PokerStars WCOOP 2020

WCOOP-71-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Sunday Warm-Up SE]
Day: 2
Event Info

PokerStars WCOOP 2020

Final Results
Winner
Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis
Winning Hand
j5
Prize
$81,357
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,050
Prize Pool
$1,185,000
Entries
1,185
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
55
Players Left
1

WCOOP-71-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Sunday Warm-Up SE]

Day 2 Completed

Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis Wins Sunday Warm-Up SE for more than $165K

Level 39 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
Michiel Brummelhuis
Michiel Brummelhuis

After battling through a Day 2 field of 55 players, Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis is the latest WCOOP Champion. He took down WCOOP-71-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Sunday Warm-Up SE] after a grueling heads-up battle, winning $81,357 in prizes as well as a whopping $84,076 in bounties.

Brummelhuis has more than $2 million in live earnings, and this win gives him a WCOOP title to go with his previous SCOOP win.

The Final Table

PlacePlayerCountryBountyPrize
1Michiel "utreg" BrummelhuisNetherlands$84,076$81,357
2arielssoulsRomania$22,029$81,356
3MrHyde97Peru$12,957$49,462
4MinReraiseRussian Federation$10,164$35,806
5GukizNetherlands$16,219$25,920
6Alexandru "steakaddict." PapazianRomania$5,813$18,764
7Viktor "papan9_p$" UstimovRussian Federation$5,750$13,583
8Jean-Pascal "hopezACE" SavardCanada$1,438$9,833
9TiltMeBigSweden$6,227$7,779

The Day's Action

The lion's share of the $1.185 million prize pool was still up for grabs on Day2 with just 55 of the 1,185 entries in WCOOP-71-H coming back with chips, and things went quickly. In the very first hand "TiltMeBig" took a stack with the best ace to start their run to the final table.

Within about an hour, they were down to just 21 remaining and along the way players like Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford, Daniel "judgedredd13" Charlton, and start of day chip leader Jorge "jorginho88" Abreu lost their stacks. It only took another hour to set up the final nine.

"TiltMeBig" was out pretty quickly after coming into the final table short stacked. Jean-Pascal "hopezACE" Savard survived a little longer on his shorty, but was out soon after, shoving ace-five into jacks. They played seven handed for about 15 minutes before three quick busts brought the field down to 4 left.

Four handed play went on for nearly an hour before "MinReraise" got it in on the flop with a straight draw, but bricked out in 4th place. "MrHyde97" quickly went out in 3rd running ace-queen into queens, which set up a heads-up match that went on for nearly an hour.

"arielssouls" came into the heads up battle with the chip lead, and held it during early play until Brummelhuis found a spot to check-shove a river on an ace-high paired board. That got them even, but "arielssouls" jumped back into the lead again when their fives held against a busted flush.

Just a couple hands later though, Brummelhuis was on the good end of a huge cooler when his jacks held up against fives. That put Brummelhuis in control with nearly 100M chips, and while "arielssouls" was able to double back up again, Brummelhuis took it all down a few hands later when he had the best two pair after "arielssouls" bricked a flush draw.

"arielssouls" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($81,356)

Level 39 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
"arielssouls" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($81,356)
"arielssouls" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($81,356)

"arielssouls" limped and Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis checked their option. The flop came {j-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{8-Hearts} and "arielssouls" bet 990K before Brummelhuis came over top for 4.33M. "arielssouls" raised to 12.8M, and Brummelhuis shoved with the biggest stack and got the call.

"arielssouls": {8-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis: {j-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}

Board: {j-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{10-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

Brummelhuis flopped two pair but "arielssouls" had club outs. They bricked though, ending the day in 2nd place for $81,356 plus $22,029 in bounties.

Player Chips Progress
Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis nl
Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis
118,500,000
25,465,556
25,465,556
arielssouls ro
arielssouls
Busted

Level: 39

Blinds: 400,000/800,000

Ante: 100,000

Brummelhuis Evens it Up

Level 38 : 250,000/700,000, 87,500 ante

"arielssouls" raised to 1.75M and Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis called to the {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{9-Spades} flop. Brummelhuis check-called for 1.176M and the turn was {8-Diamonds}. Brummelhuis check-called again for 3.85M but when the river came {8-Spades} Brummelhuis check-shoved over the bet of 8.4M and "arielssouls" folded.

Player Chips Progress
Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis nl
Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis
61,329,886
15,263,500
15,263,500
arielssouls ro
arielssouls
57,170,114
-15,263,500
-15,263,500