Germany's "tobi123456" Banks $654K to Emerge as 2015 WCOOP's Biggest Winner Thus Far

Jason Glatzer

Sep 16, 2015 5 min read

As of this writing, 29 events are down and 41 are left to go in the 2015 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), which is taking place on PokerStars and runs through September 27.

This year's schedule features 70 exciting events with a breathtaking $45 million in guaranteed prize pools. The highlight of the online tournament festival is yet to come with the $5,200 buy-in WCOOP Main Event guaranteeing a huge $10 million prize pool on September 27.

Thus far in the 2015 WCOOP, Germany's "tobi123456" is the biggest winner after banking $654,000 for winning the WCOOP-25: $10,300 NL Hold'em (8-Max, Optional Re-Entry, High-Roller), $2M Guaranteed.

According the PokerStars Blog, "tobi123456" entered the final table against Andrew "RunThisTable" Lichtenberger down 3-1 in chips. The German poker player was able to even things up after his K♦6♠ beat Lichtenberger's A♣J♣. Shortly afterwards, the tournament appeared all but wrapped up when tobi123456's 10♣10♠ out raced Lichtenberger's A♥Q♦.

Despite being crippled, Lichtenberger battled back after winning five straight all-ins. However, tobie123456 was able to seal the deal when he won another flip when his 9♠9♣ was able to hold against Lichtenberger's K♣J♣. Lichtenberger banked $484,500 for his runner-up performance, while Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias won $365,500 for third place and Billy "b8chatz" Chattaway took home $263,500 for fourth place.

Meanwhile, the WCOOP-26: $700 NL Hold'em [Sunday Million SE], $1.5M Guaranteed featured a big turnout with 3,418 players vying for a piece of the $2,272,970 prize pool. After agreeing to a four-way deal, Andy "wiisssppppaa" Taylor went on to win the tournament for $275,850. However, thanks to the deal, Taylor was not the biggest money earner as eventual third-place finisher "ModzillaPL" took home $278,110.

In other news, Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah snagged his second WCOOP title after winning the WCOOP-27: $215 PL Omaha [6-Max, Progressive Super-Knockout], $200K Guaranteed for $28,432.42 and $8,794.49 in bounties. Leah, who is the owner of over $4.7 million in live tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob and almost $2.6 million in online tournament cashes according to PocketFives.com, won his first WCOOP event in 2011 in a $320 buy-in Badugi Event.

Here is a look at the final table results of the latest WCOOP high events. You can read about earlier events in our first WCOOP recap article here.

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WCOOP-14: $215 NL Hold'em [Big Antes, Optional Re-Entry], $200K Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	Sept. 10	1,872	$374,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira	$59,904.00
2	pkace666	$44,928.00
3	Ryan "ProtentialMN" Laplante	$33,696.00
4	Mike "munchenHB" Telker	$24,616.80
5	leitalopez	$17,784.00
6	sosickPL	$13,852.80
7	imluckbox	$10,108.80
8	serhiy1989	$6,552.00
9	Akash "funwheel" Majumdar	$3,744.00

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WCOOP-15: $215 PL Omaha [1R1A], $200K Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	Sept. 10	740	$312,600

Place	Player	Prize
1	Nlzkm9	$57,362.10
2	kalashn1kovv	$40,950.60
3	wuutti	$30,947.40
4	UziStuNNa	$23,288.70
5	Ben "vindog03" Vinson	$16,255.20
6	MeJohann	$13,129.20
7	Christopher "NigDawG" Brammer	$10,003.20
8	akia86	$6,877.20
9	magic_mente	$4,063.80

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WCOOP-16: $1,050 NL Hold'em [Progressive Super-Knockout, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+500+50	Sept. 10	1,828	$1,828,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Liskacha	$149,941.70 + $37,760.20 bounties
2	actam	$109,680.00 + $40,795.84 bounties
3	Leandro "leopelucal" Csome	$82,260.00 + $12,248.03 bounties
4	Negriin	$61,238.00 + $16,976.54 bounties
5	Francisco "chiconogue" Nogueira	$43,415.00 + $14,031.23 bounties
6	FaZeHigh	$34,275.00 + $23,873.99 bounties
7	Howié	$25,135.00 + $14,881.81 bounties
8	Grayson "gray31" Ramage	$15,995.00 + $10,226.56 bounties
9	pablotenisis	$9,140.00 + $7,140.62 bounties

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WCOOP-17: $700 NL Hold'em [6-Max,3-Stack], $200K Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$665+35	Sept. 11	959	$637,735

Place	Player	Prize
1	Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	$108,415.51
2	Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovskyi	$81,311.21
3	Manni1822	$61,860.29
4	JJ@mess	$43,047.11
5	HKN291209	$30,292.41
6	OMGACEACEACE	$19,132.05

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WCOOP-18: $1,050 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo Championship, $50K Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$1,000+50	Sept. 11	185	$185,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Andre "Chillolini" Messmer	$40,237.50
2	raconteur	$28,675.00
3	Jason "jcarverpoker" Somerville	$22,200.00
4	Orjan "Aftret" Skommo	$15,725.00
5	TIETYMM	$10,175.00
6	raidalot	$8,325.00
7	dimas78	$6,475.00
8	Mikal "mikal12345" Blomlie	$5,087.50

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WCOOP-19: $320 NL Hold'em [Turbo, Zoom], $400K Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$300+20	Sept. 11	1,916	$574,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	moshmachine	$91,968.00
2	kylef89	$68,976.00
3	antroff	$51,732.00
4	Siegmann	$37,793.10
5	Barrrii	$27,303.00
6	Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira	$21,267.60
7	Yayoshow	$15,519.60
8	VicBiggs	$10,059.00
9	WiljamK	$5,748.00

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WCOOP-20: $109 NL Hold'em [Optional Re-Entry], $500K Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+9	Sept. 12	7,268	$726,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	SQUA99	$85,205.12*
2	10111420	$85,368.81*
3	mr.valerius	$79,885.13*
4	DiegoCheblii	$39,974.00
5	live@pompeii	$30,525.60
6	AA Full Mike	$23,257.60
7	Raaadzio91	$15,989.60
8	@TrashBlade@	$8,721.60
9	guimoura	$5,632.70

_{*Reflects three-way deal}

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WCOOP-21: $530 NL Hold'em [Progressive Super-Knockout], $750K Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$250+250+30	Sept. 12	2,394	$1,197,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	fixfixfix	$95,760.72 + $25,707.39 in bounties
2	Tom "Nomarbles1" Carnes	$71,820.00 + $25,468.63 in bounties
3	Firas "firas71" Bassam Massouh	$52,129.35 + $20,959.86 in bounties
4	AntagSS	$35,910.00 + $1,671.87 in bounties
5	4erepashka	$26,932.50 + $7,804.55 in bounties
6	NhFy	$20,947.50 + $4,020.49 in bounties
7	lov10k	$14,962.50 + $6,126.93 in bounties
8	GaryT20	$10,174.50 + $4,345.69 in bounties
9	FONBET_RULIT	$5,386.50 + $5,142.56 in bounties

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WCOOP-22: $1,050 NL Omaha Hi/Lo Championship [6-Max], $75K Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$1,000+50	Sept. 12	239	$239,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	chickensssss	$50,356,78*
2	MarekW13	$42,853.22*
3	Stevie "stevie444" Chidwick	$28,680.00
4	rtspurs	$19,120.00
5	Martin "nizmo jiz" Kozlov	$14,340.00
6	jj20002	$9,799.00

_{*Reflects heads-up deal}

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WCOOP-23: $215 PL Omaha [Knockout], $250K Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$161.75+41.25+12	Sept. 13	1,368	$277,704

Place	Player	Prize
1. Trymean77	$31,729.37 * + 11 bounties
2. MaxSinctin	$28,337.34 * + 11 bounties
3. kuhns89	$26,208.89 * + 11 bounties
4. zidix	$15,046.63 + 5 bounties
5. sslazio904	$10,953.06 + 12 bounties
6. tvtotaliwin	$8,740.32 +4 bounties
7. RadioSurvive	$6,527.58 + 16 bounties
8. fer_90_1	$4,314.84 + 10 bounties
9. Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins	$2,389.75 + 11 bounties

_{*Reflects three-way deal}

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WCOOP-24: $215 NL Hold'em [Sunday Warm-Up SE], $1M Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	Sept. 13	6,190	$1,238,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	MaPuHo4Ka09	$150,338.68*
2	majster88	$115,190.50*
3	Z-ENERGIES	$118,585.92*
4	Martin "nizmo jiz" Kozlov	$125,631.40*
5	ValterBr@nco	$52,615
6	KillerNorbit	$40,235
7	rSMig	$27,855
8	TrondheimAAA	$15,475
9	ItourAdAStra	$9,904

_{*Reflects four-way deal}

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WCOOP-25: $10,300 NL Hold'em [8-Max, Optional Re-Entry, High-Roller], $2M Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10,000+300	Sept. 13	340	$3,400,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	tobi123456	$654,500.00
2	Andrew "RunThisTable" Lichtenberger	$484,500.00
3	Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias	$365,500.00
4	Billy "b8chatz" Chattaway	$263,500.00
5	Tomatee	$178,500.00
6	ICEMAN2710	$127,500.00
7	Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk	$93,500.00
8	whereisdonny	$76,500.00

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WCOOP-26: $700 NL Hold'em [Sunday Million SE], $1.5M Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$665+35	Sept. 13	3,418	$2,272,970

Place	Player	Prize
1	Andy "wiisssppppaa" Taylor	$275,850.02*
2	asq201	$202,233.81*
3	ModzillaPL	$278,109.54*
4	ham1l_I0n	$188,000*
5	nemesis278	$97,737.71
6	ratboy x	$75,008.01
7	Thor "osten" Hansen	$52,278.31
8	flopped6810	$29,548.61
9	Keith "Kungfumonk" Johnson	$18,183.76

_{*Reflects four-way deal}

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WCOOP-27: $215 PL Omaha [6-Max, Progressive Super-Knockout], $200K Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+100+15	Sept. 14	1,777	$355,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah	$28,432.42 + $8,794.49 in bounties
2	75TGI	$21,324.00 + 6,787.46 in bounties
3	Jonas "Palsgaard1" Palsgård Christensen	$15,993.00 + $3,709.36 in bounties
4	Orjan "Aftret" Skommo	$10,662.00 + in $1,858.58 bounties
5	Mayu "marroca5" Roca	$7,108.00 + in $3,044.52 bounties
6	youngblood51	$4,193.72 + in $3,521.08 bounties

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WCOOP-28: $320 NL Hold'em [6-Max], $200K Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$300+20	Sept. 14	2,014	$604,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	bajskorven87	$95,161.50
2	Adam "Jigs Flippin" Tuk	$70,993.50
3	Monio81	$52,867.50
4	Skrigepas	$34,741.50
5	forcadellmg	$23,684.64
6	Nick "FU_15" Maimone	$13,534.08

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WCOOP-29: $700 7-Card Stud Championship, $50K Guaranteed

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$665+35	Sept. 14	138	$91,770

Place	Player	Prize
1	TIETYMM	$19,960.06
2	Fresh_oO_D	$14,224.35
3	Randy "RolldUpTrips" Ohel	$11,012.40
4	Christer "lennart" Johansson	$7,800.45
5	Multifox	$5,047.35
6	Thor "osten" Hansen	$4,129.65
7	Kiryl "angry moron" Radzivonau	$3,211.95
8	Ilya "ilushan" Gorodetskiy	$2,523.67

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