WCOOP-02-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam], $1.5M Gtd
Day 2 Completed
PokerStars WCOOP 2020
WCOOP-02-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam], $1.5M Gtd
Day: 2
Event Info
Level 32
: 175,000/350,000, 45,000 ante
After starting the final day of WCOOP-02-H: $10,300 [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam] as the chip leader, Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev has also closed it out as the new WCOOP champion by defeating Mike "SirWatts" Watson heads-up for $400,495 which includes a whopping $247,813 in bounties.
Danchev is no stranger to the PokerStars events, the 2013 PCA Main Event winner has had many successes before, with almost $5 million in live cashes and a similar amount online, and gets to add another massive score here today in addition to his first WCOOP title.
In addition to Danchev and Watson, the final table was filled with the crème de la crème of the poker world with players like Joao "Naza114" Vieira, Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez, and Jans "Graftekkel" Arends on there too for example.
WSOOP-02-H: $10,300 [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam] Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev | Bulgaria | $247,813 | $152,682 | $400,495 |
| 2 | Mike "SirWatts" Watson | Canada | $45,781 | $152,682 | $198,463 |
| 3 | Joao "Naza114" Vieira | Portugal | $32,031 | $103,149 | $135,180 |
| 4 | Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez | Spain | $32,188 | $79,851 | $112,039 |
| 5 | "663Daur" | Kazakhstan | $11,250 | $61,816 | $73,066 |
| 6 | Ryhor "Grisha813" Karapanau | Belarus | $13,750 | $47,854 | $61,604 |
| 7 | Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts | Belgium | $13,125 | $37,045 | $50,170 |
| 8 | Jans "Graftekkel" Arends | Netherlands | $26,563 | $28,678 | $55,241 |
| 9 | Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak | Ukraine | $16,875 | $23,608 | $40,483 |
Action of the day
The 17 players who returned today were all secured a share of the $1,500,000 guaranteed prize pool but were all battling for a bigger portion and some more bounties for their bankrolls at the start of this year's WCOOP series. After the first elimination of the day, Danchev knocked both "serggorelyi7" and Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson out in one hand to increase his chip lead even further.
What followed was a bunch of double-ups and eliminations with Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, Rob "batoelrob" Hollink, "Aleks Better", and Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot busting within a few minutes of each other. The final table bubble lasted one hand where Patrick "pads1161" Leonard lost all his chips to Vieira.
Almost an hour after the tournament started, the field was down to the final nine players with Danchev holding a stack of more than three times as big as Watson who was in second place by then. Watson took out Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak before Arends fell in eighth place. Vieira busted him in a three-way all-in situation where Vieira claimed more of Danchev's chips after having doubled up already just before.
Danchev lost his chip lead for a while with it switching to Fernandez and then Vieira who kept building his stack while Ryhor "Grisha813" Karapanau and Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts fell. Five-handed play lasted 90 minutes where Danchev managed to get his chip lead back when he flopped a wheel against Vieira.
"663Daur" busted to Fernandez before the latter fell a few minutes later to Watson when he got out-kicked. Vieira managed to win one all-in but then got all his chips in on the river when he had hit two pair but Danchev had rivered the straight to get the tournament to the heads-up stage with him having over 70% of the chips in play.
Even though Watson managed to get some extra chips at the start, he raise-called the three-bet shove of Danchev with king-queen and saw he was up against the ace-seven of the latter. The eight-nine-six-trey-five run-out of the board gave Danchev a straight to win it all, claim Watson's bounty, keep his own, and earn all the bragging rights.
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Level 32
: 175,000/350,000, 45,000 ante
Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev limped in on the button and Mike "SirWatts" Watson raised to 1,225,000 for Danchev to three-bet shove and Watson to call for the 9,738,891 he had behind.
Mike "SirWatts" Watson: 
Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev: 
The board ran out 
for Danchev to stay ahead throughout the board and even improve to a straight on the river to bust Watson in second place for $152,682 and $45,781 in bounties while Danchev wins $152,682 and $247,813 in bounties.
A recap is to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000,000
9,783,891
|
9,783,891 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 32
: 175,000/350,000, 45,000 ante
Mike "SirWatts" Watson raised to 700,000 from the button and Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev called.
They both checked through the 
flop to the 
on the turn. Danchev bet 1,862,500 which Watson called.
The river completed the board with the 
and Danchev bet 3,911,250 for Watson to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
24,216,109
2,330,000
|
2,330,000 |
|
|
9,783,891
-2,330,000
|
-2,330,000 |
Level: 32
Blinds: 175,000/350,000
Ante: 45,000
Level 31
: 150,000/300,000, 37,500 ante
In the sixth hand of heads-up play, Mike "SirWatts" Watson limped in on the button and Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev opted to check.
They both checked through the 
flop to the 
on the turn. Danchev check-raised the 337,500 bet of Watson to 2,025,000 and was called.
The river completed the board with the , Danchev checked for the last time and Watson barreled a bet of 2,362,500 over the line for Danchev to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,886,109
-2,850,000
|
-2,850,000 |
|
|
12,113,891
2,850,000
|
2,850,000 |
Level 31
: 150,000/300,000, 37,500 ante
Joao "Naza114" Vieira raised to 600,000 from the button and was called by Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev in the big blind.
They both checked through the 
flop to the 
on the turn. Danchev bet 1,096,875 which Vieira called.
The river completed the board with the 
and Danchev shoved. Vieira called for the 5,013,122 he had left with the 
for two pair but Danchev held 
for the straight to bust Vieira in third place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
24,736,109
5,584,997
|
5,584,997 |
|
|
9,263,891
1,950,000
|
1,950,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 31
: 150,000/300,000, 37,500 ante
Mike "SirWatts" Watson raised to 600,000 from the button and Joao "Naza114" Vieira defended his big blind.
Vieira check-called the 365,625 continuation-bet of Watson on the 
flop to see the 
on the turn. They both checked through the and the for Vieira to pick up the pot with the 
for the flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,151,112
-187,500
|
-187,500 |
|
|
7,534,997
1,190,625
|
1,190,625 |
|
|
7,313,891
-1,003,125
|
-1,003,125 |
Level 31
: 150,000/300,000, 37,500 ante
Mike "SirWatts" Watson raised to 1,050,000 from the small blind and Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev defended his big blind.
The flop came 
, Watson check-called the 900,000 bet of Danchev.
They both checked through the on the turn to the 
on the river. Watson bet 1,023,750 for Danchev to raise it up to 4,800,000 which Watson called. Danchev tabled the for the flush and the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,338,612
6,615,000
|
6,615,000 |
|
|
8,317,016
-6,757,500
|
-6,757,500 |
|
|
6,344,372
142,500
|
142,500 |
Level: 31
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 37,500