Day 3 of the $10,300 NLH WCOOP Main Event Kicks Off Soon!
Welcome to Day 3 of $10,300 NLH World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event on PokerStars. After two days of action that saw 760 entries create a prize pool of $7,600,000, the final 39 will return today at 5:30 p.m. GMT to play down to a final table where the winner will take home $1,293,825.
Portugal's Luis "luis_faria" Faria is the chip leader after a big hand late in Day 2 brought him well above the field and close to the 20 million mark. Faria is followed by "Ant1K1lller" in second and UK's "SerVlaMin" in third. Other Day 3 qualifiers include high stakes regular Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Chris "Moorman1" Moorman, and Austrian native Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker. Day 3 players are guaranteed a minimum payout of $37,288 with the next pay jump being at 31st place for $45,447.
$10,300 WCOOP Main Event Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis "luis_faria" Faria | Portugal | 17,305,040 | 216 |
| 2 | "Ant1K1lller" | Kyrgyzstan | 10,848,448 | 135 |
| 3 | "SerVlaMin" | United Kingdom | 9,740,081 | 121 |
| 4 | "YannickPoker1" | Austria | 9,531,082 | 119 |
| 5 | Jans "Graftekkel" Arends | Netherlands | 9,503,679 | 119 |
| 6 | Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker | Austria | 8,997,668 | 112 |
| 7 | Anderson "saiiizika" Lima | Brazil | 7,868,126 | 98 |
| 8 | Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos | Spain | 7,497,056 | 93 |
| 9 | "3betwizkid" | United Kingdom | 7,410,860 | 92 |
| 10 | "boerni21" | Hungary | 7,337,791 | 91 |
Day 3 will resume on Level 27 with blinds at 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante. The action will continue until there is a final table and will resume on Day 4. Day 4's final table will take place on Wednesday, November 9 at 5:30 p.m. GMT.
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and Mateos check-called a bet of 343,200 from "Ant1K1lller". On the 
turn Mateos checked again and "Ant1K1lller" sized up to 888,000. Mateos took a moment before putting in a check-raise to 2,480,000 and "Ant1K1lller" went into the tank. After close to 30 seconds of thought, "Ant1K1lller" made the fold and the early pot was shipped to Mateos.
and both players checked their options to the 
turn. "Ant1K1lller" checked to "SerVlaMin" who bet out 225,000 and without much thought, "Ant1K1lller" put in a check-raise to 1,035,000. "SerVlaMin" weighed their options but in the end made the call and the 
hit the river. 
for ace-high and the ace of clubs blocker while "SerVlaMin" scooped the pot with 
for the second nut flush.
