Joao Vieira won his second WCOOP event of 2019 on Thursday and came as close as possible to winning a third. (Winamax photo)

Portugal’s João ‘Naza114’ Vieira would probably have told you that the 2019 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker was going well even before Thursday when he added another title and a wack of cash to his growing tally.

Vieira, who won Event #26 High ($530 Pot Limit Omaha Six Max w/rebuys) last week, beat out the 1,064-player field to take down Event #52 High ($530 No Limit Hold’em Midweek Freeze) on Thursday for $86,876.70. Dutch grinder ‘lehout‘ finished runner-up for $63,491.85 while Brazilian Edison ‘Edison82’ Roberto earned $46,401.83 as the third-place finisher.

Vieira wasn’t done there though. He made his way through 140 other players, including a final table stacked with previous WCOOP event winners ‘calvin7v‘, Bjorn ‘bokkie87’ Verbakel and Denis ‘aDrENalin710’ Strebkov to get heads-up with Ian ‘sprocketsAA’ Shaw. The two battled heads-up before Shaw prevailed to win $29,806.19 and the WCOOP title. Vieira ended up taking home $23,073.96. Third-place finisher ‘1bloodflood‘ earned $17,862.36.

The biggest winner on the day was Russia’s ‘HITRII999‘. He took home $47,040.87 from the prize pool and then earned $40,462.85 in bounties after beating 532 other players in Event #54 High ($1,050 No Limit Hold’em Six Max PKO). Adam ‘The_Reynold’ Reynolds finished second for $33,614.64 and $16,988.28 in bounties while ‘GioPires21‘ grabbed $24,003.92 and another $4,488.28 in bounties as the bronze medal finisher.

The four other players who added a WCOOP title on Thursday were ‘sontz88‘, ‘jaggalo1231‘, ‘AlexGC1989‘, and ‘ImThereNow‘.

Event #52 (Low): $5.50 No Limit Hold’em Midweek Freeze
Entries: 10,415
Prize pool: $51,034

  1. sontz88 – $6,826.57
  2. Engastamento – $4,748.58
  3. Laphroaig22 – $3,308.68
  4. Madapoker22 – $2,305.39
  5. pokergodboss – $1,606.33
  6. facchinni – $1,119.24
  7. jaggalo1231 – $779.85
  8. Vilassa – $543.37

Event #52 (Medium): $55 No Limit Hold’em Midweek Freeze
Entries: 5,166
Prize pool: $258,300

  1. jaggalo1231 – $32,452.24*
  2. wwtx1993 – $30,074.62*
  3. EpicWinDude – $18,093.96
  4. aleximous – $12,697.76
  5. z1m1c – $8,910.88
  6. Ceegee87 – $6,253.36
  7. sejedno – $4,388.38
  8. niltmz – $3,079.63

Event #52 (High): $530 No Limit Hold’em Midweek Freeze
Entries: 1,064
Prize pool: $532,000

  1. Naza114 – $86,876.70
  2. lehout – $63,491.85
  3. Edison82 – $46,401.83
  4. yadio – $33,911.91
  5. Latico – $24,783.91
  6. Odonkor1 – $18,112.84
  7. Z-ENERGIES – $13,237.43
  8. Chester20o – $9,674.31
  9. MaxHendrix – $7,070.28

Event #54 (Low): $11 No Limit Hold’em Six Max, PKO
Entries: 9,344
Prize pool: $91,571

  1. AlexGC1989 – $6,189.64 + $3,213.30 in bounties
  2. tinkerpinker – $4,305.95 + $469.91 in bounties
  3. The Real GaX – $3,000.27 + $452.94 in bounties
  4. p_a_poker25 – $2,090.50 + $162.53 in bounties
  5. fabo01274 – $1,456.60 + $397.50 in bounties
  6. DinoTheSaulo – $1,1014.91 + $362.35 in bounties

Event #54 (Medium): $109 No Limit Hold’em Six Max PKO
Entries: 3,499
Prize pool: $349,900

  1. ImThereNow – $25,107.50 + $15,257.35 in bounties
  2. MaybeTurek – $17,492.56 + $3,676.13 in bounties
  3. bezfrek – $12,188.32 + $1,875.36 in bounties
  4. Eduardnho11 – $8,492.47 + $2,301.04 in bounties
  5. dariepoker – $5,917.31 + $2,682.98 in bounties
  6. Cem1994 – $4,123.01 + $1,862.48 in bounties

Event #54 (High): $1,050 No Limit Hold’em Six Max PKO
Entries: 533
Prize pool: $533,000

  1. HITRII999 – $47,040.87 + $40,462.85 in bounties
  2. The_Reynold – $33,614.64 + $16,988.28 in bounties
  3. GioPires21 – $24,003.92 + $4,488.28 in bounties
  4. Mikensonas – $17,141.49 + $8,832.04 in bounties
  5. shockpowerJr – $12,240.95 + $7,849.61 in bounties
  6. Tomatee – $8,741.41 + $4,812.50 in bounties

Event #56 (Low): $11 Omaha Hi-Lo Eight Max
Entries: 2,003
Prize pool: $20,000

  1. grossmasster – $2,991.49
  2. bluff553 – $2,131.66
  3. HallGilhi – $1,519.52
  4. Isildrugs1x – $1,083.17
  5. #Team Gnap – $772.12
  6. wiNNin83 – $550.39
  7. leonvm451 – $392.34
  8. lolina mae – $279.67

Event #56 (Medium): $109 Omaha Hi-Lo Eight Max
Entries: 591
Prize pool: $59,100

  1. serkku21 – $10,408.61
  2. shakentoucan – $7,419.22
  3. dr ket – $5,288.68
  4. texasilainen – $3,769.95
  5. all191291in – $2,687.35
  6. asteras666 – $1,915.63
  7. krokotopus – $1,365.53
  8. merla888 – $973.40

Event #56 (High): $1,050 Omaha Hi-Lo Eight Max
Entries: 142
Prize pool: $142,000

  1. sprocketsAA – $29,806.19
  2. Naza114 – $23,073.96
  3. 1bloodflood – $17,862.36
  4. calvin7v – $13,827.88
  5. grphn – $10,704.65
  6. aDrENalin710 – $8,286.85
  7. bokkie87 – $6,415.14
  8. -#1Lottery- – $4,966.19