Online poker legend Benjamin “bencb789” Rolle has landed another massive score by shipping the WPT Online Series Super High Roller for $381K, while there were three WSOP Circuit Rings up for grabs at the WSOPC.
MTT Report Featured Poker Tournaments
- $25,500 WPT Online Series Super High Roller at partypoker
- $1,o00,000 GTD WSOPC Event #15: $400 PLOSSUS at GG Network
- $500,000 GTD WSOPC Event #14 $77 Lucky 7’s at GG Network
- $500,000 GTD WSOPC Event #13: $210 Bounty 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em at GG Network
Benjamin Rolle aka bencb789 wins WPT Online Series Event #29 for $381K
The WPT Online Series Super High Roller at partypoker was one of the absolute highlights of last night’s Sunday Grind.
Due to its large buy-in of $25,500 only the very best online poker tournament players signed up and created a huge $1,075,000 prize pool with only seven places pair.
High stakes cash game legend Linus “LLinusLLove” Loeliger became the unlucky bubble boy, while the remaining seven players secured themselves a whopping minimum of $56,545.
The final table consisted only of top players namely Ali Imsirovic, Daniel Dvoress, Christoph Vogelsang, Laszlo “omaha4rollz” Bujtas, Joao “Naza114” Viera, Artur Martirosian and Benjamin “bencb789” Rolle.
The latter streamed the tournament live on Twitch and once again showed, why many regard him as the best poker tournament player on the planet.
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“RyutaroTY” from Japan wins the WSOPC PLOSSUS for $140,051
Another highlight event, especially for the Omaha fans, was the $1,000,000 GTD PLOSSUS over at GGNetwork.
The two biggest names on the Final Table were both from Greece with former partypoker MILLIONS UK Champion Ioannis Angelou-Konstas (6./ $27,671) and Moschonas Aristeidis (4./ $52,934).
The WSOP Circuit Ring did however go to Japan instead, namely to “RyutaroTY”, who beat Belmiro Ribeiro from Portugal heads-Up for the title and secured the massive $140,051 first place prize.
Ficho from Germany takes down WSOPC Event #14: $77 LUCKY 7’s for $76,030
The online tournament with the best value this weekend was definitely the WSOPC Lucky 7’s as it gave its participants the unique chance to play with a small buy-in of only $77 for a huge prize pool of $705,991 with $76K up top.
No wonder that the tournament was a big success generating a staggering 9,966 entries and smashing the $500k guarantee by more than 40%!
Biggest name on the FT was Russia’s Danii Maksimchuk, who finished in a strong 3rd place for $42,750.
“Lovejuoo” from Ecuador entered heads-up play as the chip leader, but it was German player “Ficho” who took control straight away by doubling up two times in a row.
The final hand was a cooler “Lovejuoo” was All-In with AQs and ran into the Pocket Kings from “Ficho”. No help from the board and the WSOPC Lucky’s 7s Ring plus $76,030 went to Germany.
“NuttedDreams” from Austria Wins WSOPC Event #13: $210 Bounty 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em
And there was a third WSOP Circuit Ring up for grabs in Event #13, a $210 Bounty 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em.
A whopping 3,156 players registered to boost the $500K guarantee by more than 14%. $631,200 was in the prize pool and $51,285 up top.
Most notable name in the Grand Finale was Canadian pro Frederic Normand, who finished in 4th place for $14,726.
The title again went to German-speaking territory this time to Austria in form of “NuttedDreams”, who beat “opener” from Israel heads-up to win his first WSOP Circuit Ring together with $51,285.
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