The WCOOP League race is heating up as we enter the ultimate week of WCOOP motion on PokerStars.
It seems to be to be heading all the way down to the wire with Group peace&loove and Group tonkaaaa buying and selling titles on Saturday evening, together with a title for Group tonkaaaa captain Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot — the seventh WCOOP title of his profession, and third to date this 12 months.
Nevertheless, Group peace&loove noticed “FAL1st” rating their third WCOOP title of the 12 months, and the sixth of their profession, to make sure their staff remained high of the standings.
Title-Successful Saturday for Talbot
After 4 WCOOP titles in 4 years, Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot has loved an extremely profitable 2024 WCOOP, selecting up three titles. His third got here final evening within the $10,300 8-Sport, defeating Jens “Fresh_oO_D” Lakemeier heads-up to win $101,966.
The occasion attracted a subject of 23 gamers together with WCOOP League draftees “FAL1st”, Jerry “Perrymejsen” Odeen and Benny “RunGodlike” Glaser, in addition to fellow PokerStars Group Professional Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis.
Nevertheless, they’d fall wanting the cash, with Group L. Veldhuis’s Denis “aDrENalin710” Strebkov and Group Aakkari’s Yuri “theNERDguy” Dzivielevski each cashing.
Talbot even got here near profitable a second title on Saturday night, ending as runner-up in Occasion 68-H: $1,050 NL 5-Card Draw. Simply 5 locations had been paid from a subject of 39 gamers, with “mari4ka9510”, Benny “RunGodlike” Glaser and Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi all ending within the cash.
Eventual winner “fpsik” walked away with $16,297, whereas Talbot must accept $10,114 and one other deep run, scoring but extra very important WCOOP League factors.
Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot WCOOP Titles
YearEventEntrantsPrize PoolGuarantee
202058-H: $530 NLHE 8-Max, PKO842$421,000$51,168
202175-H: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max, Midweek Freeze91$455,000$108,730
2022TT-02-H: $1,050 8-Sport (6-Max)55$60,000$21,092
2023WCOOP 15-H: $10300 NLHE [Super Tuesday High Roller]79$790,000$213,229
2024WCOOP $1,050 World Championship of HORSE88$88,000$21,904
2024WCOOP 32-H: $1,050 NLHE [Progressive KO, Saturday KO]441$441,000$72,803
2024WCOOP 61-H: $10,300 8 Sport [6-Max, High Roller]23$250,000$101,966
Extra Factors for Group tonkaaaaa Due to “ShipitFTW911”
And it wasn’t simply staff captain Talbot selecting up WCOOP League factors on Saturday evening, with teammate “ShipitFTW911” grabbing their third WCOOP title in Occasion 66-H: $5,200 PLO.
They defeated Dante “dantegoyaF” Goya heads-up to win $86,261 after topping an elite subject of 64 gamers.
“ShipitFTW911” additionally completed fifth in WCOOP 62-M Thursday Thrill gained by “Grekzorba”, and had one other last desk end in WCOOP 62-H. There they completed eight, with teammate Simon “C. Darwin2” Mattsson ending in ninth, including but extra factors for Group tonkaaaa.
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“FAL1st” Additionally Luggage Third 2024 WCOOP Title
Whereas Talbot grabbed his third win of the pageant, there have been but extra factors for Group peace&loove, with “FAL1st” additionally securing a hat-trick of titles.
Having beforehand gained WCOOP titles in FLO8 and NL Single Draw, “FAL1st” gained Occasion 61-M: $1,050 8-Sport for $22,061.
Regardless of all of this, there have been no change within the general WCOOP League rankings after Saturday evening. Nevertheless, Group tonkaaaa did handle to shut the hole between first and second to only 325 factors after selecting up 715 factors.
Group L. Veldhuis has put clear water between them and the underside two groups, and regardless of a WCOOP title in a single day for Renan “Internett93o” Bruschi, Group easywithaces misplaced floor to stay third.
One other large Sunday is in retailer for gamers on PokerStars with WCOOP occasions happening all afternoon and night. There are additionally alternatives to win your option to the WCOOP Fundamental Occasion with 100 seats assured in particular satellites.
Primarily based in the UK, Will began working for PokerNews as a contract stay reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time workers in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor.
He graduated from the College of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He additionally holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports activities Journalism.