WCOOP-51-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $800K Gtd | PokerStars WCOOP 2021

2021-09-04 15:58 UTC

Will Ben "Spraggy" Spragg Stream His Way to Victory in the WCOOP $2K Thursday Thrill?

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After a day off, 62 players will return out of the original field of 480 entrants to battle it out for 2021 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) glory in the second and final day of the WCOOP 51-H: $2,100 Thursday Thrill.

All Day 2 players are in the money with at least a $2,138 min-cash in the bank plus whatever bounties they have already collected. Today's winner will not only be awarded the $74,176 top prize but also a huge bounty at the end that should guarantee at least a six-figure payout.

Brazil's Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva will begin as the table captain with Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet, "Eleres88", Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford, Ilya "thienlao21" Korobkin, and Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa also among the players near the top of the leaderboard.

PokerStars Team Online member Ben "Spraggy" Spragg is also still in the mix and will be streaming the action on his Twitch channel.

2021 WCOOP-51-H: $2,100 Thursday Thrill Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva	Brazil	8,318,217	238
2	Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet	United States	6,915,322	198
3	Eleres88	Brazil	6,905,517	197
4	ShipitFTW911	Sweden	5,886,251	168
5	Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford	United Kingdom	4,595,770	131
6	Remi Lebo_10	Ukraine	4,473,080	128
7	Ilya "thienlao21" Korobkin	Ukraine	3,898,962	111
8	OManstrom	Sweden	3,717,401	106
9	Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa	Estonia	3,606,882	103
10	Assad91	Argentina	3,566,067	102

Final Day Schedule

The action begins at 5:05 p.m. GMT with the remainder of Level 17 (17,500/35,000/4,500a) and the blind increase every 20 minutes there-after. Five-minute breaks are scheduled at 55 minutes past every hour.

Stay tuned at PokerNews to see who will win the WCOOP-51-H: $2,100 Thursday Thrill at PokerStars.

2021-09-04 17:19 UTC

Olivers Ousts Pineda with Cowboys

Jaxon

Nível 18 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver opened for 80,000 from the cutoff. Julian "julianpineda" Pineda three-bet to 240,000 from the button. Oliver four-bet jammed and Pineda called off for 1,424,103.

Julian "julianpineda" Pineda:
Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver:

The board wasn't enough for Pineda and he was one of the early casualties on Day 2.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver	4,458,536 1,686,827	1,686,827
Stevan "random_chu" Chew	Eliminado
Julian "julianpineda" Pineda	Eliminado

2021-09-04 17:22 UTC

Treys No Good for Sandev

Jaxon

Nível 18 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

"Hulaaaa" opened for 87,250 from the cutoff. Georgi "milennial" Sandev three-bet jammed for 718,400 from the small blind and "Hulaaaa" called.

Georgi "milennial" Sandev:
"Hulaaaa":

Sandev's treys got no love on the board and he was eliminated in 55th place for $2,138.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Hulaaaa	2,205,347 650,688	650,688
Georgi "milennial" Sandev	Eliminado

2021-09-04 17:27 UTC

Silva Pads Lead After Eliminating Benitez

Jaxon

Nível 18 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Two players were already in the pot with a min-raise and a call when Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez jammed for 983,522 from the small blind. Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva jammed for 8,780,832 from the big blind and the other two players folded.

Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez:
Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva:

Benitez bricked the and was out in 53rd place. Also recently eliminated were "bukharkov777", Tauan "kylix42" Naves, and Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani to leave 50 players remaining.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva	9,964,354 1,646,137	1,646,137

Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez	Eliminado
bukharkov777	Eliminado
Tauan "kylix42" Naves	Eliminado
Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani	Eliminado

2021-09-04 17:36 UTC

End of the Line for Spragg & Rudolph

Jaxon

Nível 19 : 25,000/50,000, 6,250 ante

Ben "Spraggy" Spragg jammed for 212,556 from early position. Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph three-bet jammed for 582,640 from the small blind and "OManstrom" called them both from the big blind.

Ben "Spraggy" Spragg:
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph:
"OManstrom":

All it took was a four on the river on the board for "OManstrom" to eliminate both Spragg and Rudolph in the same hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
OManstrom	5,146,203 1,428,802	1,428,802
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg	Eliminado

Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	Eliminado
Manuel "manuverd0n" Bardon	Eliminado
Ben "jenbizzle" Jones	Eliminado
Aliaksei "ale6ka" Boika	Eliminado

Bert "girafganger7" Stevens	Eliminado

2021-09-04 17:46 UTC

Silva on Fire

Jaxon

Nível 19 : 25,000/50,000, 6,250 ante

Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva has already collected more than $22,000 in bounties in the Thursday Thrill. "Assad91" was his latest victim as follows.

Silva opened for 113,500 from the cutoff before he called a three-bet by "Assad91" to 462,500 from the big blind. Silva called a bet of 329,340 on the flop before he did the same for 904,000 on the turn.

The river completed the board and "Assad91" jammed for 2,217,792. Silva snap-called and won the hand with a set holding to eliminate "Assad91" who held .

Silva had double the chips of his nearest competitor after the hand with 38 players remaining.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva	18,454,239 3,980,632	3,980,632

Assad91	Eliminado

2021-09-04 17:51 UTC

Urbanovich Eliminates Kolonias & Fernandez

Jaxon

Nível 20 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

Just before the blinds increased, Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich opened for 110,000 from the hijack. Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez jammed for 593,260 from the button before Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias four-bet shoved for 1,240,732. Urbanovich called them both and the cards were turned over.

Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez:
Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias:
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich:

Urbanovich was already ahead when he improved to a set of aces on the flop. He ousted both Kolonias and Fernandez at once after neither opponent got back into the hand on the turn and river.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich	4,057,218 1,747,502	1,747,502
Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez	Eliminado
Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias	Eliminado

2021-09-04 18:28 UTC

Van Fleet Ousts "Remi Lebo_10"

Jaxon

Nível 21 : 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante

Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet opened for 210,000 from the small blind before he called a three-bet shove to 1,763,032 by "Remi Lebo_10" from the big blind to 1,763,032.

"Remi Lebo_10":
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet:

Van Fleet's five found a friend on the river after the board to oust "Remi Lebo_10" in 27th place for $3,567 plus another $5,188 in bounties.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet	7,077,299 2,135,782	2,135,782
Remi Lebo_10	Eliminado

2021-09-04 18:48 UTC

Ponakovs Out with a Full House

Jaxon

Nível 22 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Mario "MB TREMENDO" Bonanata opened for 240,000 from the button and was called by Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs from the big blind.

Both players checked the flop. Ponakovs fired out for 435,000 on the turn and Bonanata called. The river completed the board. Ponakovs jammed for 870,301 and got a call.

Ponakovs held for a full house but ran into a massive cooler with Bonatata holding for a better full house.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva	15,511,567 428,000	428,000

Eleres88	12,758,854 6,011,677	6,011,677
Mario "MB TREMENDO" Bonanata	3,190,602 1,894,574	1,894,574
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford	3,102,604 -7,598,427	-7,598,427
Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs	Eliminado

2021-09-04 19:04 UTC

Urbanovich Ousts "peceli" with a Set of Queens

Jaxon

Nível 23 : 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante

"peceli" jamme for 1,316,491 from early position and was called by Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich from the small blind.

"peceli":
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich:

It was a classic race that "peceli" soon fell behind in after Urbanovich nailed a set on the flop. "peceli" was drawing dead on the turn and they officially were eliminated in 24th place after the completed the board to take home $5,857 including $2,500 in bounties.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich	8,015,015 1,503,991	1,503,991
peceli	Eliminado