Yuri Dzivielevski Brazil’s Yuri “theNERDguy” Dzivielevski earned his sixth World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) title on Saturday by taking down the WCOOP-80-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller], $750K Gtd for a prize of $107,949, plus another $157,969 in bounties for a total score of $265,918 . Dzivielevski, who also took down this year’s WCOOP 13-H: $1,050 FLO8 for $23,897 , secured Brazil’s latest WCOOP victory by winning a heads-up battle between poker streamer and PokerStars ambassador Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis , who earned a total score of $172,793 for his second place finish. The high roller PKO tournament attracted 106 runners and smashed its guarantee with a total prize pool of $1.1 million . Well-known grinders in the field included Wiktor “Iimitless” Malinowski and Bruno “great dant” Volkman, as well as PokerStars Team Online members Fintan “EasyWithAces” Hand, Ben “Spraggy” Spragg and Benjamin “bencb789” Rolle. Day 1 broke after over eight hours of play with only nine players remaining. “ludako123” of Bulgaria was sent home on the final table bubble after their ace-ten couldn’t get there against an opponent’s pocket sevens. WCOOP-80-H: $10,300 NLHE Final Results Place Player Country Prize (in USD) Final Table Teun “tinnoemulder” Mulder was the first to go at the final table after running his ace-nine into the queens of Veldhuis, who entered the table as the short stack. It wasn’t long before Veldhuis knocked out Andras “probirs” Nemeth in eighth place when both players rivered flushes but Veldhuis had the better […]
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