WCOOP-71-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Sunday Warm-Up SE] | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

09-21-2020 17:12 UTC

Quick Action

Lyle Bateman

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante

On the first hand of Day 2, Jorge "jorginho88" Abreu raised to 105K from the button, and Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza shoved the small blind for almost 600K. "TiltMeBig" reshoved for more than 1M from the big and Abreu mucked.

Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza:
"TiltMeBig":

Board:

The best ace held to send Speranza to the rail. Elsewhere, three other players have also busted early to bring the field to 51 left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorge "jorginho88" Abreu	8,011,159 -111,000	-111,000

TiltMeBig	1,837,498 737,658	737,658
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza	Busted
BRzRoll	Busted
Shawn "buck21" Buchanan	Busted

FoldMachine5	Busted

09-21-2020 17:05 UTC

Action Has Begun

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Lyle Bateman

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante

Day 2 action has just gotten underway with 55 players remaining in action. All players are now guaranteed just over $1,900.

Level: 24

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 6,000

09-21-2020 16:02 UTC

It's Time to Crown a Sunday Warm-Up Champion

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Lyle Bateman

Action in WCOOP-71-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Sunday Warm-Up SE] got underway Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. eastern time and when registration closed there were almost 1,200 entries on the board which put $1.185 million into the prize pool. Day 1 action was scheduled to last 9 hours, and when the dust cleared, just 55 players were left with chips for Day 2 action.

A total of 143 players got paid, which means that players who busted near the end of Day 1 took home money, and all players coming into Day 2 are guaranteed at least $1,907 in prizes when they bust. Day 1 ended at Level 24, and they'll pick up the action on Day 2 from where they left off, playing 20 minute levels until one player has all the chips.

At the end of day 1, Jorge "jorginho88" Abreu led the way, bagging a stack of 8,122,159, almost 3 million chips more than the next closest player, Daniel "Darsolation" Smyth with just over 5.5 million. Rounding out the top four are Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy and Aliaksei "ale6ka" Boika with just over and just under 5 million chips respectively.

Action on Day 2 kicks off at 1:05 p.m. eastern time today, so stay tuned here for news on the exciting hands as they play down to a new WCOOP champion.

WCOOP-71-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Sunday Warm-Up SE]

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