Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri Eliminated in 9th Place ($94,330)
Juan "xPastorcitox" Pastor open-raised to 660,000 from early position and Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri three-bet to 3,000,000 from the hijack, only leaving three big blinds behind. The action then folded back to Pastor, who put the rest in and Mokri made the call.
Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri: K♦Q♦
Juan "xPastorcitox" Pastor: 9♠9♣
It was a huge flip, and when Pastor made a straight on 7♠2♥8♠6♥5♠, he eliminated Mokri in 9th place.
The Norwegian high roller was the first to leave the final table as play now continues eight-handed.
Juan "xPastorcitox" Pastor raised his button to 550,000 and both blinds Leonard "Grozzorg" Maue and Niklas "Lena900" Astedt called. The flop of 9♥8♣5♥ was then checked by all players before Maue led out for 1,250,000 on the 4♠ turn. Astedt folded but Pastor made the call to see the river.
The K♥ completed the board and, after tanking for a while, Maue fired a bet of 3,125,000 chips. Now it was Pastor's time to think it over, and he eventually made the call.
Maue showed 4♦4♣ for bottom set, but Pastor had it beat with 10♥7♥ for a rivered flush, seizing the chip lead from the German.
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt raised to 550,000 from early position before Kelvin "Kelvin_FP:AR" Kerber reraised to 1,800,000 from the button. The action folded back to Astedt, who four-bet to 3,750,000.
Kerber then clicked it back to 5,800,000 chips and Astedt finally put it all in, covering Kerber's total stack of 12,174,058. Kerber snap called and the cards went on their backs.
It was the ultimate hold'em cooler, and Kerber's aces would hold when no king arrived on 8♥J♥10♦5♣4♦, doubling him up and seeing Astedt's stack diminish to under average.
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt has long been regarded as one of online poker’s all-time greats. However, a PokerStars COOP Main Event title still eludes him in his illustrious and decorated career. That might change today, as the Swedish phenom enters the final table of the 2023 $10,300 World Championship of Online Poker Main Event third in chips.
The nine players who still remain out of the field of 600 are all guaranteed a $94,330 share of the $6,000,000 prize pool, but all eyes will be on the $1,047,257 that comes with claiming the trophy and the title of World Champion.
Final Table Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$1,047,257
2
$765,389
3
$559,385
4
$408,827
5
$298,792
6
$218,372
7
$159,598
8
$116,642
9
$94,330
Astedt’s 23,258,260 chips equate to over 100 big blinds in what is to be a super deep-stacked final table with an average stack of more than 80 big blinds. The Swede’s biggest threat on the way to capturing the title seems to be chipleader Ivan "ILS007" Stokes, who is starting with the biggest stack for the second day in a row. Having bagged 31,727,368 chips, the Brit comes into Day 4 with nearly double the average stack. Meanwhile, household names Leonard "Grozzorg" Maue (23,258,260) and "ShipitFTW911" (18,433,496) will also sit down with more than average at the start of the final table.
Final Table Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Ivan "ILS007" Stokes
United Kingdom
31,727,368
159
2
Leonard "Grozzorg" Maue
Germany
25,827,094
129
3
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt
Sweden
23,258,260
116
4
"ShipitFTW911"
Sweden
18,433,496
92
5
Juan "xPastorcitox" Pastor
Argentina
15,344,772
77
6
Kelvin "Kelvin_FP:AR" Kerber
Brazil
11,586,558
58
7
Jamil "Jamil11" Wakil
Canada
9,607,366
48
8
Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri
Norway
7,558,355
38
9
Mario "livinmydream1" Mosboeck
Austria
6,656,731
33
Ivan Stokes
However, one can not count out the players with fewer chips, as the likes of Kelvin "Kelvin_FP:AR" Kerber, Jamil "Jamil11" Wakil, and Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri can be seen as a threat to win any tournament they enter.
Speaking to the amazing structure of the WCOOP Main Event is the fact that the shortest stack to enter the final table, Mario "livinmydream1" Mosboeck will sit down with a very workable 33 big blinds, which could be an average stack in many other tournaments.
Mario Mosboeck
The final day of the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event is set to kick off at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. There are a few minutes remaining in Level 34: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante before the blinds jump up to 125,000/250,000 with a 32,500 ante. All levels will last 30 minutes from there on out, and if the players want to discuss a deal at any point, they must leave at least $60,000 aside for the eventual champion.
Stay tuned as PokerNews will provide all of the action of the thrilling finale of the 2023 $10,300 World Championship of Online Poker Main Event.
