Former #1-ranked Dan Kelly won another WCOOP title on Sunday (WPT photo)

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. Former #1-ranked player in the world wins World Championship of Online Poker event. Sunday marked the third time this year that a player once ranked #1 on PocketFives has won a WCOOP title. Dan ‘djk123’ Kellly beat out 721 other players to win the $700 Mix Max No Limit Hold’em event for $88,102.30.

Kelly joins ‘Eisenhower1’ and Shaun Deeb as former #1-ranked players who have found the WCOOP winner’s circle this year. After a few close calls over the course of his career ‘alex987’ finally won a WCOOP title, beating out 59 other players to win the Limit Badugi Championship for just over $20,000. The final even to end on Sunday, ,

Kelly’s win was one of five WCOOP events to wrap up on Sunday. The biggest winner of the grab – narrowly – was China’s ‘tgc88070202‘ who took down Event #46 for $52,524.61. ‘pappadogg‘ won Event #48 for $52,265.58. 


While WCOOP continues on, a number of high profile tournament specialists cashed big in major online poker tournaments over the weekend. Daniel ‘mrGR33N13’ Colman chopped the PokerStars Sunday Grand with Mark ‘AceSpades11’ Radoja — as the duo received $65,662 and $64,005 for their respective 1st and 2nd place efforts. PokerStars player ‘WRUUUUM‘ won the 6-Max Pot Limit Omaha version of the Sunday Grand for a payday of $54,018.

PocketFives member ‘Kafrou‘ of Greece will debut in the Top 100 Worldwide Rankings this week as a result of a victory in the $700 buy-in NLHE Progressive KO for $33,258 plus another $18,361 in bounty rewards. The Sunday Supersonic was won by ‘BeerAndCoke‘ who took home $42,525 as the top prize.

There was a significant duel for first place in the $2,600 buy-in partypoker Super High Roller event as PocketFivers Artem ‘veeea’ Vezhenkov (ranked #11) of Russia and Brazilian Joao Mathias ‘joaomathias’ Baumgarten (ranked #4) earned $51,750 and $34,500 in an epic high-stakes matchup. ‘trucking_67‘ cashed for $57,807 in the party High Roller in first place.

The 888 Poker WHALE Super XL featured Adam ‘Adamyid’ Owen atop the tournament lobby with a $57,130 win, as PocketFiver ‘Die Ventura‘ walked away with $41,865 for second place. ‘LCfish‘ made $40,630 in a championship performance in the 888 Poker $200K Guaranteed Mega Deep XL.

WCOOP Event #46 – $320 No Limit Hold’em

1,076 entrants – $322,800 paid out to 134 spots

  1. tgc88070202 – $52,524.61
  2. 
ViTaMin_F22 – $38,499.93
  3. 
Kaggis – $28,220.33
  4. 
i need sheet – $20,685.41

  5. xalwen – $15,162.33
  6. 
vincelis – $11,113.93

  7. x–SoSick–x – $8,146.47

  8. Andrey ‘Kroko-dill’ Zaichenko – $5,971.34
  9. haag13 – $4,377.00




Event #47 – $1,050 Limit Badugi Championship

60 entrants – $75,000 paid out to 14 spots

  1. alex987 – $20,243.23

  2. Abit9144 – $15,702.73
  3. 
Matthias ‘Mati312’ Brandner – $12,180.66
  4. 
marroca5 – $9,448.58
  5. 
silna_rakai – $7,329.29
  6. 
Brian ‘tsarrast’ Rast -) $5,685.36

  7. WTFOMFGOAO – $4,410.15

Event #48 – $215 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em Progressive KO

2,364 entrants – $472,900 paid out to 295 spots
pappadogg – $52,265.58

Apostolis ‘apostolis20’ Bechrakis – $37,255.76

NY17PAYS14 – $26,557.19
u3meha – $18,930.85

Jason ‘jdtjpoker’ Wheeler – $13,494.55

PayMyLoans11 – $9,619.37

AcckiySotona – $6,857
nord96 – $4,887.91

Event #49 – $700 Mix Max No Limit Hold’em

722 entrants – $500,000 paid out to 36 spots

  1. Dan ‘djk123’ Kelly – $88,102.30*
  2. 
pmahoney22 – $74,397.70*

  3. Rossoneri23 – $47,500.00

  4. EzPaTuLa – $32,500.00

  5. Tomatee – $23,750.00

*Heads-up deal

Event #50 – $215 Single Draw 2-7 Progressive KO

247 entrants – $49,400 paid out to 29 spots

  1. grailbrdss – $4,761.24*
  2. 
__akun333___ – $3,582.68*

  3. KinderOvo76 – $2,695.93
  4. Shaun ‘shaundeeb’ Deeb – $2,028.66
  5. 
Steppo13 – $1,526.54
  6. jp_legacy – $1,148.71
  7. jon011 – $864.39

* Heads-up deal
PokerStars Super-Sized Sunday ($700 NLHE Progressive KO) *$250K Guaranteed
902 entrants – $599,830 paid out to 89 spots

  1. Kafrou – $33,258
  2. JIZOINT – $33,661 (Charlie ‘chaz_man_chaz’ Combes)
  3. bor4eto – $36,359
  4. sickpastor – $31,458 *4-way deal
  5. BrynKenney – $14,599.47
  6. JNandez87 – $10,701.38
  7. totilas team – $7,844.06
  8. lookoutdudes – $5,749.67
  9. ImWithSumo – $4,214.49

PokerStars Sunday Grand ($1,000+50 NLHE) *$200K Guaranteed
414 entrants – $414,000 paid out to 53 spots

  1. mrGR33N13 – $65,662.42
  2. AceSpades11 – $64,005.01 *2-way deal
  3. marroca5 – $40,743.72
  4. J4d3dr4g0n – $30,120.23
  5. Naza114 – $22,266.70
  6. kylef89 – $16,460.92
  7. DeosOner – $12,168.90 (RoryYoung)
  8. xPastorcitox – $8,996.01
  9. IsnapUcry – $6,650.41

PokerStars Sunday Grand PLO ($1,000+50 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Max) *$200K Guaranteed
283 entrants – $414,000 paid out to 53 spots

  1. WRUUUUM – $54,018.16
  2. ZeGrimReaper – $38,662.32
  3. Slavik_Krs – $27,671.74
  4. UnempIoyed – $19,805.50
  5. THEMOS17 – $14,175.38
  6. SirWatts – $10,145.74

PokerStars Sunday Supersonic ($215 NLHE 6-Max Hyper Turbo) *$150k Guaranteed
1,341 entrants – $274,583 paid out to 191 spots

  1. BeerAndCoke – $42,524.62
  2. LoosControl – $27,796.62
  3. fulham1212 – $18,169.85
  4. angrymoron – $11,877.14 (Crazymoron)
  5. munchenHB – $7,763.75 (telks)
  6. jokepoker333 – $5,074.95

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($10+$1 NLHE) *$225k Guaranteed
24,331 entrants – $243,310 paid out to 4,031 spots

  1. Ommeris – $19,329
  2. namedbrotha – $15,930
  3. Dylanskiff – $20,198 *3-way deal
  4. GeneralAlb – $9,216.29
  5. THE LION ESP – $6,626.59
  6. Moskolenko – $4,764.59
  7. trecoscie – $3,425.78
  8. Alex Graur – $2,463.17
  9. luckbox1991 – $1,771.05 (boxboxbox)

partypoker Super High Roller ($2,600 NLHE) *$150k Guaranteed
69 entrants – $172,500 paid out to 9 spots

  1. deepsee – $51,750 (veeea)
  2. TDurdenWAR – $34,500 (joaomathias)
  3. ilovedogs9 – $25,875
  4. ADRI_ATM – $17,250
  5. ekziter – $12,938
  6. SignoreUkulele – $9,488
  7. EvnomiYa – $7,763 (NoPlanB)
  8. p0cket00 – $6,900
  9. DustinDaNut – $6,038

partypoker High Roller ($530 NLHE) *$300k Guaranteed
629 entrants – $314,500 paid out to 81 spots

  1. trucking_67 – $57,807
  2. llame_me – $41,905
  3. heeyalisson – $31,450
  4. l_fw_ – $22,015 (mrswhitt)
  5. josueopreto – $16,275
  6. Horst878 – $13,130
  7. tupacak – $9,985
  8. jesusneedsaces – $6,840 (Jobytoyce)
  9. vesslan1337 – $4,655

888 Poker WHALE Super XL ($600 NLHE) *$250k Guaranteed
535 entrants – $302,275 paid out to 72 spots

  1. Adamyid – $57,130
  2. Diegoavc – $41,865 (Diego ‘Die Ventura’ Ventura)
  3. condumb – $30,832
  4. malakiasCF – $23,275
  5. hateVAMOS – $16,323 (decay)
  6. 2SkIIIed – $12,847
  7. jnevanli – $9,824
  8. whostoclaim – $6,801 (TheClaimeer)
  9. HUdonnit – $4,625

888 Poker Mega Deep Super XL ($215 NLHE) *$200k Guaranteed
1,177 entrants – $235,400 paid out to 153 spots

  1. LCfish – $40,630
  2. 888Stoyan – $29,425
  3. karna1983 – $22,363
  4. AlanWattss – $16,384
  5. lwentworthl – $11,652
  6. SirHublot – $9,298
  7. duchasp4rati – $6,944 (showers)
  8. TocaEquipar – $4,590
  9. LACastro3 – $2,589