Thorsten "juicetus" Legit Leads The Pack After Day 1 of the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event
After 15 levels of play on the virtual felt, Day 1 has come to a close in the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) $10,300 NLH Main Event on PokerStars. This star-studded field saw 673 entries join throughout the day, and with late registration still open until the start of Day 2 on Monday, November 7, should smash the $7,000,000 guarantee.
Currently 222 players remain in the hunt for WCOOP gold and Thorsten "juicetus" Legit found the top of the leaderboard with an impressive run up to 2,791,391, more than ten times starting stack.
Many notables were in the mix early on and some who found a bag for Day 2 include Team PokerStars Pro Sam "SamSquid" Grafton (1,372,605), online regular Neville "NevilleWeeee" Costa (1,632,644), and high stakes crusher Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos (875,068).
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thorsten "juicetus" Legit | 2,791,391 | 232 | Austria |
| 2 | "nik_meat" | 2,782,732 | 231 | Ukraine |
| 3 | "sergebezb" | 2,683,869 | 223 | Estonia |
| 4 | "Faboulus888" | 2,439,643 | 203 | Austria |
| 5 | "saiiizika" | 2,407,636 | 200 | Brazil |
| 6 | "SerVlaMin" | 2,140,721 | 178 | United Kingdom |
| 7 | Andras "probirs" Nemeth | 1,992,858 | 166 | Hungary |
| 8 | Jans "Graftekkel" Arends | 1,852,248 | 154 | Netherlands |
| 9 | Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov | 1,811,612 | 151 | Russian Federation |
| 10 | Gilles "TaxationIsTheft" Simon | 1,786,389 | 149 | Netherlands |
Day 2 will resume on November 7th at 5:35 p.m. GMT. Late registration will remain open until the start of Day 2 so be sure to register early to not miss out on the action. Players who buy into Day 2 will start with 250,000, good for 21 big blinds.
Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we will be here to bring you all the updates in both the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event and the $1,050 WCOOP Main Event.
, Elias "SinKarma" Gutierrez checked from early position and Sam "SamSquid" Grafton bet out 27,000 in the cutoff, which Gutierrez called. 
turn both players checked their options to the 
river. Gutierrez decided to lead out for 112,500 and without much thought, Grafton moved all in, covering the 117,980 behind for Gutierrez, who made the call. 
for top set and Gutierrez revealed 
for top pair but not enough to stay alive.
, Paulo "paulinhoo00" Brombin led out in the small blind for 16,100 and Fahredin "FeriBo" Mustafov came along from the big blind. 
turn Brombin kept up the pressure with a bet of 52,500 and again Mustafov made the call. 
completed the board and Brombin moved all in, covering the 125,559 of Mustafov, who went deep in the tank. After close to a minute of thought, Mustafov clicked the call button and was shown the good news when Brombin rolled over 
for six-high. Mustafov tabled 
for only a pair of nines, but scooped the pot after making an amazing hero call for their tournament life.
, the kings held up to send Anatsky to the rail.
and the king-ten held up to score the pot and send "piktorash" to the rail.
turn "Flush_Them" kept up the aggression with a bet of 23,531 and again "carloshmz" called. The 
, action checked to "Gremio CEM" who continued for 7,788 and only Pärssinen came along. The turn fell the 
and play slowed down when both players checked their options. 
hit the river and again both players checked to a showdown. "Gremio CEM" tabled 
turn. "Assai517" checked again and "fearfightr" kept up the aggression with a bet of 14,004, and without much thought, "Assai517" called. 