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2020-09-08 20:58 UTC

Are These The Most Unstoppable Players in WCOOP History?

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Nível 11 : 4,500/9,000, 1,125 ante

Just a couple of short years ago, only one player had accumulated five WCOOP titles.

Since then, the picture has changed quite a lot.

Two excellent MTT pros have now taken the lead, both with insane scores – one player has nine WCOOP titles, and another has eight.

With the WCOOP 2020 upon us, all could change again over the coming weeks, but it’s going to take nothing less than a legendary run if anyone is to join the top of the pack.

So as we look forward to the Series, here are the players who have won the most WCOOP titles so far. You’ll also find out who that five-time winner was.

Read the full story over at the PokerStars Blog

2020-09-08 21:15 UTC

Bujtas Done for Today

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Nível 11 : 4,500/9,000, 1,125 ante

Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson raised to 18,900 from the middle position and "Ahhh ls lt?" three-bet t 58,500 from the cutoff. Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas four-bet shoved from the button for 561,920 for "Boootsy" to reshove for more and the rest to get out of their way.

Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas:
"Boootsy":

The board ran out for Bujtas to flop a pair of jacks but get no further help of the board.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Boootsy	1,239,932 634,282	634,282
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	582,386 -54,889	-54,889
Ahhh ls lt?	387,226 -190,263	-190,263
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt	232,147 -17,853	-17,853
Aliaksei "ale6ka" Boika	223,281 223,281	223,281

bet0nce	202,358 -139,683	-139,683
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro	Eliminado
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	Eliminado
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas	Eliminado
Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich	Eliminado

2020-09-08 21:42 UTC

Geilich No More

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Nível 13 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves raised to 24,000 from the hijack and Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich three-bet shoved from the cutoff for 196,000. The action folded back to Reeves who made the call.

Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves:
Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich:

The board ran out for Reeves to flop the set to send Geilich out on his last bullet.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves	597,429 298,158	298,158
Michel 'FreeLancerZZ' Dattani	250,000 250,000	250,000

Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich	Eliminado
Alex "dynoalot" Difelice	Eliminado

2020-09-08 21:58 UTC

Everything You Need to Know About the WCOOP 2020 on PokerStars

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Nível 14 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

The 2020 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on PokerStars got underway last Sunday with the first of a 225-tournament schedule that runs until Wednesday, September 23rd.

The festival comes with more than $80 million in guarantees, with Low, Medium and High buy-in tiers for each event.

PokerNews takes you through everything you need to know about WCOOP, including the must-play events, key details on satellites, and how you can enjoy all the action thanks to cards-up Twitch coverage on the PokerStars channel.

Check out all WCOOP details here

2020-09-08 22:16 UTC

Prize Pool Details Confirmed

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Nível 14 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

There were 155 entries collected by 89 unique players with 66 reentries to create a prize pool of $775,000 which surpassed the initial guarantee. This means that 17 players will be in the money in this tournament with a min-cash worth $12,447 and the WCOOP champion walking away with $162,674 tomorrow.

This is what the 60 remaining players are battling for:

Place	Prize
1	$162,674
2	$125,932
3	$97,488
4	$75,469
5	$58,423
6	$45,228
7	$35,012
8	$27,104
9	$22,312
10-12	$18,368
13-15	$15,120
16-17	$12,447

2020-09-08 22:49 UTC

Nitsche Taken Out by Reixach

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Nível 16 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach raised to 44,000 from the middle position and Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche three-bet shoved for 201,224 from the button. The blinds folded but Reixach called.

Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche:
Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach:

Reixach was ahead with the higher pocket pair even improved to a set when the board ran out to bust Nitsche.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Simon "simon1471" Higgins	2,215,872 358,640	358,640
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves	1,269,490 67,768	67,768
Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach	1,046,662 177,224	177,224
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	518,193 61,232	61,232
Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak	378,047 -190,612	-190,612
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker	213,500 -35,500	-35,500
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos	Eliminado
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois	Eliminado
Jacob Schindler	Eliminado

Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche	Eliminado

2020-09-08 22:58 UTC

This Time? Some of the Top Talents Who Have (Inexplicably) Never Won During WCOOP

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Nível 16 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Just before the 2018 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) got under way, we took a look at five players who were overdue a victory in poker’s premiere tournament series. There was simply no rational explanation for how come all of Niklas “Lena900” Astedt, Simon “C. Darwin2” Mattsson, Luke “lb6121” Schwartz, Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi and Tobias “kuhns89” Hausen had not, to that point, won a WCOOP tournament.

Two years on, only Astedt has put it right. He won the $530 PLO 6-Max in 2018 to get the monkey off his back.

Today we’re taking a look at another list of brilliant talents who have not yet won a title during WCOOP. But remember as you read the list of nearly men below that Mattsson, Schwartz, Shakerchi and Hausen are still looking for that WCOOP title too. Perhaps there’s no real shame in all of this.

Check out the full story over at the PokerStars Blog

2020-09-08 23:23 UTC

Aerts Eliminated by Martirosian

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Nível 17 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts raised to 55,000 from the cutoff and Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian three-bet to 162,500 from the button. The action folded back to Aerts who shoved for 1,070,234 for Martirosian to call with the slightly bigger stack.

Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts:
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian:

The board ran out for Martirosian to flop a full house immediately to score the huge pot and bust Aerts.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mirza "zazano" Muhovic	2,453,433 -91,750	-91,750

Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian	2,247,312 913,671	913,671
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger	1,536,140 733,695	733,695
Filipe "Zagazaur" Oliveira	974,925 56,063	56,063
Giorgios "Geokarak" Karakousis	814,493 -185,602	-185,602
Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen	387,938 -289,093	-289,093
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	Eliminado

2020-09-08 23:28 UTC

WCOOP 2020: A Bountiful $10K Sunday Slam for Dimitar Danchev

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Nível 18 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Helping kick off the 2020 World Championship of Online Poker was one of many marquee events that will play out this series, the two-day $10,300 buy-in Sunday Slam.

As a progressive knockout tournament, finding ways to stack as many opponents as possible was crucial. In the end 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure champion Dimitar “KuuL” Danchev punched out the most of them to earn the title and just over $400,000 including bounties.

When speaking on the PokerStars WCOOP 2020 live stream about his win, Danchev acknowledged how important collecting those knockouts really was.

“My tournament went pretty good with winning a lot of bounties,” he says. “But it’s very important actually if you win a lot of bounties in such format to win the heads-up, so you keep all the bounties for yourself!”

Read the full story over at the PokerStars Blog

2020-09-08 23:58 UTC

Martin “Marksman_M” Thien Wu Casually Streams Huge WCOOP Win to Three Twitch Viewers

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Nível 19 : 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

Imagine this. You’re winding down your poker session, playing the last game of the night, casually streaming to a handful of Twitch viewers.

Then you win a WCOOP title.

That’s exactly what happened to Martin “Marksman_M” Thien Wu, winner of the WCOOP 05-M: $55, 8-Max PKO.

I caught up with Martin for a chat about his time at the tables that fateful evening.

One of the stories that really stood out was how he started playing poker in the first place (more on that later). The fact that he streamed the win live on Twitch makes Martin’s journey even better. Only a few lucky witnesses were there to see it live as Martin claimed his place in history, not only as a WCOOP champion, but as a streamer too.

Check out the full story over at the PokerStars Blog