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
- Jason Mercier – $279,265
- Linus Loeliger – $176,750
- Viktor Blom – $121,200
- Yuri Dzivielevski – $86,860
- Andras Torberg – $63,125
- 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
- Niklas Astedt – $5,282.98 + $6,219.54 in bounties
- Javier Zarco – $5,276.32 + $3,032.03 in bounties
- Tomas Geleziunas – $3,808.18 + $1,545.31 in bounties
- Danil Karavaev – $2,769.58 + $1,656.25 in bounties
- Andres Ojeda – $1,904.09 + $1,034.37 in bounties
- 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
- Pablo Brito Silva – $21,170.64
- Martin Gaudreault Remillard – $13,600
- Fabio Sperling – $9,562.50
- Ankush Mandavia – $6,927.50
- Arnaud Enselme – $5,100
- Linus Thor – $3,400