Jargo "bungakat" Alavali opened for 65,400 from the lojack and was called by "nikolaaaa1234" from the cutoff. Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov three-bet to 150,000 with just 14,332 behind from the big blind. Alavali four-bet to 1,483,154. "nikolaaaa1234" called off for 872,855 and Koliakov called off as well.
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov:
"nikolaaaa1234":
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali:
The board gave Alavali a full house and there were just 72 players remaining with the day ending when the action is further reduced to 63 players.
Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva opened for 68,100 from the cutoff and was called by Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic from the small blind.
Smiljkovic check-called for 226,400 on the flop before check-calling again for 769,896 on the turn. The completed the board on the river and Smiljkovic bet before Silva jammed. Smiljkovic called off for 2,320,335 for the largest pot of the day so far.
Silva turned over for broadway which was more than enough to oust Smiljkovic who held .
"Hymn2Ninkasi" also hit the rail to leave just 65 players remaining in the field.
"spaise411" opened for 70,000 from the hijack before "LoosControl" three-bet jammed for 1,061,073 from the cutoff. Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet cold-called from the big blind and "spaise411" folded.
"LoosControl":
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet:
Van Fleet won the flip on the board and the action was hand-for-hand on the bubble with 64 players remaining and 63 players getting paid at least a $2,138 min-cash in addition to any bounties collected.
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali opened for 76,300 from the button before he called a three-bet jam by "dBlock34" from the big blind.
"dBlock34":
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali:
Alavali ousted "dBlock34" in 64th place on the bubble with a set on the board.
Also eliminated on another table in the money was "flerrehuve" in 63rd place when their was no good against the held by "Eleres88" with their opponent nailing trips on the board.
Stay tuned at PokerNews for the final Day 1 chip counts and the recap of the opening day.
The 2021 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) roared ahead on Thursday at PokerStars with the WCOOP 51-H: $2,100 Thursday Thrill attracting 480 entries for a $960,000 prize pool to smash to $800,000 guarantee by 20 percent.
The action was down to just 62 hopefuls by the end of the day, each of whom will advance to Day 2 just making the money with a $2,138 min-cash in their pocket along with any bounties collected along the way.
Brazil's Eduardo "Eduardo850" Silva will advance to Day 2 as the chip leader after winning a massive pot with Broadway for the nuts near the end of the day when his opponent was betting into him the entire way.
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet is just behind Silva and he also ended the day on a high note after ousting "LoosControl" one away from the bubble.
Just behind this duo is Brazil's "Eleres88", who eliminated "flerrehuve" on the final hand of the day when his ace-queen got there against big slick. "fierrehuve" still made the money in 63rd place as "dBlock32" was out on the bubble at the same time on a different table when their ace-seven suited didn't get there against the tens held by Jargo "bungakat" Alavali.
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford, Ilya "thienlao21" Korobkin, and Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa were also among the players to bag big one Day 1.
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
Spragg Advances to Day 2
Lex Veldhuis and Ben Spragg
Six PokerStars Ambassadors got into the action on Day 1. Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis and newly annoited PokerStars Team Pro Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes fired the three maximum bullets only to come up empty while Felix "xflixx" Schneiders had the same result with two bullets and both Fintan "easywithaces" Hand and Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot failed to find a bag after firing a single bullet.
Things went better for Ben "Spraggy" Spragg who was the sole PokerStars Ambassador to advance to Day 2 with at least a min-cash in hand, although he will enter Day 2 with one of the shorter stacks of 796,810.
Final Day Schedule
The 62 surviving players will have a day off before the action resumes on Saturday, Sept. 4 at 5:05 p.m. GMT. The blinds will resume with the remainder of Level 17 (17,500/35,000/4,500a) and increase every 25 minutes until a winner is crowned.
Stay tuned at PokerNews to see who will win the WCOOP-51-H: $2,100 Thursday Thrill at PokerStars.
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