PokerStars WCOOP 2021

WCOOP-80-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller], $750K Gtd
Day: 1
Event Info

PokerStars WCOOP 2021

Final Results
Winner
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$107,949
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$1,060,000
Entries
106
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
106
Players Left
9

Malinowski Short After Two-Pair Vs. Two-Pair Pot

Level 2 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski four-bet to 45,995 in the lojack and Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson called after three-betting on the button. Malinowski fired for 19,382 on the {j-Spades}{8-Spades}{k-Spades} flop and Mattsson called. Both players checked the {9-Clubs} turn and Malinowski then over-bet jammed on the {a-Clubs} river. Mattsson called with his remaining stack of 184,123.

Malinowski showed {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} for two-pair but Mattsson showed a bigger two-pair with {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
504,700
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Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski
59,524

Benitez Left Short After Cooler

Level 2 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez five-bet shoved for 247,000 in the small blind and Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford called after four-betting in the hijack.

Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}

Beresford was at risk but was well ahead with rockets against the kings of Benitez, who couldn't get there as the board ran out {7-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{10-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}. Beresford doubled up while Benitez was left with crumbs.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford gb
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford
499,220
Profile photo of Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez
2,400
2,400
2,400

Level: 2

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Arends Out After Cowboys Can't Hold

Level 1 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

Jans "Graftekkel" Arends opened to 4,400 in the cutoff and "kZhh" defended in the big blind. Arends continued for 11,550 on the {5-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} flop and his opponent called. "kZhh" then check-raised to 73,000 on the {6-Spades} turn and Arends moved in for 146,524. "kZhh" called.

Jans "Graftekkel" Arends: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
"kZhh": {6-Hearts}{7-Clubs}

It was not looking good for Arends and his cowboys as his opponent had turned two-pair. "kZhh" filled up on the river as it came the {7-Hearts} and Arends was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of kZhh hu
kZhh
566,029
566,029
566,029
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Jans "Graftekkel" Arends
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Ace-Five Good for Hand

Level 1 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

In a single-raised heads-up pot, Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski continued with a bet of 6,120 in the cutoff on the flop of {2-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand called after defending in the big blind. Hand called again on the {a-Clubs} turn when Dzivielevski bet 32,000, and also called on the {4-Spades} river when his opponent bet 102,000.

Dzivielevski showed an air ball will {10-Hearts}{7-Spades} and Hand showed top pair with {a-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}, which was enough to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand ie
Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand
380,170
Profile photo of Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski br
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski
104,880

Hartmann Eliminated After Running Into Cowboys

Level 1 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann four-bet shoved in the big blind with a stack of 118,170 and Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis called after three-betting in the cutoff.

Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann: {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}

Theologis paired his queen on the flop of {2-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{j-Hearts} but the runout of {3-Spades}{10-Spades} didn't give him enough to crack the cowboys of Hartmann.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis
Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis
370,020
Profile photo of Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann de
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann
Busted

Level: 1

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 250

WCOOP-80-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller] Kicks Off Today

WCOOP 2021
WCOOP 2021

The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) continues on today with the WCOOP-80-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller], $750K Gtd.

Players will begin with a starting stack of 250,000 chips, with blinds starting at 1k/2k and increasing every 20 minutes. Day 1 begins today at 5:05 p.m. GMT and will break when there are only nine players remaining. Those remaining nine players will return for Day 2 on Sept. 11 at 5:05 p.m. GMT to battle it out at the final table.

For each player eliminated in the tournament, the player who knocked them out will receive a bounty of at least $2,500.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you updates throughout both days of action, so stay tuned.

WCOOP-80-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller], $750K Gtd

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