WCOOP-72-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max NLHE Main Event] Dia 2 | PokerStars WCOOP 2020

2020-09-21 13:39 UTC

Welcome to Day 2 of the 2020 WCOOP Low Main Event

Jaxon

Welcome to Day 2 of the 2020 WCOOP Low $55 NLHE Main Event at PokerStars.

Yesterday's Day 1 witnessed a field of more than 34,000 entrants whittled down to slightly more than 8,300 to end the day. The top prize was at more than $170,000 and the prize pool ballooned to more than $1.7 million by the time ticked down on the opening day to already smash the $1.25 million guarantee.

These figures will continue to increase with late registration ending just five minutes before Day 2 kicks off at 1:10 p.m. EDT / 7:10 p.m. CEST when shortly after PokerNews will announce the final tallies and payouts.

Hungary's "uzzy993" is in the captain's seat to start the second day with 671,549 in chips. This places him more than 80 big blinds ahead of his nearest competitors in Panama's "yayo8422", Austria's "roman1607", and Germany's "Hering CNG" all bagging slightly more than 500,000 in chips.

WCOOP-72-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max, NLHE Main Event], $1.25M Gtd Day 1 Leaderboard

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	uzzy993	Hungary	671,549	373
2	yayo8422	Panama	521,735	290
3	roman1607	Austria	510,437	284
4	Hering CNG	Germany	507,384	282
5	dinosg	Canada	481,095	267
6	zeisseli	Finland	476,837	265
7	David7770	Georgia	470,670	261
8	assortiment	Russia	460,084	256
9	suits.sunman	Russia	454,246	252
10	tarantino1111	Chile	440,737	245

Team PokerStars Update

Felix Schneiders — Felix "xflixx" Schneiders bags the most among the PokerStars Ambassadors on Day 1 of the WCOOP Low Main Event

A total of eight PokerStars Ambassadors joined the action with half that making it through to Day 2. Felix "xflixx" Schneiders was the most successful of the pack after growing his 25,000 starting stack into 90,517 in chips using a single entry.

Mason "Pye_Face21" Pye and Georgina "GJReggie" James also both advanced to Day 2 on a single bullet while it took Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban three tries before he got through as well.

Meanwhile, Fintan "easywithaces" Hand, Ben "Spraggy" Spragg, and 2019 PSPC Champion Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas were all on unable to advance but it wasn't for a lack of trying with the trio each firing the maximum four bullets.

Tom “MajinBoob” Hayward also didn't advance for Day 1 but called it a day after two bullets but joined back in for a third try to start Day 2. Also joining in on the action to start Day 2 is Team PokerStars Online streamer James "OP-Poker James" Mackenzie.

Plan for Day 2

The action will resume for Day 2 at 1:10 p.m. EDT / 7:10 p.m. CEST and should prove to be an action-packed day. Not only will the big field be trimmed down past the 4,863 players or so that will get paid but deep into the money with the action concluding with just 160 players remaining.

Blind levels will be trimmed down from the 20 minutes per level featured on Day 1 to 15 minutes on Day 2 and the rest of the tournament. Blinds will begin at 900/1,800 with an ante of 225 when the action resumes giving any new entrants getting in on Day 2 a stack of nearly 14 big blinds.

Stay tuned at PokerNews as we bring you the highlights of the WCOOP Low Main Event at PokerStars.

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2020-09-21 17:06 UTC

Payouts Announced - $186,841 for the Winner!

Jaxon

Late registration for the WCOOP Low Main Event is now closed and the action will resume shortly.

More than 4,000 new entries joined the action after the conclusion of Day 1 to bring the total field up to 38,660 entrants with 12,570 remaining. This brings the total prize pool up to a whopping $1,933,000.

The top 5,463 players will take home at least a min-cash valued at $96 with the winner slated to receive a whopping $186,841 top prize.

2020-09-21 17:23 UTC

Shaban Eliminated

Jaxon

Nível 18 : 900/1,800, 225 ante

Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban open-jammed for 15,882 and "joiselairesd" called from the cutoff.

"tosati's" three-bet jammed for 24,500 from the big blind and "joiselairesd" called this player as well.

Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban:
"tosati's":
"joiselairesd":

The ran out on the board and "joiselairesd" eliminated two players including Shaban.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
josielairesd	290,971
Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban	Eliminado
tosati's	Eliminado

2020-09-21 17:30 UTC

Watch PokerStars Twitch with Cards-Up Coverage!

Jaxon

Nível 19 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

PokerStars Twitch has begun it's broadcast with James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton live in the booth. They'll comment on all the action of WCOOP-71-H $1,050 NLHE Sunday Warm-Up SE with cards-up coverage, so make sure to check it out!

Check out the live stream here

2020-09-21 17:48 UTC

Hayward Flushed Out of the Tournament

Jaxon

Nível 20 : 1,250/2,500, 325 ante

Tom “MajinBoob” Hayward opened for three big blinds leaving 150 behind from middle position and was called by "JrVerne" on the button.

The remaining 150 went in after the came on the flop and the players turned over their cards.

Tom “MajinBoob” Hayward:
"JrVerne":

Things went from bad to worse for Hayward as his opponent improved to a flush after the came on the turn followed by the on the river.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
JrVerne	349,581
Tom “MajinBoob” Hayward	Eliminado

2020-09-21 18:15 UTC

Quick Guide to PokerStars Home Games; It Takes Just Five Easy Steps!

Jaxon

Nível 21 : 1,500/3,000, 375 ante

There's never been a better time to find out how to set up a PokerStars Home Games than right now.

PokerStars Home Games allow you to set up a private members club where you can play cash games and tournaments. All games can be for play money and real money, so you don't need to spend anything if you don't want to.

You can invite whoever you want and even keep track of tournament leader board standings.

PokerStars Home Games allow you to take the banter of your local home game onto the online felt, even allowing you to play with poker friends from all over the world.

Here is our quick and easy five-step guide to setting up a PokerStars Home Game of your own.

2020-09-21 18:26 UTC

James Out Before the Money

Jaxon

Nível 22 : 1,750/3,500, 450 ante

Georgina "GJReggie" James raised to 19,250 leaving a big blind behind from under the gun. "DarkSkies21" called from the small blind before "NotYetBust" three-bet to 77,000 from the big blind.

James called before "DarkSkies4" four-bet jammed for 244,547. "NotYetBust" called this player as well for a chance to take out two.

Georgina "GJReggie" James:
"DarkSkies4":
"NotYetBust":

"NotYetBust" was in great shape with tens and they held up as the ran out on the board to send James and "DarkSkies4" to the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
NotYetBust	1,309,746 270,817	270,817
DarkSkies4	Eliminado
Georgina "GJReggie" James	Eliminado

2020-09-21 18:41 UTC

The History of the WCOOP-H Main Event

Jaxon

Nível 23 : 2,000/4,000, 500 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

2020-09-21 20:12 UTC

Five Key Tips for Success by WCOOP Main Event Champion Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff

Jaxon

Nível 28 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

For more than a decade, Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff has been a force to be reckoned with at the poker tables.

Originally from Holland, the Dutchman has been residing in Malta when not on the road or setting up shop for several months in his beloved Las Vegas during the World Series of Poker. Elected into the Dutch Poker Hall of Fame in 2017, Van Zadelhoff sports nearly $2.5 million in lifetime cashes according to The Hendon Mob including six-figure cashes in Malta, Spain, and the United States.

While those results are impressive on its own, Van Zadelhoff is predominantly known as an online powerhouse. Under his "SvZff" moniker, he has racked up nearly $7 million in lifetime cashes on PokerStars alone according to PocketFives. He's currently ranked in 35th place in the world and once held the top spot in the rankings back in 2017.

Check out his interview right here!

2020-09-21 20:16 UTC

Pye Eliminated

Jaxon

Nível 28 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

Mason "Pye_Face21" Pye was the last PokerStars Ambassador remaining until he was just eliminated.

Pye jammed from the small blind for 152,938 and was called by "lucassfelipe" in the big blind with .

The board was not one Pye connected to and he was eliminated from the Low Main Event in 2,477th place for $166.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
lucassfelipe	319,310 237,254	237,254
Mason "Pye_Face21" Pye	Eliminado