A shiny PokerStars WCOOP 2021 trophy and six-figure top prize is up for grabs on the final table of Event WCOOP-42-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max]. The tournament came up just shy of meeting the $700,000 guarantee and attracted a field of 136 entries, of which nine players remain.
The UK's Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman will return as the chip leader with a stack of more than 8.7 million and he is followed by Dutchman Tom "Daenarys T" Vogelsang and Russia's "CrazyLissy", who can regularly be found involved in the high-stakes competitions on PokerStars. "CrazyLissy" is one of several former WCOOP champions left in contention as they took down WCOOP-61-H: $2,100 NLHE event in 2019 for $115,509.
Other former WCOOP winners in the mix include Andras "probirs" Nemeth, Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood, and Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov. Mixed game specialist and EPT Main Event champion Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich, Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic and Jargo "bungakat" Alavali complete the final table line-up.
Final Table Line-Up 2021 WCOOP-42-H: $5,200 NLHE
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman | United Kingdom | 8,743,954 | 109 |
| 2 | Tom "Daenarys T" Vogelsang | Netherlands | 5,998,776 | 75 |
| 3 | CrazyLissy | Russia | 4,810,045 | 60 |
| 4 | Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich | Poland | 4,792,143 | 60 |
| 5 | Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic | Germany | 3,049,005 | 38 |
| 6 | Jargo "bungakat" Alavali | Estonia | 2,369,556 | 30 |
| 7 | Andras "probirs" Nemeth | Hungary | 1,807,709 | 23 |
| 8 | Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood | Canada | 1,596,192 | 20 |
| 9 | Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov | Russia | 832,620 | 10 |
The action is set to resume at 1.05 pm Eastern Standard Time with blinds of 35,000/70,000 and a running ante of 8,750. Once the current level is completed, the duration will increase to 30 minutes each. All finalists have $20,153 locked up for their efforts so far but the winner is slated to take home $146,932.
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flop, Nemeth check-called for 169,750 and the 
turn was checked.
river for 700,000 with fewer than nine blinds behind and that sent Peterman into the think tank. He eventually raised to 3.69 million and Nemeth now dipped into his time bank as well. 
but Peterman had made trips with 
to eliminate the Hungarian in 9th place.
board failed to improve Filatov and he had to settle for 8th place, which comes with a payday of $24,481.
flop left Alavali in dire shape and he was left drawing dead on the 
turn, which made the 
river a formality. Alavali's tournament comes to an end in 7th place for $31,624.
flop provided some hope but no further help appeared on the 
flop kept Smiljkovic in the lead but Peterman improved thanks to the 
turn. None of the remaining two tens appeared thereafter but the 
on the river, ending the run of Smiljkovic in second place for $113,745. Peterman, who had started the final table as the chip leader, went all the way and secured the top prize of $146,932, the WCOOP trophy and title along with it.