Welcome to Day 1 of the WCOOP-10-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller]
On the third day of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker 2020 (WCOOP), the first of six events with a five-figure buy-in awaits as Day 1 of the WCOOP-10-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller] kicks off at 1.05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The tournament comes with a guarantee of $1,000,000 and will certainly attract some of the biggest names in the world of online poker.
As usual, the flagship events on PokerStars feature a slow structure and the late registration is available for the first 5 hours and 5 minutes of play. During that period, players can re-enter up to two times and the tournament features a starting stack of 250,000.
The first 18 levels are 20-minutes long whereas the duration for the remainder of the event beyond that then increases to 30 minutes each. An initial time bank of 60 seconds is granted and 10 seconds will be added for each hour of play.
This event will play down to a champion throughout two days and Day 1 will wrap up once the money bubble has burst. One day later, all survivors will return at 1.05 p.m. EST to then determine a winner and the final table in this 8-max format will commence when nine players remain. All finalists will receive an additional 90 seconds of time bank.
The PokerNews live reporting team will provide all he action from start to finish, and the final day will also be broadcasted on the PokerStars Twitch channel with cards-up coverage on a delay of at least 20 minutes.
flop and 70,400 on the 
turn,both of which Boivin check-called. 
river, Boivin check-called all-in for 237,276 and tabled 
for top two pair while Talbot only had 
for top pair and top kicker.
for top pair and top kicker the next hand and it was then Mike "SirWatts" Watson who ended up at risk preflop against Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen.
and Watson turned the nut flush to double.
flop ended any hope of an upset by Hollink as the meaningless 
turn and 
of Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov as he got there on the 
board.
flop and check-called the shove for 91,675 on the 
river was a blank as Martirosian regained the lead.
river for 356,086 and was good with 
, then re-entered for the third and final bullet.
river and Boivin was eliminated.
and "fd39" check-raised from 50,000 to 200,000 with 117,991 behind, then called all-in when being raised.
