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.
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