WCOOP-72-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event]
Day 2 Completed
PokerStars WCOOP 2020
WCOOP-72-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event]
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
PokerStars WCOOP 2020
Buy-in
$530
Prize Pool
$3,552,500
Entries
7,105
Level
56
Blinds
3,000,000 / 6,000,000
Ante
750,000
Entries
2,611
Players Left
80
Level 37
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
After 8.5 hours of play on Day 2, the PokerStars WCOOP-72-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] has come to an end with 80 players making it through to Day 3. Day 1 attracted 6,500 entries and before the start of the day, another 605 entries were collected to get to 7,105 in total to create a prize pool of $3,552,500 which smashed the original $2,000,000 guarantee which was set.
Poland's "Pentakilator" claimed the chip lead in the final hand of the night when they doubled through Igor "Garrin4e" Yaroshevskyy with the flopped two pair when the latter tried to bluff the former off the hand. "Pentakilator" will come back for Day 3 with 28,139,926 in chips which will be worth 113 big blinds. They are followed in the top five by "S.N.I.N.1" (22,901,193), "ZAR84" (20,462,671), "shusiu11" (18,830,047), and a more familiar name and face to the poker world: Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver virtually bagged 18,593,495 for Day 3.
But there are many more notable players left, Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher, Saymon "Saymon9" Nascimento, Mats "Matsull" Ullereng, Evan "PURPLE"K"99" Parkes, Day 1 chip leader Guilherme "Guizãoo_" Carmo, Victor "vituhu3" Macedo, Henrique "Galochina10" Coutinho, and Alexis "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Zervos have all bagged an above average stack.
WCOOP-72-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pentakilator" | Poland | 28,139,926 | 113 |
| 2 | "S.N.I.N.1" | Moldova | 22,901,193 | 92 |
| 3 | "ZAR84" | Germany | 20,462,671 | 82 |
| 4 | "shusiu11" | Hungary | 18,830,047 | 75 |
| 5 | Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver | United States | 18,593,495 | 74 |
| 6 | Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes | Brazil | 18,183,738 | 73 |
| 7 | "kirbyi17" | Germany | 18,043,051 | 72 |
| 8 | "ross_654" | Mexico | 17,737,265 | 71 |
| 9 | "cladarth" | Poland | 16,801,506 | 67 |
| 10 | Oscar "owilson25" Ramirez | Honduras | 16,408,470 | 66 |
Today's Action
With all those extra entries, the tournament kicked off with 2,611 players who would all be trying to fight their way to the top 863 as that would mean that they would cash for at least $1,141. The players dropped like flies on the road to the money. Former WCOOP Main Event Champion Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff busted in the first level of the day and was followed by many familiar names.
Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon, Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich, Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, Michael "merla888" Gathy, Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza, Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert, and Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot are just some of the players to bust before the first break of the day.
But it didn't stop there, the elimination kept coming in in a quick pace. Three hours after the tournament had started, it was almost time for the bubble. Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz busted to Gabriel "aaurelio" Moura just before the bubble. In the end, it would be "aJarov" who would actually bubble in a three-way all-in situation.
PokerStars Ambassador Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas fell to Luke "LFmagic" Fields when he flopped a set but Fields had turned the flush. "234241234214432" busted Niall "firaldo87" Farrell and "10rmc10.com" in the same hand and"Strekoza85" took out Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer for example.
In the end, it would take just over five hours for the field to be reduced to the final 80 players who will return for Day 3 at 7:05 p.m. CEST on Tuesday, September 22. The returning players will finish the last 16 minutes of Level 38 which has a small blind of 125,000, a big blind of 250,000 with a running ante of 32,500. After this level is done, the duration will go back up to 25 minutes each and play will continue until the final table has been reached.
All players have secured at least $3,177 but they will all be wanting to reach the final table where they will win at least $33,638 while the first-place comes with a prize of $504,584 and PokerNews will be there from the first bustout throught the climb through the pay ladder so make sure to follow along.
Level 37
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,139,926 | |
|
||
|
22,901,193
1,151,419
|
1,151,419 |
|
20,462,671
1,385,000
|
1,385,000 |
|
18,830,047
4,192,500
|
4,192,500 |
|
|
18,593,495
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
18,183,738
-95,600
|
-95,600 |
|
||
|
|
18,043,051
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
17,737,265
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
|
16,801,506 | |
|
16,408,470
782,500
|
782,500 |
|
15,650,253
2,736,322
|
2,736,322 |
|
13,918,666
2,548,792
|
2,548,792 |
|
|
13,460,065
2,318,623
|
2,318,623 |
|
13,296,122
-1,333,500
|
-1,333,500 |
|
13,260,484 | |
|
||
|
12,877,507 | |
|
12,567,390
-1,105,000
|
-1,105,000 |
|
11,545,293 | |
|
|
11,479,657
5,564,925
|
5,564,925 |
|
||
|
10,959,481 | |
|
|
10,940,488 | |
|
|
10,790,532
4,776,516
|
4,776,516 |
|
10,600,512 | |
|
|
10,385,623 | |
|
|
10,357,379
-3,367,500
|
-3,367,500 |
Level 37
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
While there were already only 80 players left, there was still one hand going on while the rest had gone on a break for Day 3.
"Pentakilator" raised to 550,000 from the hijack and Igor "Garrin4e" Yaroshevskyy three-bet to 1,675,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to "Pentakilator" who made the call.
The flop came 
, "Pentakilator" check-called the 1,304,325 bet of Yaroshevskyy.
The turn was the 
, "Pentakilator" checked again. This time, Yaroshevskyy barreled a bet of 3,000,000 into the pot and was called again.
The river completed the board with the 
, "Pentakilator" checked for the last time. Yaroshevskyy shoved for "Pentakilator" to dive deep into the tank. After a while, they opted to call for the 7,789,388 they had behind. Yaroshevskyy tabled the 
for the missed flush draw for "Pentakilator" to double up for the chip lead with the 
for two pair.
A recap and the chip counts are to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,139,926
10,203,964
|
10,203,964 |
|
|
||
|
1,249,739
-14,025,519
|
-14,025,519 |
Level 37
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
"cladarth" raised to 400,00 from the early position and "VaiMo´85" called from the middle position while the rest folded.
The flop came 
, "cladarth" check-called the 530,000 bet of "VaiMo´85".
The turn was the , "VaiMo´85" bet 1,300,000 and was check-called by "cladarth".
The river completed the board with the 
, "cladarth" checked for the last time. "VaiMo´85" shoved for 5,814,536 which was called. "VaiMo´85" tabled the 
for the bluff while "cladarth" held the 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,801,506
4,875,324
|
4,875,324 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 37
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
One more player needs to bust before the tournament goes on break for Day 3.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level 37
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes raised to 400,000 from the hijack and "Francois2323" three-bet shoved from the cutoff for 4,705,057 for the rest to fold and Moraes to make the call.
"Francois2323": 
Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes: 
The board ran out 
for Moraes to hold with the ace-kicker to bust "Francois2323".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,279,338 | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 37
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
"a Bull 67" raised to 434,000 from the cutoff and "vlaviusz" three-bet shoved for 5,413,244 from the button for "ZAR84" to four-bet shove for over 10 million and the rest to get out of their way.
"vlaviusz":
"ZAR84":
The board ran out 
to not help "vlaviusz" as "ZAR84" held with the rockets.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,077,671 | |
|
|
8,485,635 | |
|
6,656,871 | |
|
|
6,342,493
3,188,241
|
3,188,241 |
|
Busted |
Level 37
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,749,774
5,292,540
|
5,292,540 |
|
|
18,683,495
2,705,250
|
2,705,250 |
|
|
17,935,962
-1,379,750
|
-1,379,750 |
|
|
||
|
|
17,862,265
11,619,792
|
11,619,792 |
|
|
17,693,051 | |
|
|
15,625,970
-4,801,290
|
-4,801,290 |
|
|
15,275,258
2,979,750
|
2,979,750 |
|
|
14,637,547
1,797,752
|
1,797,752 |
|
|
14,629,622
1,977,192
|
1,977,192 |
|
|
13,672,390
853,030
|
853,030 |
Level 37
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
One of online poker's most-prestigious festivals has been running since 2002 and it's time to have a closer look at some of the winners and stories that emerged in the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event thus far.
It all started back in the year 2002 with a buy-in of $1,050 and Sweden's "MultiMarine" topped a field of 238 entries to claim the top prize of $65,450. One year later, the buy-in remained the same but the field skyrocketed to a total of 891 entries. Joseph “DeOhGee” Cordi became the first American winner and took home $222,750.
While the field size remained just shy of that in 2004, the buy-in increased to $2,600 and Scandinavia had another reason to celebrate as Edgar “Ragde” Skjervold the first and only victory for Norway in the WCOOP-H Main Event, walking away with $424,945 for the efforts.
What followed was the domination of players from the United States prior to Black Friday as they earned the title for the next six consecutive years. Among those to shine in the spotlight were such big names as J.C. “area23JC” Tran (2006), Carter “ckingusc” King (2008), and Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko (2009).
The last American to win the title was Tyson “POTTERPOKER” Marks in 2010 and he earned the biggest winner prize in the history of the pinnacle event thus far. Out of a field of 2,443, the biggest tied to a buy-in of $5,200, Marks received $2,278,098 for his efforts.
Two years later in 2012, some online poker fans may still recall the deal discussions of Marat “maratik” Sharafutdinov who demanded in chat "I wont million". The micro stakes grinder from Russia had won his entry into the tournament after starting his journey with a 40 FPP satellite and eventually won the title and top prize of $1,000,907.
Online poker stronghold Germany then notched up three wins in the next four years as David “PlayinWasted” Kaufmann (2013), Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz (2014) and Jonas “llJaYJaYll” Lauck (2016) came out on top. For Holz, it was the start of an incredibly successful period and he has amassed millions in cashes on the virtual and live poker tables since.
The Netherlands got on the scoreboard with back-to-back victories by Steven “ SvZff” van Zadelhoff (2017) and "wann2play" (2018). However, a controversy ensued shortly after when "wann2play" was caught multi-accounting and the account was frozen shortly after the victory. Ultimately, the top prize was split among all players in the money which in return also crowned Ezequiel "eze88888" Waigel as the champion.
Scotland's Fraser “BigBlindBets” Russell then emerged as the latest champion in 2019. A high stakes cash game regular that had barely dipped into the MTT scene, Russell binked a payday of $1,665,962 and will be the man to watch if he decides to try and defend his title in 2020.
All WCOOP-H Champions at a Glance
| Year | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Top Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | $1,050 | 238 | $238,000 | MultiMarine | Sweden | $65,450 |
| 2003 | $1,050 | 891 | $891,000 | Joseph “DeOhGee” Cordi | United States | $222,750 |
| 2004 | $2,600 | 843 | $2,104,500 | Edgar “Ragde” Skjervold | Norway | $424,945 |
| 2005 | $2,600 | 1494 | $3,735,000 | Jordan “Panella86” Berkowitz | United States | $577,342 |
| 2006 | $2,600 | 2510 | $6,275,000 | J.C. “area23JC” Tran | United States | $670,194 |
| 2007 | $2,600 | 2998 | $7,495,000 | Kyle “ka$ino1” Schroeder | United States | $1,378,331 |
| 2008 | $5,200 | 2185 | $10,925,000 | Carter “ckingusc” King | United States | $1,265,432 |
| 2009 | $5,200 | 2144 | $10,720,000 | Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko | United States | $1,715,200 |
| 2010 | $5,200 | 2443 | $12,215,000 | Tyson “POTTERPOKER” Marks | United States | $2,278,098 |
| 2011 | $5,200 | 1627 | $8,135,000 | Thomas “Kallllle” Pedersen | Denmark | $1,260,019 |
| 2012 | $5,200 | 1825 | $9,125,000 | Marat “maratik” Sharafutdinov | Russia | $1,000,907 |
| 2013 | $5,200 | 2133 | $10,665,000 | David “PlayinWasted” Kaufmann | Germany | $1,493,499 |
| 2014 | $5,200 | 2142 | $10,710,000 | Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz | Germany | $1,300,000 |
| 2015 | $5,200 | 1995 | $10,000,000 | Kristof “Coenaldinho7” Coenen | Belgium | $1,300,000 |
| 2016 | $5,200 | 2091 | $10,052,880 | Jonas “llJaYJaYll” Lauck | Germany | $1,517,541 |
| 2017 | $5,200 | 2183 | $10,915,000 | Steven “ SvZff” van Zadelhoff | Netherlands | $1,624,502 |
| 2018 | $5,200 | 2044 | $10,220,000 | Ezequiel "eze88888" Waigel | Argentina | $1,529,003* |
| 2019 | $5,200 | 2236 | $11,180,000 | Fraser “BigBlindBets” Russell | United Kingdom | $1,665,962 |