

Aleksey Ponyakov Secures Second Victory in WPT Online Series
Aleksey Ponyakov from Latvia is currently in the top 3 of the leaderboard in the WPT Online series on PartyPoker. Ponyakov won the Big Game tournament last week, defeating PartyPoker ambassador Kristen Bicknell in the heads-up and earning $220,000.
On Monday, Ponyakov added another victory to his WPT series wins. He triumphed in the WPT Weekender tournament for $215, which had 269 participants and a prize pool of $500,000.
Russian poker player Vitaly Panov finished fifth in the WPT Weekender tournament, earning $17,000. Ponyakov's second victory in the series earned him $80,000.
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