WSOP Online already had its Main Event on the schedule, which guaranteed $25,000,000 at a buy-in of $5,000. However, the tournament ended up bringing in 6,146 entries, bringing the prizepool to $29,193,500. This prizepool, as well as the $4,021,013 first-place prize, is the largest in the overall history of online poker, setting a new record.
The top 9 players advanced to yesterday's final table, and all of them had already pocketed at least $502,771 here. They were led by Russian player Evgenii "Yair Rodriguez" Akimov with a stack of over 86 million. He was followed by Rui Ferreira and German player Moritz "cashgrabber75" Dietrich rounded out the third place finishers. At the other end with the smallest stack was German pro Benjamin Rolle.
Benjamin Rolle managed to survive one payjump in the end, taking home $651,921 for 8th place. Rui ferreira was unfortunate to be eliminated in third place after his A-K was not enough for Akimov's flush.
Akimov thus went into the final heads-up with a stack of up to 307 (61bb) million against Dietrich with a stack of just 61 million (12bb). Heads-up play lasted approximately 35 minutes, during which time Dietrich managed to turn the game in his favour. On the final hand, the German player already had a stack of over 310M and his opponent had 50M. Akimov went all-in after the turn, which Dietrich gladly called, and after the river folded, Dietrich rejoiced in his bracelet win and a record-breaking sum of over $4M.
Talbot with fourth title
Parker Talbot had already won 3 new WCOOP titles in the previous days and he added a fourth one to his collection on this night. He became the fresh WCOOP 85-M: $215 FL 2-7 Triple Draw (6-Max) champion with a prizepool of $31,600, where he took home his fourth straight title and a $6,392 payday. Talbot did, however, contend for one more title, in the WCOOP 77-H: $1,050 NLHE (8-Max) with 331 entries and a prizepool of $331,000. Talbot finished 4th here, which earned him $26,413. The champion here was Hungarian player "lildani9", who took the title and $61,514.
Leonard Maue took home a total of more than $230,000 from the three tournaments
Not to be missed in our article today is Leonard "Grozzorg" Maue, who first took home $125,380 from the WSOP Online side event that was the Tuesday Super HR with a $10,300 buy-in, 63 entries and a $630,000 prizepool. Maue finished second here, and was joined on the final table by Samuel Mullur ($57,256) and Niklas Astedt ($44,091).
Maue then took home another $16,105 for his 4th place finish in the $5,250 Bounty Hunters Super HR before moving on to battle for the WCOOP title, specifically the WCOOP 78-H: $5,200 NLHE (Bounty Builders SHR) event with 100 entries and a $500,000 prizepool. However, Leonard was no match for his opponent here in the final heads-up, and after a deal and a subsequent heads-up finish, he finished in second place with a $95,077 prize. These three tournaments brought Leonard's bankroll to a total of $236,563.
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