Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv raised to 28,000 first to act, and "alexfull13" raised it again to 76,250 from the middle. Plesuv called to the flop. They both checked to the turn where Plesuv bet 96,525. "alexfull13" called but check-folded to 147,375 on the river.
Just before the 2018 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) got under way, we took a look at five players who were overdue a victory in poker’s premiere tournament series. There was simply no rational explanation for how come all of Niklas “Lena900” Astedt, Simon “C. Darwin2” Mattsson, Luke “lb6121” Schwartz, Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi and Tobias “kuhns89” Hausen had not, to that point, won a WCOOP tournament.
Two years on, only Astedt has put it right. He won the $530 PLO 6-Max in 2018 to get the monkey off his back.
Today we’re taking a look at another list of brilliant talents who have not yet won a title during WCOOP. But remember as you read the list of nearly men below that Mattsson, Schwartz, Shakerchi and Hausen are still looking for that WCOOP title too. Perhaps there’s no real shame in all of this.
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts raised the hijack to 30K, and "Reziee" called from the button. The flop was and Aerts bet 60,000. "Reziee" called to on the turn and called 63,000 to see on the river. Aerts shoved a covering stack, and "Reziee" called off with less.
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts:
"Reziee":
"Reziee" turned two pair as Aerts turned the flush.
"MoshiMoshi84" raised to 25,320 from the hijack, and Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza called the button, as did Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver in the big blind. The flop came and it checked to Speranza who bet 39,328. Only "MoshiMoshi84" called to the flop, but they check-folded to the 56,760 bet from Speranza.
"alexfull11" called the hijack and Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts checked his option in the big blind. The flop was and both players checked to the turn. Aerts check-called a bet of 12,000 and they both checked the river. The chip leader mucked when Aerts showed nine-five of diamonds for a turned pair.
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza raised the middle, and Manuel "manuverd0n" Bardon called from the button, as did the big blind. The flop came and it checked to Speranza who bet 23,600. The big blind mucked, but Bardon raised to 65,000 and Speranza called to the turn. Bardon shoved for 125,865, and Speranza called.
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza:
Manuel "manuverd0n" Bardon:
Board:
Bardon was drawing very thin and couldn't find help on the river.