WCOOP-48-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam] Day 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

09-14-2020 00:35 UTC

Notables Eliminated in the Money

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The "bounty awarded" notifications pop up every other second as the field is shrinking towards the end of the day with just over 400 players remaining. Below are some of those that have collected their payout already.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elliot "4rebmun" Smith	Busted
Ahinogood	Busted
ShipitFTW911	Busted
Manuel "fellatiado" Ruivo	Busted
CatLover666	Busted
Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes	Busted

Marc "Rowniwn" Radgen	Busted
Simon "Igorkarkarof" Pedersen	Busted
FishOnHeater	Busted
Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez	Busted
Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson	Busted
purrrt	Busted
Luis "pocksta" Maciel	Busted
Ramon "ramonkrop" Kropmanns	Busted
Stefan "CrAzY_sTeFaN" Piele Dragos	Busted
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder	Busted
Andres "wisopekeño!" Gonzalez	Busted

09-14-2020 00:31 UTC

Quoss Turns On the Heat

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Fabian "fabstinho" Quoss headed to a three-way flop of on which "Philipp946" went broke for 395,318 and was instantly called by Quoss.

"Philipp946":
Fabian "fabstinho" Quoss:

The turn and river were a formality as Quoss locked up the knockout already. Quoss then doubled a short stack only to score a big double through "xh2232" when an ill-timed bluff on the board with the ran into the of Quoss.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian "fabstinho" Quoss	1,929,746
danechka1991	1,781,233 633,794	633,794
Cathal "shinerrr" Shine	955,019 412,736	412,736
The_Poker_G33k	623,416 45,284	45,284
xh2232	470,985
Filipe "Zagazaur" Oliveira	345,892 -526,043	-526,043
Philipp946	Busted

09-14-2020 00:27 UTC

Game Over for "sksjohny"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Following an open raise to 37,280 by "Bali.baller", "sksjohny" ripped it in for 307,805 in the hijack and was quickly called.

"sksjohny":
"Bali.baller":

The flop gave "sksjohny" some outs with a gutshot but the turn and 5Qd] river were not sufficient.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bali.baller	1,263,268 348,305	348,305
Brian "brianm15" England	1,247,657 -602,255	-602,255
sksjohny	Busted

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

09-14-2020 00:21 UTC

England Busts Jedlicka

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

Brian "brianm15" England opened with a min raise to 28,000 and was called by "Bali.baller" from one seat over as well as Stefan "mindgamer" Jedlicka in the big blind. On a flop, Jedlicka check-raised to 175,000 with 366,870 behind and England pushed all in.

Jedlicka eventually called to set up the below showdown.

Stefan "mindgamer" Jedlicka:
Brian "brianm15" England:

The turn was of no help nor was the river, sending Jedlicka to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian "brianm15" England	1,849,912 1,015,160	1,015,160
Bali.baller	914,963 914,963	914,963
Stefan "mindgamer" Jedlicka	Busted

09-14-2020 00:19 UTC

Berggren Catches a Flush

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

In a pot of just over 420,000, "RADINUA" was at risk with the from the cutoff and table neighbor Andreas "mrAndreeew" Berggren had the inferior . However, the board provided four diamonds and the nut flush for the Swede.

Player	Chips	Progress
roo_400	1,626,075 261,490	261,490
Andreas "mrAndreeew" Berggren	571,494 320,919	320,919
Michael "Skämmes" Tureniec	480,900 312,145	312,145

purrrt	370,494 -71,121	-71,121
DGR.POKEHER	363,334 -359,838	-359,838
RADINUA	Busted

09-14-2020 00:16 UTC

Early Casualties in the Money

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

It didn't take long for three dozen players to bust once the money bubble had burst with several familiar faces on the virtual rail.

Canada's "1ZokI" was among those with a min cash with was cracked by the of "Zsiffin" as the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Zsiffin	1,126,544 1,126,544	1,126,544
Grozzorg	Busted
1Zoki	Busted
Shawn "buck21" Buchanan	Busted

Moudjahid69	Busted
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	Busted
AmeNeYO	Busted
tsoomoo89	Busted

09-14-2020 00:13 UTC

The Bubble Bursts; Min Cash for Speranza

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

Three players busted in the same hand on different tables and that let the money bubble burst.

It was Robin "robinho" Ylitalo that became the bubble boy and he was then followed by Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza and "mahairong0009" who both collected min-cashes.

Speranza got the last of it in from the big blind with the as "Charliegore8" looked him up holding the in the small blind.

The board ran out to give "Charliegore8" a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charliegore8	1,114,281 1,114,281	1,114,281
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza	Busted
Robin "robinho" Ylitalo	Busted

mahairong0009	Busted

09-14-2020 00:07 UTC

East Doubles On the Near Bubble

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

Several players were at risk close to the money bubble and among those to survive was Jareth "jareth3542" East.

The Brit got it in with the and Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes had the inferior pocket pair in .

Nothing changed on a board of to keep East in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann	718,926 -413,104	-413,104
Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes	704,008 704,008	704,008

Jareth "jareth3542" East	250,428 250,428	250,428
figalex25	Busted
0608seiya	Busted
Dante "dantegoyaF" Goya	Busted

09-14-2020 00:03 UTC

Out Before the Money

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

The action has already resumed and there was no casualty yet, which provides some time to look at notables that departed prior to the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton	Busted
Joao "joaovbarb" Barbosa	Busted

Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer	Busted

MCvisitor	Busted
Ezequiel "eze88888" Waigel	Busted
Richard "raconteur" Gryko	Busted

David "MonkeyBausss" Laka	Busted
Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov	Busted
5agittariu5	Busted
Guillaume "Nolet20" Nolet	Busted
Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii	Busted