Germany's "tobi123456" Banks $654K to Emerge as 2015 WCOOP's Biggest Winner Thus Far
As of this writing, 29 events are down and 41 are left to go in the 2015 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) PokerStars
This year's schedule features 70 exciting events with a breathtaking $45 million in guaranteed prize pools. The highlight of the online tournament festival is yet to come with the $5,200 buy-in WCOOP Main Event guaranteeing a huge $10 million prize pool on September 27.
Thus far in the 2015 WCOOP, Germany's "tobi123456" is the biggest winner after banking $654,000 for winning the WCOOP-25: $10,300 NL Hold'em (8-Max, Optional Re-Entry, High-Roller), $2M Guaranteed .
According the PokerStars Blog, "tobi123456" entered the final table against Andrew "RunThisTable" Lichtenberger K? 6? beat Lichtenberger's A? J? . Shortly afterwards, the tournament appeared all but wrapped up when tobi123456's 10? 10? out raced Lichtenberger's A? Q? .
Despite being crippled, Lichtenberger battled back after winning five straight all-ins. However, tobie123456 was able to seal the deal when he won another flip when his 9? 9? was able to hold against Lichtenberger's K? J? . Lichtenberger banked $484,500 for his runner-up performance, while Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias won $365,500 for third place and Billy "b8chatz" Chattaway took home $263,500 for fourth place.
Meanwhile, the WCOOP-26: $700 NL Hold'em [Sunday Million SE], $1.5M Guaranteed featured a big turnout with 3,418 players vying for a piece of the $2,272,970 prize pool. After agreeing to a four-way deal, Andy "wiisssppppaa" Taylor went on to win the tournament for $275,850. However, thanks to the deal, Taylor was not the biggest money earner as eventual third-place finisher "ModzillaPL " took home $278,110.
In other news, Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah WCOOP-27: $215 PL Omaha [6-Max, Progressive Super-Knockout], $200K Guaranteed for $28,432.42 and $8,794.49 in bounties. Leah, who is the owner of over $4.7 million in live tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob PocketFives.com , won his first WCOOP event in 2011 in a $320 buy-in Badugi Event.
Here is a look at the final table results of the latest WCOOP high events. You can read about earlier events in our first WCOOP recap article here .
WCOOP-14: $215 NL Hold'em [Big Antes, Optional Re-Entry], $200K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $200+15 Sept. 10 1,872 $374,400
Place Player Prize 1 Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira $59,904.00 2 pkace666 $44,928.00 3 Ryan "ProtentialMN" Laplante $33,696.00 4 Mike "munchenHB" Telker $24,616.80 5 leitalopez $17,784.00 6 sosickPL $13,852.80 7 imluckbox $10,108.80 8 serhiy1989 $6,552.00 9 Akash "funwheel" Majumdar $3,744.00
WCOOP-15: $215 PL Omaha [1R1A], $200K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $200+15 Sept. 10 740 $312,600
Place Player Prize 1 Nlzkm9 $57,362.10 2 kalashn1kovv $40,950.60 3 wuutti $30,947.40 4 UziStuNNa $23,288.70 5 Ben "vindog03" Vinson $16,255.20 6 MeJohann $13,129.20 7 Christopher "NigDawG" Brammer $10,003.20 8 akia86 $6,877.20 9 magic_mente $4,063.80?
WCOOP-16: $1,050 NL Hold'em [Progressive Super-Knockout, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $500+500+50 Sept. 10 1,828 $1,828,000
Place Player Prize 1 Liskacha $149,941.70 + $37,760.20 bounties 2 actam $109,680.00 + $40,795.84 bounties 3 Leandro "leopelucal" Csome $82,260.00 + $12,248.03 bounties 4 Negriin $61,238.00 + $16,976.54 bounties 5 Francisco "chiconogue" Nogueira $43,415.00 + $14,031.23 bounties 6 FaZeHigh $34,275.00 + $23,873.99 bounties 7 Howi�� $25,135.00 + $14,881.81 bounties 8 Grayson "gray31" Ramage $15,995.00 + $10,226.56 bounties 9 pablotenisis $9,140.00 + $7,140.62 bounties?
WCOOP-17: $700 NL Hold'em [6-Max,3-Stack], $200K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $665+35 Sept. 11 959 $637,735
Place Player Prize 1 Patrick "pads1161" Leonard $108,415.51 2 Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovskyi $81,311.21 3 Manni1822 $61,860.29 4 JJ@mess $43,047.11 5 HKN291209 $30,292.41 6 OMGACEACEACE $19,132.05?
WCOOP-18: $1,050 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo Championship, $50K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $1,000+50 Sept. 11 185 $185,000
Place Player Prize 1 Andre "Chillolini" Messmer $40,237.50 2 raconteur $28,675.00 3 Jason "jcarverpoker" Somerville $22,200.00 4 Orjan "Aftret" Skommo $15,725.00 5 TIETYMM $10,175.00 6 raidalot $8,325.00 7 dimas78 $6,475.00 8 Mikal "mikal12345" Blomlie $5,087.50?
WCOOP-19: $320 NL Hold'em [Turbo, Zoom], $400K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $300+20 Sept. 11 1,916 $574,800
Place Player Prize 1 moshmachine $91,968.00 2 kylef89 $68,976.00 3 antroff $51,732.00 4 Siegmann $37,793.10 5 Barrrii $27,303.00 6 Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira $21,267.60 7 Yayoshow $15,519.60 8 VicBiggs $10,059.00 9 WiljamK $5,748.00?
WCOOP-20: $109 NL Hold'em [Optional Re-Entry], $500K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $100+9 Sept. 12 7,268 $726,800
Place Player Prize 1 SQUA99 $85,205.12* 2 10111420 $85,368.81* 3 mr.valerius $79,885.13* 4 DiegoCheblii $39,974.00 5 live@pompeii $30,525.60 6 AA Full Mike $23,257.60 7 Raaadzio91 $15,989.60 8 @TrashBlade@ $8,721.60 9 guimoura $5,632.70?
*Reflects three-way deal
WCOOP-21: $530 NL Hold'em [Progressive Super-Knockout], $750K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $250+250+30 Sept. 12 2,394 $1,197,000
Place Player Prize 1 fixfixfix $95,760.72 + $25,707.39 in bounties 2 Tom "Nomarbles1" Carnes $71,820.00 + $25,468.63 in bounties 3 Firas "firas71" Bassam Massouh $52,129.35 + $20,959.86 in bounties 4 AntagSS $35,910.00 + $1,671.87 in bounties 5 4erepashka $26,932.50 + $7,804.55 in bounties 6 NhFy $20,947.50 + $4,020.49 in bounties 7 lov10k $14,962.50 + $6,126.93 in bounties 8 GaryT20 $10,174.50 + $4,345.69 in bounties 9 FONBET_RULIT $5,386.50 + $5,142.56 in bounties?
WCOOP-22: $1,050 NL Omaha Hi/Lo Championship [6-Max], $75K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $1,000+50 Sept. 12 239 $239,000
Place Player Prize 1 chickensssss $50,356,78* 2 MarekW13 $42,853.22* 3 Stevie "stevie444" Chidwick $28,680.00 4 rtspurs $19,120.00 5 Martin "nizmo jiz" Kozlov $14,340.00 6 jj20002 $9,799.00
*Reflects heads-up deal
WCOOP-23: $215 PL Omaha [Knockout], $250K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $161.75+41.25+12 Sept. 13 1,368 $277,704
Place Player Prize 1. Trymean77 $31,729.37 * + 11 bounties 2. MaxSinctin $28,337.34 * + 11 bounties 3. kuhns89 $26,208.89 * + 11 bounties 4. zidix $15,046.63 + 5 bounties 5. sslazio904 $10,953.06 + 12 bounties 6. tvtotaliwin $8,740.32 +4 bounties 7. RadioSurvive $6,527.58 + 16 bounties 8. fer_90_1 $4,314.84 + 10 bounties 9. Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins $2,389.75 + 11 bounties
*Reflects three-way deal
WCOOP-24: $215 NL Hold'em [Sunday Warm-Up SE], $1M Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $200+15 Sept. 13 6,190 $1,238,000
Place Player Prize 1 MaPuHo4Ka09 $150,338.68* 2 majster88 $115,190.50* 3 Z-ENERGIES $118,585.92* 4 Martin "nizmo jiz" Kozlov $125,631.40* 5 ValterBr@nco $52,615 6 KillerNorbit $40,235 7 rSMig $27,855 8 TrondheimAAA $15,475 9 ItourAdAStra $9,904
*Reflects four-way deal
WCOOP-25: $10,300 NL Hold'em [8-Max, Optional Re-Entry, High-Roller], $2M Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $10,000+300 Sept. 13 340 $3,400,000
Place Player Prize 1 tobi123456 $654,500.00 2 Andrew "RunThisTable" Lichtenberger $484,500.00 3 Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias $365,500.00 4 Billy "b8chatz" Chattaway $263,500.00 5 Tomatee $178,500.00 6 ICEMAN2710 $127,500.00 7 Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk $93,500.00 8 whereisdonny $76,500.00
WCOOP-26: $700 NL Hold'em [Sunday Million SE], $1.5M Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $665+35 Sept. 13 3,418 $2,272,970
Place Player Prize 1 Andy "wiisssppppaa" Taylor $275,850.02* 2 asq201 $202,233.81* 3 ModzillaPL $278,109.54* 4 ham1l_I0n $188,000* 5 nemesis278 $97,737.71 6 ratboy x $75,008.01 7 Thor "osten" Hansen $52,278.31 8 flopped6810 $29,548.61 9 Keith "Kungfumonk" Johnson $18,183.76
*Reflects four-way deal
WCOOP-27: $215 PL Omaha [6-Max, Progressive Super-Knockout], $200K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $100+100+15 Sept. 14 1,777 $355,400?
Place Player Prize 1 Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah $28,432.42 + $8,794.49 in bounties 2 75TGI $21,324.00 + 6,787.46 in bounties 3 Jonas "Palsgaard1" Palsg?rd Christensen $15,993.00 + $3,709.36 in bounties 4 Orjan "Aftret" Skommo $10,662.00 + in $1,858.58 bounties 5 Mayu "marroca5" Roca $7,108.00 + in $3,044.52 bounties 6 youngblood51 $4,193.72 + in $3,521.08 bounties
WCOOP-28: $320 NL Hold'em [6-Max], $200K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $300+20 Sept. 14 2,014 $604,200
Place Player Prize 1 bajskorven87 $95,161.50 2 Adam "Jigs Flippin" Tuk $70,993.50 3 Monio81 $52,867.50 4 Skrigepas $34,741.50 5 forcadellmg $23,684.64 6 Nick "FU_15" Maimone $13,534.08
WCOOP-29: $700 7-Card Stud Championship, $50K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool $665+35 Sept. 14 138 $91,770
Place Player Prize 1 TIETYMM $19,960.06 2 Fresh_oO_D $14,224.35 3 Randy "RolldUpTrips" Ohel $11,012.40 4 Christer "lennart" Johansson $7,800.45 5 Multifox $5,047.35 6 Thor "osten" Hansen $4,129.65 7 Kiryl "angry moron" Radzivonau $3,211.95 8 Ilya "ilushan" Gorodetskiy $2,523.67
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