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WCOOP 2024: High Five for Tonkaaaa

WCOOP 2024: High Five for Tonkaaaa

PokerStars Ambassador Parker “Tonkaaaa” Talbot set a new record by winning 5 tournaments at WCOOP 2024.

“Tonkaaaa” became the first player of WCOOP 2024 to secure 5 victories in the series – each in a different discipline

Here is a list of all the wins in the current series:

• $1K HORSE ($21.9K)
• $1K NLHE Saturday PKO ($72.8K)
• $10K 8-Game ($102K)
• $215 FL 2-7 Triple Draw ($6.4K)
• $1K World Championship of Badugi ($18.8K)

Talbot won the World Championship of Badugi during a livestream.

2024 has been an incredibly successful year for Parker “Tonkaaaa” Talbot both online and offline. In live tournaments, he has earned over $800K in events with buy-ins up to $5K.

Other WCOOP results from Saturday

Niklas “lena900” Astedt won the $10K Thursday Thrill High Roller ($189K). The runner-up in this event was Patrick “pads1161” Leonard ($130.2K). This is his third victory in the current series. On September 17, “lena900” won two tournaments in one evening:

  • $1K Sunday Kick Off ($47.7K)
  • $2K 5-Card PLO ($51.2K)

Throughout his career, “lena900” has won 10 WCOOP titles. The record for the most WCOOP titles belongs to Benny “RunGodlike” Glaser with 15 titles.

Juan “malaka$tyle” Pardo won the $1K Thursday Thrill ($74.4K). This is his second victory in WCOOP 2024. On Friday, he also won the $530 Mystery Bounty ($42.4K).

WCOOP 2024 Main Events begin today

At 18:30 CET, Hold’em Main Event tournaments will start:

  • $109 NLHE Main Event $2.5M GTD
  • $1,050 NLHE Main Event $3.5M GTD
  • $10,300 World Championship of NLHE / Main Event $5M GTD

At 21:05 CET, Omaha Main Event tournaments will start:

  • $109 PLO Main Event $200K GTD
  • $1,050 PLO Main Event $500K GTD
  • $10,300 World Championship of PLO / Main Event $800K GTD

The World Championship of Online Poker runs until October 2.