| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
277,700
277,700
|
277,700 |
|
|
275,800
275,800
|
275,800 |
|
|
266,300
266,300
|
266,300 |
|
|
265,300
265,300
|
265,300 |
|
|
252,000
252,000
|
252,000 |
|
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
247,000
247,000
|
247,000 |
|
|
240,528 | |
|
|
237,000
237,000
|
237,000 |
PokerStars WCOOP 2021
The first break of the day is now here and players will have five minutes before resuming.
Mike "SirWatts" Watson opened to 1,500 from the hijack and "komarac_zg" then three-bet to 4,500 from the cutoff.
Watson beefed it up with a four-bet to 11,400 and "komarac_zg" snap-shoved for a total of 95,545. The Canadian called his 57,986 into the middle and was at risk.
Mike "SirWatts" Watson: ![]()
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"komarac_zg": ![]()
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The bullets sailed their way into an easy double when the ![]()
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board rolled out. Watson took down the double, getting back over starting stack in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
117,472
54,037
|
54,037 |
|
|
37,559
37,559
|
37,559 |
The third level of the event has started and 750 registration buttons have been clicked thus far, with plenty of late registration left to blow the guarantee out of the water with ease.
Level: 3
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
"Mr. Havener" opened to 1,250 from the hijack, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard jumped in from the cutoff, and Ivan "Ch33s3z0r" Pavlov defended his big, bringing down the ![]()
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flop.
All three checked to the
turn card where "Mr. Havener" bet 4,480. Only Leonard called to see the
river.
After each player tapped the table, Leonard turned over ![]()
which was good to take down the pot, having his pair of tens pull in some chips when "Mr. Havener" only had ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
139,600
39,600
|
39,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
57,150
57,150
|
57,150 |
"hoefi2412" opened to 1,500 from the cutoff and Mike "SirWatts" Watson defended his big blind to see the ![]()
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flop where he tapped.
"hoefi2412" continued with a bet of 1,500 and Watson check-raised to 5,100. "hoefi2412" called and the
turn landed on the board.
Watson led out, betting 15,600, and "hoefi2412" called once more. Both players checked the
river, Watson tabled ![]()
for top pair and "hoefi2412" then turned over ![]()
, giving them the best hand with two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
123,631
123,631
|
123,631 |
|
|
63,435
36,565
|
36,565 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
It is now just halfway through the first level and already the field has grown to have a total of 500 entries.
Some familiar faces are sitting down early in the day and some names on that list include Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis, Marc-Andre "FrenchDawg" Ladouceur, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Mike "SirWatts" Watson, Joao "INeedMassari" Simao, Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood and two some PokerStars faces in Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis and Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
The cards are now hitting the virtual felt here in the series saver, with 260 to start the day.