The eliminations have been flying in and the field is now down to the final three tables.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminé | |
|
Eliminé |
Niveau: 18
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,750
Helping kick off the 2020 World Championship of Online Poker was one of many marquee events that will play out this series, the two-day $10,300 buy-in Sunday Slam.
As a progressive knockout tournament, finding ways to stack as many opponents as possible was crucial. In the end 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure champion Dimitar “KuuL” Danchev punched out the most of them to earn the title and just over $400,000 including bounties.
When speaking on the PokerStars WCOOP 2020 live stream about his win, Danchev acknowledged how important collecting those knockouts really was.
“My tournament went pretty good with winning a lot of bounties,” he says. “But it’s very important actually if you win a lot of bounties in such format to win the heads-up, so you keep all the bounties for yourself!”
Mirza "zazano" Muhovic raised to 65,700 from the hijack and Giorgios "Geokarak" Karakousis called on the button.
The flop came 
, both players checked to the 
on the turn. Muhovic bet 150,000 for Karakousis to shove for 536,293 which Muhovic called with the 
for the overpair. Karakousis held the 
for the turned pair of tens and when the 
completed the board, he was eliminated.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
3,418,426
964,993
|
964,993 |
|
||
|
|
3,265,008
962,333
|
962,333 |
|
|
2,176,312
-71,000
|
-71,000 |
|
|
1,619,640
83,500
|
83,500 |
|
1,321,233
382,570
|
382,570 |
|
758,425
-216,500
|
-216,500 |
|
430,938
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
|
Eliminé | |
Mirza "zazano" Muhovic raised to 65,700 from under the gun and Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian three-bet to 246,00 from the button for the blinds to fold and Muhovic to call.
They both checked through the 
flop to the 
on the turn. Muhovic check-called the 349,215 bet of Papazian.
The river completed the board with the 
and both players checked. Muhovic tabled the 
for the nut-flush and the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,073,641
655,215
|
655,215 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,741,793
-523,215
|
-523,215 |
|
|
2,090,062
-86,250
|
-86,250 |
|
|
1,712,640
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
1,234,983
-86,250
|
-86,250 |
|
|
747,175
-11,250
|
-11,250 |
|
|
389,688
-41,250
|
-41,250 |
|
|
||
Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian raised to 66,300 from under the gun and Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen three-bet shoved for 359,688 from the hijack. The action folded back to Papazian who made the call.
Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen: 
Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian: 
The board ran out 
for both of them to flop top pair but for Papazian to improve to a flush on the river to seal the deal.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,120,591
46,950
|
46,950 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,157,731
415,938
|
415,938 |
|
|
2,075,062
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
1,973,790
261,150
|
261,150 |
|
|
1,011,333
-223,650
|
-223,650 |
|
|
651,475
-95,700
|
-95,700 |
|
|
Eliminé | |
|
|
||
"vendes" limped in from the button and Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian opted to check his big blind.
The flop came 
, Martirosian check-raised to 180,000 when "vendes" bet 60,000 and was called.
The turn was the 
, Martirosian bet 210,000 for "vendes" to shove for 778,833 which Martirosian called with the for the flopped straight while "vendes" held the 
for the pair of queens and gutshot to the same straight.
The river completed the board with the for "vendes" to bust.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,113,091
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,172,731
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
3,093,895
1,018,833
|
1,018,833 |
|
|
1,966,290
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
|
643,975
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
|
Eliminé | |
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov raised to 63,600 from under the gun and "Wildace_hun" three-bet to 195,000 from the middle position. The action folded back to Koliakov who four-bet shoved and "Wildace_hun" called for the 960,069 they had behind.
"Wildace_hun": 
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov:
The board ran out 
for Koliakov to turn the set to get the field down to 20 players.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
2,891,294
1,166,692
|
1,166,692 |
|
|
||
|
2,526,058
1,452,338
|
1,452,338 |
|
2,115,621
486,118
|
486,118 |
|
|
1,537,149
201,437
|
201,437 |
|
|
1,500,191
-276,726
|
-276,726 |
|
198,935
-962,358
|
-962,358 |
|
||
|
Eliminé | |
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves raised to 60,000 from the hijack and was called by David "EzPaTuLa" Cabrera on the button. Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin three-bet shoved from the small blind which Simon "simon1471" Higgins called in the big blind while the rest folded.
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin: 
Simon "simon1471" Higgins: 
The board ran out 
for Higgins to hold with the higher pocket pair to get the tournament one closer to the bubble.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
3,568,480
731,057
|
731,057 |
|
2,902,101
924,015
|
924,015 |
|
2,770,499
1,296,878
|
1,296,878 |
|
|
1,483,529
-198,290
|
-198,290 |
|
|
1,401,112
-309,200
|
-309,200 |
|
1,162,766
-342,000
|
-342,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Niveau: 19
Blinds: 17,500/35,000
Ante: 4,500
