Luis "luis_faria" Faria Leads Final Nine in the $10,300 NLH WCOOP Main Event
After only five hours of play on the virtual felt, Luis "luis_faria" Faria holds a commanding chip lead in the $10,300 NLH World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event on PokerStars. Day 3 saw 39 surviving players from a field of 760 play down to the final nine and they will return on Wednesday, November 9 at 5:30 GMT to battle for the lion’s share of a $7,600,000 prize pool.
Faria came into the day as the chip leader and stayed in the top part of the leaderboard for most of it. In the final hand Faria's ace-jack out-kicked the king-jack for "DingeBrinker" to send them out on the final table bubble and skyrocket his stack to 46,185,847, good for 132 big blinds.
The Portugal native has an impressive poker resume and is no stranger to these spots. With over $800,000 in live tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob, Faria will look to close out Day 4 with the title and best his previous all-time biggest score of $213,561.
$10,300 WCOOP Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis "luis_faria" Faria | Portugal | 46,185,847 | 132 |
| 2 | "yAAwn" | Canada | 33,216,304 | 95 |
| 3 | "YannickPoker1" | Austria | 22,147,761 | 63 |
| 4 | "Prudently" | Denmark | 21,911,685 | 63 |
| 5 | "kZhh" | Hungary | 17,481,653 | 50 |
| 6 | "SerVlaMin" | Denmark | 17,345,467 | 50 |
| 7 | "Ant1K1lller" | Kyrgyzstan | 13,481,399 | 38 |
| 8 | Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos | Spain | 10,912,098 | 31 |
| 9 | "boerni21" | Hungary | 7,317,786 | 21 |
Day 3 Action
The action was fast and furious to start the day with 15 eliminations within only one hour of play. Chris "Moorman1" Moorman was one of the unfortunate players to hit the rail early on when his kings fell short to the flopped ace for "kZhh", sending Moorman out in 28th place.
It only took less than two hours to go from 27 players down to the final 16. "Musa8887" picked up pocket jacks and moved in for roughly eight big blinds and was called by "SerVlaMin" who held king-queen. When the board fanned out a queen it was the end of the road for "Musa8887" in 17th place.
A short while later Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian found himself short and moved all in with ace-jack against the pocket eights for "boerni21". The two were off to the races but when the board ran out nine-high the dream was over for Papazian as he finished in 13th place for $82,277.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,293,825 |
| 2 | $950,078 |
| 3 | $697,658 |
| 4 | $512,302 |
| 5 | $376,192 |
| 6 | $276,244 |
| 7 | $202,850 |
| 8 | $148,956 |
| 9 | $122,217 |
The remaining nine players are guaranteed a payday of $122,217 but all eyes will be on the $1,293,825 top prize. Day 4 continues on Wednesday, November 9th at 5:30 p.m. GMT. Blinds will resume at 175,000/350,000 with an ante of 45,000 and play will continue until there is a winner.
Be sure to keep it here with the PokerNews live reporting team for updates on all the final table action as it happens.
, "DingeBrinker" continued for 1,245,000 and Faria moved all in, covering the 8,088,648 remaining for "DingeBrinker", who quickly called. 
it was the ace-jack for Faria that held to send "DingeBrinker" out in 10th place. 
and Muehloecker continued for 337,500, which Faria called. On the 
turn Muehloecker kept up the aggression with a bet of 945,000 and again Faria made the call. 
completed the board and Muehloecker moved all in for 1,467,809. Faria went deep in the tank, using close to 30 seconds of his time bank, before eventually clicking the call button. Muehloecker revealed 
for eight-high while Faria tabled 
for bottom pair and the winning hand, sending Muehloecker out in 11th place.
and the ace-queen held for "Prudently" to send "KojGysto" to the exit in 12th place.
and the pocket queens for "Prudently" eliminated "Bo$$ D4wg" in 18th place.