PokerStars WCOOP Day 16: 'power2prut' Wins Sunday Million for $373K
Day 16 of the 2017 World Championship Of Online Poker at PokerStars brought several six-figure scores, including one weighing in at $373,744 �� the first place prize of the Sunday Million.
WCOOP-50-H: $2,100 NLHE Sunday Million SE
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | power2prut | United Kingdom | $373,744* |
| 2 | MASUR0N1KE | Slovakia | $292,500* |
| 3 | XMorphineX | Belgium | $203,439 |
| 4 | Picasso25 | Germany | $107,218 |
| 5 | EdenR | United Kingdom | $107,218 |
| 6 | Kenny ��LoneHixx�� Hicks | Mexico | $77,837 |
| 7 | germaxi | Argentina | $56,507 |
| 8 | Andrei ��ragAAAila19�� Boghean | Romania | $41,022 |
| 9 | molda79 | Canada | $29,790 |
*reflects a heads-up deal
A total of 1,236 players put down $2,100 for the chance to win what was originally a $386,012 first place prize, among them some of poker��s elite players. The likes of Team PokerStars Pro Jeff ��JeffGross�� Gross,recent Big $215 winner Ryan ��PROTENTIALmn�� Laplante, Kristen ��krissyb24�� Bicknell, Chris ��Moorman1�� Moorman, JC ��PrtyPsux�� Alvarado, and Ben ��Sauce123�� Sulsky all finished in the money, the latter being the unfortunate soul to burst the final table bubble.
Going into the final table it was Germany��s ��Picasso25�� who was the chip leader amd Romania��s ��ragAAAila19�� who was bringing up the rear.
The first elimination, however, was that of ��molda79�� who moved all-in for 1,400,000 from under the gun with ace-queen and lost to the pocket tens of ��power2prut�� which flopped two pair and improved to a full house on the river.
Eighth-place was decided soon after and it was power2prut who sent another player to the rail. ragAAAila19 pushed all-in with a pair of kings only to see power2prut wake up with the best starting hand on Texas hold��em, a pocket aces. The cowboys couldn��t shoot down the rockets and the player count reduced by one.
Another pair versus overpair scenario claimed the tournament life of ��germaxi.�� Picasso got the ball rolling with a raise to 308,000 in the cutoff and then he called when germaxi three-bet all-in for 2,500,000. Picasso25 turned over a pair of queen, which were way ahead of the jacks in germaxi��s hand, and when the board ran out all low cards it was game over for germaxi.
Kenny ��LoneHixx�� Hicks then found himself in a coinflip with king-queen against the pocket deuces of ��EdenR�� in a hand that gifted EdenR the chip lead. The board was nine-high by the turn and the river gave EdenR a set to bust another player.
The five remaining players were now all guaranteed a six-figure score of $107,218 but EdenR would not win any additional money. A brief raising war saw EdenR all-in and at risk of elimination with a pair of five and power2prut in a commanding position with a pair of black kings. The five community cards ran out without a five in sight and EdenR headed for the showers.
power2prut then came from behind with a pair of deuces against the black sixes of Picasso25 by flopping a set to leave only three players in contention for the title, before power2prut��s amazing run continued when his sixes held against the suited ace-jack of ��XMorphineX�� to send the tournament into the heads-up stage.
The heads-up duo decided to strike a deal despite power2prut holding a 48,945,774 to 12,854,226 chip lead and that deal saw power2prut lock up $324,304 and ��MASUR0N1KE�� $292,500, leaving $49,440 to play for.
A large pot went the way of power2prut to leave MASUR0N1KE on fumes. MASUR0N1KE then called all-in with king-eight and needed help to beat the ace-seven in the hand of power2prut. An ace-high flop left the at-risk player needing running cards to stay in the hand. The turn was a king but the river bricked off to leave power2prut to claim his second Sunday Million title having won the tournament some 10 years previously for $180,000.
WCOOP NEWS AND NOTES
- Amazingly, power2prut��s score was not the largest of Day 16. That honor went to Pedro ��Zagalo87�� Zagalo who won the WCOOP-51-H: $25,000 PLO 6-Max High Roller for a massive $419,038 after a three-handed chop.
- ��Thiago Wks.�� won WCOOP-49-H: $215 NLHE Progressive KO Sunday Warm-Up for an impressive $87,487 and $47,454 in bounty payments.
- WCOOP-48-H: $215 NLHE 8-Max Sunday Kickoff saw 2,672 players take part and Ukraine��s ��Spacey-Space�� walk away with $71,802 after a heads-up deal with Austria��s Pascal ��Paffchen�� Hartmann.
- The WCOOP-53-H: $530 NLHE event saw its 1,729 starters reduced to a more manageable field of 133 on Day 16 with Andrew ��APD0290�� Dean finishing as the chip leader; $130,882 awaits the champion.
- ��PSMozak�� has soared to the top of the WCOOP Leaderboard with 580 points, 50 more than ��ImluckNuts�� on 530 and 75 more than ��MITS 304�� on 505. Mike ��goleafsgoeh�� Leah, who spoke to PokerNews about how much he wants to top the leaderboard, currently resides in fourth place.
Day 15 WCOOP Winners
| Event | Buy-In | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #51 PLO-H 6-Max | $25,000 | $1,741,275 | Pedro ��Zagalo87�� Zagalo | $419,038 |
| #50 NLHE-H | $2,100 | $2,472,000 | power2prut | $373,744 |
| #49 NLHE-H PKO | $215 | $1,231,200 | Thiago Wks. | $134,941* |
| #47 NLHE-L 8-Max | $109 | $832,500 | Felipe ��hipowrock�� Bozzetti Pasqual | $108,059 |
| #48 NLHE-H 8-Max | $215 | $534,400 | Spacey-Space | $71,802 |
| #45 NLHE-L 6-Max | $11+R | $196,740 | lopan83 | $27,957 |
| #44 NLHE-L PKO | $27 | $241,130 | ABORDAGE | $23,335* |
| #43 NLHE-L 3-Max Zoom | $11+R | $141,180 | Stoqnov303 | $20,076 |
| #46 NLO8 6-Max | $55 | $114,000 | ahhoo | $16,892 |
*includes bounties
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