14 Players Return to Battle It Out for $162,674 in WCOOP-33-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller]
Day 2 of the PokerStars WCOOP-33-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller] is set to start at 7:05 p.m. CEST with 14 players out of 155 entries returning to battle it out for the WCOOP title and the first-place prize of $162,674. All players have already secured $15,120 but will all their sights set on grabbing all the pay jumps until the final one to get a bigger share of the $775,000 prize pool.
Mirza "zazano" Muhovic will be coming back today with the chip lead of 4,328,322 chips with Ole "wizowizo" Schemion following him closely with 4,325,650. Completing the top five are Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves (4,160,732), Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger (4,086,295), and David "EzPaTuLa" Cabrera with 3,728,351.
WCOOP-33-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller] Day 2 Players
| Player | Country | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirza "zazano" Muhovic | Luxembourg | 4,328,322 | 87 |
| Ole "wizowizo" Schemion | Germany | 4,325,650 | 87 |
| Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves | United Kingdom | 4,160,732 | 83 |
| Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger | Austria | 4,086,295 | 82 |
| David "EzPaTuLa" Cabrera | Spain | 3,728,351 | 75 |
| Joao "Naza114" Vieira | Portugal | 3,233,139 | 65 |
| Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov | Russia | 3,210,596 | 64 |
| Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford | United Kingdom | 2,263,272 | 45 |
| Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian | Romania | 2,238,631 | 45 |
| "Boootsy" | Canada | 2,099,953 | 42 |
| Simon "simon1471" Higgins | United Kingdom | 1,956,492 | 39 |
| Mike "SirWatts" Watson | Canada | 1,580,894 | 32 |
| Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian | Russia | 1,222,948 | 24 |
| Filipe "Zagazaur" Oliveira | Portugal | 314,725 | 6 |
The players finished in Level 20 yesterday and should be starting with Level 21 which features a small blind of 25,000, a big blind of 50,000, and a running ante of 6,000. The level duration will increase to 25 minutes to a certain point during the tournament.
The PokerStars Twitch stream will be bringing you cards-up coverage of this tournament with a 30-minute security delay under the watchful eyes of James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton. PokerNews will be right here from the start to bring you the updates with a similar delay so make sure to follow along.
This is what the remaining players are still playing for:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $162,674 |
| 2 | $125,932 |
| 3 | $97,488 |
| 4 | $75,469 |
| 5 | $58,423 |
| 6 | $45,228 |
| 7 | $35,012 |
| 8 | $27,104 |
| 9 | $22,312 |
| 10-12 | $18,368 |
| 13-14 | $15,120 |
for Oliveira to double up in the first hand of the day.
, Martirosian bet 160,000 for Schemion to shove with the bigger stack. Martirosian made the call for the 937,948 he had behind.
on the river gave Schemion to flush to bust Martirosian as the first player of the day.
on the flop to the 
on the turn. Muhovic bet 221,478 which Higgins called.
for two pair for Higgins to muck and Vieira to bust.
for Watson to flop trips immediately to bust Oliveira in twelfth place.
, Higgins bet 417,474 which Muhovic called again.
for Higgins to shove for 1,444,248 and Muhovic called with the 
for trips but Higgins held the 
for the flush to double up.
, Muhovic bet 161,700 and was called by Higgins.