Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz Reels In Almost $200,000
The wait for a WCOOP title is finally over for Brazilian ace Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz, and the wait was certainly worth it. Piekazewicz often runs deep in major events, but a WCOOP had eluded him under he joined 58 other entrants in the $10,300 edition of the Thursday Thrill.
A prize pool of $590,000 was up for grabs, and Piekazewicz got his hands on $193,234 of that princely sum, thanks partly to collecting $114,375 worth of bounty payments.
WCOOP 97-H: $10,300 NLHE PKO Thursday Thrill High Roller Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz | Brazil | $114,375 | $78,859 | $193,234 |
| 2 | Samuel "go4gunners" Mullur | Austria | $10,625 | $78,859 | $89,484 |
| 3 | Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev | Bulgaria | $37,187 | $47,602 | $84,789 |
| 4 | Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle | Bulgaria | $16,250 | $34,304 | $50,554 |
| 5 | Pedro "PaDiLhA SP" Padilha | Brazil | $19,375 | $24,720 | $44,095 |
| 6 | Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois | Canada | $12,500 | $17,814 | $30,314 |
| 7 | Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi | United Kingdom | $2,500 | $12,837 | $15,337 |
| 8 | drew.derzh | Ukraine | $2,500 | $0 | $2,500 |
| 9 | Ebaaa11 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | $12,500 | $0 | $12,500 |
As you would expect from a $10,300 buy-in event, the entrants' list read like a who's who of the poker world, resulting in a star-studded final table. "Ebaaa11" and "drew.derzh" both reached the nine-handed final table, but only padded their bankrolls with the bounties they collected en route.
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi and Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois were the first two finalists to receive money from the regular prize pool. They were joined on the sidelines by Pedro "PaDiLhA SP" Padilha and then the recent WSOP Online Main Event champion Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle, which left three hopefuls vying for the title.
Those three became two when Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev bowed out in third, before Piekazewicz defeated Samuel "go4gunners" Mullur heads-up to clinch the title and a cool $193,234 in prize money.