Day 10 of the World Championship of Online Poker on PokerStars was a whirlwind of action, with z_balata, Mike Leah and Team PokerStars’ very own Noah Boeken all receiving huge scores.
The first even to play to completion was WCOOP 23, a Four-Max NLHE event with a $200 buy-in. The pace of play was incredibly fast, and only 0.3% of the 2,622 entrants made it to Day 2 of the event. A number of notable pros hit the rail on Day 1, including Mickey Petersen, Richard Toth, Anders Berg and Randy Law.
BrightStripe and kekim1 were eliminated first on Day 2, leaving five players for the unofficial final table. Loverat of the UK was first to hit the rail, followed by claypole, KingRakker and Da3dalus. z_balata finished in first for just over $77k.
Next up was WCOOP 26, a $300 Six-Max Mixed HE event with 841 players and $252k up for grabs. Noah Boeken had to face an incredibly talented final table that included Shaun Deeb and Steve Gross, both of whom have over $5 million in career online tournament cashes, and both of whom exited the U.S. to resume their careers. Deeb was eliminated in 5th for $12.6k, and Gross went next to earn $17.6k.
After the elimination of Fulham8, heads up play began between gangst3rn1 and Boeken. Boeken had roughly five times as many chips and it took 49 hands for him to secure the outright win and $44.4k.
Finally, 292 players entered WCOOP 27, a $300 buy-in Badugi event with an $87k prize pool. The top three spots belonged to nada123455, Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee and Mike “goleafsgoeh” Leah, who earned $9,636, $12,702 and $17,082, respectively, for their finishes.
WCOOP 28, a Two-Day NLHE with a $1,000 buy-in, is currently in progress. Top pros including Adam Levy, Chris Lee, Ben Delaney, Will Molson and Christina Lindley will face off for the $206k top prize.
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