Kovalski Leads $25K WCOOP Super High Roller; Sixth WCOOP Title for Nevanlinna

The 2021 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) showcased its largest buy-in event on the schedule this festival at PokerStars this Sunday, with 15 champions also crowned.

Jussi "calvin7v" Nevanlinna won the sixth WCOOP title of his career. That draws him level with Tobias "Senkel92" Leknes, with only Shaun Deeb (8) and Denis Strebkov (9) having won more.

Meanwhile, former SCOOP Main Event champion Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi won his second WCOOP title.

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Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski Leads Final 15 in the WCOOP $25K Super High Roller

Just 15 players remain from a field of 116 in the WCOOP 34-H: $25,000 Super High Roller with Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski leading the way. He was involved in the largest pot of the day when he eliminated Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood towards the end of the day, when his pocket aces held against the Canadian's ace-king.

Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos andChris "ImDaNuts" Oliver were the only players to bag more than three million in chips.

WCOOP-34-H: $25,000 Super High High Roller Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski	Brazil	5,006,522	125
2	Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas	Hungary	3,159,334	79
3	Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos	Spain	3,054,797	76
4	Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver	United States	3,023,286	76
5	Sintoras	Germany	2,036,861	51
6	Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo	United States	1,960,585	49
7	Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	Germany	1,919,729	48
8	Pedro "PaDiLhA SP" Padilha	Brazil	1,850,440	46
9	kZhh	Hungary	1,609,936	40
10	CrazyLissy	Russia	1,603,416	40

The second and final day will kick off on Monday, Aug. 30 at 5:05 p.m. GMT. PokerStars will be streaming the final table with hole cards exposed on a 30-minute delay. PokerNews will report the final table on the same delay as to not reveal any spoilers.

The blinds will resume with the remainder of Level 20 (20,000/40,000/5,000a) and increase every 30 minutes until a winner is crowned.

Remaining Payouts

Place	Prize
1	$657,557
2	$509,470
3	$394,733
4	$305,835
5	$236,959
6	$183,593
7	$142,247
8	$110,211
9	$87,327
10-12	$69,195
13-15	$54,828

Daniel Smiljkovic Leads 79 Players Going into Day 2 of WCOOP 34-M: $2,100 NLHE

The first day of the WCOOP 34-M: $2,100 NLHE is in the books and 79 players will return for Day 2 to battle in the 2021 World Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) on PokerStars. The $1,000,000 guarantee attracted 614 entries to generate a $1,228,000 prize pool, with $214,339 available to the winner.

Germany’s Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic (pictured)finished a wild Day 1 as chip leader and 78 others will return on Monday August 30 to make a run at the final table. Other notable players to advance to Day 2 were Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle and former Sunday Million Anniversary winner Vanessa "Niffller" Kade .

WCOOP 34-M: $2,100 NLHE Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips
1	Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic	Germany	2,786,887
2	3DTemujin	Kazakhstan	2,530,062
3	Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas	Lithuania	2,181,866
4	Mafews	United Kingdom	2,048,836
5	Znaso	Slovakia	2,001,692
6	Jerry "Perrymejsen" Odeen	Sweden	1,915,770
7	Jordan "bigbluffzinc" Drummond	Canada	1,884,906
8	iamivar	Sweden	1,845,770
9	Carlos "Carster" Chadha	United States	1,844,082
10	Tauan "kylix42" Naves	Brazil	1,822,176

2021 WCOOP Results From August 29

Jussi "calvin7v" Nevanlinna won his sixth WCOOP title in Event 29-H: $2,100 8-Game, with fellow Finn "mahmuttt88" winning their second WCOOP title five years after their first.

There was also a second WCOOP title for former SCOOP Main Event winner Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi who won almost $125,000 in the WCOOP 37-H: $5,200 PKO High Roller.

WCOOP #26-L: $5.50 NLHE [Deep Stack, Freezeout]

Entries	11,099
Prize Pool	$54,385
Winner	JohnnieD47 (Poland)
First-place Prize	$7,165

WCOOP #26-M: $55 NLHE [Deep Stack, Freezeout]

Entries	4,605
Prize Pool$230,250
Winner	Venulaband (Brazil)
First-place Prize	$32,802

WCOOP #26-H: $530 NLHE [Deep Stack, Freezeout]

Entries	610
Prize Pool	$305,000
Winner	mahmuttt88 (Finland)
First-place Prize	$53,840

WCOOP #28-L: $11 NLHE [8-Max, PKO]

Entries	22,494
Prize Pool	$220,441
Winner	iveydoagrest (Brazil)
First-place Prize	$14,519

WCOOP #28-M: $109 NLHE [8-Max, PKO]

Entries	7,304
Prize Pool	$730,400
Winner	makemevision (Ukraine)
First-place Prize	$71,381

WCOOP #28-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, PKO]

Entries	810
Prize Pool	$810,000
Winner	Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura (Peru)
First-place Prize	$113,488

WCOOP #29-L: $22 8-Game [6-Max]

Entries	1,893
Prize Pool	$40,000
Winner	lukaschek.1 (Czech Republic)
First-place Prize	$6,007

WCOOP #29-M: $215 8-Game [6-Max]

Entries	356
Prize Pool	$75,000
Winner	Loveles5 (Norway)
First-place Prize	$13,774

WCOOP #29-H: $2,100 8-Game [6-Max]

Entries	68
Prize Pool	$150,000
Winner	Jussi "calvin7v" Nevanlinna
First-place Prize	$40,486

WCOOP #36-L: $11 NLHE [PKO, Freezeout]

Entries	13,434
Prize Pool	$131,653
Winner	Durabo (Denmark)
First-place Prize	$10,500

WCOOP #36-M: $109 NLHE [PKO, Freezeout]

Entries	4,699
Prize Pool	$469,900
Winner	$uperdecay (Russia)
First-place Prize	$41,121

WCOOP #36-H: $1,050 NLHE [PKO, Freezeout]

Entries	457
Prize Pool	$457,000
Winner	Piggysnipz (Canada)
First-place Prize	$74,348

WCOOP #37-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max, Turbo, PKO, Mini Sunday Cooldown SE]

Entries	9,170
Prize Pool	$458,500
Winner	anth0nypappa (Hungary)
First-place Prize	$42,464

WCOOP #37-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Turbo, PKO, Sunday Cooldown SE]

Entries	1,243
Prize Pool	$621,500
Winner	"0PIGGYBANK" (Austria)
First-place Prize	$79,352

WCOOP #37-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Turbo, PKO, High Roller]

Entries	116
Prize Pool	$580,000
Winner	Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi (United Kingdom)
First-place Prize	$124,687

In-Play

Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson leads 32-H with PokerStars Ambassador Sam "SamSquid" Grafton 12th with 17 players remaining.

Another Ambassador in the shape of Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot is also through to Day 2 of WCOOP 35-H: $2,100 5-Card PLO with $62,021 awaiting the winner.

WCOOP #32-L: $11 NLHE [Mini Sunday Kickoff SE], $125K Gtd

Entries	13,034
Players Left	68
Prize Pool	$127,733
Chip Leader	Kulli86 (Germany)
First-place Prize	$16,092

WCOOP #32-M: $109 NLHE [Sunday Kickoff SE], $300K Gtd

Entries	3,860
Players Left	53
Prize Pool	$386,000
Chip Leader	Flipmaster08 (Brazil)
First-place Prize	$55,184

WCOOP #32-H: $1,050 NLHE, $350K Gtd

Entries	431
Players Left	17
Prize Pool	$531,000
Chip Leader	Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson (United Kingdom)
First-place Prize	$55,184

WCOOP #33-L: $5.50 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, Freezeout], $50K Gtd

Entries	15,261
Players Left	58
Prize Pool	$74,779
Chip Leader	stepikbakins (Russia)
First-place Prize	$3,625 + bounties

WCOOP #33-M: $55 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, Freezeout], $250K Gtd

Entries	8,804
Players Left	95
Prize Pool	$440,200
Chip Leader	shevliak (Russia)
First-place Prize	$26,392 + bounties

WCOOP #33-H: $530 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, Sunday Warm-Up SE, Freezeout], $350K Gtd

Entries	1,357
Players Left	47
Prize Pool	$678,500
Chip Leader	Fold Machiii (United Kingdom)
First-place Prize	$44,791

WCOOP #34-L: $215 NLHE [8-Max], $1.25M Gtd

Entries	8,754
Players Left	307
Prize Pool	$1,750,800
Chip Leader	SenorValmano (Germany)
First-place Prize	$245,067

WCOOP #35-L: $22 5-Card PLO [6-Max], $50K Gtd

Entries	3,335
Players Left	84
Prize Pool	$66,700
Chip Leader	tjossle (Sweden)
First-place Prize	$9,591

WCOOP #35-M: $215 5-Card PLO [6-Max], $125K Gtd

Entries	735
Players Left	27
Prize Pool	$147,000
Chip Leader	shrekpoker91 (Ukraine)
First-place Prize	$24,969

WCOOP #35-H: $2,100 5-Card PLO [6-Max], $250K Gtd

Entries	153
Players Left	19
Prize Pool	$306,000
Chip Leader	jokkee_apart (Norway)
First-place Prize	$62,021

2021 WCOOP Events Scheduled on August 30

Time (ET)	Event
13:05	WCOOP 38-L: $22 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO], $325K Gtd
13:05	WCOOP 38-M: $215 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO], $650K Gtd
13:05	WCOOP 38-H: $2,100 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO], $500K Gtd
14:15	WCOOP 39-L: $11 Razz, $15K Gtd
14:15	WCOOP 39-M: $109 Razz, $40K Gtd
14:15	WCOOP 39-H: $1,050 Razz, $75K Gtd
15:30	WCOOP 40-L: $11 NLHE [7-Max, Freezeout], $85K Gtd
15:30	WCOOP 40-M: $109 NLHE [7-Max, Freezeout], $225K Gtd
15:30	WCOOP 40-H: $1,050 NLHE [7-Max, Freezeout], $225K Gtd

In this Series

1 Grafton Bags Chip Lead as WCOOP 2021 Explodes into Action
2 WCOOP 2021: Filatov and Proudfoot Grab Titles; Shakerchi Leads HORSE Final Table
3 WCOOP 2021: Third Titles for Patrick Leonard and Naoya Kihara
4 Patrick Leonard Wins Back-to-Back WCOOP Titles
5 WCOOP 2021: Nemeth On Course For Another Title
6 Plesuv Wins WCOOP Thursday Thrill; Brazilians Win Four Titles on Day 7
7 Kovalski Leads $25K WCOOP Super High Roller; Sixth WCOOP Title for Nevanlinna
8 Kovalski Leads $2K NLHE WCOOP Event After 5th Place in the $25K
9 Ödeen Wins WCOOP-34-M; Veldhuis Finishes Fifth
10 Peterman Bags First WCOOP Title After Stacked $5,200 NLHE Final Table
11 PokerStars’ Ben "Spraggy" Spragg Reaches Day 2 of the WCOOP $2K Thursday Thrill
12 "RaulGonzalez" Wins Second $10K 8-Game WCOOP in Two Years
13 Christian Rudolph Is On Course For His Third WCOOP Title
14 Vamos! Volkmann Adds Yet Another WCOOP Title for Brazil
15 Can Filatov Bag a Second WCOOP Title of 2021?
16 Third WCOOP Title for Vousden; "gnetaren" Wins Super Tuesday
17 Not One, But TWO PokerStars Ambassadors Win WCOOP Titles!
18 Veldhuis Records Biggest MTT Result Ever as Dzivielevski Wins Two WCOOP Titles
19 Huge Day of WCOOP Action as Main Events Kick Off
20 Linus Loeliger On Course For $1.5M WCOOP Main Event Prize
21 Steven Chew Tops WCOOP Final Table Ahead of Main Event Showdown
22 "CrazyLissy" Defeats Pascal Lefrancois Heads-Up to Win 2021 WCOOP Main Event