A new champion has been crowned in the flagship tournament of the PokerStars World
Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) 2024 🌛 as Andre "PTFisherman23" Marques topped a
field of 1,977 entries in the WCOOP-72-H:R$5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] to claim the
🌛 biggest share of theR$10,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
The winner cut a deal with Teun
"tinnoemulder" Mulder and Tonio "prrrak4783" Röder when 🌛 they were fairly even
three-handed, and they continued to battle for the title andR$100,000 to the eventual
champion.
Marques ultimately prevailed 🌛 and took home the top prize ofR$1,147,271,
runner-up Röder ($1,082,523) and third-place finisher Mulder ($1,101,528) also scored
seven-figure paydays. The 🌛 Portuguese poker pro is part of the Polarize Poker coaching
and staking platform which was co-founded by well-known countrymen Rui 🌛 "RuiNF" Ferreira
and Filipe "Zagazaur" Oliveira.
Former EPT London winner Robin "robinho" Ylitalo
finished in fourth place and the final table 🌛 also featured Andriy "Andre_Hansen"
Lyubovetskiy, Denys "SantaZzz" Chufarin, Michael "munchenHB" Telker, Russia's
"77atlant77" and Cecilia "princes chu" Cafaro.
2024 WCOOPR$5,200 Main 🌛 Event Final Table
Results
Place Winner Country Payout (in USD) 1 Andre "PTFisherman23" Marques
PortugalR$1,147,271* 2 Tonio "prrrak4783" Röder GermanyR$1,082,523* 3 🌛 Teun
"tinnoemulder" Mulder NetherlandsR$1,101,528* 4 Robin "robinho" Ylitalo SwedenR$543,301
5 Andriy "Andre_Hansen" Lyubovetskiy UkraineR$387,284 6 Denys "SantaZzz" Chufarin
UkraineR$276,069 7 🌛 Michael "munchenHB" Telker United StatesR$196,792 8 77atlant77
RussiaR$140,280 9 Cecilia "princes chu" Cafaro UruguayR$99,997
* reflects deal numbers
of the final 🌛 three players and additionalR$100,000 to the winner.
The Action of the
Final Day
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder was the chip leader when the 🌛 action resumed with
Andre "PTFisherman23" Marques and Robin "robinho" Ylitalo not far behind as the two
other big stacks. ICM 🌛 considerations were prevalent with two short stacks and they
would be the first to bow out as Cecilia "princes chu" 🌛 Cafaro finished in 9th place and
"77atlant77" was eliminated in the very next hand.
Accomplished American poker pro
Michael "munchenHB" Telker 🌛 had to settle for 7th place when he ran a suited ace into
pocket tens and Denys "SantaZzz" Chufarin succumbed 🌛 next about half an hour later. In a
battle of the two shortest stacks, Andriy "Andre_Hansen" Lyubovetskiy came up short
🌛 with king-jack against the ace-jack of Tonio "prrrak4783" Röder and that reduced the
field to the final four.
What followed was 🌛 a test of patience throughout the next two
and a half hours. Röder doubled through Marques and all four players 🌛 held the lead at
some point. Mulder and Marques were left short but managed to get right back into it.
🌛 Once Robin "robinho" Ylitalo was left short and the trio atop had very similar stacks,
the first deal discussions broke 🌛 out and failed to bring any conclusion.
Fourth place
for Robin Ylitalo
Ylitalo fell right after the next scheduled break and the 🌛 second deal
discussions were successful. It didn't take long for the chips to start flying and
Marques' flopped the top 🌛 two pair locked up a double against Mulder, who then hit the
rail shortly after. The Portuguese entered heads-up with 🌛 a solid lead and even a major
setback with kings versus ten-six suited was just a temporary annoyance as Marques
🌛 steamrolled to victory after.
