PokerStars WCOOP 2022

WCOOP 92-M: $1,050 NLHE [Main Event], $5M Gtd
Day: 3
Event Info

PokerStars WCOOP 2022

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$603,142
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,050
Prize Pool
$5,000,000
Entries
4,646
Level Info
Level
53
Blinds
1,750,000 / 3,500,000
Ante
450,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
79
Players Left
9

Mattsson Busts "hi-tech soul" in Cooler

Level 38 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 32,500 ante
Mattsson Busts "hi-tech soul" in Cooler
Mattsson Busts "hi-tech soul" in Cooler

"AJSuited16" opened from middle position to 500,000 and action folded around to "hi-tech soul" who reraised all in for 2,766,249 from the button. The small blind folded, Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson called from the big blind as did "AJSuited16".

"hi-tech soul" was at risk and the other two players continued on the {6-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{a-Spades} flop.

Mattsson bet out 558,000 and "AJSuited16" called.

The {j-Spades} turn brought in the flush draw and both players checked to the {7-Spades} river.

With four spades on the board, Mattsson bet 5,536,548 and "AJSuited16" folded.

"hi-tech soul" showed {q-Spades}{q-Clubs} for the second nut flush but Mattsson had him pipped with {k-Spades}{k-Clubs} for the unbeatable nut flush.

Player Chips Progress
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson se
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
23,900,241
5,572,198
5,572,198
AJSuited16 mx
AJSuited16
9,388,187
7,583,320
7,583,320
hi-tech soul uz
hi-tech soul
Busted

Mandic Finds Kings to Double

Level 38 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 32,500 ante
Goran Mandic
Goran Mandic

"Naveja8" opened to 650,000 from early position and the action folded around to Goran "mandza17" Mandic in the small blind who three-bet to 1,875,000. The big blind folded and the action was back to "Naveja8", who paused for a few seconds before they four-bet to 8,176,213. Mandic quickly called, putting themselves all in.

Goran "mandza17" Mandic: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}
"Naveja8": {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

The flop came {3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, Mandics' kings still ahead.

The {6-Diamonds} on the turn gave "Naveja8" more outs, and Mandic needed to fade an ace or a diamond to double up.

The {3-Hearts} river paired the board and Mandic took the pot down with two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Goran "mandza17" Mandic hr
Goran "mandza17" Mandic
12,244,576
9,079,688
9,079,688
Naveja8 mx
Naveja8
2,308,925
1,052,758
1,052,758

"vvdmm" Cracks Wilson's Aces

Level 37 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
Andy Wilson
Andy Wilson

"vvdmm" opened to 200,000 from early postion and the action folded around to Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson, in the big blind, who reraised to 1,400,000, "vvdmm" then four-bet all in for 6,509,051 and Wilson made the call.

"vvdmm": {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}

The flop came {j-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and "vvdmm" was still behind but had picked up some more outs. The {k-Clubs} fell on the turn, "vvdmm" had turned two pair and was now out in front. The river came {3-Diamonds}, leaving Wilson's aces cracked and propelling "vvdmm" up the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
vvdmm me
vvdmm
10,016,569
Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson
Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson
2,598,386
-999,355
-999,355

"griggle_799" Can't Wriggle Out of This Spot

Level 37 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
"griggle_799"
"griggle_799"

Action folded around to "griggle_799" on the button who shoved in his final 1,171,818, just a little under six big blinds. "Alex12690", in the small blind, called and "Grizzlypower" folded the big blind.

"griggle_799": {a-Clubs}{2-Spades}
"Alex12690": {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}

"griggle_799" was at risk and behind. He failed to improve on the {8-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{5-Hearts} runout and was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Alex12690 mx
Alex12690
5,548,038
1,357,964
1,357,964
griggle_799 uy
griggle_799
Busted

Darwin Knows Best

Level 36 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Darwin Knows Best
Darwin Knows Best

The action folded to Marcelo "marceloaziz" Aziz who opened to 320,000 from middle position, it folded around to Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson who three-bet 998,000 on the button and the blinds folded. The action was back on Aziz who elected to four-bet all in for 4,245,980 and Mattsson called.

Marcelo "marceloaziz" Aziz: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

It was a classic cooler for Aziz, who needed to find one of the remaining two queens in the deck to survive.

The board ran out {3-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and Aziz busted in 72nd place, earning himself a $5,977 payday.

Player Chips Progress
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson se
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
11,793,395
2,787,819
2,787,819
Marcelo "marceloaziz" Aziz br
Marcelo "marceloaziz" Aziz
Busted

"Kudgel" Left Short, Busts Next Hand

Level 36 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
"Kudgel" Left Short, Busts Next Hand
"Kudgel" Left Short, Busts Next Hand

The action started with an open of 320,000 from "Husper99" in middle position, it folded around to "Kudgel", on the button, who reraised to 960,000, only for "yoyotata18" to four-bet all in for 5,340,980 from the big blind.

"Husper99" folded, "Kudgel" called and the cards were shown.

"yoyotata18": {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}
"Kudgel": {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}

"yoyotata18" was at risk and behind until the flop came {q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{7-Spades}, flopping top pair.

The turn and river fell {2-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and "yoyotata18" doubled leaving "Kudgel" with one-tenth of a big blind.

On the very next hand "Kudgel" got his remaining chips versus "Husper99".

"Kudgel": {8-Spades}{6-Spades}
"Husper99": {a-Spades}{3-Clubs}

The board was {3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{9-Clubs} and "Husper99" took the pot down with two pairs, eliminating "Kudgel" in 79th place.

Player Chips Progress
yoyotata18 jp
yoyotata18
11,121,960
5,725,980
5,725,980
Husper99 pl
Husper99
4,615,965
536
536
Kudgel de
Kudgel
Busted

"Twicyyy" Leads the Final 79 Players in Day 3 of the WCOOP Main Event - Medium: $1,050 NLHE, $5M Gtd

Andy Wilson
Andy Wilson

After two days of play the $1,050 NLH World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event on PokerStars, "Twicyyy" stands atop of the chip counts with 20,543,293 chips. A total of 4,646 players registered for the tournament and only 79 remain in the hunt for the coveted title and the $712,429 day pay.

Other notables left in the field include Miguel "CambadaDeMixos" Lopes (14,736,852), Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson (9,005,576) and Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson (3,597,741).

$1,050 WCOOP Main Event Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds 
1"Twicyyy"United Kingdom20,543,293128 
2"luckyluck653"Estonia16,074447100 
3Miguel "CambadaDeMixos" LopesMalta14,736,85292 
4"$eT4x4"United Kingdom12,644,90179 
5"wdmm""Montenegro12,17264576 
6"hi-tech soul"Ukbekistan10,610,12766 
7"felipe52"Brazil9,826,29961 
8Florian "Gaugi444" GauguschAustria9,516,97559 
9"RUMUKULUS"Austria9,459,49259 
10BernadoDGBrazil9,130,51157 

The action restarts on November 9 at 5:30 p.m. GMT, with the blinds resuming at 70,000/140,000 with a 17,500 ante. Day 3 is the penultimate day of play and the remaining 79 players will battle it out until we have our 9 final tablists.

Be sure to stay with PokerNews as we will be here to bring you all the action in both the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event and the $1,050 WCOOP Main Event on PokerStars.

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