Ben Spragg It’s going to be a massive month of online poker. Don’t just take our word for it, but the word of PokerStars Team Online’s Ben “Spraggy” Spragg who is gearing up for the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) that starts this weekend.
Named ‘Best Streamer’ at the 2022 Global Poker Awards earlier this year, Spragg already has two WCOOP titles, and will be hoping to add a third this September while streaming the action over on Twitch.tv . Getting Ready for the Grind
The game may be the same, but Spragg says that the stage is different once a big festival like WCOOP gets underway.
“A normal Tuesday grind is great fun,” says Spragg. “But everyone knows that when WCOOP comes around, that’s the time when you want to be making deep runs, big scores and making sure the audience is enjoying themselves.
“I know it’s going to be a massive month, and the audience recognises that. Not just for me but for other poker streamers like Lex and Fintan.”
Spragg is no stranger to the online grind having completed various online streaming challenges and made many deep runs since joining PokerStars Team Online in 2017 . “These big events are what Twitch chat enjoys the most, and they’re the ones I enjoy competing in” In addition, he’s also a two-time WCOOP champion, something he’s not going to let his audience forget any time soon.
“I’m coming for the $5.50 Turbo PKO again, I tell you!” he said, having won his first WCOOP title in that event back in 2020. “Any random poker player can beat a 300-player field, but over 12,000 players? That takes something special.”
Spragg was referring to his second WCOOP title, winning the $1,050 Mini Sunday Cooldown SE for $67,968.
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