Thorsten "juicetus" Legit Leads The Pack After Day 1 of the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event
After 15 levels of play on the virtual felt, Day 1 has come to a close in the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) $10,300 NLH Main Event on PokerStars. This star-studded field saw 673 entries join throughout the day, and with late registration still open until the start of Day 2 on Monday, November 7, should smash the $7,000,000 guarantee.
Currently 222 players remain in the hunt for WCOOP gold and Thorsten "juicetus" Legit found the top of the leaderboard with an impressive run up to 2,791,391, more than ten times starting stack.
Many notables were in the mix early on and some who found a bag for Day 2 include Team PokerStars Pro Sam "SamSquid" Grafton (1,372,605), online regular Neville "NevilleWeeee" Costa (1,632,644), and high stakes crusher Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos (875,068).
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thorsten "juicetus" Legit | 2,791,391 | 232 | Austria |
| 2 | "nik_meat" | 2,782,732 | 231 | Ukraine |
| 3 | "sergebezb" | 2,683,869 | 223 | Estonia |
| 4 | "Faboulus888" | 2,439,643 | 203 | Austria |
| 5 | "saiiizika" | 2,407,636 | 200 | Brazil |
| 6 | "SerVlaMin" | 2,140,721 | 178 | United Kingdom |
| 7 | Andras "probirs" Nemeth | 1,992,858 | 166 | Hungary |
| 8 | Jans "Graftekkel" Arends | 1,852,248 | 154 | Netherlands |
| 9 | Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov | 1,811,612 | 151 | Russian Federation |
| 10 | Gilles "TaxationIsTheft" Simon | 1,786,389 | 149 | Netherlands |
Day 2 will resume on November 7th at 5:35 p.m. GMT. Late registration will remain open until the start of Day 2 so be sure to register early to not miss out on the action. Players who buy into Day 2 will start with 250,000, good for 21 big blinds.
Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we will be here to bring you all the updates in both the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event and the $1,050 WCOOP Main Event.