If you have spent the past month knocking back Kingfishers from the carcasses of coconuts while grinding the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Online Series at GGPoker, then there will be a funereal gloominess about you, today.

It’s over, for now.

While I am positive that this event will clone itself like a sea anemone, GGPoker continues to melt high roller hearts, WSOP or no WSOP.

The final event of the WSOPC created one of the most substantial prizes on the Internet this week. Of the 9,291-entrants who made the perilous journey through the misty mountains of Day 1 of the $1,000 buy-in, $5m GTD WSOPC Main Event, 1.494 made it through to Day 2, by which time the $9,291,000 prize pool dwarfed the $5m guarantee.

The winner hailed from Germany.

‘schimmelgodx’ collected $1,271,217.69 after beating ‘Biereux’ in heads-up action. Juan Pardo Dominguez went deeper than any other high roller, finishing fourth for $430,022.47, and these stars of the top strata followed him: Artur Martirosian (12th), Alexandros Kolonias (19th), Joao Vieira (31st), and Daniel Dvoress (32nd).

Here are the results

Results

  1. schimmelgodx – $1,271,217.69
  2. Biereux – $885,746.81
  3. Igutu – $617,164.03
  4. Juan Pardo Dominguez – $430,022.47
  5. TepuseenFD – $299,627.33
  6. CoRoNaTi – $208,771.57
  7. MaillouL – $145,466.38
  8. wy77 – $101,356.30

Before, during and after this magnificent moment, GGPoker kept churning out the high roller action like London horizons churn out cumulus.

Isaac Haxton took down the most significant chunk of change, topping a 60-entrant field in a $25,000 No Limit Hold’em event for $456,764.45, after beating Linus Loeliger, heads-up. There were also wins for Matthias Eibinger at the $10,000 level, and victories for Dario Sammartino, Laurynas Levinskas, Alex Foxen, Adrian Mateos, Jake Schindler, Mikita Badziakouski, and Kristen Bicknell at the $5,000 level. Andras Nemeth won the only high buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha event, taking down a $5,000.

Here are the Results:

$25,000 No Limit Hold’em

60-entrants

Results

  1. Isaac Haxton – $456,764.45
  2. Linus Loeliger – $287,450.12
  3. Deepdarkwood – $217,470.47
  4. Sub-Zero – $164,527.25
  5. Alexandros Kolonias – $124,473.13
  6. Ali Imsirovic – $94,170.11
  7. Artur Martirosian – $71,244.43
  8. George Wolff – $53,900.04

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em

84-entrants

Results

  1. Matthias Eibinger – $198,735.16
  2. Dario Sammartino – $151,387.06
  3. pDNA – $115,319.62
  4. Linus Loeliger – $87,845.13
  5. Jake Schindler – $66,916.34
  6. Nator – $50,973.72
  7. Isaac Baron – $38,829.45
  8. Timothy Adams – $29,578.46
  9. George Wolff – $26,767.56

$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha

38-entrants

Results

  1. Andras Nemeth – $76,998.40
  2. Andreas Torbergsen – $45,494.62
  3. coronita – $28,636.32
  4. Magicmaster69 – $18,024.96
  5. 20BigWhale20 – $11,345.70

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em

112-entrants

Results

  1. Dario Sammartino – $121,843.29
  2. Samuel Vousden – $91,774.30
  3. Alex Foxen – $69,080.73
  4. Pascal Hartmann – $52,015.71
  5. Matthias Eibinger – $39,166.26
  6. Alexnadros Kolonias – $29,490.99
  7. Timothy Adams – $22,205.83
  8. cliffbooth – $16,720.33
  9. Trashdawg – $14,748.26

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em

58-entrants

Results

  1. Laurynas Levinskas – $95,443.37
  2. Trashdawg – $58,329.65
  3. David Peters – $42,108.05
  4. Jake Schindler – $30,397.70
  5. Kristen Bicknell – $21,944.04
  6. Pascal Hartmann – $15,841.36
  7. Jonathan Van Fleet – $11,435.83

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em

22-entrants

Results

  1. Alex Foxen – $54,601.25
  2. Tonythetiger – $33,029.35
  3. Ali Imsirovic – $16,869.39

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em

67-entrants

Results

  1. Adrian Mateos – $68,710.30*
  2. Nick Petrangelo – $77,308.85*
  3. Luuk Gieles – $45,737.48
  4. Dan Smith – $35,761.27
  5. Sam Greenwood – $27,961.06
  6. HogFish333 – $21,862.21
  7. George Wolff – $17,093.65
  8. Artur Martirosian – $13,365.19
  9. David Peters – $10,449.99

*Indicates a heads-up deal

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em

65-entrants

Results

  1. Jake Schindler – $95,936.10
  2. Adrian Mateos – $60,374.30
  3. Ali Imsirovic – $45,676.19
  4. Dan Smith – $34,556.31
  5. Porsche911sp – $26,143.59
  6. Sergi Reixach – $19,778.92
  7. BigWhale20 – $14,963.75
  8. Sam Greenwood – $11,320.84

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em

66-entrants

Results

  1. Mikita Badziakouski – $97,412.04
  2. Rui Ferreira – $61,303.13
  3. Vamossuerte – $46,378.90
  4. Adrian Mateos – $35,087.95
  5. Alexandros Kolonias – $26,545.80
  6. TheProfessional – $20,083.21
  7. Jake Schindler – $15,193.96
  8. Pascal Hartmann – $11,495.01

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em

44-entrants

Results

  1. TheProfessional – $89,156.02
  2. Jake Schindler – $52,677.99
  3. AndyAtTheBike – $33,157.85
  4. Pascal Hartmann – $20,871.01
  5. Fedor Holz – $13,137.13

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em

122-entrants

Results

  1. Kristen Bicknell – $88,387.40*
  2. Alex Foxen – $99,929.86*
  3. Isaac Baron – $108,820.35*
  4. Ami Barer – $55,909.17
  5. Michael Addamo – $42,529.38
  6. DanBiz – $32,351.51
  7. Dnegking – $24,609.33
  8. Adiemeerci – $18,719.99
  9. Andras Nemeth – $14,240.05

*Indicates a threeway deal

PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker

The final day of the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) saw Steve ‘Mr. Tim Caum’ O’Dwyer come close to winning his third title of the series.

O’Dwyer finished runner-up to the partypoker pro Joao ‘IneedMassari’ Simão in Event #120: $2,100 No Limit Hold’em Sunday Warm-Up Special Edition.

The event attracted 418-entrants, and the former PocketFives World #1 earned $150,546.78 for his victory. O’Dwyer collected $112,819.20 for his second-place finish.

O’Dwyer won a $25,000 No Limit Hold’em event for $521,598, and a $10,300 event for $241,956 – the first time he has earned SCOOP honours a year after winning a World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) title for the first time.

Patrick Leonard nearly broke poker’s little part of the Internet, when on May 11, he posted this.

“Have been watching online poker very closely over the last 2 months with having a stable that’s invested 10s of millions in this time, a role at one of the biggest sites + I’ve basically played HS every day. I’m 95% sure a huge financial crash is coming which will decimate us.”

Like any professional in any profession, Leonard prepared for the armageddon in the best way possible.

Back in 1962, when the world was starting to feel like opening its legs, Avis hired the ad agency ‘Doyle Dane Bernbach’ to come up with something special in their attempt to claw market share from Hertz. The slogan, “When You’re Only #2, You Try Harder,’ became one of the most iconic of the 20th century.

GGPoker is fast becoming the Avis of poker.

After mingling with the bigwigs of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the couple decided to shake the online poker world by using GGPoker to host a $100m GTD 18 gold ring WSOP Super Circuit Online.

At the time, it was the most substantial volume of guarantees ever lobbed at an online tournament series (PokerStars, Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has just beaten it by extending their tour until the end of the month). The $10m reserved for the $25,000 No Limit Hold ’em High Roller became a big part of that jigsaw puzzle.

GGPoker smashed it.

Leonard may be right; a crash may be on the horizon. However, there was still time for 505-entrants to create the fifth biggest prizepool of all time ($12,372,500), with three people left wandering around a tranquil bedroom with nowhere to shout about winning a million bucks.

Costa-Rican based’ 00-522-4700′ collected $2,198,292 after beating Leonard, heads-up, for the gold ring. Leonard (trading under the name Babu$shka) collected $1,611,342 – a record score for the man who has already achieved so much.

In the wake of Leonard’s tweet, many touted him as being biased towards his beloved partypoker. In response, Leonard showered praise on the competition in an unusual but refreshing volley of honesty, and GGPoker won the ‘Leonard Award’ for ‘Best Software.’

Maybe, the Avis of poker could do what Avis never could?

Results

  1. 00-522-4700 – $2,198,292
  2. Patrick ‘Babu$hka’ Leonard – $1,611,342
  3. HotPot44 – $1,181,110
  4. BlackPhillip – $865,750
  5. M0therLover – $634,592
  6. mm1993 – $465,154
  7. AlwaysWithNuts – $340,956
  8. gaufreancienne – $249,920
  9. Sub_Zero – $183,190

Five Most Substantial Prizepools of All Time

  1. 2019 partypoker MILLIONS Online – $21,780,000
  2. 2018 partypoker MILLIONS Online – $21,090,000
  3. PokerStars 14th Anniversary Sunday Million – $18,603,200
  4. PokerStars 10th Anniversary Sunday Million – $12,423,200
  5. GGPoker WSOP Super Circuit Online – $12,372,500

Event #10: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller Championship

While No Limit Hold ’em took the biscuit, it didn’t leave Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) with crumbs. The $10,000 PLO High Roller Championship attracted 234-entrants, and Canada’s ‘ChilaxChuck’ banked the $442,041 and a gold ring.

Results

  1. ChilaxChuck – $442,041
  2. BailaMorena – $330,250
  3. SillyRabbit – $246,731
  4. Mikhail Tal – $184,333
  5. 4sigma – $137,716
  6. SUPERUNKNOWN – $102,888
  7. DaddyDayCare – $76,868
  8. Pablo21311 – $57,428
  9. Orange5 – $42,905