WCOOP-02-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam], $2M Gtd Dia 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

2020-08-31 01:46 UTC

Swart, Brouk, Jouhkimainen, Stout, and Wilson Bag Big on Day 1 of WCOOP-02-M

Jaxon

Nível 21 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

The first day of the 2020 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) was a huge success with 15 events showcased on the opening day at PokerStars.

The 2020 WCOOP boasts more than a mouth-watering $80 million in guaranteed prizes across 75 events broken out into three tiers for 225 tournaments in total.

The three-day WCOOP-02-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam], 2M Gtd. featured the largest prize pool of the day. By the time the more than five-hour late-registration window closed, the field grew to 1,971 entrants (1,481 entries + 490 re-entries). This means that the players that cash will benefit from the $29,000 overlay.

Day 1 Action

Day 1 had 617 hopefuls remaining when late registration was closed and final payouts were announced. In addition to any progressive bounties collected, the top 239 players were each guaranteed a $1,200 payout with $130,321 slated for Tuesday's winner.

The tournament reached the money with about 15 minutes left to play in the day and was further trimmed down to 211 players to end the day.

Russia's "CryFishCry" bagged the overnight chip lead heading into Day 2 with "nmi128", "Eduardo850", Andries "Pokerger1337" Swart, and "tiltinha" also bagging top five stacks.

Just behind this group are two big-name Finnish poker pros in Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk and Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen. Brouk has made a name for himself over the years with more than $10 million in online cashes including nearly $5 million alone at PokerStars according to PocketFives.

Rounding out the top 10 heading into tomorrow were Matt "All_in_at420" Stout, Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson, and "MarinkaHT".

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	CryFishCry	Russia	3,105,810	155
2	nmi128	Netherlands	2,756,652	138
3	Eduardo850	Brazil	2,697,631	135
4	Andries "Pokerger1337" Swart	Netherlands	2,634,282	132
5	tiltinha	Brazil	2,501,874	125
6	Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk	Finland	2,415,809	121
7	Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen	Finland	2,361,223	118
8	Matt "All_in_at420" Stout	United States	2,352,587	118
9	Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson	United Kingdom	2,263,044	113
10	MarinkaHT	Russia	2,227,750	111

Meanwhile, two PokerStars Team Online members and avid streamers in Fintan "easywithaces" Hand and Ben "Spraggy" Spragg were in action. Both players were unable to get things going and decided not to re-enter after losing their stacks during the late-registration window.

The action will resume for Day 2 on Monday, Aug. 31 with 10 minutes remaining in Level 21 with blinds at 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500. The Day 2 action will play down until there will be just 16 players remaining. Stay tuned at PokerNews to see who wins the title in what promises to be an excited final two days in this event.

2020-08-30 23:20 UTC

Brouk Ousts Another with Rockets

Jaxon

Nível 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

A player opened from early position to 17,120 and got a call from "mikki696" from the cutoff. Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk three-bet to 80,000 from the small blind. The opening player called before "mikki696" four-bet jammed to 445,525. Brouk was the sole player to call and players turned over their cards.

"mikki696":
Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk:

It was a bit of a cooler for "mikki696" and this player hit the rail after the ran out on the board.

Meanwhile, Brouk added $1,000 to his personal bounty while also collecting another $1,000 into his PokerStars account for the elimination.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk	1,390,194	415,245
mikki696	Eliminado

2020-08-30 22:42 UTC

Wain Wins a Huge Pot for the Chip Lead

Jaxon

Nível 15 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

"jimmyduraide" opened from middle position to 15,330. Damien "DamoWain" Wain three-bet from the hijack to 49,000. "kofi89" four-bet jammed for 314,497. "jimmyduraide" came in for a five-bet jam to 841,365 and Wain called off for 622,683 in total.

Damien "DamoWain" Wain:
"jimmyduraide":
"kofi89":

Wain collected a bounty while also doubling off another opponent after he hit trips on the board.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Damien "DamoWain" Wain	1,573,863
jimmyduraide	218,682	-85,290
kofi89	Eliminado

2020-08-30 20:56 UTC

Spragg Eliminated

Jaxon

Nível 11 : 1,750/3,500, 450 ante

Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress opened to 7,500 from middle position and got a call from "kylix42" from one seat over. Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg was low on chips in the big blind and got his stack of 19,052 into the pot from the big blind.

Dvoress called and "kylix42" jammed for 181,899. Dvoress found a fold and the players turned over their cards.

Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg:
"kylix42":

Spragg hit the rail after he was unable to connect with the board.

Shortly after, players went on break and thus far Spragg has yet to re-enter the event with slightly more than one more hour to do so before late registration closes.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress	276,177
Tauan "kylix42" Naves	230,503
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg	Eliminado

2020-08-30 20:38 UTC

Telker Cracks Grabenschweiger's Aces

Jaxon

Nível 10 : 1,500/3,000, 375 ante

Simon "DaDumon" Grabenschweiger opened to 6,750 from the button. Michael "munchenHB" Telker made it 24,000 from the small blind and Grabenschweiger called.

Telker led out for 16,200 after the came on the flop and got a call. Telker then fired out for 36,288 after the appeared on the turn and once again got called.

Telker jammed for 103,759 once the completed the board on the river and once again Grabenschweiger called.

Michael "munchenHB" Telker:
Simon "DaDumon" Grabenschweiger:

Grabenschweiger had a set of aces but this was no match for the flopped straight by Telker who doubled up after the hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Michael "munchenHB" Telker	366,494	122,524
Simon "DaDumon" Grabenschweiger	28,555	-302,489

2020-08-30 18:41 UTC

Rockets No Good for Hand

Jaxon

Nível 5 : 600/1,200, 150 ante

Fintan "easywithaces" Hand opened to 2,760 from the hijack and got called by Simon "DaDumon" Grabenschweiger and "BrigaDatada" in the big blind.

The action checked to Grabenschweiger after the came on the flop and he bet 3,960. "BrigaDatada" folded before Hand raised to 14,400.

Grabenschweiger three-bet enough to put Hand at risk if he called and that is exactly what hand did for 47,405 in total.

Simon "DaDumon" Grabenschweiger:
Fintan "easywithaces" Hand:

Hand was in big trouble and was actually drawing dead after the appeared on the turn. The paired the board on the river and Hand hit the rail. He still has plenty of time to re-enter if he so chooses.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Simon "DaDumon" Grabenschweiger	262,192	133,747
BrigaDatada	169,825	97,735
Fintan "easywithaces" Hand	Eliminado

2020-08-30 18:10 UTC

Set Over Set for Dimov

Jaxon

Nível 3 : 400/800, 100 ante

Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov min-raised from the hijack and got calls from Victor "VICTOR TXR1" Teixeira in the small blind and Pablo "pabritz" Brito in the big blind.

The action checked to Dimov after the came on the flop. Teixeira raised to 5,734. Brito got out of the way before Dimov three-bet to 11,200. Teixeira called before he check-called a bet of 20,925 after the appeared on the turn.

Dimov jammed after the came on the river and Texeira put his 75,168 remaining chips into the pot.

Dimov turned over for top set and won the hand after Texeira turned over for a lower set.

After the huge cooler, Texeira immediately got back into the action for a fresh stack of 100,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov	316,553	316,553
Pablo "pabritz" Brito	154,273	154,273
Victor "VICTOR TXR1" Teixeira	100,000	100,000

2020-08-30 15:21 UTC

Welcome to Day 1 of WCOOP Event-02-M: $1,050 NLHE PKO Summer Slam, $2M Gtd.

Jaxon

Welcome to Day 1 of the 2020 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) at PokerStars. The festival guarantees more than a whopping $80 million guarantee across 75 events broken out into Low, Medium, and High events for a 225 tournament schedule.

Today's opening day features many big events and PokerNews will be covering two of the biggest including this coverage of the three-day WCOOP-02-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam], $2M Gtd.

Also being covered at PokerNews is the High version of this event with a $10,300 buy-in and a $1.5 million guarantee which you can follow here.

The $1,050 KO event kicks off at 1:05 p.m. ET / 6:05 p.m. BST / 7:05 p.m. CET with players starting off with 100,000 in chips and blinds going up slowly every 20 minutes.

A $500 bounty is placed on each player's head. Since this is a progressive bounty tournament, players will collect half the bounty of any player they eliminated directly into their PokerStars account while the other half will be added to their personal bounty for others to poach on.

In addition, players can re-enter twice if they so choose during the 305-minute late registration period provided they have lost all their chips.

Today's Day 1 action will conclude after 7 hours and 45 minutes of play. Surviving players will then return on Monday, Aug. 31 at 1:05 p.m. ET / 6:05 p.m. BST / 7:05 CET and play down until there are just 16 players remaining. Players will then return for one more day of action on Tuesday, Sept. 1, and continue until one player remains.

Stay tuned at PokerNews for all three days of coverage of what promises to be a huge WCOOP event.