As the 2024 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) closes out, Andras "probirs" Nemeth of Hungary won his third title ⚾️ by taking down the WCOOP-92-H:R$10,300 PLO [6-Max, PLO Main Event] for a massiveR$308,556 score. Nemeth entered the final table on ⚾️ Day 3 as chip leader and was able to get it done by defeating Denmark's "AlexKP" during heads-up play. For ⚾️ his second-place finish, "AlexKP" saw a cash ofR$237,169.
Nemeth earned both his previous titles in 2024 by taking down theR$530+R NLHE ⚾️ 8-Max and theR$5,200 PLO 6-Max. "AlexKP" was also after a third WCOOP title, having won theR$215 No Limit Hold'em in ⚾️ 2010 and theR$1,050+R PLO in 2013.
The tournament had a million-dollar guarantee and smashed that with aR$1.5 million prize pool off ⚾️ of 147 entrants. Only 35 players made it through Day 1, though they were joined by a few dozen more ⚾️ who late-regged before the start of Day 2. Seven players survived the second day to make it to the final ⚾️ table on Day 3, including "Ben_Apart" of the United Kingdom, Ami "UhhMee" Barer of Canada and Ola "Odd_Oddsen" Amundsgard of ⚾️ Norway.
Ka Kwan "kaju85" Lau was eliminated on the bubble in eighth place forR$50,682 when his naked aces ran into the ⚾️ full house of Nemeth, marking the beginning of what would prove to be a strong showing by the eventual champion.
WCOOP-92-H:R$10,300 ⚾️ PLO [6-Max, PLO Main Event] Results
Place Player Country Prize (in USD) 1 Andras "probirs" Nemeth HungaryR$308,556 2 AlexKP DenmarkR$237,169 3 ⚾️ Ben_Apart United KingdomR$182,298 4 plspaythxbye UkraineR$140,122 5 Ola "Odd_Oddsen" Amundsgard NorwayR$107,704 6 Ami "UhhMee" Barer CanadaR$82,786 7 Mr Juhlen SwedenR$64,775
Day ⚾️ 3 moved fast as three players were eliminated within the first hour of play, with "Mr Juhlen" being the first ⚾️ out in seventh place when their kings couldn't hold against the straight of "plspaythxbye," who eventually busted in fourth when ⚾️ it was Nemeth who had the straight and "plspaythxbye" had a set of aces.
"Ben_Apart" was knocked out in third place ⚾️ forR$182,298 when he had two-pair and called off a river shove by "AlexKP," who had a wheel.
Heads-up play didn't last ⚾️ long as Nemeth took a commanding chip lead when he got it in and doubled up with eights full of ⚾️ kings against the missed draw of his opponent, leaving "AlexKP" with just a few million chips.
"AlexKP" lost what was left ⚾️ of his stack when he got all-in on the flop with a straight draw and was eliminated when he missed ⚾️ and Nemeth took down the pot and secured the victory with a pair of queens.
That wraps up the PokerNews live ⚾️ reporting team's coverage of the WCOOP-92-H:R$10,300 PLO [6-Max, PLO Main Event]. Be sure to check out the team's reporting on ⚾️ other PokerStars WCOOP events as the series winds down.