PokerStars WCOOP 2021

WCOOP-14-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE], $1M Gtd
Day: 2
Event Info

PokerStars WCOOP 2021

Final Results
Winner
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
$174,896
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,050
Prize Pool
$1,071,000
Entries
1,071
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
81
Players Left
1

WCOOP-14-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE], $1M Gtd

Day 2 Completed

Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis Goes Wire-to-Wire on Day 2 to win WCOOP 14-M for $174,896

Level 39 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
Audrius Stakelis
Audrius Stakelis

It took around six and a half hours for Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis to take his start-of-day chip lead and collect all the chips in WCOOP-14-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE] with it, but he didn't have an easy run of it. He had to battle through 81 players who returned on Day 2, out of the original 1,071 entries, with most of the $1.071 million prize pool still in play.

The WCOOP title adds to an already strong resume of online wins for Stakelis that includes a SCOOP title from 2020 worth $73,674. Before today's win, he had more than $150,000 in 1st place results since 2019 online, so this prize of $174,896 just adds to an already strong last few years.

His run looked like it might be cut short in early action. He came into the day as the chip leader, but that quickly changed after he lost some to Jerry "Perrymejsen" Odeen in the very first hand of the day, then lost another big one a few minutes later to drop to about half his start stack after "aminolast" cracked his queens with ten-nine suited.

He managed to survive both those players however, making it to the final table 5th in chips. He hung around with solid play while watching Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge run roughshod over the final table, amassing a huge stack.

Lodge had a couple chances to win it during the heads up stage, but in the end lost a huge pot with the worst ace on an ace-high board and couldn't recover. Stakelis took it down a few hands later with ace-seven over king-jack.

WCOOP 14-M Final Table Results

PlaceNameCountryPrize
1Audrius "Stakelis24" StakelisLithuania$174,896
2Harry "Iamapoopie" LodgeUnited Kingdom$126,236
3"I am Budhha"Netherlands$91,114
4Will "hellzito" ArrudaBrazil$65,764
5"Sajanas23"Lithuania$47,467
6"Spotzilla666"Poland$34,260
7"Alik_Z1"Russia$24,728
8Victor "victorbco" HugoBrazil$17,848
9Ramon "PESCANCO" SfalsinBrazil$14,251

That brings coverage of WCOOP-14-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE] to a close, but there's much more WCOOP coverage to come from PokerNews. We'll be covering events throughout the series, so check the schedule at the PokerStars WCOOP 2021 Hub to plan the action you need to catch.

Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge Eliminated in 2nd Place ($126,236)

Level 39 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
Harry Lodge
Harry Lodge

Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge was in control of most of the heads-up portion of the game, coming into it with a 3:1 lead. Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis was relentless though, hanging on with the short stack until he was able to double up a couple times into the lead.

After that, Lodge lost a big pot when Staklis flopped top pair and held, leaving Lodge on around 16 million. Just four hands later, it ended four hands later when Stakelis limp-shoved over a raise from Lodge and got the call.

Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge: {k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis: {a-Hearts}{7-Spades}

Stakelis was ahead before the flop, but flopped huge on {q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} to take down the WCOOP title with trip sevens, while Lodge had to settle for $126,236 for second.

Player Chips Progress
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis lt
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis
107,100,000
29,885,608
29,885,608
Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge
Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge
Busted

Stakelis Doubles to Lead

Level 39 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
Stakelis Doubles to Lead
Stakelis Doubles to Lead

Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis is better than 2:1 now after a huge hand where he tank-called a shove on the river for his life with the best ace.

Stakelis raised to 1,400,000 then called when Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge raised it to 5,110,000. Lodge led for 3,080,000 on {10-Clubs}{a-Spades}{k-Hearts}, and for 8,443,050 on the {7-Diamonds} turn. Stakelis called both, but hit the tank hard when Lodge shoved the covering stack on the {2-Diamonds} river.

Stakelis finally called it off, and his {a-Hearts}{j-Spades} was ahead of the {a-Spades}{9-Spades} for Lodge.

Player Chips Progress
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis lt
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis
77,214,392
40,966,196
40,966,196
Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge
Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge
29,885,608
-40,966,196
-40,966,196

Level: 39

Blinds: 400,000/800,000

Ante: 100,000

Stakelis Holding on, Chipping Up

Level 38 : 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante

Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge raised to 1,484,000 and Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis called. Stakelis check-called 980,000 on the {q-Hearts}{k-Spades}{7-Diamonds} flop, and check-called again for 2,800,000 on {2-Hearts} turn. They both checked the {j-Spades} river, and Lodge mucked when Stakelis showed {9-Clubs}{7-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge
Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge
70,851,804
-8,397,500
-8,397,500
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis lt
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis
36,248,196
8,397,500
8,397,500

Stakelis Doubles

Level 38 : 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante
Stakelis Doubles
Stakelis Doubles

Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis is not making it easy for Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge despite the chip disadvantage. In the final hand of the last level, he doubled with {q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} over Lodge's {q-Hearts}{2-Hearts}.

They both turned a queen on the {5-Spades}{j-Hearts}{7-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{j-Spades} board, but Stakelis had the best of it the whole way.

Player Chips Progress
Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge
Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge
79,249,304
-11,856,348
-11,856,348
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis lt
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis
27,850,696
11,856,348
11,856,348

Level: 38

Blinds: 350,000/700,000

Ante: 87,500

Lodge In Control at Break

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante

Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge is even more firmly in control of the heads-up at the break after a 31 million chip pot went his way just before the break.

Lodge raised to 1,272,000, then called when Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis raised to 4,380,000. The flop came {10-Clubs}{4-Spades}{j-Spades} and the both checked to the {6-Diamonds} turn. Stakelis fired 2,850,000 and Lodge called, then bet 8,526,000 after a check on the {k-Hearts} river.

Stakelis called, but mucked when Lodge showed {k-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and Stakelis goes to break with just under 16 million chips.

Player Chips Progress
Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge
Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge
91,105,652
19,000,000
19,000,000
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis lt
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis
15,994,348
-19,000,000
-19,000,000

Stakelis Comes Back Some

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante

Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis raised to 1.2 million from the button, and Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge called from the big blind. They both checked the {7-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{j-Spades} flop and Lodge check-called for 1.85 million on the {3-Hearts} turn.

Lodge checked again on the {q-Diamonds} flop, and hit his time bank for a bit before calling when Stakelis bet 5.85 million. Lodge mucked when Stakelis showed {q-Spades}{8-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge
Harry "Iamapoopie" Lodge
72,105,652
-13,434,000
-13,434,000
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis lt
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis
34,994,348
13,434,000
13,434,000