A French nurse living in Prague has beaten over 30,000 entrants to win two Mini-World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP) events simultaneously; Andrey ‘Kroko-dill’ Zaichenko picks up his second WCOOP career win, and Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez tops the leaderboard.
A French nurse living in Prague, Czech Republic has won two Mini-World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP) titles simultaneously, after wading through 30,000+ entrants.
At 11 am Sep 11, Iwan ‘Ethanolol’ Roberts, 34, entered Event #27: $2.20 No-Limit Hold’em {Deep Payouts}. At 12:30 pm he also entered Event #28: $11.00 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em 8-Max.
He won them both.
And get this.
He beat 18,856 entrants in the first event for $3,509.75, and 11,982 entrants in the second event for $15,604.21. That’s over $19k profit for an investment of less than $15.
The cinema buff, who began life as a cash game player before losing his $7,000 bankroll playing in a $1,000 cash game, while drunk, told PokerStars that he ‘ran like Jesus,” during the heater of his lifetime.
I bet he did.
Team PokerStars Pro, Jason Somerville, called Roberts’s achievement Freaking Boss.
PokerStars liked the story so much they gave him a free seat into the $5,000 buy-in $10m Guaranteed WCOOP Main Event.
Andrey ‘Kroko-dill’ Zaichenko Wins Second WCOOP Title
This one escaped me during my WCOOP round-up yesterday.
Andrey ‘Kroko-dill’ Zaichenko has won his second WCOOP title after taking down Event #39: $1,050 Fixed-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship.
231 entrants ensured the organisers met the $150,000 guarantee, and the Russian defeated Kyle ‘kwob20′ Bowker in heads-up action to take the $44,499.92 first prize. Shawn ‘buck21′ Buchanan was third.
Zaichenko’s first WCOOP title came six years ago when he took down another PLO Hi-Lo title.
SixthSenSe19 Leads the Player of the Series Race
Zaichenko’s victory moves him into third place in the 2016 WCOOP Player of the Series standings with 330 points. Connor ‘blanconegro’ Drinan sits in second place with 360 points. The American won Event #5: $320 No-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 6-Max for $26,614.82, and finished runner-up to clinc3 in Event #55: $530 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em for $100,401.29.
The current leader is Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez with 410 points. The Uruguayan captured his second career WCOOP title winning Event #43: $1,050 Triple Draw 2-7 Championship for $30,981.06.
WCOOP Top 5 Player of the Series Leaderboard
1. Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez – 410 points
2. Connor ‘blanconegro’ Drinan – 360 points
3. Andrey ‘Kroko-dill’ Zaichenko – 330 points
4. Niklas ‘lena900’ Astedt – 330 points
5. Boahgerding – 325 points
The winner will receive a PokerStars Championships Bahamas Experience and TCOOP Main Event seat worth a combined $40,000. The runner-up will receive $10,000 and a TCOOP Main Event seat.
