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Samuel ‘€urop€an’ Vosden won his first WCOOP title on Wednesday. (PokerStars photo / Neil Stoddart)

You know you’ve got the respect of other players at the final table when chop discussions start and you end up with an opportunity to walk away with more than first place was supposed to pay. That’s exactly what happened to Finland’s Samuel ‘€urop€an’ Vosden late Wednesday night as he went on to win his first World Championship of Online Poker title in the Special Edition Super Tuesday, earning $297,250 in the process.

First place was scheduled to pay $292,182.25

While Vousden had earned an extra $5,000, third place finisher ‘reno8’ earned $176,000 and runner-up ‘Xingsmaster‘ walked away $189,885.05. ‘Vousden now has a WCOOP title to go along with the Spring Championship of Online Poker title he won in 2015.

Another Finnish player almost walked away with WCOOP title of his own on Wednesday but a Russian phenom wanted no part of that storyline. ‘aDrENalin710‘ beat Finland’s Jani ‘kiiski’ Vilmunen heads-up to win the Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship event for $63,780.33. This is the fifth COOP title for ‘aDrENalin710’ and his first since winning a WCOOP title last September. The final table includedFabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez, Dani Stern and former #1-ranked Joao Mathias Baumgarten.

The third and final WCOOP event to wrap up Wednesday saw ‘Maxim737‘ outlast 1,265 other players to win $19,828.03 and his first WCOOP title in the 215 Six Max Pot Limit Omaha Progressive KO event.

Event #34 – $215 Six Max Pot Limit Omaha Progressive KO
1,266 entries – $253,200 paid out to 155 places

  1. Maxim737 – $19,828.03
  2. Desmoplakin – $12,960.63
  3. gangst3rn1 – $8,472.00
  4. MuckCallOK – $5,537.92
  5. deuces85 – $3,620
  6. *$lim* – $2,366.29

Event #35 – $1,575 No Limit Hold’em Super Tuesday Special Edition
1,215 total entries – $1,822,500 paid out to 125 places

  1. €urop€an – $297,450*
  2. XingsMaster – $189,885.05*
  3. reno8 – $176,000*
  4. ThEcLaiMEer – $115,069.18
  5. sandman201 – $84,345.48
  6. jonaj10 – $61,824.84
  7. probirs – $45,317.37
  8. mrAndreeew – $33,217.61
  9. dudd1 – $24,348.41

Event #36 – $1,050 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship
377 total entries – $377,000 paid out to 41 places

  1. aDrENalin710 – *$63,780.33
  2. Jani ‘kiiski’ Vilmunen – *$55,782.02
  3. Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez – $37,740.64
  4. byniolek – $27,981.31
  5. iamthestig11 – $20,725.63
  6. Dani ‘supernova9’ Stern – $15,380.99
  7. alex987 – $11,403.64
  8. Joao Mathias ‘joaoMathias’ Baumgarten – $8,454.79