PokerStars WCOOP 2021

The UK's Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman entered the final table of WCOOP-42-H: $5,200 NLHE as the chip leader and went wire-to-wire in order to become the latest winner of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). It was the first WCOOP title for Peterman, who has been based in Costa Rica for several years. The tournament attracted a field of 136 entries, which came up short of covering the $700,000 guarantee by four entries.

Peterman made the most of the minor overlay and claimed the top prize of $146,932 after defeating Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic in a short-lived heads-up battle. The nine-handed final table was filled with numerous WCOOP champions, a club which Peterman has now joined after wrapping up the business end of the tournament in under three and a half hours.

The multiple WCOOP winners Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood, Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich, and Andras "probirs" Nemeth were also among the contenders as well but came up short of going all the way.

Final Result PokerStars WCOOP 2021 WCOOP-42-H: $5,200 NLHE

Peterman Goes Wire-To-Wire on the Final Table

Peterman led the pack with a stack of 109 big blinds and the first hour brought no eliminations at all. Andras "probirs" Nemeth and Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov scored double ups to remain in contention but were then sent to the rail in consecutive hands to reduce the field to the final seven hopefuls.

Jargo "bungakat" Alavali was the next to fall when he ran with king-jack into the ace-king suited of Tom "Daenarys T" Vogelsang and it was also the Dutchman who sent "CrazyLissy" to the rail in order to take over the lead from Peterman. However, Peterman then claimed several bigger pots to storm into a commanding lead with half of the chips in play. Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic doubled twice through Vogelsang and knocked out Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich.

Vogelsang was the next to fall and once more it was Smiljkovic who dealt the final blow. Three-handed play was a brief affair as Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood failed to get there with a suited ace against the pocket pair of Peterman. For the final hand of the tournament, the roles were reversed as Peterman four-bet jammed a suited ace into the pocket tens of Smiljkovic. An ace on the turn sealed the victory for the Costa Rica based MTT grinder.

That wraps up the PokerNews live updates for this event but the next high-stakes contest of the WCOOP 2021 is just around the corner.

Through a series of hands, Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic was able to build his stack to around 8.8 million but couldn't threaten the comfortable lead of Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman just yet.

It was then Peterman who opened to 550,000 on the button and Smiljkovic three-bet to 2.1 million with some 6.6 million behind. Peterman gave it some thought and moved all-in to pick up a snap-call.

Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic:
Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman:

The flop kept Smiljkovic in the lead but Peterman improved thanks to the turn. None of the remaining two tens appeared thereafter but the on the river, ending the run of Smiljkovic in second place for $113,745. Peterman, who had started the final table as the chip leader, went all the way and secured the top prize of $146,932, the WCOOP trophy and title along with it.

A recap of today's action is to follow.

Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman raised the button to 550,000 and picked up a call by Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic in the big blind. The German check-raised the flop to 1,070,000 and earned a call. Peterman then checked behind on the turn and river to get shown for quads.

Peterman struck back with a min-raise of his own in a limped pot to the flop, making it 768,555 to go. Smiljkovic called and also obliged when Peterman bet the turn for 1,471,477. The resistance ended on the river when Peterman jammed to take it down uncontested.

The action kicked off with a min-raise to 500,000 by Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman on the button. This prompted a three-bet to 3.5 million by Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood in the small blind, who had some 2.1 million behind. Peterman moved all-in and Greenwood called it off.

Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood:
Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman:

Greenwood made one pair on the runout but that wasn't enough to avoid elimination. He takes home $88,054 for his third place finish.

Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic three-bet to 1.25 million in the small blind and the initial min-raiser Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood came along. The flop was checked and Smiljkovic check-folded the turn to a bet worth 711,875.

Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman limped the small blind and Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood checked his option to the flop, on which Peterman bet 250,000 and received a call.

Peterman also bet the turn for 758,250 to earn another call and the on the river was checked. As the first player to show, Peterman revealed and that was good enough to claim the pot.

Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood made it 440,000 to go on the button and Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman three-bet to 1,565,555 in the big blind, which resulted in a call by Greenwood. They headed to the flop and Peterman got the job done with a bet of 991,833.

Tom "Daenarys T" Vogelsang three-bet jammed twice to boost his stack to more than 3.5 million and then open-jammed the button. This time, he found a customer as Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic went all-in over the top out of the small blind.

Tom "Daenarys T" Vogelsang:
Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic:

On a board of , Smiljkovic made tens full and that spelled the end for Vogelsang in fourth place.