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Fourth Title of the Year for Tonka, But WCOOP League Victory Looks Out of Reach

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The titles keep coming for Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot in the 2024 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) after the PokerStars Ambassador picked up his fourth of the series last night.

His victory in Event 85-M secured him $6,392 and the eighth WCOOP title of his career, drawing him level with Shaun “shaundeeb” Deeb and Rui “RuiNF” Ferreira in the all-time standings.

However, it still wasn’t enough for his WCOOP League team to put a dent in Team peace&loove, who narrowly extended their lead over Team tonkaaaa at the top of the counts.

Four WCOOP Titles in One Year for Talbot

After a third-place finishing Event 77-H, Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot topped a 158-player field to win his fourth WCOOP title of the year in 2-7 Triple Draw, defeating Terrence “Unassigned” Chan heads-up to win $6,392.

PokerStars Ambassador Georgina “GJReggie” James and Overall leaderboard contender Blaz “Scarmak3r” Zerjav both finished in the money, as well as WCOOP League draftees Kelvin “Kelvin_FP:AR” Kerber, Jerry “Perrymejsen” Odeen, “king153246” and Yuri “theNERDguy” Dzivielevski.

No other WCOOP League draftees made it to the final table of six, with Team peace&loove’s “FAL1st” missing out in seventh, as Talbot went on to secure victory.

WCOOP 85-M: $215 FL 2-7 Triple Draw Final Table Results

Place Player Country Payout
1 tonkaaaa Canada $6,392
2 Unassigned Canada $4,803
3 ssudunagunta United Kingdom $3,609
4 tablepanic Brazil $2,712
5 Zelja22 Croatia $2,038
6 1truegambler United Kingdom $1,532

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Team peace&loove Misses Out as “sandman201” wins WCOOP 8-Game Championship

One of the reasons why Talbot’s fourth victory didn’t lead to Team tonkaaaa making any WCOOP League inroads was down to a stellar performance from Team peace&loove in the WCOOP 8-Game Championship.

Nine players had made it through to the final table of the event, which attracted 623 entries, and three WCOOP League teams had a presence.

Team tonkaaaa’s hopes of picking up another title last night were dashed after “ShipitFTW911” was eliminated in eighth place.

“FAL1st” has been in incredible form this WCOOP, but could only manage fourth before Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis was eliminated in third-place. The start-of-day chip leader battled hard for a third-place finish for $18,455.

Battling for the title was “sandman201” and Team peace&loove’s other player “king153246”, but eventually “sandman201” came out on top for the third WCOOP title of their career and their first since 2019.

WCOOP World Championship of 8-Game Final Table Results

Place Player Country Payout
1 sandman201 Canada $38,530
2 king153246 Albania $26,666
3 L. Veldhuis New Zealand $18,455
4 FAL1st Thailand $12,772
5 kuhns89 Malta $8,839
6 Shadissimo Germany $6,118

WCOOP League Standings (September 25)

Sebastian Huber

It’s never over until it’s over, but Team peace&loove’s lead in the WCOOP League is close to 1,000 points, and growing still as they outscored their nearest rivals by 20 points on Tuesday night. Team tonkaaaa is even under threat from Teameasywithaces after a victory for their WCOOP Bootcamp draftee “So00oSick” in Event 83-L: $5.50 PLO8.

  • Team peace&loove – 5900 points (+445)
  • Team tonkaaaa – 4980 points (+425)
  • Team easywithaces – 4700 points (+435)
  • Team L. Veldhuis – 4090 points (+390)
  • Team Aakkari – 3570 points (+160)
  • Team Spraggy – 2970 points (+225)

Latest WCOOP Results

Event Entries Prize Pool Champion Prize
WCOOP 77-L: $11 NLHE [8-Max] 9,080 $88,984 GGonzaga88 12348.04
WCOOP 77-M: $109 NLHE [8-Max] 2,994 $299,400 random_chu 43227.49
WCOOP 77-H: $1 050 NLHE [8-Max] 331 $331,000 lildani9 61514.63
WCOOP 78-L: $55 NLHE [Mini Bounty Builder HR] 5,858 $300,000 DJMiWez 29591.47
WCOOP 78-M: $530 NLHE [Bounty Builder HR] 860 $430,000 Voca94 64051.94
WCOOP 78-H: $5 200 NLHE [Bounty Builder High Roller] 100 $500,000 DingeBrinker 116327.22
WCOOP World Championship of 8-Game 62 $124,000 sandman201 38529.81
WCOOP 80-L: $11 NLHE [Turbo Freezeout] 4,290 $42,042 DarkSkies21 5998.85
WCOOP 80-M: $109 NLHE [Turbo Freezeout] 1,475 $147,500 GodOf.com 22630.65
WCOOP 80-H: $1 050 NLHE [Turbo Freezeout] 179 $179,000 DrawindDead 36087.64
WCOOP 82-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max] 3,412 $170,600 ludum regem 24516.82
WCOOP 83-L: $5.50 PLO8 [6-Max] 2,237 $10,961 So00oSick 1634.42
WCOOP 83-M: $55 PLO8 [6-Max] 760 $38,000 joocs 5603.78
WCOOP 83-H: $530 PLO8 [6-Max] 146 $73,000 FONBET_RULIT 15322.97
WCOOP 85-L: $22 FL 2-7 Triple Draw [6-Max] 718 $14,360 JRIXYZLE 2442.68
WCOOP 85-M: $215 FL 2-7 Triple Draw [6-Max] 158 $31,600 tonkaaaa 6392.11
WCOOP 85-H: $2 100 FL 2-7 Triple Draw [6-Max] 32 $64,000 dragonwarp 26807.18
WCOOP 87-L: $11 NLHE [6-Max Turbo Progressive KO] 6,807 $66,709 LFMC027 5290.26
WCOOP 87-M: $109 NLHE [6-Max Turbo Progressive KO] 1,911 $191,100 rollingdrone 22281.85
WCOOP 87-H: $1 050 NLHE [6-Max Turbo Progressive KO] 218 $218,000 KuuL 50784.05

WCOOP Schedule (September 25)

Time ET Event Guarantee
11:30 WCOOP 88-L: $11 HORSE [6-Max]  $ 10,000
11:30 WCOOP 88-M: $109 HORSE [6-Max]  $ 25,000
11:30 WCOOP 88-H: $1,050 HORSE [6-Max]  $ 60,000
12:30 WCOOP 89-L: $22 NLHE [Mystery Micro Bounty Builder HR] $ 175,000
12:30 WCOOP 89-M: $109 NLHE [Mystery Mini Bounty Builder HR] $ 300,000
12:30 WCOOP 89-H: $530 NLHE [Mystery Bounty Builder HR] $ 300,000
13:30 WCOOP 90-L: $22 5-Card PLO [6-Max] $ 30,000
13:30 WCOOP 90-M: $109 5-Card PLO [6-Max] $ 50,000
13:30 WCOOP 90-H: $530 5-Card PLO [6-Max] $ 100,000
14:30 WCOOP 91-L: $55 NLHE [Progressive KO] $ 250,000
14:30 WCOOP 91-M: $215 NLHE [Progressive KO] $ 250,000
14:30 WCOOP 91-H: $1,050 NLHE [Progressive KO] $ 200,000
16:05 WCOOP 92-L: $22 NLHE [4-Max, Turbo]  $ 50,000
16:05 WCOOP 92-M: $109 NLHE [4-Max, Turbo]  $ 100,000
16:05 WCOOP 92-H: $530 NLHE [4-Max, Turbo]  $ 100,000
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Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor.

He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

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