WCOOP-71-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Sunday Warm-Up SE]
Day 2 Completed
PokerStars WCOOP 2020
WCOOP-71-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Sunday Warm-Up SE]
Day: 2
Level 39
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
After battling through a Day 2 field of 55 players, Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis is the latest WCOOP Champion. He took down WCOOP-71-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Sunday Warm-Up SE] after a grueling heads-up battle, winning $81,357 in prizes as well as a whopping $84,076 in bounties.
Brummelhuis has more than $2 million in live earnings, and this win gives him a WCOOP title to go with his previous SCOOP win.
The Final Table
| Place | Player | Country | Bounty | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis | Netherlands | $84,076 | $81,357 |
| 2 | arielssouls | Romania | $22,029 | $81,356 |
| 3 | MrHyde97 | Peru | $12,957 | $49,462 |
| 4 | MinReraise | Russian Federation | $10,164 | $35,806 |
| 5 | Gukiz | Netherlands | $16,219 | $25,920 |
| 6 | Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian | Romania | $5,813 | $18,764 |
| 7 | Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov | Russian Federation | $5,750 | $13,583 |
| 8 | Jean-Pascal "hopezACE" Savard | Canada | $1,438 | $9,833 |
| 9 | TiltMeBig | Sweden | $6,227 | $7,779 |
The Day's Action
The lion's share of the $1.185 million prize pool was still up for grabs on Day2 with just 55 of the 1,185 entries in WCOOP-71-H coming back with chips, and things went quickly. In the very first hand "TiltMeBig" took a stack with the best ace to start their run to the final table.
Within about an hour, they were down to just 21 remaining and along the way players like Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford, Daniel "judgedredd13" Charlton, and start of day chip leader Jorge "jorginho88" Abreu lost their stacks. It only took another hour to set up the final nine.
"TiltMeBig" was out pretty quickly after coming into the final table short stacked. Jean-Pascal "hopezACE" Savard survived a little longer on his shorty, but was out soon after, shoving ace-five into jacks. They played seven handed for about 15 minutes before three quick busts brought the field down to 4 left.
Four handed play went on for nearly an hour before "MinReraise" got it in on the flop with a straight draw, but bricked out in 4th place. "MrHyde97" quickly went out in 3rd running ace-queen into queens, which set up a heads-up match that went on for nearly an hour.
"arielssouls" came into the heads up battle with the chip lead, and held it during early play until Brummelhuis found a spot to check-shove a river on an ace-high paired board. That got them even, but "arielssouls" jumped back into the lead again when their fives held against a busted flush.
Just a couple hands later though, Brummelhuis was on the good end of a huge cooler when his jacks held up against fives. That put Brummelhuis in control with nearly 100M chips, and while "arielssouls" was able to double back up again, Brummelhuis took it all down a few hands later when he had the best two pair after "arielssouls" bricked a flush draw.
Level 39
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
"arielssouls" limped and Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis checked their option. The flop came 
and "arielssouls" bet 990K before Brummelhuis came over top for 4.33M. "arielssouls" raised to 12.8M, and Brummelhuis shoved with the biggest stack and got the call.
"arielssouls": 
Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis: 
Board: 
Brummelhuis flopped two pair but "arielssouls" had club outs. They bricked though, ending the day in 2nd place for $81,356 plus $22,029 in bounties.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,500,000
25,465,556
|
25,465,556 |
|
Busted |
Level 39
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
In addition to being heads-up here on WCOOP-71-H, Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis is also still battling in the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
93,034,444
-1,521,400
|
-1,521,400 |
|
|
25,465,556
1,521,400
|
1,521,400 |
Level 39
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
It all went in preflop and "arielssouls" was behind with 
against the 
for Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis, but a queen on the flop gave the double to "arielssouls".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
94,555,844
-11,622,078
|
-11,622,078 |
|
|
23,944,156
11,622,078
|
11,622,078 |
Level: 39
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 100,000
Level 38
: 250,000/700,000, 87,500 ante
Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis took down another nice pot with a shove on a four-diamond board, and "arielssouls" folded leaving just 12M behind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
106,177,922
11,873,750
|
11,873,750 |
|
|
12,322,078
-11,873,750
|
-11,873,750 |
Level 38
: 250,000/700,000, 87,500 ante
It was fives into jacks with Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis holding the best pair. The jacks held for a huge double up giving Brummelhuis a huge lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
94,304,172
50,074,586
|
50,074,586 |
|
|
24,195,828
-50,074,586
|
-50,074,586 |
Level 38
: 250,000/700,000, 87,500 ante
"arielssouls" jumped back into the lead when their fives held against the busted flush draw for Brummelhuis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,270,414
17,100,300
|
17,100,300 |
|
|
44,229,586
-17,100,300
|
-17,100,300 |
Level 38
: 250,000/700,000, 87,500 ante
"arielssouls" raised to 1.75M and Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis called to the 
flop. Brummelhuis check-called for 1.176M and the turn was 
. Brummelhuis check-called again for 3.85M but when the river came 
Brummelhuis check-shoved over the bet of 8.4M and "arielssouls" folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
61,329,886
15,263,500
|
15,263,500 |
|
|
57,170,114
-15,263,500
|
-15,263,500 |