Kovalski Leads the Final Table as Day 2 Ends with Veldhuis Still Alive
As expected, 9 players found a bag to end Day 2 of WCOOP-34-M: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max], and Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski ended up on top of the pile. The Brazilian finished the day with 14,401,864, more than 3 million ahead of "3DTemujiN" in second. The game started with 614 entries, but the are now down to the business end of the $1,228,000 prize pool, with the whole final table guaranteed at least $19,000.
Team PokerStars pro Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis found a bag for the final table as well, surviving on fumes late in Day 2 until he could catch a double to find some breathing room. He got a couple small button shoves through to stay even before he hit a set of fives against top pair for "iamivar" to double into a safer position.
From there, Veldhuis comfortably bagged a middle stack in 5th place and just under 5 million. Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro and Jerry "Perrymejsen" Odeen are among the other notables to make the final nine on Day 3.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski | Brazil | 14,401,864 |
| 2 | "3DTemujiN" | Kazakhstan | 11,217,860 |
| 3 | Jerry "Perrymejsen" Odeen | sweden | 8,324,314 |
| 4 | "zyxel888" | Russia | 7,913,604 |
| 5 | Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis | Netherlands | 4,838,696 |
| 6 | Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak | Russia | 4,750,700 |
| 7 | "iamivar" | sweden | 4,060,793 |
| 8 | Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas | Lithuania | 3,996,349 |
| 9 | Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro | Finland | 1,895,820 |
Action resumes Aug 31 at 13:05 ET when the final 9 will play down to a winner, with Veldhuis still in the running for a WCOOP title. Tune in to PokerNews for coverage of the final table to find out who wins the $214,339 up top and the WCOOP title, and plan your full WCOOP railing schedule at the PokerStars WCOOP 2021 hub.