WCOOP 98-H $10,300 NLHE (World Championship of NLHE / Main Event), $6M GTD Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars WCOOP

10-01-2023 20:58 UTC

Crema Comes Out Ahead in Big Flip

Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 1,750/3,500, 450 ante

The action folded to Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson on the button and he made a raise to 7,700. "Top Grind" then three-bet to 28,000 from the small blind before Thiago "KKremate" Crema made it 66,500 to go from the big blind. Mattsson got out of the way, but "Top Grind" stuck in his 153,567 stack and Crema called whilst covering his opponent.

"Top Grind": A♣K♥
Thiago "KKremate" Crema: 10♦10♣

No ace or king appeared on the 2♥9♦J♠4♦7♠ runout and Crema's tens held to score him a knock-out and a nice pile of chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thiago "KKremate" Crema	465,172
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	232,384 -122,730	-122,730
Top Grind	Busted

Tags: Simon Mattsson Thiago Crema

10-01-2023 20:30 UTC

Rudolph Forces Out Mokri, Soars to Chip Lead

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 375 ante

Rudolph Forces Out Mokri, Soars to Chip Lead

Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph made a raise to 6,000 from the cutoff and was faced with a three-bet to 27,660 from Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri in the small blind.

Rudolph made another raise to 82,500 and Mokri called. The J♦7♦8♠ saw Mokri take an unconventional lead for 33,600 chips, but it did not chase Rudolph away as he stuck around with a call.

The K♦ turn then fell and Mokri kept the aggression up, choosing to bet 51,600 chips into the pot. Rudolph responded with an all-in bet, covering Mokri's 357,602 stack. Mokri mulled it over for a bit but ended up letting his hand go, elevating Rudolph to the chip lead without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	986,488 666,574	666,574
Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri	306,002 -18,536	-18,536

Tags: Christian Rudolph Kayhan Mokri

10-01-2023 20:11 UTC

"Renatbog97" Extends Chip Lead, Nearing a Million

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 375 ante

"Renatbog97" Extends Chip Lead, Nearing a Million

Current chipleader "Renatbog97" raised it up to 6,600 from the hijack and was met with a three-bet to 21,000 from "Nacho124441" in the cutoff. "Renatbog97" made the call before both players checked the 7♣Q♠10♣ flop.

"Renatbog97" then fired a massive 74,250 bet on the 3♦ turn, worth one and a half times the pot. "Nacho124441" made the call but would face another over-bet on the 2♥ river, this time for his entire stack of 214,815 chips.

"Nacho124441" elected to let his hand go and "Renatbog97" now plays more than 900,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renatbog97	936,766 164,670	164,670
Nacho124441	214,815 -141,993	-141,993

10-01-2023 19:17 UTC

Romanovsky Sends "dimiangelako" to the Reentry Desk

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

Romanovsky Sends "dimiangelako" to the Reentry Desk

Peter "pitaoufmg" Patricio kicked off the preflop action with a raise to 4,000 from middle position. Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky then three-bet to 13,000 from the hijack and "dimiangelako" cold-called from the button.

Juan "xPastorcitox" Pastor then made it 44,000 to go from the small blind, which was enough to make Patricio fold his hand. Romanovsky, on the other hand, opted to five-bet jam his 218,710 chips in the middle, receiving a call from "dimiangelako", who was playing 152,426 chips.

Pastor had seen enough and let go of his holding, and the other two players shared a showdown.

"dimiangelako": 8♥7♥
Roman "RemeOpro" Romanovsky: K♥K♦

"dimiangelako" sought gold with his suited connector, and the board brought them some hope on the 6♠6♣10♠6♠8♣ runout. However, none of their outs came on the 4♥ river and the Greek player surrendered his chips to Romanovsky.

Not much later, "dimiangelako" sat back down in the same seat with a fresh stack of 250,000 chips, hoping for better luck this time around.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky	423,136 423,136	423,136
dimiangelako	250,000 -200,312	-200,312
Peter "pitaoufmg" Patricio	234,618 234,618	234,618
Juan "xPastorcitox" Pastor	228,286 228,286	228,286

Tags: Juan Pastor Peter Patricio Roman Romanovsky

10-01-2023 18:55 UTC

Grafton Goes Huge

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

"Uki.KRK" raised to 4,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Sam "SamSquid" Grafton in the big blind, who opted to defend. Both players then checked the Q♣5♥5♦ flop before Grafton fired a huge bet 30,000 chip bet on the 4♦ turn, almost three times the size of the pot.

That did not deter "Uki.KRK" from making the call, however, and the 4♣ river was dealt thereafter. Grafton decided to go for another big over-bet, for a total of 150,000 this time, still more than double the pot.

"Uki.KRK" looked Grafton up for the final time, and the PokerStars Ambassador could only show 8♠7♥ for a failed bluff attempt. Meanwhile, "Uki.KRK" was sitting on A♠A♦ for pocket aces, which won him the gigantic pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Uki.KRK	600,033
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton	99,979

Tags: Sam Grafton

10-01-2023 18:36 UTC

Double Check-Raise Sees "VeTaSe" Victorious Over Loeliger

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 800/1,600, 200 ante

Double Check-Raise Sees "VeTaSe" Victorious Over Loeliger

"VeTaSe" raised to 3,520 from middle position and Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger flat-called from the button. The pair went to the flop of Q♣10♣9♥, on which Loeliger bet 4,480 chips after a check from "VeTaSe". The latter then made the call before the 4♥ turn appeared.

"VeTaSe" then checked again and Loeliger put forth a bet of 14,400. This time, "VeTaSe" did not deem that amount high enough and raised it up to 50,400. Loeliger looked him up and the 9♠ river completed the board.

"VeTaSe" appeared to slow down with a check, to which Loeliger responded with a bet of 60,400. However, "VeTaSe" had one final trick up their sleeve when they put in a second consecutive check-raise, this time for their entire stack of 315,785.

Loeliger only had a few seconds remaining in his time bank, and he made the fold just before those ran out as well, awarding the pot to his crafty opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
VeTaSe	496,985 496,985	496,985
Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger	387,958 -90,494	-90,494

Tags: Linus Loeliger

10-01-2023 17:54 UTC

Mokri Goes Multiway, Makes a Flush

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 700/1,400, 175 ante

"Top Grind" started the action with a limp from middle position, which "happykk99" raised to 4,900 from the hijack. Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri called from the small blind before "Top Grind" three-bet to 23,100. Both players called and the trio saw a flop of 4♥10♦A♦, which got checked to "happykk99". They fired a bet of 22,400, which Mokri called while "Top Grind" got out of the way.

The 2♦ appeared on the players' screens and Mokri check-called a 38,577 bet from "happykk99". Both players then checked the 9♥ river and Mokri showed his 8♦7♦ for the turned flush. "Happykk99" then mucked their cards and the large pot was shipped Mokri's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan "KayhanMok" Mokri	324,538
Top Grind	175,661 -34,825	-34,825
happykk99	115,539

Tags: Kayhan Mokri

10-01-2023 17:20 UTC

Pardo and Shakerchi Clash in Four-Bet Pot

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 600/1,200, 150 ante

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi open-raised to 2,568 from the hijack and Pablo "pabritz" Silva called in the cutoff. Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo then made it 18,600 to go from the small blind before Shakerchi responded with a four-bet to 41,400. Silva found it to much action and let it go, but Pardo made the call.

On a 3♦8♦J♣ flop, Pardo checked to Shakerchi, who bet out for 21,600. Pardo called and the pair saw a 9♠ turn, on which Pardo led out for a small amount of 19,644 chips. Shakerchi looked him up before the subsequent K♠ river was checked down by both players.

Pardo showed Q♥Q♦ and his two red queens were enough to win the large pot as Shakerchi mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo	345,972 345,972	345,972
Pablo "pabritz" Silva	287,750 287,750	287,750
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi	130,556 130,556	130,556

Tags: Juan Pardo Pablo Brito Talal Shakerchi

10-01-2023 17:02 UTC

Ketzer Runs Into It

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 125 ante

The action folded to "AchoBogdanov" on the button, who made a raise to 2,500. Felipe "ketzerfelipe" Ketzer sat in the big blind and made the call. A check followed from Ketzer and "AchoBogdanov" fired a 1,625 continuation-bet on the 6♥A♥K♠ flop. Ketzer made the call and the 7♠ turn was dealt out.

Ketzer checked again and this time "AchoBogdanov" made a large over-bet of 14,625 chips. Ketzer called once more before facing another huge over-bet of 58,500 chips on the 9♠ river. Ketzer made one final call, but could not beat the Q♠5♠ from "AchoBogdanov", who had backdoored into a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
AchoBogdanov	311,600
Felipe "ketzerfelipe" Ketzer	186,750

Tags: Felipe Ketzer

10-01-2023 16:43 UTC

Lococo Off to a Bad Start

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 125 ante

Manuel "BigFudge95" Fritz raised to 2,400 from early position and "justcrucial" called from the button. Alejandro "[Papo]AR" Lococo then made a three-bet to 13,000 from the small blind, which Fritz four-bet to 37,000. "justcrucial" got out of the way before Lococo made the call.

The flop fell 6♣Q♦J♥ and Lococo check-called a 19,600 continuation-bet from Fritz. on the 2♠ turn, Fritz upped his sizing to 58,800 and Lococo once again made the call.

The 2♣ river subsequently went check-check and Lococo showed dan A♦K♠ for ace-high, which did not beat the rockets of Fritz, who tabled A♥A♣ for the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel "BigFudge95" Fritz	369,675 369,675	369,675
justcrucial	247,475 247,475	247,475
Alejandro "[Papo]AR" Lococo	134,475 134,475	134,475

Tags: Alejandro Lococo justcrucial Manuel Fritz