Who Will Win the WCOOP $25,000 Super High Roller
The WCOOP 34-H: $25,000 Super High Roller features the highest buy-in of the 2021 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) PokerStars.
The field is down to just 15 hopefuls by the end of the day from the original field of 116 entries after one day of play with each player guranteed at least a $54,828 min-cash.
Three-time WCOOP champion Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski finds himself in familiar territory at the end of the day with a chip leading stack of 5,006,522.
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, and Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver were the only other players to virtually bag at least 3 million in chips on Day 1, while "Sintoras" was the only other player to advance with more than 2 million in chips.
Other notable players still in contention for the $657,557 top prize include Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo, Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, Pedro "PaDiLhA SP" Padilha, Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs, Eelis "EEE27" Parssinen, Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford, and Mike "SirWatts" Watson.
2021 WCOOP-34-H: $25,000 Super High High Roller Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski | Brazil | 5,006,522 | 125 |
| 2 | Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas | Hungary | 3,159,334 | 79 |
| 3 | Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos | Spain | 3,054,797 | 76 |
| 4 | Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver | United States | 3,023,286 | 76 |
| 5 | Sintoras | Germany | 2,036,861 | 51 |
| 6 | Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo | United States | 1,960,585 | 49 |
| 7 | Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph | Germany | 1,919,729 | 48 |
| 8 | Pedro "PaDiLhA SP" Padilha | Brazil | 1,850,440 | 46 |
| 9 | kZhh | Hungary | 1,609,936 | 40 |
| 10 | CrazyLissy | Russia | 1,603,416 | 40 |
| 11 | Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs | Latvia | 1,260,911 | 32 |
| 12 | Eelis "EEE27" Parssinen | Finland | 1,091,730 | 27 |
| 13 | Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford | United Kingdom | 501,910 | 13 |
| 14 | spaise411 | Russia | 480,586 | 12 |
| 15 | Mike "SirWatts" Watson | Canada | 439,957 | 11 |
| Total | 29,000,000 | 725 | ||
| Average | 1,933,333 | 48 |
Final Table Payouts
The 15 returning players are each slated to receive at least a $54,828 payout with the winner set to add $657,557 to their PokerStars balance.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $657,557 |
| 2 | $509,470 |
| 3 | $394,733 |
| 4 | $305,835 |
| 5 | $236,959 |
| 6 | $183,593 |
| 7 | $142,247 |
| 8 | $110,211 |
| 9 | $87,327 |
| 10-12 | $69,195 |
| 13-15 | $54,828 |
Final Day Schedule
The second and final day will kick off on Monday, Aug. 30 at 5:05 p.m. GMT. PokerStars will be streaming the final table with hole cards exposed on a 30-minute delay. PokerNews will report the final table on the same delay as to not reveal any spoilers.
The blinds will resume with the remainder of Level 20 (20,000/40,000/5,000a) and increase every 25 minutes until a winner is crowned.
Stay tuned at PokerNews to see who will win the WCOOP-34-H: $25,000 Super High Roller at PokerStars.
board.
to stay alive and double his stack while leaving Beresford with under 10 big blinds.
runout and he was eliminated in 14th place for $54,828.
flop. Rudolph's two pair wasn't good enough and he was eliminated in 13th place for $54,828 after getting no help from either the 
turn or the 
river.
flop might be lucky in a slot machine but did nothing to help Ponakovs. The 
turn gave him a potential flush draw. Ponakovs was eliminated in 12th place for $69,195 after the 
river completed the board and the action was hand-for-hand with just 11 players remaining.
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