One of those saw him defeat PokerStars Ambassador Lex Veldhuis, who recorded an "elusive" six-figure score, earning himself the biggest MTT cash of his career.
Elsewhere there was another title for Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, bringing his tally for the year up to three.
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Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski Takes Down WCOOP-80-H: $10,300 NLHE ($265,918)
Brazil's Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski earned his sixth World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) title on after taking down the WCOOP-80-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller] for a prize of $107,949, plus another $157,969 in bounties for a total score of $265,918.
Dzivielevski, who also took down this year's WCOOP 13-H: $1,050 FLO8 for $23,897, secured Brazil's latest WCOOP victory by winning a heads-up battle against PokerStars ambassador Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, who recorded the biggest result of his MTT career, taking home $172,793 for his second-place finish.
WCOOP-80-H: $10,300 NLHE Final Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize (in USD)
1
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski
Brazil
$265,918
2
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
Netherlands
$172,793
3
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph
Austria
$83,866
4
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin
United Kingdom
$95,897
5
DrawindDead
Poland
$54,936
6
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt
Sweden
$35,081
7
Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani
Brazil
$27,515
8
Andras "probirs" Nemeth
Hungary
$56,705
9
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder
Netherlands
$40,126
Got second in the $10k WCOOP for $172,800. My biggest score in online MTT's in my entire career. Over the moon righ… https://t.co/VpoL27wCZ9
— Lex Veldhuis (@LexVeldhuis)
Final Table
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder was the first to go at the final table after running his ace-nine into the queens of Veldhuis, who entered the table as the short stack. It wasn't long before Veldhuis knocked out Andras "probirs" Nemeth in eighth place after both players rivered flushes.
Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani and online legend Niklas "Lena900" Astedt - looking for his fourth WCOOP title - went next, before "DrawindDead" fell in fifth place, having doubled their stack multiple times to stay alive.
The final table action proved to be all Veldhuis as he knocked out Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph in third place for $83,866.
Dzivielevski began heads-up play with the chip advantage after having won a sizable pot against Rudolph with a full house and earlier knocking out Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin with two-pair. Veldhuis quickly leveled things out by taking down a few medium-sized pots.
Heads-up action lasted just 18 hands as the two players got into a pre-flop raising war that climaxed when Dzivielevski five-bet shoved with ace-king and Veldhuis called off with ace-queen.
Here are the other WCOOP results from September 11. Espen "_sennj_" Sandvik won his second title of the year, bringing his total WCOOP titles up to three.
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi now owns four WCOOP titles, three of which have come in 2021, whilst Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder bagged the first WCOOP title of his career.
Yes! 7th title! Two on the same day! ❤️ Thanks God!
— Yuri Martins Dzi. (@YuriNerdguy)
In-Play
Lex Veldhuis won't have to wait very long for another crack at a PKO title, having made it through to Day 2 of the WCOOP 85-H: $2,100 NHLE PKO. He sits 16th in chips with 21 players returning.
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Connor Richards is an Editor & Live Reporter for PokerNews and host of the Life Outside Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for two Global Poker Awards for his writing.
