Jussi "calvin7v" Nevanlinna won the sixth WCOOP title of his career. That draws him level with Tobias "Senkel92" Leknes, with only Shaun Deeb (8) and Denis Strebkov (9) having won more.
Meanwhile, former SCOOP Main Event champion Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi won his second WCOOP title.
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Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski Leads Final 15 in the WCOOP $25K Super High Roller
Just 15 players remain from a field of 116 in the WCOOP 34-H: $25,000 Super High Roller with Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski leading the way. He was involved in the largest pot of the day when he eliminated Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood towards the end of the day, when his pocket aces held against the Canadian's ace-king.
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos andChris "ImDaNuts" Oliver were the only players to bag more than three million in chips.
WCOOP-34-H: $25,000 Super High High Roller Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski
Brazil
5,006,522
125
2
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas
Hungary
3,159,334
79
3
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos
Spain
3,054,797
76
4
Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver
United States
3,023,286
76
5
Sintoras
Germany
2,036,861
51
6
Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo
United States
1,960,585
49
7
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph
Germany
1,919,729
48
8
Pedro "PaDiLhA SP" Padilha
Brazil
1,850,440
46
9
kZhh
Hungary
1,609,936
40
10
CrazyLissy
Russia
1,603,416
40
The second and final day will kick off on Monday, Aug. 30 at 5:05 p.m. GMT. PokerStars will be streaming the final table with hole cards exposed on a 30-minute delay. PokerNews will report the final table on the same delay as to not reveal any spoilers.
The blinds will resume with the remainder of Level 20 (20,000/40,000/5,000a) and increase every 30 minutes until a winner is crowned.
Daniel Smiljkovic Leads 79 Players Going into Day 2 of WCOOP 34-M: $2,100 NLHE
The first day of the WCOOP 34-M: $2,100 NLHE is in the books and 79 players will return for Day 2 to battle in the 2021 World Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) on PokerStars. The $1,000,000 guarantee attracted 614 entries to generate a $1,228,000 prize pool, with $214,339 available to the winner.
Germany’s Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic (pictured)finished a wild Day 1 as chip leader and 78 others will return on Monday August 30 to make a run at the final table. Other notable players to advance to Day 2 were Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle and former Sunday Million Anniversary winner Vanessa "Niffller" Kade .
Jussi "calvin7v" Nevanlinna won his sixth WCOOP title in Event 29-H: $2,100 8-Game, with fellow Finn "mahmuttt88" winning their second WCOOP title five years after their first.
There was also a second WCOOP title for former SCOOP Main Event winner Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi who won almost $125,000 in the WCOOP 37-H: $5,200 PKO High Roller.
WCOOP #37-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Turbo, PKO, High Roller]
Entries
116
Prize Pool
$580,000
Winner
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi (United Kingdom)
First-place Prize
$124,687
In-Play
Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson leads 32-H with PokerStars Ambassador Sam "SamSquid" Grafton 12th with 17 players remaining.
Another Ambassador in the shape of Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot is also through to Day 2 of WCOOP 35-H: $2,100 5-Card PLO with $62,021 awaiting the winner.
Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor.
He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.
