WCOOP-39-H: $5,200 NLHE [Progressive KO, High Roller]
Day 2 Completed
PokerStars WCOOP 2020
WCOOP-39-H: $5,200 NLHE [Progressive KO, High Roller]
Day: 2
Event Info
Level 32
: 175,000/350,000, 45,000 ante
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt is considered as one of the best online MTT players in the world with over $20 million in cashes and has just won his second WCOOP title in the PokerStars WCOOP-39-H: $5,200 NLHE [Progressive KO, High Roller] for a combined amount of $201,055 which includes a whopping $99,805 in bounties.
This result here today is one of his biggest on PokerStars with his recent win in the Stadium Series for $230,435 still ahead in the ranks of his many tournament wins. Astedt defeated Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin heads-up to prevent him from winning his fifth WCOOP title.
Other familiar names to join the two on the final table were Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, Manuel "fellatiado" Ruivo, and Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov.
WCOOP-39-H: $5,200 NLHE [Progressive KO, High Roller] Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niklas "Lena900" Astedt | Sweden | $99,805 | $101,250 | $201,055 |
| 2 | Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin | Russia | $19,648 | $101,250 | $120,898 |
| 3 | "wesoly78" | Poland | $18,281 | $67,822 | $86,103 |
| 4 | Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph | Germany | $15,625 | $52,218 | $67,843 |
| 5 | "bayaraa1002" | Mongolia | $9,375 | $40,204 | $49,579 |
| 6 | Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis | United Kingdom | $10,313 | $30,954 | $41,267 |
| 7 | Manuel "fellatiado" Ruivo | Portugal | $20,547 | $23,833 | $44,380 |
| 8 | Igor "Garrin4e" Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | $2,500 | $18,349 | $20,849 |
| 9 | Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov | Bulgaria | $14,219 | $14,127 | $28,346 |
The tournament attracted 173 entries from 124 unique players to the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool with 20 of them cashing and making it through to Day 2. As soon as the tournament started, there was no shortage of action. Astedt doubled up through "Serebity_p" to make him the table chip leader before Patrick "pads1161" Leonard busted as the absolute short stack of the day.
Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov, Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts, "Serebity_p", "mmetsla", and "girafganger7" all busted in the first level too. "3DTemujiN", "Aleks Better", "TNDynamite", and Jens "Knossi" Knossalla were all eliminated before Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov became the final table bubble when he fell to Ruivo.
At that point, Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis and "bayaraa1002" were in the lead but Rudolph quickly took it away when he shoved on "Pwndidi". Ruivo claimed another bounty when he took out Dimov to leave Astedt and Tremzin as the two shortest stacks on the table. Several double-ups happened while Rudolph kept increasing his chip lead.
Ruivo then tripled up to leave Igor "Garrin4e" Yaroshevskyy short who then lost their remaining chips to Rudolph. But Ruivo couldn't keep hold of those chips as he lost them to Tremzin next. Astedt jumped towards the top of the counts behind Rudolph when he took out Theologis and then overtook him and didn't look back.
Tremzin was the shortest stack but won every all-in from that point onwards to stick around while Astedt kept the pressure on the remaining players. "bayaraa1002" busted before the final break of the day in which Rudolph gone in with just over a big blind. He managed to double up but then did bust to Astedt shortly after with Day 1 chip leader "wesoly78" gone in third place.
The heads-up battle was a quick one with no significant hands occurring until the 23rd hand when Tremzin defended after Astedt had raised. The eight-nine-ten flop gave Tremzin top pair who decided to check-shove when Astedt continued with a bet and was called by Astedt who had hit two pair with the ten-nine in his hand. The turn pair the board up for Tremzin to pick up two outs to chop the pot and try again but he bricked the river.
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Level 32
: 175,000/350,000, 45,000 ante
The heads-up battle was fast and furious with no hands going to showdown.
In 23rd hand of the battle, Niklas "Lena900" Astedt raised to 700,000 from the button and Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin defended.
The flop came 
, Tremzin checked and Astedt continued with a bet of 894,000. Tremzin decided to put his tournament life at risk and shoved for 7,106,188 which Astedt called.
Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin: 
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt: 
Tremzin had hit top pair and picked up a gutshot to a straight while Astedt had hit two pair.
The turn was the 
to keep Astedt ahead and give Tremzin some chopping outs but the river completed the board with the 
instead to knock him out as the runner-up for $101,250 plus 19,648 in bounties while Astedt laid claim to $101,250 too but $99,805 in bounties.
A recap is to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,250,000
7,314,488
|
7,314,488 |
|
Busted |
Level 30
: 125,000/250,000, 32,500 ante
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt shoved from the small blind and "wesoly78" called in the big blind for the 3,605,914 they had behind.
"wesoly78": 
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt: 
The board ran out 
for Astedt to flop two pair immediately to bust "wesoly78" in third place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,935,512
3,886,114
|
3,886,114 |
|
|
7,314,488
1,084,800
|
1,084,800 |
|
Busted | |
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Level 30
: 125,000/250,000, 32,500 ante
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt raised to 700,000 from under the gun and Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph three-bet shoved from the small blind for 1,046,272 for Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin to fold his big blind but Astedt called.
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph: 
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt: 
The board ran out 
for the river to give Astedt two pair to bust Rudolph in fourth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,049,398
1,531,272
|
1,531,272 |
|
|
6,229,688
-395,000
|
-395,000 |
|
|
4,970,914
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level 30
: 125,000/250,000, 32,500 ante
In the third hand after the break, Niklas "Lena900" Astedt shoved from the button and Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph called in the big blind for the 368,136 he had left.
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph: 
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt; 
The board ran out 
for Rudolph to double up with the rivered pair of fives.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,518,126
381,864
|
381,864 |
|
|
6,624,688
-310,000
|
-310,000 |
|
|
5,015,914
-660,000
|
-660,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,091,272
588,136
|
588,136 |
Level 32
: 175,000/350,000, 45,000 ante
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Level 32
: 175,000/350,000, 45,000 ante
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt shoved from under the gun and was called by Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin in the big blind for the 3,289,844 he had behind.
Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin: 
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt: 
The board ran out 
for Tremzin to flop a set to stay alive just before going into a 5-minute break again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,136,262 | |
|
|
6,934,688 | |
|
|
5,675,914 | |
|
|
||
|
|
503,136 | |
Level: 32
Blinds: 175,000/350,000
Ante: 45,000
Level 30
: 125,000/250,000, 32,500 ante
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt raised to 600,000 form the button and Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph defended his big blind.
The flop came , they both checked to the on the turn. Rudolph check-called the 900,000 bet of Astedt.
The river completed the board with the 
for Rudolph to check-folded to the shove of Astedt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,541,106
3,616,500
|
3,616,500 |
|
|
7,130,914
-1,966,500
|
-1,966,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
5,444,844
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
|
|
2,133,136
-1,050,000
|
-1,050,000 |