Israeli poker legend Gaby Livshitz is the latest WSOP Online 2021 Bracelet winner as he won Event #17: $400 PLOSSUS last night for a staggering $152,165. Other big names that landed big scores are Elio Fox, Dario Sammartino and Arlie Shaban. The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) also started last night and is off to a great start with massive fields and huge prize pools.
MTT Report Featured Poker Tournaments
- WSOP Online 2021 Event #17: $400 PLOSSUS, $1M GTD at GGNetwork
- $5,250 WSOP High Rollers: Blade Opener 500K at GGNetwork
- WPT Grand $300K GTD at partypoker
- WCOOP 07-M: $55 NHLE at PokerStars
Israeli Local Hero Gabi Livshitz wins WSOP Online Event #17: $400 PLOSSUS
Poker legend Daniel Negreanu entered the final day as chip leader, but his deep run ended in 23rd place for $8,900, coming close to his seventh WSOP bracelet.
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Other big names, who finished in the Top 100 were Anton Morgenstern (76th), Nick Maimone (59th), Toby Lewis (45th), and Brazilian crusher Renan Bruschi (25th), who just won Event #14, The Big 500 for $150,327.
Swiss PLO crusher Fernando “JNandez87” Habegger busted just shy of the 7-handed final table in 9th place.
When the final table started, Russian pro Yuri “sjeverest” Suvorov had the chip lead and he made it all the way to heads-up play.
There he faced a tough opponent though with Israeli PLO specialist Gaby Livshitz, who also had a 2 to 1 chip lead.
This proved too much to overcome and Suvorov finished Runner-up for $89k, while the PLOSSUS bracelet went to Israel in form of Gaby Livshitz together with a whopping $152,165 first place prize.
Dario Sammartino beats bencb789 heads-up at the Clash of the Titans
The $5,250 WSOP High Rollers: Blade Opener 500K is one of the toughest weekly tournaments at GGNetwork due to its high buy-in.
Yesterday 94 top pros signed up and created a $500,000 prize pool with a staggering $108,301.26 up top.
The final table including three of the biggest online poker legends Benjamin “bencb789” Rolle, Niklas “Lena900” Astedt, Joao “Naza114” Viera plus Dario Sammartino, Patrick Leonard, Wei Zhao and Marius Gierse speaks for itself.
Bencb streamed the action live on his Twitch Poker channel, which turned out to be a good decision, as his viewers were able to watch one of the toughest final tables in recent times live and in full-length as he made it to heads-up.
There he faced Italian local here Dario “Secret_M0d3″ Sammartino”, who had an amazing day and managed to take down this prestigious event for $108K, while Bencb had to settle for 2nd place and $73,248.46.
Watch the Final Table in full-length here:
Elio Fox takes down WPT World Online Championship Grand for $59K
The WPT World Online Championships is running until September 14th and provides top-notch tournaments on a daily basis until then.
Yesterday’s highlight was the WPT Grand with a massive $300,000 Guarantee and $58,836.59 up top.
Several big names such as Isaac Haxton, Preben “prebz” Stokkan, Sergi “srxakgirona” Reixach, Pedro Marques and Elio Fox made the FT.
The latter was unstoppable and defeated Swedish online reg Joel Nystedt heads-up to add another major title to his incredible results.
Fox was rewarded for his efforts with a nice $58,836.59 first place prize.
Arlie Shaban finishes 4th in WCOOP Event #7 as “gunnersfun” from Ukraine wins
One of the online poker tournament highlights of the year, the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) kicked off last night at PokerStars.
And the WCOOP is off to a great start generating massive player field on its first day. While most tournaments are 2-Day events and not finished yet, WCOOP 07-M: $55 NHLE already played down to a winner.
By far the most popular name on the final table was Team Online pro and Twitch streamer Arlie Shaban aka “Prince Pablo”.
Arlie had a very impressive run, which finished in 4th place for $10,325, but watch for yourself below:
Watch Arlie Shaban playing the final table here:
What a start to #WCOOP !!! I played hard for the win but ended up snagging a 4th place for $10,325! @PokerStars pic.twitter.com/dsPP2MFyrW
— Arlie Shaban (@ArlieShaban) August 23, 2021
The title together with the prestigious WCOOP bracelet and $27,717.21 went to the Ukraine in form of “gunnersfun”, who defeated “lucasfranque” from Brazil heads-up for the title.
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