Big Winners in Sunday Majors
Three of the biggest Sunday PKOs of the 2025 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) wrapped up on September 15, producing a string of notable winners and some of the week’s best storylines.
"MASTERALI 27" Wins First WCOOP Title in the Sunday Million
The $109 NLHE [Progressive KO, Sunday Million] (WCOOP 38-L) drew 9,946 entries for the prize pool to stay at $1 million.
"MASTERALI 27" was the last player standing, turning their buy-in into $87,803 and capturing a first WCOOP title.
| Place | Player | Bounty | Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MASTERALI 27 | $29,601 | $58,202 | $87,803 |
| 2 | fakecasar | $3,913 | $58,194 | $62,107 |
| 3 | Dimaevk | $5,998 | $34,528 | $40,526 |
| 4 | alienastrona | $601 | $24,613 | $25,214 |
| 5 | Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph | $5,083 | $17,544 | $22,627 |
| 6 | Paulo ''pvss'' Silva | $3,469 | $12,507 | $15,976 |
| 7 | LiroL | $5,154 | $8,915 | $14,069 |
| 8 | KaoruMitoma | $1,752 | $6,354 | $8,106 |
| 9 | Viktor "gimley14" Mechev | $3,530 | $4,530 | $8,060 |
Michalak Triumphs in the $1K Sunday High Roller
Poland’s Jakub “Olorionek” Michalak collected his second WCOOP title in the $1,050 Sunday High Roller PKO (WCOOP 38-M). Michalak navigated an 809-entry field to bank $104,033.
There was a close call for PokerStars Ambassador Marle “MarlzTV” Spragg. She returned for Day 2 as chip leader and ultimately finished in seventh place for just over $10,000 plus bounties.
Spragg’s run was made even more remarkable as she livestreamed the tournament while nine months pregnant, earning plenty of attention from the Twitch rail.
| Place | Player | Bounty | Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jakub "Olorionek" Michalak | $45,041 | $58,993 | $104,033 |
| 2 | Yurec1707 | $23,807 | $58,992 | $82,799 |
| 3 | Jans "Graftekkel" Arends | $6,875 | $36,783 | $43,658 |
| 4 | fred_high | $6,375 | $27,058 | $33,433 |
| 5 | 99dm84 | $8,609 | $19,902 | $28,511 |
| 6 | Ilya “Leqenden” Anatskiy | $15,582 | $14,640 | $30,222 |
| 7 | Marle “MarlzTV” Spragg | $7,718 | $10,770 | $18,488 |
| 8 | andresdos | $2,406 | $7,922 | $10,328 |
| 9 | Arunas "BalticMoose" Sapitavicius | $4,032 | $6,381 | $10,413 |
Maue Lands Super High Roller Crown
The $10,300 Super High Roller PKO (WCOOP 38-H) attracted 59 entries for a $590,000 prize pool. Leonard “Grozzorg” Maue came out on top, collecting $212,667 — made up of $87,354 in prize money and $125,313 in bounties — for his second WCOOP title.
The final table was stacked with crushers. Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson, and Vladimir "SerVlaMin" Minko were all in contention, with Minko narrowly missing out on what would have been a third WCOOP title of the series.
Another standout was Ilya “Leqenden” Anatskiy, who put together a remarkable run by making both the $1K Sunday High Roller (WCOOP 38-M) and the $10K Super High Roller final tables on the same night.
| Place | Player | Bounty | Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonard "Grozzorg" Maue | $125,313 | $87,354 | $212,667 |
| 2 | efkinis24 | $7,500 | $87,354 | $94,854 |
| 3 | Ilya “Leqenden” Anatskiy | $2,500 | $48,614 | $51,114 |
| 4 | Niklas "Lena900" Astedt | $11,875 | $33,285 | $45,160 |
| 5 | Vladimir "SerVlaMin" Minko | $34,375 | $22,790 | $57,165 |
| 6 | Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson | $11,563 | $15,603 | $27,166 |