WCOOP PLO Tournament: Big Buy-In, Bigger Payouts

The WCOOP PLO tournament featured a substantial buy-in of $10,300 and a guarantee of $1,000,000. The event attracted 193 entries, nearly doubling the guarantee. Finnish players made the most entries with 28, while Russian players included Aleksey Makarov, Denis Strebkov, gragik, le kork, St1ckman, NikolasDLP, Konstantin Maslak, Timofey Kuznetsov, and Bagrovui.

Phil Galfond, owner of Run It Once, made three entries but did not make the money. Linus Lökeberg finished in 117th place out of 193. The final table included notable players such as Aku «Aku1206» Yöentausta, Ben «Ben86» Tollerud, João «Naza114» Vieira, Odd_Oddsen, Shyngys «3DTemujiN» Satubayev, and Bagrovui. Aku «Aku1206» Yöentausta was a big chip leader at the start of the final table.

Andreas «Skjervøy» Torbergsen had a notable performance, previously finishing 4th in a $5,200 tournament. Bagrovui, known as Багровый__Грехометр, commented on some hands for this review.