WCOOP: Timofey Kuznetsov Wins $527K After Winning $25K High Roller

Timofey Kuznetsov is known as a high stake cash game beast, but on Thursday the Russian picked up a half-million dollars after topping one of the toughest fields of the 2019 World Championship of Online Poker.
Kuznetsov beat out 89 other players to win Event #25 High ($25,000 No Limit Hold’em Eight Max High Roller) to take home $527,458.43. The final table included Timothy ‘Tim0thee’ Adams, Mustapha ‘lasagnaaammm’ Kanit, Dominik ‘Bounatirou’ Nitsche, Rachid Ben ‘SkaiWalkurrr’ Cherif, Justin ‘ZeeJustin’ Bonomo, and runner-up Jordi ‘prot0’ Urlingsv.
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Back in July, Joao ‘Naza114’ Viera won his first World Series of Poker bracelet. On Thursday, he went ahead and added another WCOOP title to his resume by winning Event #26 High ($530 Pot Limit Omaha Six Max w/rebuys). Viera beat ‘rickv17‘ heads-up to win the WCOOP title and $88,846.38 while ‘rickv17’ banked $64,567.17. Denis ‘aDrENalin710’ Strebkov, who won the overall WCOOP leaderboard last year, finished third for $48,003.50.
Paul ‘Remi Lebo_10’ Kolinkovsky won $78,182.44 for beating out 437 other players in Event #27 High ($1,050 No Limit Hold’em). Canada’s ‘alexos888’ earned $58,596.42 as the runner-up and Ireland’s ‘Cantona09‘ finished third for $43,917.20.
Other grinders picking up WCOOP titles on Thursday were ‘Aagoodfold‘, ‘xnrobix‘, ‘Benyamins‘, ‘_pauL€FauL_‘, ‘19_Kumite_79‘, and ‘OneH1tWonder‘.
Event #25 (Low): $215 No Limit Hold’em Eight Max High Roller
Entries: 3,658
Prize pool: $731,600
- AAgoodfold – $104,827.00
- sh4rk – $74,722.25
- Fold Machiii – $53,264.50
- Fukuruku – $37,968.72
- MiracleQ – $27,065.39
- bachelder – $19,293.09
- bacooo – $13,752.76
- Carbutron0 – $9,803.36
Event #25 (Medium): $2,100 No Limit Hold’em Eight Max High Roller
Entries: 546
Prize pool: $1,092,000
- xnrobix – $193,067.24
- TheBrodie5 – $137,624.65
- achen – $98,103.53
- IAmSoSo – $69,931.57
- Andras ‘probirs’ Nemeth – $49,849.58
- AB_Poker_12 – $35,534.44
- munchenHB – $25,330.14
- TruthBeTold7 – $18,056.22
Event #25 (High): $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Eight Max High Roller
Entries: 90
Prize pool: $2,207,250
- Trueteller – $527,458.43
- Jordi ‘prot0’ Urlingsv – $407,625.43
- Justin ‘ZeeJustin’ Bonomo – $315,017.17
- Rachid Ben ‘SkaiWalkurrr’ Cherif – $243,448.63
- Dominik ‘Bounatirou’ Nitsche – $188,139.58
- Mustapha ‘lasagnaaammm’ Kanit – $145,396.41
- Zagazaur – $112,363.81
- Timothy ‘Tim0thee’ Adams – $86,835.86
Event #26 (Low): $5.50 Pot Limit Omaha Six Max w/rebuys
Entries: 3,175
Prize pool: $51,078
- Benyamins – $7,356.52
- asteras666 – $5,132.92
- aaa1 – $3,570.20
- calvin7v – $2,487.62
- naoblaku – $1,733.31
- 88DrugDealer – $1,207.72
Event #26 (Medium): $55 Pot Limit Omaha Six Max w/rebuys
Entries: 1,018
Prize pool: $182,145
- _pauL€FauL_ – $29,764.44
- Odonkor1 – $20,738.46
- krokotopus – $14,449.99
- IIDepredator – $10,068.36
- texasilainen – $7,015.35
- RoyalBluf NL – $4,888.12
Event #26 (High): $530 Pot Limit Omaha Six Max w/rebuys
Entries: 232
Prize pool: $449,450
- Joao ‘Naza114’ Viera – $88,846.38
- rickv17 – $64,567.17
- Denis ‘aDrENalin710’ Strebkov – $48,003.50
- rompsa – $35,688.93
- skattefar – $26,533.50
- Odd_oddsen – $19,726.72
Event #27 (Low): $11 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 7,825
Prize pool: $76,685
- 19_Kumite_79 – $10,807.66
- 00_Blackout – $7,475.16
- Ernao – $5,173.40
- LiMa171 – $3,580.40
- MusashiiDen – $2,477.93
- BelPavel – $1,714.92
- ajaxfsite – $1,186.86
- jarekk – $821.40
- KingRotsaert – $568.48
Event #27 (Medium): $109 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 2,768
Prize pool: $276,900
- OneH1tWonder – $40,471.22
- alencarfu – $28,847.85
- sebasnato – $20,563.72
- Stelian CC – $14,658.53
- benasg – $10,449.00
- Jarcon86 – $7,448.47
- cassiopak – $5,309.52
- flipmm – $3,784.80
- Melperon – $2,697.94
Event #27 (High): $1,050 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 438
Prize pool: $438,000
- Remi Lebo_10 – $78,182.44
- alexos888 – $58,596.42
- Cantona09 – $43,917.20
- M_Acevedo – $32,915.39
- Pwndidi – $24,669.64
- jenbizzle – $18,489.55
- ivan limeira – $13,857.66
- Razer2311 – $10,386.11
- krasark – $7,784.26