Some of the greatest poker players in the world have been in action during the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and several of them have managed to grab WCOOP titles. For some, it is their second as Preben Stokkan grabbed another, with Adrian Mateos bagging his third WCOOP title.
Fedor Holz is a former WCOOP Main Event winner and is the chip leader of the $25,000 Super High Roller as he looks to win a second WCOOP title of his own.
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Preben "prebz" Stokkan Wins Second WCOOP Title in WCOOP-21-H: $5,200 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO]
A new two-time champion has been crowned in the latest high stakes event of the WCOOP as Norways's Preben "prebz" Stokkan earned his second career title in WCOOP-21-H: $5,200 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO]. Stokkan came out on top of a field of 108 entries, which had created a prize pool of $540,000, and defeated Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis in heads-up.
The first title of Stokkan also came in the very same format back in 2017 when he defeated a field of 976 entries in Event #65: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE] for a top prize of $160,824. His repeat victory came with a similar payday as he kept the own bounty of $86,484 and earned a cash prize of $53,626 for a combined payday of $140,110.
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz Leads Final 13 in WCOOP-25-H: $25,000 8-Max Super High Roller Sunday Slam
The first day of WCOOP-25-H: $25,000 [8-Max Super High Roller Sunday Slam] has come to an end after reaching the money. Day 1 of this event saw 106 entry slips sold and when the dust had settled only 13 runners were left to battle it out, with none other than Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz leading the way.
Day 1 ended once the money bubble had popped and it was suiting that Holz was the one to do so. "Horfven" pushed all-in for their remaining stack from the button with king-queen and unfortunately for them, ran into the ace-queen of Holz in the big blind. The board ran out clean, sending "Horfven" out of the tournament as well as ending the day.
WCOOP-25-H: $25,000 8-Max Super High Roller Sunday Slam Top 10 Chip Counts
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos took down WCOOP 28-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Sunday Cooldown SE] for the third WCOOP title of his career and $80,212.
He defeated a field of 201 players for this third title in three years. In 2018 he won WCOOP-37-M: $109 NLHE [Turbo] for his first WCOOP title and last year took home $130,468 after winning WCOOP-50-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO].
Mateos is also well-placed in the $25,000 Super High Roller, sitting seventh in chips with a whopping $599,050 up for grabs for the eventual winner.
WCOOP Day 8 Results
WCOOP 19-L: $5.50 NLHE [Freezeout, Afternoon Deep Stack]
Entries
14,290
Prize Pool
$70,021
Winner
Petite Putin669 (Poland)
First-place Prize
$7,778*
*denotes heads-up deal
WCOOP 19-M: $55 NLHE [Freezeout, Afternoon Deep Stack]
Entries
4,829
Prize Pool
$241,450
Winner
armadajp (Canada)
First-place Prize
$34,367
WCOOP 19-H: $530 NLHE [Freezeout, Afternoon Deep Stack]
A total of nine more events get underway on Monday, September 7. The Sunday Slam tournaments will all continue, including the $25,000 Super High Roller which will be reported right here on PokerNews.
Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor.
He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.
