Tag: Niklas Astedt

We have three PokerStars World Championship of Poker (WCOOP) results to bring you up to speed on, all of which resulted in a second WCOOP triumph for each last man seated.

We start with Ludovic Geilich.

The Scotsman, wore his partypoker patch with pride, as he outlasted a 94-entrant field in Event #10 {H}: $10,300 No Limit Hold’em 8-Max High Roller for $238,966. It’s the second time Geilich has won a WCOOP title with the words’ high roller’ in the event headline. In 2016, the partypoker pro beat 93-entrants in a $21,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max High Roller for $462,182.

The final day of the two-day event lasted less than six hours, and as you can see from the results, Geilich had to overcome a final table brimming with some of the most talented No-Limit Hold’em players in the world.

Final Table Results

  1. Ludovic Geilich – $238,966
  2. Ole Schemion – $184,676
  3. Chris Hunichen – $142,719
  4. Mikita Badziakouski – $110,295
  5. Thomas Muehloecker – $85,237
  6. Timothy Adams – $65,872
  7. Filipe Oliveira – $50,907
  8. Fishbones11 – $39,341
  9. Pieter Aerts – $31,510

Niklas Astedt Wins Event #39 (H): $5,200 No Limit Hold’em Progressive KO, High Roller

Niklas Astedt also binked a second WCOOP title.

The Swedish online star won Event #39 (H): $5,200 No Limit Hold’em Progressive KO, High Roller for $201,055, and in doing so prevented Gleb Tremzin from winning his fifth WCOOP title.

Astedt has been on the top of the online multi-table tournament (MTT) world several times (as ranked by PocketFives) and has accrued more than $21m in online earnings, supplemented by a big win in August, defeating 100-entrants in a $10,300 event in the PokerStars Stadium Series for $230,434.70.

Final Table Results

  1. Niklas Astedt – $201,055
  2. Gleb Tremzin – $120,898
  3. Wesoly78 – $86,103
  4. Christian Rudolph – $67,843
  5. Bayaraa1002 – $49,579
  6. Alexandros Theologis – $41,267
  7. Manuel Ruivo – $44,380
  8. Igor Yaroshevskyy – $20,849
  9. Ognyan Dimov – $28,346

Andras Nemeth Wins Event #37 (H): $5,200 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max High Roller

From one multiple PocketFives World #1 to another, and Andras Nemeth collected the second WCOOP title of his career. Both of them came within a week of each other. Firstly he topped a field of 294-entrants to win the $530+R 8-max event for $79,655.48, and then he went on and won the $5,200 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max High Roller for $140,506.

Nemeth conquered high stakes Pot Limit Omaha star, Richard Gryko, heads-up, for the title. Laszlo Bujtas, Joao Vieira and Shaun Deeb also featured on the final table.

Final Table Results

  1. Andras Nemeth – $140,506
  2. Richard Gryko – $107,761
  3. Laszlo Bujtas – $82,648
  4. Us_Alex – $63,387
  5. Aku1206 – $48,614
  6. Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira – $37,285
  7. Shaun ‘shaundeeb’ Deeb – $28,596

There was a time each spring when Jason Mercier would lock himself in his man cave and terrorise the world of online poker. The former PokerStars Team Pro has five Spring Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP) titles to his name and won the 2015 SCOOP Player of the Year award.

These days, the 33-year-old, former Global Poker Index (GPI) World #1, spends most of his time being a husband and father. But even high stakes poker players have to pay the bills.

Over the weekend, Mercier flicked in his $10,300 in Event #46: Pot Limit Omaha High Roller, and conquered the field of 101-entrants to claim the $279,265 first prize.

It was an intense final table, combining crushers old and new with Mercier defeating Linus Loeliger, heads-up. Viktor Blom finished third, and the former PocketFives World #1, Yuri Dzivielevski, finished fourth.

Here are the results.

Results

  1. Jason Mercier – $279,265
  2. Linus Loeliger – $176,750
  3. Viktor Blom – $121,200
  4. Yuri Dzivielevski – $86,860
  5. Andras Torberg – $63,125
  6. John O’Shea – $41,915

Niklas Åstedt Wins His Second WPT Online Championship Title

He may not be the PocketFives World #1, right now, but how long that remains fact is under severe scrutiny.

As Conor ‘1_conor_b_1’ Beresford replaced Niklas ‘lena900’ Åstedt at the top of the online multi-table tournament (MTT) world rankings, the Swedish star rebounded by collecting his second triumph of the WPT Online Championship series.

Åstedt defeated a field of 320-entrants in Event #49: Mini: $215 PLO Knockout Six-Max, including the talented Javier Zarco, heads-up, for the top prize of $5,282.98 and $6,219.54 in bounties.

The Swede’s previous WPT Online Championships title came in Event #15: $1,050 Weekender beating 125-entrants to the $174,751.50 purse.

Here are the results of his most latest win.

Results

  1. Niklas Astedt – $5,282.98 + $6,219.54 in bounties
  2. Javier Zarco – $5,276.32 + $3,032.03 in bounties
  3. Tomas Geleziunas – $3,808.18 + $1,545.31 in bounties
  4. Danil Karavaev – $2,769.58 + $1,656.25 in bounties
  5. Andres Ojeda – $1,904.09 + $1,034.37 in bounties
  6. Li Zhang – $1,384.79 + $1,131.25 in bounties

Pablo Brita Silva on the Podium Again

How long will it be before we see Pablo Brito Silva taking a frequent seat in the highest stakes games in the world?

I don’t know if he’s been practising transcendental meditation, eating more Brussel sprouts or running a marathon a day, but whatever it is, it’s working.

Silva is having an incredible year.

In February he won the MILLIONS South America Main Event for $1m. He then won the inaugural Irish Open Online for $504,777 before coming second in the SCOOP Main Event [H] for $764,941.51.

Now he has a WPT Online Championships title to his name,

Silva vanquished 170-entrants in Event #50: $530 6-Max Turbo, and will hope that Ikea has a decent social distancing policy as he ventures in to find a bigger trophy cabinet.

Here are the results.

Results

  1. Pablo Brito Silva – $21,170.64
  2. Martin Gaudreault Remillard – $13,600
  3. Fabio Sperling – $9,562.50
  4. Ankush Mandavia – $6,927.50
  5. Arnaud Enselme – $5,100
  6. Linus Thor – $3,400