WCOOP-56-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE]
Jour 1 terminé
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WCOOP-56-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE]
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Maasberg Claims Day 1 Chip Lead in the PokerStars WCOOP-56-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE]
Niveau 21
: 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
Day 1 of the PokerStars WCOOP-56-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE] has come to an end with 54 players making it through to the final day to battle it out for a bigger share of the $772,000 prize pool. The tournament originally had a $750,000 guarantee set which attracted 276 unique players who reentered 110 times to get to a total of 386 entries.
Claiming the Day 1 chip lead is Mathias "Cashcid Linc" Maasberg with 1,878,814 after bursting the bubble at the end of the day when he took out "Sintoras" and Leonard "Gerritss" Gerritss. Following Maasberg in the top five are "kimokh" (1,710,754), Enrico "WhaTisL0v3" Camosci (1,647,714), Thiago "KKremate" Crema (1,495,754), and Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder (1,479,658).
But with a pretty sizeable field still left, there are still loads of notable players in the race for that first-place prize of $140,595. Poker stars like Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich, Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson[/b], Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, Simon "Igorkarkarof" Ronnow Pedersen, and Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker have all bagged an above average stack.
PokerStars WCOOP-56-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE] Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathias "Cashcid Linc" Maasberg | Germany | 1,878,814 | 94 |
| 2 | kimokh | Lebanon | 1,710,754 | 86 |
| 3 | Enrico "WhaTisL0v3" Camosci | Italy | 1,647,714 | 82 |
| 4 | Thiago "KKremate" Crema | Brazil | 1,495,754 | 75 |
| 5 | Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder | Netherlands | 1,479,658 | 74 |
| 6 | Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich | United Kingdom | 1,401,190 | 70 |
| 7 | Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson | Sweden | 1,240,501 | 62 |
| 8 | Jorge "jorginho88" Abreu | Portugal | 1,223,772 | 61 |
| 9 | StupidFr3nch | United Kingdom | 1,141,953 | 57 |
| 10 | Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis | Greece | 1,049,801 | 52 |
With players getting the possibility to reenter up to three times, they weren't scared of getting their chips in, and by the end of the registration period, there were 165 players left to fight for a spot in the money.
Recent WCOOP winners like Christopher "lissi stinkt" Frank, Andras "probirs" Nemeth, Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski, Rinat "Zapahzamazki" Lyapin, Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver, Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii, and Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos all busted before the tournament was two tables away from the bubble.
Camcosci took out Anton "Bomber&Granater" Wigg first and then Bert "girafganger7" Stevens to jump towards the top of the counts and stuck around in those regions. Mike "SirWatts" Watson, Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin, Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, Joao "Naza114" Vieira, and Gustavo "22ehnutzz" Mastelotto all busted before the bubble.
Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot had shoved with queen-ten and was looked up by Andrey "kot_spartac" Kotelnikov who held aces. Talbot hit two pair but Kotelnikoc rivered the flush to bust the Canadian. Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs then lost all his chips to Crema with the lower kicker. Maasberg then took out Gerritss and "Sintoras" when he flopped the straight for "Sintoras" to min-cash with the bigger stack for the day to come to an end.
When the players return on Wednesday, September 16 at 7:05 p.m. CEST, they will finish the last seven minutes of Level 21 which has a small blind of 10,000, a big blind of 20,000, and a running ante of 2,500. Level duration is slated to last 20 minutes throughout according to the tournament lobby and play will continue until a new WCOOP champion can be crowned.
The PokerStars Twitch stream will be providing coverage with the cards up on a security delay and PokerNews will be bringing you the updates on a similar delay, so make sure to keep following along.
End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts
Niveau 21
: 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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1,878,814 | |
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1,710,754 | -63,650 |
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1,647,714 | 20,777 |
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1,495,754 | -311,450 |
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1,479,658 | 189,000 |
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1,401,190 | 10,000 |
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1,240,501 | 70,350 |
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1,223,772 | 35,000 |
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1,141,953 | -2,500 |
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1,049,801 | -139,834 |
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1,041,653 | -2,500 |
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1,008,804 | 111,500 |
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989,700 | 72,060 |
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981,862 | -50,956 |
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891,688 | -65,410 |
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887,816 | 85,400 |
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836,214 | -47,000 |
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834,038 | 332,520 |
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825,948 | -367,519 |
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714,376 | -79,500 |
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712,934 | 243,500 |
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677,280 | -7,500 |
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672,848 | -170,788 |
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668,644 | 426,572 |
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667,767 | 182,398 |
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Maasberg Burst the Bubble With a Double Knockout
Niveau 21
: 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
Leonard "Gerritss" Gerritss shoved from the cutoff for 70,574 and Mathias "Cashcid Linc" Maasberg three-bet shoved for more from the button for "Sintoras" to make the call in the small blind for the 325,176 they had behind while the big blind quickly got out of their way.
Leonard "Gerritss" Gerritss: 
"Sintoras": 
Mathias "Cashcid Linc" Maasberg: 
The flop came 
for Maasberg to hit a straight immediately.
The turn was the 
to leave both opponents drawing dead as the river completed the board with the 
for Maasberg to burst the bubble with the double knockout while "Sintoras" min-cashed as they held the bigger stack than Gerritss.
The chip counts and a recap are to follow.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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1,878,814 | 266,790 |
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Eliminé | |
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Eliminé | |
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Ruijs Busts Before the Bubble
Niveau 21
: 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
Thiago "KKremate" Crema raised to 33,440 in the last hand of the previous level and Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs three-bet to 376,000 from the big blind, keeping 19,532 behind. Crema four-bet for Ruijs to call for the rest.
Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs: 
Thiago "KKremate" Crema: 
The flop came 
for both of them to pick up the gutshot to a straight.
The turn was the 
which didn't change things and the river completed the board with the 
for Crema to stay ahead with the higher kicker to bust Ruijs to get to tournament to the bubble and hand-for-hand play.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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1,807,204 | 540,707 |
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1,391,190 | -109,901 |
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684,780 | |
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455,792 | 95,385 |
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312,078 | |
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216,885 | -404,551 |
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Eliminé | |
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Niveau: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,500
Talbot Taken Out by Kotelnikov
Niveau 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Andrey "kot_spartac" Kotelnikov raised to 34,400 from the cutoff and Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot three-bet shoved for 313,296 from the button. The blinds folded and Kotelnikov made the call.
Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot: 
Andrey "kot_spartac" Kotelnikov:
The flop came 
for Tasalbot to hit two pair but Kotelnikov picked up the gutshot to a straight and the flush draw.
The turn was the 
which didn't change things but the 
on the river gave Kotelnikov the upper hand with the flush to bust Talbot before the bubble.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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1,626,937 | 8,200 |
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1,193,467 | 361,296 |
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793,876 | 10,000 |
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501,518 | 5,600 |
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458,612 | 18,000 |
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328,199 | -53,800 |
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Eliminé | |
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Mastelotto Eliminated by "kimokh"
Niveau 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
"kimokh" raised to 35,200 from under the gun and the action folded to Gustavo "22ehnutzz" Mastelotto in the big blind who defended it.
The flop came 
, Mastelotto check-called for his tournament life and his last 70,236 when "kimokh" bet enough to put him all-in.
Gustavo "22ehnutzz" Mastelotto:
"kimokh": 
They had both flopped two pair but Mastelotto was ahead with the higher kicker until the 
came on the turn to give "kimokh" the higher two pair.
The river completed the board with the to seal the deal.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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1,774,404 | 181,966 |
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1,032,818 | 57,140 |
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897,652 | 121,980 |
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798,459 | -67,190 |
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416,558 | |
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232,938 | -13,000 |
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Eliminé | |
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Vieira Falls to "NutsInMacadá"
Niveau 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
"NutsInMacadá" shoved from the small blind for Joao "Naza114" Vieira to call for the 230,424 he had behind in the big blind.
Joao "Naza114" Vieira:
"NutsInMacadá"; 
The board ran out 
for "NutsInMacadá" to flop a pair and improve to two pair on the turn to eliminate Vieira.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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1,618,737 | 423,121 |
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832,171 | 27,225 |
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783,876 | 488,309 |
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495,918 | -142,628 |
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440,612 | -309,597 |
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381,999 | -58,830 |
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349,296 | -166,718 |
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Eliminé | |
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Shakerchi Eliminated by Petrone
Niveau 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi shoved from under the gun for 138,711 and Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone three-bet shoved for 466,668 for the rest of the table to fold.
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi: 
Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone:
The board ran out 
for Petrone to stay ahead and even improve to top pair on the river to bust Shakerchi.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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1,612,024 | 54,674 |
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645,379 | 169,461 |
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613,802 | 613,802 |
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590,151 | -31,250 |
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469,434 | -10,742 |
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223,849 | -16,250 |
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184,838 | -257,274 |
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Eliminé | |
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