The 2024 World Championship Of On-line Poker (WCOOP) shuffled up and dealt at PokerStars for the primary time on September 8, marking the beginning of the eagerly anticipated WCOOP League.
Over the subsequent three-and-a-half weeks, groups chosen by Ben “Spraggy” Spragg, Fintan “easywithaces” Hand, Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot, Sebastian “peace&loove” Huber, Andre “AAkkari” Akkari, and Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis will earn factors primarily based on their ending positions in WCOOP occasions as they bid to change into the 2024 WCOOP League champions.
Group Lex ran away with proceedings within the inaugural SCOOP League earlier this yr, however his fellow group captains gained’t let him issues his personal approach throughout WCOOP, that’s for certain.
2024 WCOOP League Standings After Day 1
Group Akkari – 85 pointsTeam Tonkaaaa – 75 pointsTeam Lex – 50 pointsTeam Fintan – 45 pointsTeam Huber – 25 pointsTeam Spraggy – 0 factors
As you may see, Group Akkari is off to a flying begin within the 2024 PokerStars WCOOP League, having amassed 85 factors on Day 1. The majority of Group Akkari’s factors complete (50) got here from Laurie “LaliTournier” Tournier’s spectacular eighth-place end within the WCOOP 07-H: $530 NLHE Turbo Progressive KO. Tournier banked a complete prize value $6,212.
The remainder of Group Akkari’s factors got here within the $109 version of the occasion Tournier completed eighth in. Pedro “PaDiLhA SP” Padilha completed 112th whereas “FollowTheBreath” bowed out in a hundred and thirtieth.
Group Tonkaaaa pulled off a masterstroke by buying 2024 World Collection of Poker (WSOP) Important Occasion third-place finisher Niklas “Lena900” Astedt. The Swede is a high-volume celebrity who is probably going so as to add to his seven WCOOP titles this yr. He got here near doing so on the opening evening, ending seventh in WCOOP 07-M: $109 NLHE Turbo Progressive KO for $3,920 and 50 WCOOP League factors.
Astedt additionally finds himself because the chip chief in WCOOP 06-H: $1,050 NLHE 6-Max, the place solely 29 of the 251 entrants stay. Play resumes in that occasion at 8:05 p.m. BST on September 9.
“Zidix,” who earned their spot on Group Akkari by way of the WCOOP Boot Camp, earned their group some worthwhile factors with a money in WCOOP 02-M: $55 NLHE WCOOP Kickoff.
Group Lex, Group Fintan, and Group Huber additionally obtained off the mark, however spare a thought for Group Spraggy, who amassed no factors.
The likes of Spraggy, Kelvin “kelvin_fp:ar” Kerber, Simon “C. Darwin2” Mattsson, Daniel “SmilleThHero” Smiljkovic, and “Revenge4Dodo” could have drawn a clean on the opening evening. Nevertheless, there’s nonetheless a protracted method to go within the 2024 WCOOP.
“Tr!pleeeee” Captures Their Third WCOOP Title
Poland-based grinder “Tr!pleeeee” obtained their WCOOP marketing campaign off to the very best of begins by taking down WCOOP 07-H: $530 NLHE Progressive Knockout. The outcome earned them a complete money prize of $28,406 (together with bounties) plus 115 WCOOP Leaderboard factors, giving them the general lead after Day 1.
The occasion attracted 338 entries, who fought for a slice of the $175,000 prize pool. As talked about earlier, Group PokerStars Professional and Group Akkari member Laurie “LaliTournier” Tournier completed eight for $6,212.
Ultimately, the occasion progressed to the heads-up stage the place “Tr!pleeeee” and “SerVlaMin” locked horns. Each gamers locked in $14,772 from the primary prize pool, leaving the ultimate bounties funds to play for. “Tr!pleeeee” got here out on prime, including $13,633 to their predominant prize pool prize for a complete sum of $28,406; “SerVlaMin” banked $20,040 in complete.
This was the champion’s third WCOOP victory, having secured two titles in 2023. They gained WCOOP 18-H: $1,050 NLHE Deep Stack for $66,174 and adopted that up with a first-place end in WCOOP 90-H: $1,050 NLHE Deep Stack for an extra $50,391.
WCOOP 07-H: $530 NLHE Turbo PKO Ultimate Desk Outcomes
WCOOP Outcomes From Day 1 of the Collection
“Sintoras” was the most important winner on Day 1 of the 2024 PokerStars WCOOP. They outlasted 4,525 opponents in WCOOP 02-M: $55 NLHE WCOOP Kickoff and obtained a bankroll-boosting $32,247.
*consists of bounty funds
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Motion Packed Day 2 in Retailer for WCOOP Grinders
Day 2 of the 2024 WCOOP runs on September 9, and it is going to be a busy day of poker motion that would flip the present WCOOP League standings. 13 in-play occasions conclude on September 9, together with the WCOOP 04-H: $1,050 NLHE PKO Sunday Excessive Curler.
Twenty-four new tournaments get underway, together with an enormous WCOOP 09-H: $5,200 NLHE Bounty Builder Tremendous Excessive Curler at 5:30 p.m. BST, which is assured to attract in a number of the largest names in on-line poker.
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