Thorsten "juicetus" Legit Leads The Way Into Day 2 of the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event
After the dust settled on Day 1 in the $10,300 NLH World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event on PokerStars, Thorsten "juicetus" Legit came out on top with an impressive stack of 2,791,391, more than 200 big blinds.
The field saw 536 entrants who rebought 168 times to create a prize pool of $7,040,000, already surpassing their guarantee. Late registration is still open until the start of Day 2 at 5:35 p.m. GMT so there is still time to jump in the action and have a chance at WCOOP glory.
Some more notables who managed to find a bag included 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).
$10,300 WCOOP Main Event Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thorsten "juicetus" Legit | Austria | 2,791,391 | 232 |
| 2 | "nik_meat" | Ukraine | 2,782,732 | 231 |
| 3 | "sergebezb" | Estonia | 2,683,869 | 223 |
| 4 | "Faboulus888" | Austria | 2,439,643 | 203 |
| 5 | "saiiizika" | Brazil | 2,407,636 | 200 |
| 6 | "SerVlaMin" | United Kingdom | 2,140,721 | 178 |
| 7 | Andras "probirs" Nemeth | Hungary | 1,992,858 | 166 |
| 8 | Jans "Graftekkel" Arends | Netherlands | 1,852,248 | 154 |
| 9 | Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov | Russian Federation | 1,811,612 | 151 |
| 10 | Gilles "TaxationIsTheft" Simon | Netherlands | 1,786,389 | 149 |
The action kicks off with blinds at 6,000/12,000 with a 1,500 ante. Those who buy into Day 2 will start with 250,000 in chips, which is just over 20 big blinds. Day 2 will play down to 40 players and will bag for the night to return for Day 3 on November 8 at 5:30 p.m. GMT.
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 on PokerStars.
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