WCOOP 92-M: $1,050 NLHE [Main Event], $5M Gtd | PokerStars WCOOP 2022

11-09-2022 18:15 UTC

"paoronaldo" Eliminated in 9th Place ($44,527)

Daniel Williams

Level 47 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 150,000 ante

"paoronaldo" Eliminated in 9th Place ($44,527)

Goran "mandza17" Mandic opened the action from the cutoff to 2,400,000 and "paoronaldo" reraised all in for 25,926,544 from the button. "Royal Mind" folded from the small blind but "Twicyyy" four-bet all in for 36,808,455 from the big blind. Mandic thought for a second before folding and the remaining two players turned their cards with "paoronaldo" at risk.

"paoronaldo":
"Twicyyy":

The board ran out and "Twicyyy" scooped the pot. "paoronaldo", who started the day third in chips, became the first elimination of the final table.

8 players remain and are guaranteed $62,970.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian "Twicyyy" Guimond	67,084,989 29,526,544	29,526,544

Goran "mandza17" Mandic	63,138,299 14,377,500	14,377,500
paoronaldo	Busted

Level: 48

Blinds: 700,000/1,400,000

Ante: 175,000

11-09-2022 18:26 UTC

Everyone Loves a Chop Pot

Daniel Williams

Level 48 : Blinds 700,000/1,400,000, 175,000 ante

The action folded to Goran "mandza17" Mandic who raised, from middle position to 2,800,000, "Royal Mind", sat to his immediate left, made the call and all other players folded.

On a flop of , Mandic checked and "Royal Mind" checked behind.

The turn came the and Mandic fired out a bet of 2,275,000 which "Royal Mind" called.

The paired the board on the river and both players checked to showdown.

Goran "mandza17" Mandic:
"Royal Mind":

Both players had the same hand and the pot was chopped.

11-09-2022 18:40 UTC

"dibmestre" Doubles Through "rObetOblancO"

Daniel Williams

Level 48 : Blinds 700,000/1,400,000, 175,000 ante

"dibmestre" Doubles Through "rObetOblancO"

Short stack "dibmestre" opened to 2,800,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to "rObetOblancO" in the small blind who three-bet to 8,400,000, Ryan "planty07/08" Plant folded the small blind and "dibmestre" four-bet all in for 17,820,672. "rObetOblancO" thought for a few seconds before calling, putting "dibmestre" at risk.

"dibmestre":
"rObetOblancO":

The board ran out and "dibmestre"s ace-queen high was enough to secure the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
rObetOblancO	61,392,664 3,315,328	3,315,328
Pedro "dibmestre" Dib	38,441,344 3,635,672	3,635,672

Level: 49

Blinds: 800,000/1,600,000

Ante: 200,000

11-09-2022 18:51 UTC

Alexios "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Zervos Eliminated in 8th Place ($62,970)

Daniel Williams

Level 49 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 200,000 ante

Goran "mandza17" Mandic opened to 3,200,000 from early position and the action folded around to Alexios "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Zervos, in the big blind, who made the call.

On a flop Zervos checked and Mandic fired out a continuation bet of 4,000,000. Zervos snap reraised all in for a total of 16,649,172 and Mandic called, putting Zervos at risk.

Alexios "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Zervos:
Goran "mandza17" Mandic:

Zervos was in front with a pair of tens but needed to fade any ace, king, queen or nine to survive.

The paired the board on the turn but the river improved Mandic to a better two-pair and Zervos was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Goran "mandza17" Mandic	96,649,911 33,511,612	33,511,612
Alexios "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Zervos	Busted

11-09-2022 18:56 UTC

Break Time

Daniel Williams

Level 49 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 200,000 ante

The 7 remaining players are now on their second five minute break of the day and action will resume shortly.

11-09-2022 18:58 UTC

Updated Chip Counts at the Break

Daniel Williams

Level 49 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 200,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
rObetOblancO	129,035,328 67,642,664	67,642,664
Goran "mandza17" Mandic	94,049,911 -2,600,000	-2,600,000
Ryan "planty07/08" Plant	59,306,196 -5,244,000	-5,244,000
Florian "Twicyyy" Guimond	55,810,989 -11,274,000	-11,274,000

Royal Mind	46,999,340 -22,174,186	-22,174,186
Pedro "dibmestre" Dib	46,363,544 7,922,200	7,922,200
Bernardo "BernardoDG" Granato	33,034,692 -80,328,804	-80,328,804

Level: 50

Blinds: 1,000,000/2,000,000

Ante: 250,000

11-09-2022 19:26 UTC

"Royal Mind" Eliminated in 7th Place ($89,053)

Daniel Williams

Level 50 : Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 250,000 ante

"Royal Mind" Eliminated in 7th Place ($89,053)

The action folded around to chip leader Goran "mandza17" Mandic on the button who open-shoved all in for 125,649,911 covering both blinds. "Royal Mind", in the small blind, used his time bank before calling off his remaining 21,873,340 stack, and "Twicyyy" folded his big blind.

"Royal Mind":
Goran "mandza17" Mandic:

"Royal Mind" was ahead but at risk, as the flop fell giving Mandic two pair. "Royal Mind" needed to improve to stay afloat in the tournament but the runout was no good for him and he bowed out in seventh place.

Mandic has had a phenomenal start to this final table and is currently the chip leader with over 150,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Goran "mandza17" Mandic	151,273,251 57,223,340	57,223,340
Royal Mind	Busted