Tournaments & Cash Games
The yr is coming to a detailed, however now not sooner than a last flurry of poker champions etch their names within the historical past books. This week’s round-up of huge winners options some acquainted names, emerging stars, and one among Britain’s easiest. So, to peer how Emil Bise, Gediminas Uselis, Andy Moc, and others boosted their bankrolls, scroll down for CardsChat’s Large Winners of the Week finishing Dec. 5.
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Gediminas Uselis
WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Major Tournament
Seminole Arduous Rock Resort & On line casino
$778,490
Lithuanian professional Uselis has been on a roll since profitable his first WSOP name in August 2020. Already the landlord of a WSOP Circuit ring, Uselis received the WSOP Online 40 Stack final yr for $227,186. That win set him at the highway to larger and higher issues and, in October, he received Tournament #27 of the DeepStack Championship in Las Vegas. The $325,428 payday intended Uselis may just ante up within the $3,500 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open with quite a lot of money left over. With a box of one,566 entrants in Hollywood, Florida whittled down to simply six, Uselis rose up from the center of pack to do away with two avid gamers throughout Tuesday’s ultimate. That surge allowed him to seal the deal, pick out up his first WPT name, and financial institution the largest prize of his profession.
(Symbol: Twitter/GrosvenorPoker)
Andy Moc
GUKPT Grand Ultimate Major Tournament
Grosvenor London
£265,350
($351,778)
Moc introduced the GUKPT to an excellent conclusion on Sunday through taking down the largest tournament of the season. Grosvenor took its flagship excursion again out at the highway this summer time after the United Kingdom lifted all COVID restrictions. Poker avid gamers anted up in droves, and that development persisted in final week’s £1,800 ($2,390) season finale. A complete of 607 entries driven the prize pool to greater than £1 million ($1.3million), making it the most important GUKPT Grand Ultimate ever. Even higher for Moc, claiming his first GUKPT name additionally introduced him the largest payday of his profession.
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Romain Le Dantec
WSOPE Six-Max
King’s Lodge
€207,267
($234.124)
Le Dantec received his first bracelet after coming via a small however tricky box within the WSOPE’s €10,300 ($11,600) short-handed tournament. Le Dantec isn’t any stranger to the winner’s podium, as he additionally has an EPT aspect tournament name to his title. His win in Rozadov, Czech Republic used to be a career-defining second, then again: the Frenchman completed 5th in the WSOPE’s turbo event and parlayed his €17,905 ($20,230) payout right into a victory in Tournament #13. Le Dantec had to conquer fellow Frenchmen Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Sonny Franco on Friday to win the development and scoop the largest results of his profession.
(Symbol: The Hendon Mob/APAT)
Joonas Pöyry
‘Korpisoturi2’
WPTDeepStacks London On-line
888Poker
$40,540
London’s live poker scene is prospering at the moment, however the WPT determined that discretion used to be the simpler a part of valor this yr and took its DeepStacks tournament on-line. That used to be just right information for Pöyry, because the Finnish professional didn’t want to board a aircraft to ante-up. In truth, not one of the 293 entrants had to depart their respective grinding spots. They did, then again, have to conquer Pöyry, who used to be within the type of his lifestyles. The Finn continuously flies underneath the radar through preserving his actual title out of the highlight. Alternatively, the take care of Korpisoturi2 can continuously be observed in MTTs around the web and, on Tuesday, it used to be shining shiny after Pöyry took down the WPT’s $525 on-line opener.
(Symbol: Fb/Pokerroomkings)
Emil Bise
Captivating Girl Money Connection Slot System
King’s Lodge
€10,564
($11,931)
Bise made our Big Winners list last week after taking down the WSOPE Mini Major Tournament in Rozadov, Czech Republic for €260,525 ($293,640). Now not content material to take his bracelet and run again to Switzerland, the professional participant determined to take a spin on one of the vital 300 slots on the King’s Lodge. The sport he selected had a modern jackpot price over €10,000 ($11,300) and Bise received it. We don’t know the way a lot he wagered, however we all know he activated the bonus sport through rolling in six scatters. He then hit 15 sphere symbols to liberate the grand jackpot.
Daniel Smyth, Bob Pajich, and Chris Wallace all contributed to this file. Know a large winner we ignored? tips@cardschat.com
