Weekend review: It is all concerning the WCOOP Main Event

There are only two WCOOP events left unfinished as you read this. Three weeks of activity has glided by in what looks like a blink, leaving just the consequences from the two-day events that began yesterday to figure out the end result of another spectacular Series. And naturally that incorporates the principle Event.

It's the tournament that everyone desires to play, with a $10 million guarantee promised even before 2,142 players paid up the $5,200 entry fee. You can expect the action to be unforgiving, and it was. Not just that, but Day 1 ended with something of a cliff hanger.

From that field some 270 players were guaranteed a cash finish. But as things stood last night 271 remained, meaning one player has still to be eliminated empty-handed. At the moment that appears prone to be a toss-up between two players who, as action was paused to permit players time to sleep, had stacks that were the stuff of nightmares.

Alfaromea, from Ukraine, is the worst off with 6,379 chips, while CaLLitARUSH, from Canada isn't significantly better off with 6,549. For the record the large blind once they return in roughly seven hours from now can be 5,000.

Such terrors were unlikely to have kept the chip leader Viking8844 awake last night. If he were unable to sleep it could much more likely has been be because of excitement on the prospect of a primary prize worth $1,820,700. Although you observed Viking8844, with a really perfect Tuesday title to his name from last year, is definitely versed in coping with the business end of a huge online tournament.

Here's how things checked out the break.

WCOOP 2014: Event #66, $5,200 NL Hold'em Main EventPlayers remaining: 271 of 2,142Prize pool: $10,710,000Place paid: 270

1. Viking8844 (Israel) 613,924 chips2. pampa27 (Argentina) 610,3403. AlexKP (Denmark) 576,7634. Demonic16 (UK) 556,2645. dickler1 (UK) 524,7596. theNERDguy (Brazil) 487,6097. drjovaside (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 472,1558. daskalos20 (Cyprus) 453,0599. neckbr4ke (Germany) 447,54710. 444446 (Lebanon) 439,647

Outside of the highest ten there has been still various interest among PokerStars players. Three Team PokerStars Pros remain within the field, as to do two members of Team Online.

Mathias De Meulder is the most productive places of them all in 48th position. He has 259,133 chips. Jake Cody is in 80th spot with 183,765 chips, while Andre Akkari is in 228th place with 48,717. Alex "Kanu7" Millar is positioned between they all in 131st place, with 133,702 chips, while Naoya "nkeyno" Kihara is the shortest of them with 43,888, good for 234th place overnight.

Mathias De Meulder

Play continues commonly event at 7.30pm UK time (2.30pm ET) with an exclusive webcast beginning later tonight.

Aside from the primary Event the Sunday Warm-Up Special edition may also resume in a while today with 106 players of the unique 8,589 vying for a primary prize of $254,135.62. Big names still in contention include Natalie Hof in 82nd place.

Natalie Hof still in contention in WCOOP-64

Here's how things take a look at the top.

WCOOP 2014: Event #64, $215 NL Hold'em 8-MaxPlayers remaining: 106 of 8,589Prize pool: $1,717,800Place paid: 1,120

1. serip973 (Portugal) 2,443,438 chips2. bubblebwoy (Belgium) 2,008,4703. bg atlanta (Argentina) 1,893,6594. cmu92 (Canada)1,759,9895. mystyficator (UK) 1,749,7716. fjaluz (Sweden) 1,649,3087. Chocoyote (Germany) 1,584,7028. CSWAMI (Canada) 1,572,6319. justnl2 (Cyprus) 1,564,86110. the djemba (UK) 1,537,253

There was plenty occurring over the weekend, most of which centred on WCOOP. Meet up with events using the links below.

Video: Randy Nanonoko Lew shows how it's done

Ola "Odd Oddsen" Amundsgard wins Event #60

bianka15 owns final table in Event #59

A familiar face Pappe Ruk wins Event #58

Paul "paulgees81" Volpe joins the 'COOP elite

hapina heads Event #61

Drinks are on Afterpub in Event #62

Jani "kiiski" Vilmunen wins a second WCOOP bracelet in Event #65

Here are all of the results from the large PokerStars weekend majors from September 29, 2014.

Good luck to all of these still left within the WCOOP Main Event.

Stephen Bartley is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.

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