As always, PokerNews was there to provide live reporting, including the victory of Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani in WCOOP-04-H for his second WCOOP title. Meanwhile, there were titles for Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov and Jonathan "Proudflop" Proudfoot, to name just two.
More events will get underway today, while others will resume to play down to a winner. They include WCOOP-09-H, which attracted just 48 of the best online HORSE players around. The final nine players are led by former SCOOP Main Event winner Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi.
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This was the second career WCOOP title for the Brazilian after previously winning the WCOOP-76-L NLHE 6-Max PKO Turbo in 2017 for $45,980.
2021 WCOOP-04-H: $5,200 NLHE High Roller Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani
Brazil
$195,690
2
Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura
Peru
$152,344
3
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph
Germany
$118,600
4
Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani
Portugal
$92,330
5
David "dpeters17" Peters
United States
$71,879
6
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann
Germany
$55,958
7
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt
Switzerland
$43,563
8
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden
Finland
$33,914
9
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood
Canada
$26,402
Garagnani entered the final table with the chip lead, but it wasn't all smooth sailing for the champion as early on at the final table the lead bounced between two other previous WCOOP winners in Ventura and Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph.
Eventually, Garagnani snagged the lead back with three players remaining and the lead went back-and-forth during a marathon heads-up battle lasting nearly 100 minutes en route to the title.
"Soul0faSwan" Leads Final 16 in WCOOP-04-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max]
The second day of the WCOOP-04-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max], $1.5M GTD had 200 players return of the 3,213 entries. It took just under six hours here to reach the final 16 that advanced to the final day, with "Soul0faSwan" bagging the lead.
The player from Austria was laying low during the early part of the day but it took just one double through "johnyguedes1" to get rolling, and they never looked back as they ended the night with a comfortable lead. They will be looking to secure their first six-figure cash tomorrow, with the thought of a WCOOP title surely on their mind.
Closest behind the leader is "Naked:D" with Michael "SmallKindB" Sklenicka and Martin "martin12389" Schejtman also present at the final table.
Here are the results from WCOOP events that crowned champions on August 23. They include debut titles for Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy and Jonathan "Proudflop" Proudfoot, with Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov, Lonnie "thx4urm0n3y" Hallett and Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt both winning the second WCOOP titles of their career.
Tune back tomorrow to check out whether Mateusz "KeyserMM" Moolhuizen can hold onto his lead in WCOOP-04-L with just 24 players remaining, or whether Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi can secure a second WCOOP title to go with his five SCOOP titles.
WCOOP-04-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max, Sunday Million SE], $1M Gtd
A total of fifteen events get underway on August 24, including Limit Omaha Hi-Lo and No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw tournaments. There's also the small matter of the Super Tuesday, with $2.5 million guaranteed across the three tiers.
Time (BST)
Event
10:30
#12-L: $5.50 NLHE [8-Max, PKO], $50K Gtd
10:30
#12-M: $55 NLHE [8-Max, PKO], $250K Gtd
10:30
#12-H: $530 NLHE [8-Max, PKO], $300K Gtd
12:05
#13-L: $11 FLO8 [8-Max], $12.5K Gtd
12:05
#13-M: $109 FLO8 [8-Max], $35K Gtd
12:05
#13-H: $1,050 FLO8 [8-Max], $100K Gtd
13:05
#14-L: $109 NLHE [8-Max, Mini Super Tuesday SE], $500K Gtd
13:05
#14-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE], $1M Gtd
13:05
#14-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller], $1M Gtd
14:15
#15-L: $11 NL 2-7 Single Draw, $12.5K Gtd
14:15
#15-M: $109 NL 2-7 Single Draw, $25K Gtd
14:15
#15-H: $1,050 NL 2-7 Single Draw, $50K Gtd
15:30
#16-L: $22 NLHE [7-Max, PKO], $350K Gtd
15:30
#16-M: $215 NLHE [7-Max, PKO], $500K Gtd
15:30
#16-H: $2,100 NLHE [7-Max, PKO], $350K Gtd
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Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor.
He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.
