WCOOP-94-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Series Saver], $1.25M Gtd Dia 1 | PokerStars WCOOP 2021

2021-09-13 18:06 UTC

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
AdoptAMonkey	277,700 277,700	277,700
DontMesswithM11	275,800 275,800	275,800
Diego "TheGrinderØ" Falcone	266,300 266,300	266,300
Georgi "milennial" Sandev	265,300 265,300	265,300
Assad91	252,000 252,000	252,000
Lefebvre1101	250,000 250,000	250,000
Mr Kalakimaki	247,000 247,000	247,000
Play4livin	240,528
Floesoe	237,000 237,000	237,000

Break Time

Nível 3 : 400/800, 100 ante

The first break of the day is now here and players will have five minutes before resuming.

2021-09-13 17:53 UTC

Watson Jumps Back Over Starting

Nível 3 : 400/800, 100 ante

Mike "SirWatts" Watson opened to 1,500 from the hijack and "komarac_zg" then three-bet to 4,500 from the cutoff.

Watson beefed it up with a four-bet to 11,400 and "komarac_zg" snap-shoved for a total of 95,545. The Canadian called his 57,986 into the middle and was at risk.

Mike "SirWatts" Watson:
"komarac_zg":

The bullets sailed their way into an easy double when the board rolled out. Watson took down the double, getting back over starting stack in the process.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	117,472 54,037	54,037
komarac_zg	37,559 37,559	37,559

2021-09-13 17:50 UTC

750 and Rising

Nível 3 : 400/800, 100 ante

The third level of the event has started and 750 registration buttons have been clicked thus far, with plenty of late registration left to blow the guarantee out of the water with ease.

Nível: 3

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

2021-09-13 17:35 UTC

Leonard Starts Collecting Early

Nível 2 : 300/600, 75 ante

"Mr. Havener" opened to 1,250 from the hijack, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard jumped in from the cutoff, and Ivan "Ch33s3z0r" Pavlov defended his big, bringing down the flop.

All three checked to the turn card where "Mr. Havener" bet 4,480. Only Leonard called to see the river.

After each player tapped the table, Leonard turned over which was good to take down the pot, having his pair of tens pull in some chips when "Mr. Havener" only had .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	139,600 39,600	39,600
Mr. Havener	57,150 57,150	57,150

2021-09-13 17:29 UTC

Watson Drops One Early

Nível 2 : 300/600, 75 ante

"hoefi2412" opened to 1,500 from the cutoff and Mike "SirWatts" Watson defended his big blind to see the flop where he tapped.

"hoefi2412" continued with a bet of 1,500 and Watson check-raised to 5,100. "hoefi2412" called and the turn landed on the board.

Watson led out, betting 15,600, and "hoefi2412" called once more. Both players checked the river, Watson tabled for top pair and "hoefi2412" then turned over , giving them the best hand with two pair.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
hoefi2412	123,631 123,631	123,631
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	63,435 -36,565	-36,565

Nível: 2

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

2021-09-13 17:15 UTC

Field Exploding Early

Nível 1 : 250/500, 60 ante

It is now just halfway through the first level and already the field has grown to have a total of 500 entries.

Some familiar faces are sitting down early in the day and some names on that list include Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis, Marc-Andre "FrenchDawg" Ladouceur, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Mike "SirWatts" Watson, Joao "INeedMassari" Simao, Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood and two some PokerStars faces in Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis and Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	100,000 100,000	100,000
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	100,000 100,000	100,000

Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand	100,000 100,000	100,000

Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis	100,000 100,000	100,000
Marc-Andre "FrenchDawg" Ladouceur	100,000 100,000	100,000
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	100,000 100,000	100,000
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	100,000 100,000	100,000
Joao "INeedMassari" Simao	100,000 100,000	100,000
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood	100,000 100,000	100,000

2021-09-13 17:05 UTC

Shuffle Up and Deal

Nível 1 : 250/500, 60 ante

The cards are now hitting the virtual felt here in the series saver, with 260 to start the day.