WCOOP 2020 Day 10: Huge Scores For Zancan and “NoTilit”

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Sep 09, 2020 6 min read

Day 10 of the 2020 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) was another massive day for online poker tournament players with 11 new champions crowned. Two of those newly crowned WCOOP champions walked away with scores in excess of $180,000, showing why players from around the world flock to PokerStars during this annual series.

Let’s take a look at the superstars who padded their bankrolls with huge sums of cash.

Matheus “MpZancan” Zancan Takes Down WCOOP-25-L: $215 NLHE [8-Max Sunday Slam] for $182,592

The third and final day of the WCOOP-25-L: $215 NLHE [8-Max Sunday Slam] took place on September 8 and it only took 3.5 hours to crown the champion. Brazil’s Matheus “MpZancan” Zancan is that champion after he triumphed over 7,176-opponents to bag a most impressive $182,592 for his $215 investment.

Zancan’s prize would've been in excess of $200,000 but he struck a deal when the tournament was three-handed which flattened the payouts.

Diego “El Pulgoso” Ostrovich of Argentina was one of those deal makers. Ostrovich crashed out in third-place, but not before ensuring a $119,117 score. The Argentinian benefited the most from the deal because the original third-place prize was worth $101,907.

Ostovich’s exit left Zancan and “mrlogik” of Latvia to lock horns heads-up for the title. The one-on-one battle went Zancan’s way and he secured a potentially life-changing prize of $182,592. This left his Latvian opponent to reel in the $148,135 consolation prize, not a bad result for three day’s work.

WCOOP-25-L: $215 NLHE [8-Max Sunday Slam] Final Table Results

*reflects a three-handed deal

NoTilit Wins WCOOP-25-M: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max Sunday Slam] for $228,462

The WCOOP-25-M: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max Sunday Slam] also crowned its champion on September 8. This event also saw the top three finishers walk away with six-figure scores, although there was no deal to speak of.

Patrick “pads1161” Leonard busted on the final table bubble, paving the way for a prize of at least $25,804 for the surviving players.

Francisco “Tomatee” Benitez was the grinder to secure this sum and he was joined on the rail by Russia’s “CrazyLissy” then Dutch star “Pimmss”.

Mexico-based Spaniard David “davaman” Lopez ran out of steam and fell in fifth-place, a finish worth $65,705 before “mmetsla” of Estonia crashed and burned in fourth for $89,722, which was the last prize not over $100,000.

Nobody would have been surprised if a deal had been struck because the pay jumps were substantial to say the least. There wasn’t a deal so Julian “nailju90” Stuer, on his second $2,100 bullet, banked $122,520 when his tournament ended abruptly in third.

Christian “WATnlos” Rudolph and “NoTilit” of Lithuania faced each other in a battle for the title. Rudolph recently won a WSOP bracelet but he couldn’t quite get the job done in this WCOOP event and had to ultimately settle for second-place. Although disappointed not to win, the $167,305 prize Rudolph won will no doubt help soothe the pain of defeat.

Congratulations to "NoTilit" who became a 2020 WCOOP champion, an accolade that came with $228,462 reasons to be happy.

WCOOP-25-M: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max Sunday Slam] Final Table Results

Mirza "zazano" Muhovic Leads Final 14 in WCOOP-33-H: $5,200 High Roller

WCOOP-33-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller] took place under the watchful eyes of the PokerNews Live Reporting team who provided exclusive action as the 155 entrants were whittled down to a more manageable 14.

Luxembourg’s Mirza “zazano” Muhovic ended Day 1 with the overnight chip lead courtesy of amassing 4,328,322 chips. Three other players bagged up more than four-million chips when the curtain came down on proceedings.

Ole “wizowizo” Schemion (4,325,650), British star Luke “Bit2Easy” Reeves (4,160,732), and high stakes guru Matthias “iambest2” Eibinger were that trio of deep-stacked players.

The rest of the field reads likes a who’s who of the online poker world. Check out the overnight chip counts below and recap the action by reading all the updates from Day 1 right here.

WCOOP-33-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller] Day 2 Chip Counts

Play resumes at 7:05 p.m. CEST on September 9 at Level 21, meaning blinds will be 25,000/50,000/6,000a

Follow all the WCOOP-33-H updates here

WCOOP Day 10 Results

There were some incredible results on Day 10 of the WCOOP. You already know Matheus “MpZancan” Zancan and “NoTilit” walked away with monster-sized scores, but there were also some mega prizes awarded to the nine other champions, including almost $55,000 to Russia’s Viktor “papan9_p$” Ustimov.

It was a good day for Russian grinders as they won six of the day’s events!

WCOOP 29-L: $11 NLHE [Progressive KO]

WCOOP 29-M: $109 NLHE [Progressive KO]

WCOOP 29-H: $1,050 NLHE [Progressive KO]

WCOOP 30-L: $5.50 NLO8 [6-Max]

*reflects a six-handed deal

WCOOP 30-M: $55 NLO8 [6-Max]

WCOOP 30-H: $530 NLO8 [6-Max]

WCOOP 31-L: $5.50 NLHE [4-Max]

WCOOP 31-M: $55 NLHE [4-Max]

*reflects a heads-up deal

WCOOP 31-H: $530 NLHE [4-Max]

In-Play Events

Twelve events are currently in-play and will see their champions crowned on September 9. A whole host of elite stars have done their chances of WCOOP glory no harm by finishing their respective Day 1s as the overnight chip lead.

The likes of Dzmitry “Colisea” Urbanovich and Jonathan “Proudflop” Proudfoot are just two of the players in pole position going into Day 2.

WCOOP 32-L: $11 NLHE [Progressive KO, Freezeout]

WCOOP 32-M: $109 NLHE [Progressive KO, Freezeout]

WCOOP 32-H: $1,050 NLHE [Progressive KO, Freezeout]

WCOOP 33-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max, Mini Super Tuesday]

WCOOP 33-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday]

WCOOP 33-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller]

WCOOP 34-L: $22 8-Game

WCOOP 34-M: $215 8-Game

WCOOP 34-H: $2,100 8-Game

WCOOP 35-L: $22 NLHE [6-Max, Freezeout]

WCOOP 35-M: $215 NLHE [6-Max, Freezeout]

WCOOP 35-H: $2,100 NLHE [6-Max, Freezeout]

Events Scheduled on September 9

Nine new events are on tap on Wednesday, September 9, with PokerNews live reporting bringing you complete coverage of WCOOP-37-H: $5,200 PLO [6-Max, High Roller] that kicks off at 1:05 p.m. ET. Check out the dedicated PokerNews WCOOP Hub for all things WCOOP.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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