Russian online superstar, Denis ‘aDrENalin710′ Strebkov, has won an unprecedented four titles at the 2018 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker; Benny Glaser, Ole Schemion and Nick Maimone also get in on the fun.
The door creaks open, like the beginning of Robert Smith’s Close To Me, but nothing comes through. Donald has nuked my thoughts. The screaming white noise of the inside of my skull is all that remains.
I wish I stayed asleep, today.
I never thought this night could ever be this close to me.
I wouldn’t mind paying a few quid to take the open top bus tour of the cranium of one Denis ‘aDrENalin710′ Strebkov. Now, there’s a man who doesn’t wish he stayed asleep and must believe that every night is close to him.
Coming into the 2018 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on PokerStars, Dan ‘djk123’ Kelly was the top WCOOP wiz with five wins. Strebkov was one of six players with three titles to his name.
That was then.
This is now.
Yesterday, I waxed lyrical about Strebkov after the Russian won three titles in a single week. Today, I bring you news of an unprecedented fourth title.
Strebkov won the 136 runners, two-day, Event #21 (H) $2,100 Eight Game, collecting $70,720, after firing a single shot in one of the toughest events of the entire series.
The Russian online star has now won eight WCOOP titles, three more than Kelly and Shaun Deeb who tie second place.
Thanks to Howard Swains over at PokerStars for the biography of wins:
2014: $530 FL Omaha H/L – $30,151.71
2015: $215 NL Omaha Hi/Lo [6-Max] – $28,680.74
2016: $1,050 PL Omaha Hi/Lo – $63,780.33
2016: $320 HORSE – $17,848.89
2018: $109 PLO 6-Max – $31,824.30
2018: $2,100 Razz – $49,595.00
2018: $11 5-Card Draw – $3,233.76
2018: $2,100 8-Game – $70,720.00
And he is smashing the leaderboards to pieces.
Overall
1. ADrENalin710 – 790
2. Senkel92 – 575
3. Calvin7v – 550
4. Shaundeeb – 525
5. ImluckNuts – 520
High
1. ADrENalin710 – 375
2. Shaundeeb – 340
3. Naza114 – 305
4. Lrslzk – 290
5. MrSweets28 – 280
Medium
1. Senkel92 – 275
2. ADrENalin710 – 230
3. Brianm15 – 205
4. Pantri – 205
5. Premove – 200
Low
1. Calvin7v – 220
2. Pantri – 215
3. B.Paulino – 210
3. Dacus3 – 210
5. Smertin – 205
In Other WCOOP News
Benny “RunGodLike” Glaser secured his first WCOOP title beating 3,312 players in the $55 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max for $18,057.56 after a spot of deal-making. The three-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner adds a WCOOP title to his Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) title. The Pocket Fives World #1, Niklas “Lena900” Astedt, defeated 679 entrants to win the $530 buy-in medium version of the same event for $58,228.20. Lena900 is a two-time SCOOP champ. And another SCOOP champ, Tom ‘tjbentham’ Bentham, made it 2/3 for UK players in Event #27 when he took down the 192-runner $5,200 buy-in version for $191,476.72.
I finally won a #WCOOP! 😀
Won the $55 PLO 6-max for $18k 😁🎉🎉🎉— Benny Glaser (@BennyG444) September 9, 2018
Philanthropist, Nick “FU_15” Maimone beat 336 entrants to take the $31,222.05 first prize in the $530 buy-in NLO8 8-Max, and Ole ‘wizowizo’ Schemion topped a tournament featuring 294 entrants in the $2,100 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max for $112,235.51.
All told, on Sunday 37,834 players entered 15 WCOOP events building prize pools equating to $4,364,143, and 5,914 players took a cut.
And now the door creaks shut.
The trumpets trumpet.
The foot taps.
Onto the next one.
