{"id":53587,"date":"2021-09-20T02:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T02:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=53587"},"modified":"2021-09-17T23:11:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T23:11:01","slug":"biggest-wcoop-ever-wraps-up-at-pokerstars-with-almost-127-million-paid-out-to-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/biggest-wcoop-ever-wraps-up-at-pokerstars-with-almost-127-million-paid-out-to-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest WCOOP Ever Wraps Up At PokerStars With Almost $127 Million Paid Out To Players"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 20<\/span>th<\/span> edition of PokerStars<\/strong>\u2019 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP<\/strong>) concluded Wednesday and produced the biggest version ever. The festival awarded $126.5 million<\/strong> in prize money, crushing the original $100 million guarantee.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over more than three weeks, the series attracted 1.4 million entries<\/strong> across the 102-event schedule. The six Main Events awarded a total of $18.4 million<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Brazilians score big in WCOOP<\/span><\/h2>\n

Players from Brazil<\/strong><\/a> have run hot recently in major online poker tournaments.\u00a0That included the WCOOP with players from the country securing the most wins in the series with 57<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brazil\u2019s Yuri \u201ctheNERDguy\u201d Dzivielevski<\/strong> also scored three WCOOP wins. <\/span>He also became the first ever to win three titles in back-to-back WCOOPs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dzivielevski accomplished the feat in 2020 and 2021, and recently spoke<\/a> with PokerScout<\/em> about signing as a member of Team partypoker. He spoke about his preparation to remain the world\u2019s No. 1<\/strong>-ranked online poker<\/strong><\/a> player.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI make sure I have some kind of interaction with poker every day, whether playing or studying,\u201d he says. \u201dI try to play two to three times a week and study on the other days. I don\u2019t have an exact number of hours that I devote to studying, but I study on demand.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Those efforts certainly paid off. Along with the prize money, every WCOOP champion receives a newly designed trophy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PokerStars ambassadors grab WCOOP titles on same day<\/span><\/h2>\n

Several other players stood out in the series as well, including some members of the PokerStars ambassador ranks. Ben \u201cSpraggy<\/strong>\u201d Spragg and Parker \u201cTonkaaaa<\/strong>\u201d Talbot both won the second WCOOP titles of their careers on the same day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Talbot took down the $5,200 Midweek Freeze (Event 75-H) for $108,729<\/strong>. Spragg won the $1,050 Turbo PKO Freezeout (Event 83-H) for $67,968<\/strong>. The accomplishment produced plenty of excitement from Spragg.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udce2 Sound on<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my god I'm a champion.\u201d<\/p>\n

An emotional @spraggy<\/a> seals #WCOOP<\/a> title number two. \ud83d\udc47 pic.twitter.com\/nxKEes1odP<\/a><\/p>\n

— PokerStars (@PokerStars) September 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n