2023 PokerStars WCOOP

WCOOP 100-H $10,300 PLO (6-Max, World Championship of PLO / PLO Main Event), $750K GTD
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 PokerStars WCOOP

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
akk9
Prize
$233,532
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$750,000
Entries
100
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
16,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
75
Players Left
17

Dzivielevski Among Leaders After Day 1 of $10,300 WCOOP PLO Championship

Level 15 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Yuri Dzivielevski
Yuri Dzivielevski

It was an action packed day on the virtual felts as WCOOP 100-H: $10,300 Pot-Limit Omaha got underway. There were a total of 79 entries into the tournament, meeting the guarantee and pushing the prize pool to $790,000. With late registration still open, these numbers could continue to grow. Of those 79 bullets, 18 remain in pursuit of WCOOP glory, including both well established pros and relatively unknown users.

It was one of those unknown players who came out on top in Argentina’s “eltucu64”, who will enter Day 2 with 2,678,034. Just behind them is "anonymstruts" of Sweden, with 2,644,293, much of which was won in a big pot right before the end of the day. Rounding out the top three is "Imbajimbaa", hailing from Denmark, who bagged an impressive 1,812,977.

PlacePlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1"eltucu64"Argentina2,678,034223
2"anonymstruts"Sweden2,644,293220
3"Imbajimbaa"Denmark1,812,977151
4"#Naktro91"Andorra1,617,893135
5"NVoskob1986"Latvia1,556,815130
6"Levoin95"Denmark1,382,852115
7Aku "Aku1206" JoentaustaFinland1,329,010111
8"jokkee_apart"Norway1,280,496107
9Yuri "theNERDguy" DzivielevskiBrazil870,46273
10"Elkku35"Finland863,09372

Some notables outside of the top ten includeTalal "raidalot" Shakerchi (528,939) and Joao "Naza114" Vieira (704,953) who will both be looking to continue running up their stack on Day 2. Some familiar faces who entered today without securing a bag include Benny “RunGodlike” Glaser, who has already won seven tournaments during this series, as well as Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois, Andras "probirs" Nemeth, Connor "blanconegro" Drinan, and Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger, among others.

More notables may still enter, as late registration will remain open through the first 30 minutes of play on Day 2. Two players, Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane and Maxi "mikki696" Lehmanski have already purchased starting stacks of 250,000 to start Day 2.

Those starting stacks are still good for more than 20 big blinds, as play will resume at Level 16, where blinds will be 6,000/12,000 with a 1,200 ante. Levels will still be 30 minutes long. Day 2 action will kick off at 12:35 p.m. Eastern Time and continue until only seven players remain. Those lucky seven will then return the following day, October 3rd, to play down to a winner.

Stay tuned into PokerNews for live coverage of this Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, as we soon crown a new Champion of Online Pot-Limit Omaha.

Tags: Benny GlaserGavin CochraneJoao Vieirajokkee_apartPascal LefrancoisYuri Dzivielevski

"anonymstruts" Takes Big One Late

Level 15 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
"anonymstruts" makes trips against Ferreira
"anonymstruts" makes trips against Ferreira

Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira opened from under the gun to 27,000. "Imbajimbaa", next to act, made the call before "anonymstruts" raised it up to 123,000. Ferreira then bumped it up to 411,000, getting a fold from "Imbajimbaa" but a call from "anonymstruts".

On the K49 flop, Ferreira stuck in his remaining 535,877 chips, getting a call from his opponent.

Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira: AQ86
"anonymstruts": QJ98

Ferreira was in decent shape to stay alive, until the 9 turn improved his opponent to trips. The 10 river changed nothing, and Ferreira was eliminated with just a few minutes remaining in the day.

Player Chips Progress
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anonymstruts
2,699,343
859,877
859,877
Profile photo of Imbajimbaa dk
Imbajimbaa
1,604,927
-147,600
-147,600
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Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: ImbajimbaaanonymstrutsRui Ferreira

"boerni21" Evades Chop on River

Level 14 : Blinds 4,500/9,000, 900 ante
Rivered trips for "boerni21"
Rivered trips for "boerni21"

"boerni21" opened to 23,078 under the gun and got one caller before "Imbajimbaa" reraised to 96,812 in the big blind. "boerni21" put in another raise, now to 318,014. The original caller got out of the way before "Imbajimbaa" put in yet another raise. "boerni21" made the call, going all-in to do so, for a total of 675,230.

"boerni21": AA106
"Imbajimbaa": AAJ6

Both players woke up with pocket aces, and after the 102K3 flop and turn, it seemed like the pot would be chopped, but the 10 river gave "boerni21" trips, enough to scoop the pot, doubling their stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Imbajimbaa
1,440,528
-599,268
-599,268
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boerni21
1,382,538
1,382,538
1,382,538

Tags: Imbajimbaaboerni21

Shakerchi Coolers Loeliger

Level 12 : Blinds 3,500/7,000, 700 ante
Linus Loeliger loses with the second nut flush
Linus Loeliger loses with the second nut flush

Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger opened from under the gun to 17,150. His lone caller came in Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi on the button.

Loeliger check-called a bet of 32,361 on the 3Q2 flop.

On the 6 turn, Loeliger check-raised from 59,902 to 154,000. Shakerchi responded with a raise of his own, enough to put Loeliger at risk if he were to call, which he did for a total of 388,989.

Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger: KQ108
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi: A1082

Loeliger was drawing completely dead, with the second nut flush against the nut flush of Shakerchi. After the 5 river completed the board, Shakerchi raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi gb
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
1,477,726
1,227,726
1,227,726
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Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger
Busted

Tags: Linus LoeligerTalal Shakerchi

"NVoskob1986" Continues Building Stack

Level 11 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 600 ante
"NVoskob1986" approaches 2,000,000
"NVoskob1986" approaches 2,000,000

Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski opened from the button to 21,000. Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress, the small blind, made the call. The big blind, "NVoskob1986" bumped it up to 84,000. Both opponents made the call.

On the 365 flop, Dvoress open jammed for 213,100. "NVoskob1986" made the call while Dzivielevski got out of the way.

Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress: QQ76
"NVoskob1986": AA52

After the JK runout, "NVoskob1986" was left with the best hand with his pair of aces, sending Dvoress to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of NVoskob1986 lv
NVoskob1986
1,938,533
398,200
398,200
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Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski
729,082
-11,615
-11,615
WSOP 5X Winner
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Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once

Tags: NVoskob1986Daniel DvoressYuri Dzivielevski

"NVoskob1986" Spikes the Turn for Massive Pot

Level 11 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 600 ante
"NVoskob1986" wins a big pot
"NVoskob1986" wins a big pot

"AlexKP" opened from under the gun to 18,000. "NVoskob1986", next to act, reraised to 63,000. Action folded back to "AlexKP", who put in the call.

On the 3J8, "NVoskob1986" fired out for the pot, 138,000. "AlexKP" responded with a raise to 552,000. "NVoskob1986" moved all in, getting a call. It was "AlexKP" at risk, with an effective stack of 695,179.

"AlexKP": AQJ3
"NVoskob1986": 10987

The two had equal equity, but the 7 turn gave "NVoskob1986" a stranglehold on the hand with a straight. The 6 on the river changed nothing, and "NVoskob1986" raked in the pot worth north of 1,500,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of NVoskob1986 lv
NVoskob1986
1,648,933
1,042,466
1,042,466
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AlexKP
Busted

Tags: AlexKPNVoskob1986

New Chip Leader Emerges

Level 10 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Talal Shakerchi busts
Talal Shakerchi busts

"Argentin_GOd" opened to 17,500 out of the cutoff. Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, on the button, made the call. The blinds folded.

On the 482 flop, The preflop aggressor continued for 45,000. Shakerchi, on the button, moved all in with the effective stack of 107,057. "Argentin_GOd" made the call, putting the poker legend at risk.

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi: AQ105
"Argentin_GOd": AJJ5

It was essentially a coinflip, and became one that Shakerchi came out on the wrong end of, as the 74 runout left his opponent with two pair, and him just one. Shakerchi was eliminated, but rebought shortly after, continuing his pursuit of WCOOP glory, while his opponent leaped to the top of the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
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Argentin_GOd
1,158,488
383,732
383,732
Profile photo of Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi gb
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
250,000
-421,342
-421,342

Tags: Argentin_GOdTalal Shakerchi

Reigning Champion Chips Up

Level 9 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
jokkee_apart wins with a set of queens
jokkee_apart wins with a set of queens

Action folded to "anonymstruts" on the button, who opened to 10,800. "boerni21", in the small blind, made the call before reigning champion "jokkee_apart" bumped it up to 43,200. Both players made the call.

On the QK2 flop, "boerni21" led out for 131,600. "jokkee_apart" moved all in. "anonymstruts" got out of the way. "boerni21" made the call, as a slightly smaller stack.

"boerni21": KQ88
"jokkee_apart": AQQ7

The reigning champ was in a dominant position, and the 5 turn and 6 river were both safe. They scooped the pot, eliminating their opponent and doubling their stack

Player Chips Progress
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jokkee_apart
717,186
473,208
473,208
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anonymstruts
612,684
-94,869
-94,869
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boerni21
Busted

Tags: anonymstrutsboerni21jokkee_apart

Vieira Chip Leading

Level 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Joao Vieira takes a pot from Talal Shakerchi
Joao Vieira takes a pot from Talal Shakerchi

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi opened to 4,880 from under the gun. Joao "Naza114" Vieira reraised to 17,640 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Shakerchi, who made the call.

The 768 flop and K turn were checked around, leading to the 5 river. Shakerchi fired out 20,818. Vieira raised to 101,734, which earned a fold from Shakerchi. Vieira scooped the pot, vaulting him to the top of the chip leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
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Joao "Naza114" Vieira
717,450
138,315
138,315
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi gb
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
252,082
-128,742
-128,742

Tags: Joao VieiraTalal Shakerchi

Death by Quads

Level 4 : Blinds 800/1,600, 160 ante
Death by Quads for "Elkku35"
Death by Quads for "Elkku35"

"Elkku35" opened to 4,800 in the cutoff. After Espen "locomi" Myrmo made the call on the button, "Levoin95" reraised to 20,800 from the small blind. Both players called.

On the KQ2 flop, "Elkku35" opened to 32,400. Myrmo put in a raise to 162,000, prompting a fold from "Levoin95". "Elkku35" moved all in for slightly more, a total of 196,089. Myrmo made the call, covering his opponent.

"Elkku35": AQJ10
Espen "locomi" Myrmo: KQ22

It was essentially a coin flip, with the slightest of edges to Myrmo. The J turn put "Elkku35" into a commanding lead with Broadway, but the 2 river gave Myrmo quads, enough to eliminate his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
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Espen "locomi" Myrmo
502,904
184,440
184,440
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Levoin95
245,453
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Elkku35
Busted

Tags: Espen MyrmoElkku35