2023 PokerStars WCOOP

WCOOP 100-H $10,300 PLO (6-Max, World Championship of PLO / PLO Main Event), $750K GTD
Day: 3
Event Info

2023 PokerStars WCOOP

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
akk9
Prize
$233,532
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$750,000
Entries
100
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
16,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
7
Players Left
1

"Imbajimbaa" Emerges Victorious in $10,300 WCOOP PLO Championship

Level 32 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 16,000 ante
"Imbajimbaa" Wins the Title with the Nut Flush
"Imbajimbaa" Wins the Title with the Nut Flush

After three thrilling days of action on the virtual felts, only one competitor remained standing in Pokerstars Event 100-H $10,300 WCOOP PLO Championship, "Imbajimbaa". There were a total of 100 entries into the tournament, generating an even $1,000,00 prize pool. "Imbajimbaa" took home the lion's share of that pool at $233,532.10. They defeated "anonymstruts" relatively quickly in heads-up play to capture the title.

"Imbajimbaa" started the final day as the chip leader with over 100 big blinds, but "anonymstruts" was not too far behind. They did briefly lose their chip lead at points to the eventual runner-up, but never fell lower than second in chips. "Imbajimbaa" played aggressively, picking up the eliminations of Aku "Aku1206" Joentausta in 5th, Joao "Naza114" Vieira in 4th, and "ABIDO" in 3rd, as well as, of course, the runner-up.

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize (USD)
1"Imbajimbaa"Denmark$233,532.10
2"anonymstruts"Sweden$176,216.40
3"ADIBO"Hungary$132,967.60
4Joao "Naza114" VieiraPortugal$100,333.30
5Aku "Aku1206" JoentaustaFinland$75,708.50
6"jokkee_apart"Norway$57,127.40
7"eltucu64"Argentina$43,986.40

Final Table Action

It didn��t take long for the first player to fall once final table action got underway. That was ��eltucu64��, who got all their chips in on the turn with a pair, but was already drawing dead against a set of kings from Vieira, sending them out in seventh place.

Not too long after, the field was trimmed down to just five players, when ��jokkee_apart�� got it all in with tens full, but was outdone by ��anonymstruts�� making jacks full. This pot also led the biggest chip deficit that "Imbajimbaa" would face all day, as it left "anonymstruts" with over 10,000,000 chips.

The remaining five players spent the next two hours jockeying for position and trading chips, before Joentausta became the next to fall, after he got it all in on the flop and a heart on the turn gave his opponent a flush to send him to the rail. Vieira would be the next to be eliminated not too long after, when he got it all in with kings against aces and his opponent improved even further to a straight.

Following Vieira's elimination, "ADIBO" was a clear short stack relative to the other two, and while they battled briefly, but ultimately fell in third. They got their money in good, but "Imbajimbaa" spiked an ace on the river to usher in heads-up play.

Early in heads-up play, it seemed "Imbajimbaa" would coast to a victory, as they built up nearly a 4:1 chip lead. "anonymstruts" got the last of their chips in while behind, but managed to make a set on the river to double up and pull nearly even in chips.

Following that, "Imbajimbaa" was able to gradually build back their chip lead by applying pressure, and taking small to medium pots. Eventually, all the chips went in the middle with "Imbajimbaa" ahead. They were able to not only hold, but make the nut flush on the river to eliminate their heads-up opponent and capture the title.

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Tags: ADIBOAku Joentaustaanonymstrutseltucu64ImbajimbaaJoao Vieirajokkee_apart

"anonymstruts" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($176,216.40)

Level 32 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 16,000 ante
"Imbajimbaa" captures the title with the nut flush
"Imbajimbaa" captures the title with the nut flush

"Imbajimbaa" opened to 480,000 on the button. "anonymstruts" reraised to 1,440,000, which was met with yet another raise, now to 4,320,000. "anonymstruts" made the call.

On the 4?9?5? flop, "anonymstruts" led out for their remaining 2,138,464 chips and got called

"anonymstruts": 10?8?7?6?
"Imbajimbaa": A?K?K?9?

"Imbajimbaa" was about a 2:1 favorite to take down the tournament, and he did just that as the K?6? runout left them with the nut flush, enough to scoop the pot over the straight of "anonymstruts", who finishes as the runner up for a prize of $176,216.40.

Player Chips Progress
Imbajimbaa dk
Imbajimbaa
25,000,000
7,146,464
7,146,464
anonymstruts se
anonymstruts
Busted

Tags: Imbajimbaaanonymstruts

"anonymstruts" Spikes River for Huge Double

Level 32 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 16,000 ante
"anonymstruts" hits a huge double
"anonymstruts" hits a huge double

"Imbajimbaa" limped the button before calling a raise to 480,000.

On the 8?K?5? flop, "anonymstruts" led out for 496,000. "Imbajimbaa" responded with a raise to 2,480,00, which was met with an all-in for 5,383,312, which got a call.

"anonymstruts": 9?9?7?7?
"Imbajimbaa": K?5?5?2?

Equities were essentially even on the flop, but "Imbajimbaa" became a 67.5% favorite to become the champion on this hand after the 4? turn. However, the 9? river gave "anonymstruts" the better set to stay alive, double up, and pull nearly even in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Imbajimbaa dk
Imbajimbaa
13,241,376
-4,757,312
-4,757,312
anonymstruts se
anonymstruts
11,758,624
4,757,312
4,757,312

Tags: Imbajimbaaanonymstruts

"ADIBO" Eliminated in 3rd Place ($132,967.60)

Level 31 : Blinds 70,000/140,000, 14,000 ante
"ADIBO" is eliminated in third place
"ADIBO" is eliminated in third place

After "ADIBO" limped in the small blind, "Imbajimbaa" used his option to bump it up to 420,000 and got called.

On a 6?4?8? flop, "ADIBO" led out for the pot of 882,000. "Imbajimbaa" put in a raise to put their opponent all in. "ADIBO" made the call for a total of 1,856,875.

"ADIBO": 10?9?7?7?
"Imbajimbaa": A?J?6?5?

"ADIBO" was a 70% favorite to survive and double up, and little changed on the 2? turn, but the A? river improved "Imbajimbaa" to two pair, enough to scoop the pot and eliminate "ADIBO" in third place.

Heads-up play has now commenced between "Imbajimbaa" and "anonymstruts". The two competitors wished each other luck as the first hand of heads-up was dealt.

Player Chips Progress
Imbajimbaa dk
Imbajimbaa
15,338,688
2,019,835
2,019,835
anonymstruts se
anonymstruts
9,661,312
889,000
889,000
ADIBO hu
ADIBO
Busted

Tags: ADIBOImbajimbaaanonymstruts

Joao "Naza114" Vieira Eliminated in 4th Place ($100,333.30)

Level 31 : Blinds 70,000/140,000, 14,000 ante
Joao Vieira is eliminated in fourth place
Joao Vieira is eliminated in fourth place

"Imbajimbaa" opened under the gun to 420,000. Joao "Naza114" Vieira, on the button, bumped it up to 1,470,000. After the blinds got out of the way, "Imbajimbaa" put in another raise, and Vieira put in his remaining chips, 2,582,910 total, to make the call.

Joao "Naza114" Vieira: K?K?8?2?
"Imbajimbaa": A?A?9?6?

Vieira was going to need some help, but none came as the 6?7?J?8?10? runout improved his opponent to a straight and left him with just his pair of kings. Vieira went to the rail in fourth place, where he took home a six-figure payday of $100,333.30.

Player Chips Progress
Imbajimbaa dk
Imbajimbaa
13,318,853
2,316,910
2,316,910
anonymstruts se
anonymstruts
8,772,312
1,974,000
1,974,000
ADIBO hu
ADIBO
2,908,835
-1,456,000
-1,456,000
Joao "Naza114" Vieira pt
Joao "Naza114" Vieira
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: ImbajimbaaJoao Vieira

Aku "Aku1206" Joentausta Eliminated in 5th Place ($75,708.50)

Level 31 : Blinds 70,000/140,000, 14,000 ante
Aku Joentausta is eliminated in 5th place
Aku Joentausta is eliminated in 5th place

"anonymstruts" opened the cutoff for 350,000. "Imbajimbaa" made the call in the small blind before Aku "Aku1206" Joentausta bumped it up to 1,400,000 out of the big blind. The opener got out of the way while "Imbajimbaa" made the call.

On the J?4?6? flop, "Imbajimbaa" led out by betting the pot. Joentausta made the call with his final 2,493,504 chips.

Aku "Aku1206" Joentausta: K?K?5?2?
"Imbajimbaa": A?Q?8?5?

Joentausta was already behind, but after the A? turn was left drawing dead against his opponent's flush. He was eliminated in 5th place for $75,708.50.

Player Chips Progress
Imbajimbaa dk
Imbajimbaa
11,001,943
3,820,304
3,820,304
anonymstruts se
anonymstruts
6,798,312
1,692,600
1,692,600
ADIBO hu
ADIBO
4,364,835
1,333,000
1,333,000
Joao "Naza114" Vieira pt
Joao "Naza114" Vieira
2,834,910
-849,600
-849,600
WSOP 3X Winner
Aku "Aku1206" Joentausta fi
Aku "Aku1206" Joentausta
Busted

Tags: ImbajimbaaanonymstrutsAku Joentausta

"jokkee_apart" Eliminated in 6th Place ($57,127.40)

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 8,000 ante
"jokkee_apart" is eliminated in 6th place for $57,127.40
"jokkee_apart" is eliminated in 6th place for $57,127.40

"anonymstruts" opened under the gun to 216,000. Joao "Naza114" Vieira and "jokkee_apart" made the call out of the blinds.

On the 10?J?10? flop, "anonymstruts" continued for 176,000. Vieira got out of the way while "jokkee_apart" made the call. "jokkee_apart" check-called again on the 2? turn, now for 624,000.

On the 3? river, "anonymstruts" fired another bullet, big enough to put their opponent all-in. "jokkee_apart" made the call for their remaining 2,217,468.

"jokkee_apart": A?J?10?5?
"anonymstruts": A?K?J?J?

"jokkee_apart" had tens full of jacks, but was just beaten by the jacks full of tens held by "anonymstruts". "jokkee_apart" was sent to the rail in 6th place for a cash of $57,127.40, while "anonymstruts" took a fairly commanding chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
anonymstruts se
anonymstruts
10,641,376
4,126,478
4,126,478
Imbajimbaa dk
Imbajimbaa
6,188,231
-1,082,010
-1,082,010
ADIBO hu
ADIBO
3,030,112
324,000
324,000
Joao "Naza114" Vieira pt
Joao "Naza114" Vieira
2,581,155
-384,000
-384,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Aku "Aku1206" Joentausta fi
Aku "Aku1206" Joentausta
2,559,126
415,000
415,000
jokkee_apart no
jokkee_apart
Busted

Tags: anonymstrutsjokkee_apart

"eltucu64" Eliminated in 7th Place ($43,986.40)

"eltucu64" is eliminated in 7th place for $43,986.40
"eltucu64" is eliminated in 7th place for $43,986.40

Joao "Naza114" Vieira opened under the gun to 245,000. "eltucu64" made the call on the big blind.

The 2?K?8? flop went check-check, before "eltucu64" put in their remaining 229,914 chips on the 4? turn. Vieira made the call.

"eltucu64": Q?J?8?6?
Joao "Naza114" Vieira: K?K?Q?J?

Vieira already had his opponent drawing dead with his set of kings before the Q? river completed the board. "eltucu64" became the first casualty of today's final table, taking home a prize of $43,986.40 for their efforts.

Player Chips Progress
Joao "Naza114" Vieira pt
Joao "Naza114" Vieira
2,965,155
922,914
922,914
WSOP 3X Winner
eltucu64 ar
eltucu64
Busted

Tags: eltucu64Joao Vieira

Welcome to the Final Day of $10,300 WCOOP Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship

Aku Joentausta
Aku Joentausta

After action packed days on both Day 1 and Day 2, the field of 100 entrants has been whittled down to just seven remaining in pursuit of a victory in $10,300 WCOOP Pot-Limit Omaha Championship on Pokerstars. These seven competitors will sit down to continue play at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and action will continue until only one of them remains.

Leading the way will be the Danish "Imbajimbaa", who finished Day 2 with an impressive stack of 7,270,24, primarily earned from a huge double up they hit just a couple hands before play ended. Speaking of, it was also "Imbajimbaa" who managed to burst the final table bubble, after they eliminated Christopher "lissi stinkt" Frank in eighth place after nearly two hours of hand for hand play. Hot on his tail is fellow Scandinavian, "anonymstruts" from Sweden, who bagged 5,514,898.

After a bit of a gap between second and the rest of the field, two more Scandinavians can be found in third and fourth, in "jokkee_apart" (3,658,468) from Norway and Aku "Aku1206" Joentausta (2,144,126) from Finland. "jokkee_apart" is no stranger to high stakes PLO glory on Pokerstars, as he won the $5,200 Pot-Limit Omaha event in 2022. Prior to the big pot for "Imbajimbaa", it was Joentausta who had had the biggest pot of the tournament, when he turned a flush to win a pot of over 4,000,000.

Rounding out the finalists are Joao "Naza114" Vieira (2,042,241), "ADIBO" (1,922,112), and "eltucu64" (1,447,914). While they each will have some work to do to become the champion, they have all shown themselves capable just to make it this far, and will each be sitting down with more than 20 big blinds, plenty of chips to make a run.

Final Table Seat Draw

SeatPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
1ImbajimbaaDenmark7,270,241104
2Aku "Aku1206" JoentaustaFinland2,144,12631
3eltucu64Argentina1,447,91421
4Joao "Naza114" VieiraPortugal2,042,24129
5jokkee_apartNorway3,658,46852
6anonymstrutsSweden6,514,89893
7ADIBOHungary1,922,11227

Each of the remaining players have locked up a payout of at least $43,986.40, but all eyes will be on the $233,532.10 cash for the winner. Play will resume midway through Level 26, where blinds are 35,000/70,000 with a 7,000 ante. Levels will last 30 minutes each, with a five minute break every hour, 55 minutes past the hour. Play will continue until a new champion is crowned.

Be sure to stay tuned into PokerNews for live coverage of this thrilling championship.

Player Chips Progress
Imbajimbaa dk
Imbajimbaa
7,270,241
anonymstruts se
anonymstruts
6,514,898
jokkee_apart no
jokkee_apart
3,658,468
Aku "Aku1206" Joentausta fi
Aku "Aku1206" Joentausta
2,144,126
Joao "Naza114" Vieira pt
Joao "Naza114" Vieira
2,042,241
WSOP 3X Winner
ADIBO hu
ADIBO
1,922,112
eltucu64 ar
eltucu64
1,447,914

Tags: ADIBOAku Joentaustaanonymstrutseltucu64ImbajimbaaJoao Vieirajokkee_apart