Some 201 players exchanged $5,200 for 100,000 chips and the opportunity to become the champion of the first Championship Event of the 2023 WCOOP, the World Championship of Progressive KO NLHE. A cool $1,005,000 was in the prize pool, and the eventual worthy winner reeled in almost $200,000 of that sum.
Such luminaries as Team PokerStars' Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot, Ole "wizowizo" Schemion, and Andras "probirs" Nemeth missed out on a final table appearance, while the likes of Paul "_pauL€FauKL_" Hoefer, Ivan "Negriin" Luca, and Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov fell short of the victory.
Heads-up was contested by two of Brazil's elite-level grinders: Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi and Rodrigo "seijistar" Seiji. Despite the vast difference in the final bounty payments and the fact both players know each other well, there no deal struck. The lack of any negotiations meant Bruschi collected $198,664 when he emerged from the one-on-one battle victoriously, while Seiji scooped $113,272 for his efforts.
Such luminaries as Team PokerStars' Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot, Ole "wizowizo" Schemion, and Andras "probirs" Nemeth missed out on a final table appearance, while the likes of Paul "_pauL€FauKL_" Hoefer, Ivan "Negriin" Luca, and Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov fell short of the victory.
Heads-up was contested by two of Brazil's elite-level grinders: Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi and Rodrigo "seijistar" Seiji. Despite the vast difference in the final bounty payments and the fact both players know each other well, there no deal struck. The lack of any negotiations meant Bruschi collected $198,664 when he emerged from the one-on-one battle victoriously, while Seiji scooped $113,272 for his efforts.