Connor Drinan beat out ‘C Darwin2’ for his second career WCOOP victory on Thursday (WPT photo)

While one of the storylines heading into the final weekend of PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker is the number of first time WCOOP winners, there’s also been a handful of players that have picked up their second or third title. Connor Drinan joined that group on Thursday, beating the former #1-ranked player in the world heads-up.

Drinan topped the 424-player field in Event #62 High ($530 Eight Max Pot Limit Omaha) to win $37,999.85 and his second WCOOP title. ‘C Darwin2’, who has held down the #1 spot on the PocketFives Rankings for nine weeks, took home $28,244.06 for finishing second.

Drinan’s first WCOOP came last year in a $320 Six Max No Limit Omaha Hi-Lo event.

The biggest winner on Thursday was Canada’s ‘Carster’, who took home nearly $90,000 after winning Event #59 High ($530 No Limit Hold’em Six Max Progressive KO). He earned $58,119.09 for the first place finish and an additional $31,587.02 in bounties. Lithuania’s ‘tomas2242’ finished runner-up for $40,495.019 while also collecting $18,419.15 in bounties. Benny ‘toweliestar’ Spindler finished fourth for a combined $26,000 in earnings.

Possibly the most star-studded final table on Thursday was Event #60 High: ($2,100 Triple Draw Deuce to Seven) where ‘kkopghy’ beat out a group that included Mike Watson, Bryn Kenney and eventual runner-up Ronny Kaiser to win $53,320 and his first WCOOP title. The big names were no matter ‘kkopghy’. He eliminated every single one of his final table opponents on his way to victory.

In Event #61 High ($2,100 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em), the final two players, ‘0$kar15’ and ‘silentm0de’ chopped up the remaining prize money before playing the last match of the tournament. In the end, ‘0$kar15’ emerged victorious, taking the $66,899.98 winner’s share while ‘silentm0de’ took $55,980.02 as runner-up.

Last but not least, Jack ‘jAkDAriPAA’ O’Neill beat out 1,779 other players to win Event #63 High ($215 No Limit Hold’em) for $53,897.70 and his first WCOOP title.

Event #59 High: $530 No Limit Hold’em Six Max Progressive KO
Entries: 1,525
Prize pool: $762,500 $381,250 + $381,250 bounties

Carster – $58,119.09 + $31,587.02 in bounties
tomas2242 – $40,495.19 + $18,419.15 in bounties
K.T.A.-1985 – $28,215.93 + $12,411.09 in bounties
Benny ‘toweliestar’ Spindler – $19,660.10 + $6,353.02 in bounties
blazinchron – $13,698.61 + $5,932.61 in bounties
byfon – $9,544.82 + $2,726.57 in bounties
vernicci – $6,664.59 + $4,978.52 in bounties

Event #60 High: $2,100 Triple Draw Deuce to Seven
Entries: 96
Prize pool: $192,000

  1. kkopghy – $53,320.00
  2. Ronny ‘1-ronnyr3’ Kaiser – $35,040.00
  3. Mongano – $26,880.00
  4. TIME1MINUTE – $18,240.00
  5. Bryn ‘BrynKenney’ Kenney – $13,440.00
  6. Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson – $10,080.00

Event #61 High: $2,100 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 128
Prize pool: $256,000

  1. 0$kar15 – $66,899.98*
  2. silentm0de – $55,980.02*
  3. KRab42 – $25,600.00
  4. RomanHLD – $25,600.00

* Heads-up deal

Event #62 High: $530 Eight Max Pot Limit Omaha
Entries: 424
Prize pool: $212,000

  1. Connor ‘blanconegro’ Drinan – $37,999.85
  2. C. Darwin2 – $28,244.06
  3. DEN$-lomobot – $20,992.98
  4. Richard ‘CHUFTY’ Ashby – $15,603.47
  5. RedPh0enix – $11,597.60
  6. sprocketsAA – $8,620.15
  7. jerry_only – $6,407.10
  8. Slavik_Krs – $4,762.21
  9. alex987 – $3,847.54

Event #63 High: $215 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 1,780
Prize pool: $356,000

  1. Jack ‘jAkDAriPAA’ O’Neill – $53,897.70
  2. Takapillu7 – $38,636.68
  3. Anton ‘antesvante’ Wigg – $27,697.08
  4. Ben ‘BensBenz’ Yu – $19,854.93
  5. beastishngry – $14,233.20
  6. artorollin – $10,203.20
  7. AptiVova – $7,314.26
  8. Sledyyshii – $5,243.31
  9. GamadGADOL – $3,758.71