WCOOP: Linus ‘LLinusLLove’ Loeliger Wins $25K High Roller for $588K
WCOOP: Linus ‘LLinusLLove’ Loeliger Wins $25K High Roller for $588K

As the 2018 World Championship of Online Poker heads into its final weekend of action, the action continued on Thursday with Linus ‘LLinusLLove’ Loeliger taking down one of the biggest buy-in tournaments for nearly $588,000. Other highlights of the day included Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira, Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson and Arseniy ‘josef_shvejk’ Karmatskiy each picking up titles.

Loeliger beat out the 103 other players in Event #43 High ($25,000 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em High Roller) including a final table that included two former #1-ranked players, Chris ‘Big Huni’ Hunichen and Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard, as well as Michael ‘mczhang’ Chi Zhang, Rachid ‘SkaiWalkurrr’ Ben Cherif and eventual runner-up Henrik ‘hhecklen’ Hecklen. The outright victory earned Loeliger $587,747.32 while Hecklen had to settle for $451,251.38.

The Medium version of that event attracted 662 runners with Ognjen ‘psjebemvas’ Sekularac taking home $228,348.36 for the win. ‘AS Leshly‘ and ‘ReadngSouls‘ chopped the Low version for $131,349.41 and $112,902.97 respectively.

Vieira topped Event #42 High ($2,100 Triple Draw Duece to Seven) to win $49,595. The final table included Luke Schwartz, Daniel Cates, and Harley Thrower. Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson won the Medium buy-in event for $15,325.20 while ‘pokerqmaster‘ took down the Low for $4,915.91.

One of the hottest players on the planet, Arseniy ‘josef_shvejk’ Karmatskiy continued his solid run, beating out 149 other players to win Event #44 High ($2,100 Six Max No Limit Hold’em Shootout) for $66,000. His victory denied Watson a second WCOOP title of the day. The Canadian finished runner-up for $46,050 while NLZWERVERNL finished third for $34,500.

Ben ‘jenbizzle’ Jones added $31,425.08 to his bankroll thanks to his victory in the Medium buy-in event and Robert ‘Little Kraut’ Deppe scored $12,014.08 for winning the Low.

Event #42 (High): $2,100 Triple Draw Duece to Seven
Entries: 91
Prize pool: $182,000

  1. Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira – $49,595
  2. Luke ‘lb6121’ Schwartz – $33,125
  3. WD89lol<3 – $25,480
  4. Daniel ‘w00ki3z’ Cates – $17,290
  5. Harley ‘Harleyy30040’ Thrower- $12,740
  6. fr0zZy – $9,555

Event #42 (Medium): $215 Triple Draw Duece to Seven
Entries: 396
Prize pool: $79,200

  1. Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson – $15,325.20
  2. Denis XXX007 – $11,365.20
  3. Lance84 – $8,514
  4. Chillolini – $5,860.80
  5. pantri – $4,197.60
  6. 9cream4 – $2,692.80

Event #42 (Low): $22 Triple Draw Duece to Seven
Entries: 1,536
Prize pool: $30,720

  1. pokerqmaster – $4,915.91
  2. Murilo ‘Muka82’ Figueiredo – $3,686.40
  3. schu_81 – $2,764.80
  4. Donald – $1,843.20
  5. thefish01x – $1,228.80
  6. dAASSSmayer – $724.99

Event #43 (High): $25,000 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em High Roller
Entries: 104
Prize pool: $2,550,600

  1. Linus ‘LLinusLLove’ Loeliger – $587,747.32
  2. Henrik ‘hhecklen’ Hecklen – $451,251.38
  3. fr0zZy – $346,454.88
  4. Michael ‘mczhang’ Chi Zhang – $265,995.69
  5. Chris ‘Big Huni’ Hunichen – $204,221.95
  6. Rachid ‘SkaiWalkurrr’ Ben Cherif – $156,794.30
  7. bartek901 – $120,391.17
  8. Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard – $92,424.30

Event #43 (Medium): $2,100 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em High Roller
Entries: 662
Prize pool: $1,324,000

  1. Ognjen ‘psjebemvas’ Sekularac – $228,348.36
  2. Killer_00000 – $162,774.01
  3. etxnl01 – $116,030.85
  4. Liv Boeree – $82,710.80
  5. kurzatwarz – $58,959.17
  6. NukeTheFish! – $42,028.12
  7. NEWFlat – $29,959.07
  8. Picasso 2 – $21,255.85

Event #43 (Low): $215 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em High Roller
Entries: 5,010
Prize pool: $1,002,000

  1. AS Leshly – $131,349.41
  2. ReadngSouls – $112,902.97*
  3. samoooth – $72,459.22
  4. Schamane22 – $51,651.39
  5. Hciappolino – $36,818.79
  6. baaadshaaa – $26,245.68
  7. Little Kraut – $18,708
  8. s3c3_1978 – $13,336.21

Event #44 (High): $2,100 Six Max No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Entries: 150
Prize pool: $300,000

  1. Arseniy ‘josef_shvejk’ Karmatskiy – $66,000
  2. Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson – $46,050
  3. NLZWERVERNL – $34,500
  4. Michael ‘imluckbox’ Addamo – $24,000
  5. ja.sam.gale – $18,000
  6. hotmark777 – $12,000

Event #44 (Medium): $215 Six Max No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Entries: 982
Prize pool: $196,400

  1. Ben ‘jenbizzle’ Jones – $31,425.08
  2. com 157 – $23,568
  3. FshnIsMyPrfn – $17,676
  4. FiatEruditio – $11,784
  5. M_Acevedo – $7,856
  6. Speedyy1986 – $4,870.72

Event #44 (Low): $22 Six Max No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Entries: 4,619
Prize pool: $92,380

  1. Robert ‘Little Kraut’ Deppe – $12,014.08
  2. lsp pest – $8,776.10
  3. andreyayo9 – $6,466.60
  4. sharkkings23 – $4,157.10
  5. Grimeyyyy – $2,309.50
  6. bencb789 – $1,293.32