The latest winner of a PokerStars WCOOP title is partypoker pro Ludovic Geilich, who triumphed against German professional Ole Schemion heads-up in the $10,300-entry High Roller WCOOP event, which took place in an 8-Max format.
The final day of the event saw Geilich enter play as the chip leader, but the Scottish poker pro, who paid tribute to his partypoker colleague and Chairman Mike Sexton earlier in the day, didn’t have it all his own way once eight players were all that remained. The field of 94 entries saw just 11 players make the money, with the $1 million guarantee not quite being reached, creating a little overlay for players to enjoy winning.
The final table kicked off with nine players unofficially, but it wasn’t Geilich who was dominating proceedings. Chris ‘Big Huni’ Hunichen was in command, and wielded the axe as he busted ‘fishbones11’ in 8th place, Hunichen’s pocket kings starting and finishing the hand way ahead of pocket sevens.
Next to go was Portuguese player Filipe Oliveira, who was busted in a three-way all-in when Gelich flopped a set of eights, Thomas Muehloecker the other player to lose chips. However, far from dwindling out of the event, Muehloecker would double-up twice to work his way back into contention.