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PokerStars' WCOOP Kicks Off with Thrilling Tournaments and Controversies
The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has kicked off with seven tournaments played so far. The most popular tournament was #2, which replaced Sunday Million, attracting 10,608 participants. The least popular was #6, a 5-card draw, with only 540 participants.
In WCOOP-01, ezepoker90 from Argentina won $184,388.82, and Phantom4444 from Russia secured $36,610. WCOOP-02 saw ASIAAN from the Netherlands take home $231,221.20, while Kotovi from Russia won $129,526.66. In WCOOP-03, utvekklo2 from Sweden won $65,717, and JAAKARHU99 from Finland won $68,926.64. Notably, there were no Russian players on the final or semi-final tables in WCOOP-04, won by Raaadzio91 from Poland with $62,208.36.
WCOOP-05 was won by RenRad 01 from Mexico with $144,086.07, and lermonad from Russia took $135,130.96. In WCOOP-06, 7PRS from Canada won $20,520, and cerutti84 from Russia won $11,070. Falco234 from Austria won WCOOP-07 with $24,064, and vergun65 from Russia won $1,600. Canada leads in winnings with $734,374, followed by Russia with $647,403, and Germany with $465,967.
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