,874	816,874

Grus/Snus	2,248,074
#Naktro91	2,216,447 225,302	225,302
Ben_Apart	1,974,775 452,317	452,317
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro	1,752,344 180,000	180,000
Dante "dantegoyaF" Goya	1,508,823 55,500	55,500

Us_Alex	1,347,255 329,802	329,802
terror777727	1,208,465 255,852	255,852
jokkee_apart	1,154,003 163,875	163,875
lmbajimbaa	1,140,386 198,241	198,241
WhySoSerious	1,117,411 226,470	226,470
Ka Kwan "kaju85" Lau	1,109,123 32,100	32,100
Ola "Odd_Oddsen" Amundsgard	1,096,400 135,407	135,407
plspaythxbye	952,645 84,112	84,112
Alexey "LuckyGump" Makarov	950,244 119,537	119,537

09-13-2021 02:41 UTC

Kelopuro, Goya and Lau Among 35 in Field at End of Day 1 of WCOOP-92-H: $10,300 PLO [6-Max, PLO Main Event]

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Connor Richards

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

Finland's Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro, Dante "dantegoyaF" Goya of Brazil and Ka Kwan "kaju85" Lau of Hong Kong are among the 35 players left standing at the end of Day 1 in the WCOOP-92-H: $10,300 PLO [6-Max, PLO Main Event] as part of the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). The three-day tournament had a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million but already surpassed that at the end of Day 1, with 126 entrants and a prize pool of $1.3 million.

"yara777" of Ukraine walked away from Day 1 as the tournament chip leader with a stack of 2.3 million, followed closely by "Grus/Snus" of Sweden and "#Naktro91" of Andorra. Other players who made it through the first seven hours of action on Day 1 include "Ben_Apart" of the United Kingdom, Alexey "LuckyGump" Makarov of Russia and Brazil's Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski, who is fresh off of two WCOOP victories yesterday.

PokerStars ambassador Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, who took second yesterday in the WCOOP-80-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller] for his biggest-ever MTT cash of $172,793, was also in the field but did make it to the end of Day 1.

Day 2 will commence on Sept. 13 at 5:10 p.m. GMT and will break when there are seven players remaining. Those players will return for Day 3 on Sept. 14 at 5:05 p.m. GMT.

Late registration will remain open until the beginning of Day 2. Only 14 places will be paid if there are less than 132 entrants in the tournament.

That wraps up Day 1 coverage of the WCOOP-92-H: $10,300 PLO [6-Max, PLO Main Event]. The PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow to bring you Day 2 updates.

WCOOP-92-H: $10,300 PLO [6-Max, PLO Main Event], $1M Gtd

Day 1 Completed