A shiny PokerStars WCOOP 2021 trophy and six-figure top prize is up for grabs on the final table of Event WCOOP-42-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max]. The tournament came up just shy of meeting the $700,000 guarantee and attracted a field of 136 entries, of which nine players remain.
The UK's Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman will return as the chip leader with a stack of more than 8.7 million and he is followed by Dutchman Tom "Daenarys T" Vogelsang and Russia's "CrazyLissy", who can regularly be found involved in the high-stakes competitions on PokerStars. "CrazyLissy" is one of several former WCOOP champions left in contention as they took down WCOOP-61-H: $2,100 NLHE event in 2019 for $115,509.
Other former WCOOP winners in the mix include Andras "probirs" Nemeth, Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood, and Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov. Mixed game specialist and EPT Main Event champion Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich, Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic and Jargo "bungakat" Alavali complete the final table line-up.
Final Table Line-Up 2021 WCOOP-42-H: $5,200 NLHE
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman | United Kingdom | 8,743,954 | 109 |
| 2 | Tom "Daenarys T" Vogelsang | Netherlands | 5,998,776 | 75 |
| 3 | CrazyLissy | Russia | 4,810,045 | 60 |
| 4 | Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich | Poland | 4,792,143 | 60 |
| 5 | Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic | Germany | 3,049,005 | 38 |
| 6 | Jargo "bungakat" Alavali | Estonia | 2,369,556 | 30 |
| 7 | Andras "probirs" Nemeth | Hungary | 1,807,709 | 23 |
| 8 | Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood | Canada | 1,596,192 | 20 |
| 9 | Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov | Russia | 832,620 | 10 |
The action is set to resume at 1.05 pm Eastern Standard Time with blinds of 35,000/70,000 and a running ante of 8,750. Once the current level is completed, the duration will increase to 30 minutes each. All finalists have $20,153 locked up for their efforts so far but the winner is slated to take home $146,932.
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