Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv Goes Wire-to-Wire to Win WCOOP-22-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd
It was quite an impressive final table performance from Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv, who never gave up the chip lead on his way to winning WCOOP-22-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd. Plesuv took home the lion's share of the massive $1,223,500 prizepool, earning a first place prize of $144,295, all for just a $530 investment. This 2021 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) titles adds to a poker resume that already includes a SCOOP title that he earned last year. Plesuv also has nearly $5 million in live tournament earnings.
Final Result 2021 WCOOP-22-M: $530 NLHE PKO $1M GTD
| Place | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv | Moldova | $67,247 | $77,048 | $144,295 |
| 2 | SiKCalL_A7 | Canda | $6,909 | $77,047 | $83,956 |
| 3 | “horvYptr” | Hungary | $7,017 | $45,714 | $52,731 |
| 4 | Luis "luisnrd" Dorneles | Brazil | $11,334 | $32,586 | $43,920 |
| 5 | “K0SICE” | Netherlands | $9,630 | $23,229 | $32,859 |
| 6 | Gerson "Gerson'GR'" Braga | Brazil | $2,928 | $16,558 | $19,486 |
| 7 | “TonyGPT” | Croatia | $5,012 | $11,803 | $16,815 |
| 8 | Matias "Maty25" Ruzzi | Argentina | $2,742 | $8,414 | $11,156 |
| 9 | “PrettyVinnie” | United Kingdom | $8,734 | $5,998 | $14,732 |
The Final Table Action
Plesuv came into the final table with a nice lead, after scoring a massive knockout Jan "hownorez" Nakladal in 11th place. From there, Plesuv wouldn't look back, constantly putting pressure on his opponents to continue to amass a humongous chip stack.
That aggression was on perfect display in the first knockout of the final table, where Plesuv would end up five shoving with just Ace-Deuce in an effort to isolate against the small stack, "PrettyVinnie." After he scooped that pot, Plesuv amazingly held half of the chips in play, even though it was still eight handed.
With such a massive chip lead, Plesuv was content to let other stacks battle each other from there, mostly sitting on the sidelines until he got back over 100 million chips with the elimination of "K0SICE."
From that point on, Plesuv would score every elimination, a massive reason why he took home a huge portion of the bounty prizepool, $67,247 total. To put that in perspective, the next highest bounty total at the final table was just $11,334, earned by Luis "luisnrd" Dorneles.
Congratulations again to Pavel Plesuv for adding another big title to his already impressive poker resume. Thank you to everyone who followed the coverage here at Pokernews, and be on the lookout for more updates from this massive Pokerstars WCOOP Series!
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hit the turn.
completed the board, and Plesuv fired one more time, 6,400,000. "SiKCalL_A7" moved all in for 25,535,332, and Plesuv thought for a bit before calling with 
for a rivered pair.
for a missed draw, and they hit the rail, earning $83,956. However, Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv will take home first place, earning over $67,000 with just the bounties alone, for a combined first place prize of $144,295.
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turn did mean that an ace or queen would work now, but the 
completed the board instead. A rough ending for the Braziian, but he will be taking home nearly $44,000 for his efforts.
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