2024 WCOOP Daily Coverage | 2024 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker

The 2024 PokerStars WCOOP is up and running, and Team Akkari has wasted no time in accumulating points for the hotly-contested WCOOP League. Team Akkari amassed 85 points on the opening day of the series, thanks to Laurie "LaliTournier" Tournier finishing eighth in the $530 NLH Progressive Knockout event.

Team Tonkaaaa finds itself only 10 points behind the leaders after Niklas "Lena900" Astedt finished seventh in the $109 NLHE Turbo Progressive Knockout.

Team Akkari – 85 points
Team Tonkaaaa – 75 points
Team Lex – 50 points
Team Fintan – 45 points
Team Huber – 25 points
Team Spraggy – 0 points

As you can see, it has not been the best of starts for Team Spraggy, captained by the ever-popular Benjamin Spragg. Despite being able to call upon the likes of Kelvin "kelvin_fp:ar" Kerber, Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson, Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic, and "Revenge4Dodo," Team Spraggy drew a blank on Day 1 and are the only WCOOP League team without a point to show for their efforts.

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Thursday was a monumental day for Team tonkaaaa in the 2024 PokerStars WCOOP League, with team captain Parker Talbot leading by example.

The Canadian, whose roster is stacked with Swedish talent, played a pivotal role in propelling his team into third place. Talbot’s heroics came during the WCOOP $1,050 World Championship of HORSE, where his winning performance contributed significantly to the team’s rise.

Adding to the team’s success, "ShipitFTW911" secured a solid fifth-place finish in WCOOP 20-L: $109 NLHE [Mini Bounty Builder HR]. Team tonkaaaa racked up a total of 460 points, outscoring the nearest competitors by 70. The impressive performances have brought them within striking distance of Sebastian Huber's Team peace&loove, the current league leaders.

Team easywithaces, led by Fintan Hand, continued to deliver on the virtual felt and shortened Huber's lead to 35 points. Meanwhile, Team AAkkari slipped to fourth place after posting the lowest score on September 12.

Despite Lex Veldhuis' stellar week, which included his first WCOOP title on Tuesday and another final table finish last night, his team has yet to break the 1,000-point barrier. Team Spraggy had their best day of the series so far, more than doubling their overall points tally, but they continue to hold the bottom spot in the league standings.