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

09-13-2020 22:11 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
puntobanco	1,605,617 842,842	842,842
tsoomoo89	1,183,424 430,759	430,759
ppmaster	1,171,121 207,446	207,446
ikoon	1,171,105 1,171,105	1,171,105
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann	1,132,030 93,626	93,626
Lonnie "thx4urm0n3y" Hallett	1,113,920 215,117	215,117
Stacy99	1,086,869 1,086,869	1,086,869
Tsu_NilPferD	1,057,164 1,057,164	1,057,164
Acryingtiger	1,049,185 1,049,185	1,049,185
Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer	1,002,789 1,002,789	1,002,789

Ponakovs on the Rise

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

In a hand that took place prior to the scheduled five-minute break, Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs was involved in three-way action with against the of short stack "YugiohPro" and the of big stack "n1cetomeetyou".

The board ran out and "YugiohPro" tripled up while Ponakovs scored a double in the bigger side pot.

"YugiohPro" would bow out after the break while Ponakovs chipped up further with second pair against a missed flushdraw.

Player	Chips	Progress
n1cetomeetyou	899,505
Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs	538,864

YugiohPro	Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 750

09-13-2020 22:05 UTC

Payout Information

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

The cash portion of the $1,928,000 prize pool will be shared among the top 559 finishers with a min-cash worth $552,75 while the winner takes home $137,803.36 and a significant progressive knockout bounty prize.

Place	Prize (in USD)
1	$137,803
2	$98,229
3	$70,021
4	$49,913
5	$35,580
6	$25,363
7	$18,079
8	$12,887
9	$9,187
10-12	$6,549
13-15	$4,668
16-23	$3,327
24-31	$2,372
32-39	$1,691
40-55	$1,384
56-79	$1,250
80-111	$1,129
112-151	$1,019
152-199	$920
200-255	$831
256-319	$751
320-391	$678
392-471	$612
472-559	$553

09-13-2020 22:02 UTC

Double Knockout for "LukeAbbo"

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

In a three-way min-raised pot to the flop, "dudu10grande" was all in from the big blind with the for two pair. "DIOGDEB" revealed the and "LukeAbbo" in the cutoff tabled for a big combo draw. That draw hit on the turn and the river was a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
LukeAbbo	416,064 416,064	416,064
dudu10grande	Busted
DIOGDEB	Busted

09-13-2020 21:56 UTC

Fifth Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

Only around 1,272 players remain upon completion of the fifth set of 55 minutes as the field has been sent into yet another scheduled five-minute break.

09-13-2020 21:55 UTC

Late Registration Closed

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

Just over 1,300 players remain in contention as the registration has officially closed. There were a total of 3,856 entries and that created a prize pool of $1,928,000. A total of 559 spots will get paid and the payout information will be made available shortly.

09-13-2020 21:51 UTC

Vezhenkov Eliminated in Three-Way All-In

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov min-raised to 10,000 and "funchstar7" then jammed for just over 80,000. On the button, "BAGIRO4KA72" reshoved and Vezhenkov called all-in.

Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov:
"funchstar7":
"BAGIRO4KA72":

The aces of Vezhenkov were the best hand heading into the showdown and came up third-best on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
BAGIRO4KA72	264,043
Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov	Busted
funchstar7	Busted

09-13-2020 21:46 UTC

Plenty of Seat Open in Quick Succession

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

Manuel "fellatiado" Ruivo raised it up and quickly called the shove of "faza29" for more than 130,000 total.

Ruivo's were well ahead against and survived a scare on the board.

Lorenzo "charlie580" Bazei then bowed out shortly after. The Brazilian doubled Jon "luckyfish89" Clark with versus on a board of and was left with crumbs.

Matthias "Cashcid Linc" Maasberg then ran out of chips with as the of "Pyha Karu" held the best hand on a board of .

Last but not least, Bazei's final few blinds went to "Sc0RPioN95" in the very next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon "luckyfish89" Clark	475,269 475,269	475,269
Sc0RPioN95	459,254 152,386	152,386
Manuel "fellatiado" Ruivo	340,617 26,675	26,675
Pyha Karu	328,523 328,523	328,523
dudu10grande	75,267 -53,742	-53,742
faza29	Busted
Matthias "Cashcid Linc" Maasberg	Busted