WhatIfGod EPT Online 2021 Main Event Sweden’s “WhatIfGod” successfully defended his title in the European Poker Tour Online Main Event by taking down Event #32: $5,200 NLHE Main Event on PokerStars for $363,641 .
“WhatIfGod,” who won the same event in 2020 for $1,019,082 , earned consecutive titled by defeating PokerStars ambassador and Ramon “RamonColillas” Colillas after an intense heads-up battle.
The flagship tournament attracted a total of 402 entrants to generate a prize pool of $2,010,000 that surpassed the guarantee of $1,500,000. Only nine of those players made it to the Day 3 final table, including PokerStars ambassador Benjamin “bencb789” Rolle , Daniel “Oxota” Dvoress and Christian “WATnlos” Rudolph . 2021 EPT Online Main Event Final Table Results
Brazil was the most represented country at the final table with three native players making it to Day 3: Eduardo “Eduardo850” Silva , Bruno “great dant” Volkmann and Pedro “pvigar” Garagnani .
Little is known about “WhatIfGod,” who appears to play almost exclusively online. PokerNews previously reported that he made an appearance at the 2014 live EPT festival, but only two collect two bracelets he won during the 2014 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Final Table Recap
The Day 3 action lasted for about five and a half hours and ebbed and flowed between slow-paced and action-packed. Garagnani was the first player eliminated early in the day when he ran pocket tens into the pocket kings of Rudolph. Not long after, Rolle, an Austria-based German pro who founded Raise Your Edge, was sent home in seventh place when his pocket fours couldn’t hold against the ace-queen of the eventual champion.
The hot-streak continued for “WhatIfGod,” who went on to eliminate Volkmann in sixth place and later Rudolph in third place to get the tournament heads-up.
“WhatIfGod” entered heads-up near even in chips with Colillas, a Spanish pro fresh off a deep run in the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event, where he finished in 14th place for $380,050. “WhatIfGod” eventually took a big lead over Colillas, who then got it in with ace-five against pocket kings and hit a flush on the river […]
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