Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes raised to 400,000 from the hijack and "Francois2323" three-bet shoved from the cutoff for 4,705,057 for the rest to fold and Moraes to make the call.
"Francois2323":
Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes:
The board ran out for Moraes to hold with the ace-kicker to bust "Francois2323".
"cladarth" raised to 400,00 from the early position and "VaiMo´85" called from the middle position while the rest folded.
The flop came , "cladarth" check-called the 530,000 bet of "VaiMo´85".
The turn was the , "VaiMo´85" bet 1,300,000 and was check-called by "cladarth".
The river completed the board with the , "cladarth" checked for the last time. "VaiMo´85" shoved for 5,814,536 which was called. "VaiMo´85" tabled the for the bluff while "cladarth" held the for two pair.
While there were already only 80 players left, there was still one hand going on while the rest had gone on a break for Day 3.
"Pentakilator" raised to 550,000 from the hijack and Igor "Garrin4e" Yaroshevskyy three-bet to 1,675,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to "Pentakilator" who made the call.
The flop came , "Pentakilator" check-called the 1,304,325 bet of Yaroshevskyy.
The turn was the , "Pentakilator" checked again. This time, Yaroshevskyy barreled a bet of 3,000,000 into the pot and was called again.
The river completed the board with the , "Pentakilator" checked for the last time. Yaroshevskyy shoved for "Pentakilator" to dive deep into the tank. After a while, they opted to call for the 7,789,388 they had behind. Yaroshevskyy tabled the for the missed flush draw for "Pentakilator" to double up for the chip lead with the for two pair.
After 8.5 hours of play on Day 2, the PokerStars WCOOP-72-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] has come to an end with 80 players making it through to Day 3. Day 1 attracted 6,500 entries and before the start of the day, another 605 entries were collected to get to 7,105 in total to create a prize pool of $3,552,500 which smashed the original $2,000,000 guarantee which was set.
Poland's "Pentakilator" claimed the chip lead in the final hand of the night when they doubled through Igor "Garrin4e" Yaroshevskyy with the flopped two pair when the latter tried to bluff the former off the hand. "Pentakilator" will come back for Day 3 with 28,139,926 in chips which will be worth 113 big blinds. They are followed in the top five by "S.N.I.N.1" (22,901,193), "ZAR84" (20,462,671), "shusiu11" (18,830,047), and a more familiar name and face to the poker world: Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver virtually bagged 18,593,495 for Day 3.
But there are many more notable players left, Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher, Saymon "Saymon9" Nascimento, Mats "Matsull" Ullereng, Evan "PURPLE"K"99" Parkes, Day 1 chip leader Guilherme "Guizãoo_" Carmo, Victor "vituhu3" Macedo, Henrique "Galochina10" Coutinho, and Alexis "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Zervos have all bagged an above average stack.
WCOOP-72-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
"Pentakilator"
Poland
28,139,926
113
2
"S.N.I.N.1"
Moldova
22,901,193
92
3
"ZAR84"
Germany
20,462,671
82
4
"shusiu11"
Hungary
18,830,047
75
5
Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver
United States
18,593,495
74
6
Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes
Brazil
18,183,738
73
7
"kirbyi17"
Germany
18,043,051
72
8
"ross_654"
Mexico
17,737,265
71
9
"cladarth"
Poland
16,801,506
67
10
Oscar "owilson25" Ramirez
Honduras
16,408,470
66
Today's Action
With all those extra entries, the tournament kicked off with 2,611 players who would all be trying to fight their way to the top 863 as that would mean that they would cash for at least $1,141. The players dropped like flies on the road to the money. Former WCOOP Main Event Champion Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff busted in the first level of the day and was followed by many familiar names.
Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon, Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich, Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, Michael "merla888" Gathy, Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza, Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert, and Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot are just some of the players to bust before the first break of the day.
In the end, it would take just over five hours for the field to be reduced to the final 80 players who will return for Day 3 at 7:05 p.m. CEST on Tuesday, September 22. The returning players will finish the last 16 minutes of Level 38 which has a small blind of 125,000, a big blind of 250,000 with a running ante of 32,500. After this level is done, the duration will go back up to 25 minutes each and play will continue until the final table has been reached.
All players have secured at least $3,177 but they will all be wanting to reach the final table where they will win at least $33,638 while the first-place comes with a prize of $504,584 and PokerNews will be there from the first bustout throught the climb through the pay ladder so make sure to follow along.