Dutch Grinder ‘nmi128’ Opens 2021 WCOOP with Sunday Cooldown Win
Dutch Grinder ‘nmi128’ Opens 2021 WCOOP with Sunday Cooldown Win

The opening day of the 2021 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker was a busy one with seven events and 21 total tournaments in action, but just three players finished Sunday’s action with a WCOOP title.

All three buy-in levels of Event #7 played down to a champion with a player from the Netherlands walking away as the big winner. 

‘nmi128‘ beat out 970 other players to win Event #7-H ($530 Sunday Cooldown SE 8-Max Turbo PKO NLHE Freezeout) for $34,375.17 and another $44,666.91 worth of bounties. It was their first WCOOP title. Brazilian players have been dominating the World Series of Poker Online and came oh-so-close to kicking off the WCOOP schedule with a title but ‘Jâmes‘ fell one spot short and had to settle for the silver medal and $34,374.61 and another $6,620.11 from bounties. Third place went to Anthony Spinella for $20,844.26 with another $4,568.36 coming from bounties. The $485,500 prize pool easily beat the $400,000 guarantee.

The Ukraine’s ‘gunnersfun‘ took home Event #7-M ($55 Sunday Cooldown SE 8-Max Turbo PKO NLHE Freezeout) and took home $18,840.69 from the prize pool and secured another  $8,876.65 in bounties. The most high-profile player at the final table was undoubtedly Team PokerStars Team Pro Online member Arlie Shaban. Despite missing out on a podium finish, Shaban was excited to kick off WCOOP with a strong performance.

In Event #7-L ($5.50 Mini Sunday Cooldown SE 8-Max Turbo PKO NLHE Freezeout), ‘goodday2211‘ had a great day, beating 10,814 other players to win $2,981.69 and another $1,107.76 in bounties.

Monday promises to be a much busier day with six events and 18 tournaments playing down to a winner.

WCOOP Event #7 (High): $530 Sunday Cooldown SE (8-Max Turbo PKO NLHE Freezeout)
Entries: 971
Prize pool: $485,500

  1. nmi128 – $34,375.17 + $44,666.91 in bounties
  2. Jâmes – $34,374.61 + $6,620.11 in bounties
  3. Anthony ‘holdplz’ Spinella – $20,844.26 + $4,568.36 in bounties

WCOOP Event #7 (Medium): $55 Sunday Cooldown SE (8-Max Turbo PKO NLHE Freezeout)
Entries: 6,212
Prize pool: $$310,600

  1. gunnersfun – $18,840.69 + $8,876.65 in bounties
  2. lucasfranque – $18,837.50 + $5,554.58 in bounties
  3. mark188193 – $11,034.76 + $969.20 in bounties

WCOOP Event #7 (Low): $5.50 Mini Sunday Cooldown SE (8-Max Turbo PKO NLHE Freezeout)
Entries: 10,815
Prize pool: $52.993.50

  1. goodday2211 – $2,981.69 + $1,107.76 in bounties
  2. disneyyman – $2,972.58 + $507.57 in bounties
  3. dario.boss27 – $1,763.70 + $391.07 in bounties