Arlie Shaban Since April 2022, online poker players residing in Ontario have only been able to play against fellow Ontarians thanks to rule changes in Canada’s largest province. Some players have taken to the enforced changes better than others; Arlie “Prince Pablo” Shaban is one such player thriving in his new environment.
The popular streamer and member of Team PokerStars made a name for himself in 2018 after challenging himself to stream for 1,000 over 50 consecutive days. Shaban ended up streaming 125 days straight; you cannot fault his work ethic.
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Shaban then embarked on a “12 Labors of Arlie” challenge, mimicking the “12 Labors of Hercules.” By the end of 2018, Shaban had completed the raft of challenges and won himself a $30,000 PSPC Platinum Pass .
The Canadian has spent countless hours improving his poker skills, and all the hard work is reaping the rewards. Shaban migrated his PokerStars account to a PokerStars Ontario account the day the online poker giant launched in Canada, and he has been crushing tournaments ever since.
In his first two months at PokerStars Ontario, Shaban won 13 tournaments, finished second in two, and profited by $36,532. That profit total has risen spectacularly since the start of the inaugural Ontario Championship Of Online Poker (ONCOOP) because Shaban has been in a purple patch of form that has seen him win not one, not two, but an almost unbelievable FIVE ONCOOP titles ; and there are still more than three dozen events still to play! Arlie Shaban’s ONCOOP Victories
*includes bounty payments
The largest ONCOOP score so far went to “TruthBeTold7” who was the last player standing in the #14-H: $2,000 NLHE 8-Max Super Tuesday High Roller . Some 42 players bought in and created a guarantee-busting prize pool worth $80,220, of which a cool $31,474 went to the champion.
The inaugural ONCOOP concludes on October 17, but it is a pair of tournaments starting the day before that have captured the Ontario poker-playing community. ONCOOP 61-L is the $50 buy-in edition of the series’ Main Event, and it […]
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