Selouan Denies Astedt as PokerStars WCOOP Boot Camp Explodes Into Action
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The $9 million guaranteed World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) Boot Camp kicked off at PokerStars over the weekend, and it has not taken long for some stellar names to pad their bankrolls with large scores. Brazilian ace, Rodrigo "SELOUAN1991" Selouan, is one such household name. He triumphed in the $5,200 Titans event and took home $58,483 for his efforts.
Forty-three players bought into the $5,200 Titans event, each vying for a slice of the $215,000 prize pool. The compact field meant only the top six finishers saw a return on their investments, so spare a thought for Denmark's "starwins :)" who fell in seventh and popped the money bubble.
Perennial high-stakes crusher Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois was the first entrant to capture some prize money. The French-Canadian banked $11,372 after coming unstuck in sixth place. Austria superstar Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker fell in fifth for $16,609 before Leonard "Grozzorg" Maue's latest deep run ended in a fourth-place finish worth $24,258.
Maue's elimination left Swedish online poker legend Niklas "Lena900" Astedt sandwiched between a pair of Brazilians: Selouan and Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon. The latter crashed out in third for $35,430.
The heads-up duo struck a deal to lessen the pay jumps. Astedt went into the one-on-one battle with a decent chip lead, hence why he scooped $68,845 (only $6,000 less than the original first-place prize) after Selouan defeated him. Selouan took home $58,483 for his victory, less than $7,000 more than the second-place winner was originally meant to pay out.
WCOOP Boot Camp 05-H: $5,200 NLHE Titans Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodrigo "SELOUAN1991" Selouan | Brazil | $58,483* |
| 2 | Niklas "Lena900" Astedt | Sweden | $68,845* |
| 3 | Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon | Brazil | $35,430 |
| 4 | Leonard "Grozzorg" Maue | Austria | $24,258 |
| 5 | Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker | Austria | $16,609 |
| 6 | Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois | Canada | $11,372 |
2025 WCOOP Boot Camp Results
Selouan wasn't the only big name to reel in a WCOOP Boot Camp title. Patrick "pads1161" Leonard triumphed in the $215 NLHE PKO Series Kickoff, outlasting 742 opponents and winning $24,605.
Pedro "PaDiLhA SP" Padilha, Selouan's fellow Brazilian, banked $26,028 for taking down the $1,050 NLHE PKO Sunday Special, with Nick "Bot35" Marchington turning $530 into $18,148 in the low edition of the Titans event.
There was also a victory for "king153246" in the $55 NLHE Heads-Up Total PKO Zoom event, which was worth $6,867. You may recall that "king153246" was in scintillating form during the recent Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP). Expect his name to show up deep in many of the upcoming 2025 WCOOP events.
All prizes include bounty payments where applicable
If you love mystery bounty tournaments, you must fire up your PokerStars account on August 10 because a pair of huge events are scheduled at 6:00 p.m. BST. The 33rd numbered events of the 2025 WCOOP Boot Camp are a $11 buy-in and $75 buy-in Mystery Bounty, where $100,000 and $400,000 are guaranteed, respectively.
These two-day events have huge prize pools for their respective buy-ins, and it may be a tall order to meet those guarantees, which means more value for you!
