The latest PokerStars 2024 World Championship of Online Poker events have paid out some
huge prizes as big names have💹 again hoovered up some titles to add to their poker
resumés. Winners across Wednesday and Thursday included the German high💹 roller
Christian ‘WATnlos’ Rudolph, who took down the High Event #24 forR$71,404, former
#2-ranked pro Ivan Zufic, and longtime Belgian💹 grinder Thomas ‘MarToMchat’
Boivin.
Rudolph, who has previously won two High Roller tournaments in one day, as we
previously reported, saw💹 off some top-quality opposition to seal an impressive victory.
In what was an exciting final table in an event with💹 179 entries atR$2,100, Rudolph saw
off the challenge of Swedish player ‘fkiw’ and ‘luckyluck653’ in the podium places,
with two💹 Brazilians also making the final table.
The massive prize pool ofR$358,000 saw
Rudolph win the biggest prize, but the Brazilian contingent💹 was an indication of what
was to come over days ahead, as once again, South American players continued to fly
💹 high during what has been a spectacular summer for online poker in the continent.
It
was a big couple of days💹 for Brazilian players specifically, with half a dozen more
victories in low and medium events in a series that has💹 seen the Brazilian poker game
thrive, just as it is in World Series of Poker events too.
In other events, Swiss
💹 player Dinesh Alt took down theR$530-entry Event #12 (High) by beating former SCOOP
Main Event winner ‘Alexgirs’ heads-up for theR$37,306💹 in bounties and theR$37,290 top
prize. Other players at the final table included Fintan ‘easywithaces’ Hand, who
finished seventh for💹 overR$8,300 in total.
In other high events, ‘MarToMchat’ outlasted
a field of 271 players to win Event #17 (High) for a💹 whoppingR$130,500.00. Climbing the
ranks of PocketFives, ‘MarToMchat’ is racing into the top 250 players in the world at
the time💹 of writing and is currently the best Belgian poker player online. Chris
‘ImDaNuts’ Oliver finished seventh forR$18,000.
Austria-based ‘stojamanu’ won Event💹 #18
forR$58,458 against Joao Vieira a.k.a. ‘Naza114’ who came second forR$42,562, with
‘Andre_Hansen’ from Ukraine coming in third forR$30,989. Event💹 #19 was won by Croatia’s
former world online poker #2 ranked player, Ivan ‘zufo16’ Zufic. Zufic won it
forR$62,438, with💹 Malta-based ‘WhaTisL0v3’ winningR$46,541 and another Brazilian,
‘edercampana’ winningR$34,691 for finishing third. Joao Vieira came in seventh
forR$10,709.
Event #21-H was won💹 by British-based player ‘1b6121’ forR$22,850, with
fellow Brit and well-known super high roller regular Talal ‘raidalot’ Shakerchi coming
third forR$10,024.💹 Finally, Event #25 saw ‘KennedyPK97’ beat 667 players to win the top
prize ofR$24,588.
Tuesday and Wednesday saw plenty of big💹 winners at medium and low
stakes too, with ‘Bib5300’ (Event 12-L), ‘edercampana’ (Event #12-M), ‘danieldl7’
(Event #17-L), diego07791 (Event 17-M),💹 ‘zemachess’ (18-L in an event where Britain’s
Billy Chattaway finished sixth), ‘ego_E_d_G_e_’(Event #18-M), ‘vncdzk1’ (Event #19-L)
‘dx2celt’ (Event #19-M), ‘ibrahim4272’💹 (Event #20-L), ‘Valaqual’ (Event21-L), Ami
‘UhhMee’ Barer (Event #21-M), ‘AlexandreAnd’ (Event #24-L), ‘joaoMathias’ (Event
#24-M), ‘martinkom111’ (Event #25-L) ‘petpat123’ (Event💹 #25-M) all winners across the
two days.
Event #12 (High):R$530 PKO
Prize poolR$265,250
Entries: 1,061
Dinesh
‘bib5300’ Alt –R$74,596 ‘Alexgirs’ –R$42,128 ‘dans170’’ –R$28,272
Event #17
💹 (High):R$2,100 NLHE
Prize poolR$600,000
Entries: 271
MarTomChatR$130,500 RPILONR$90,000
Kot_SpartacR$63,000
Event #18 (High):R$530 Rebuy NLHE
Prize poolR$312,000
Entries
212
1. ‘stojamanu’ –R$58,458
2. Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira –R$42,562
3. ‘Andre_Hansen’
–R$30,989
Event💹 #19 (High):R$530 Rebuy NLHE
PrizepoolR$320,170
Entries 634
Ivan
‘zufo16’ Zufic –R$62,438 ‘WhaTisL0v3’ –R$46,541 ‘edercampana’R$34,691
Event #21
(High):R$1,050 NLHE
PrizepoolR$65,000
Entries 56
‘1b6121’ –R$22,850 ‘200XPoNnieS’
–R$15,134. Talal ‘raidalot’💹 Shakerchi –R$10,024.
Event #24 (High)R$2,100
NLHE
PrizepoolR$358,000
Entries 179
Christian Rudolph –R$71,404 ‘fkiw’ –R$53,974
‘luckyluck653’ –R$40,799
*All entry totals include re-entries.
