It's Getting Close at the Top of the WCOOP League Leaderboard
As the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on PokerStars resumed yesterday after a brief pause on Friday, the competition in the WCOOP League stepped up a notch. With the latest points added, the standings at the top are incredibly close.
Team peace&loove retains the lead with a narrow advantage, climbing to 1,880 points after a significant 530-point gain. Team easywithaces is just 50 points behind, closing the gap with a strong Saturday performance. Team L. Veldhuis surged past Team AAkkari, who continued to slip down the leaderboard. Meanwhile, Team Spraggy, led by Benjamin Spragg, had another quiet day, keeping them the favorites for the wooden spoon.
- Team peace&loove – 1,880 points (+530)
- Team easywithaces – 1,830 points (+515)
- Team tonkaaaa – 1,520 points (+295)
- Team L. Veldhuis – 1,510 points (+575)
- Team AAkkari – 1,425 points (+330)
- Team Spraggy – 835 points (+225)
In the latest highlights, Russian phenom Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov made poker history as the third player to win 12 WCOOP titles. Meanwhile, Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky secured another major win for Lex Veldhuis' stable in the $5,200 NLHE [PKO, Thursday Thrill High Roller]. FAL1st's latest victory in the $1,050 FLO8 [6-Max] also played a pivotal role in keeping Team peace&loove at the top of the WCOOP standings.