Los Angeles, CA (September 30, 2020) The World Poker Tour® and partypoker have concluded the incredible WPT® World Online Championships series culminating in $100,746,175 awarded to players and five new WPT Champions Club members crowned.
The second online collaboration between WPT and partypoker resulted in another breakthrough series for the players with buy-ins for the WPT World Online Championships ranging from $5.50 up to $102,000.
Five players put their name on the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup during the festival. These names include:
The UK’s Gavin Cochrane, who opened the series by taking down the 8-Max event for $540,664.
High Roller specialist Nick Petrangelo who won the 6-Max event to add $494,550 to his career accolades.
Ireland’s Daniel Smyth turned a $33 satellite into $428,391 in the Knockout event by defeating a final table that included WPT Champion Ryan Riess.
The Mix-Max event went to Russia’s Andrey Kotelnikov, who earned $488,508 for an impressive final table performance.
Phil Mighall, also from the UK, won the largest prize of the series when he won the $10,300 buy-in WPT Main Event for $1.55 million versus a field of 1,011 entries and the largest prize pool of Season XVIII.
All WPT Champions were awarded added prizes including a Hublot watch, Everyday Baccarat Tumblers, and a $15,000 seat to the WPT Tournament of Champions presented by Baccarat Crystal, added to the prize pool by partypoker.
The WPT World Online Championships leaderboard crowned another Russian player in Artur Martirosyan. Martirosyan’s spectacular series featured 17 cashes, 11 final tables, three wins, and $1.5 million in winnings. Among Martirosyan’s final tables included a seat in the Knockout Championship event. Martirosyan wins $50,000 for defeating tough competition, including WPT Champion Scott Margereson.
partypoker added $75,000 in total prizes to the leaderboard and $25,000 to the Rising Star leaderboard, won by Brazil’s Luiz Antonio Silva Constantino De Melo.
“The World Poker Tour congratulates the newest members to put their name on the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup and thanks our partners at partypoker for another incredible series,” said Adam Pliska, CEO of the World Poker Tour. “The WPT Online initiative has hit another peak and we look forward to more series in the near future.”
Hermance Blum, WPT VP Europe, said, “WPT and partypoker combined for another great series with all bankroll levels having the opportunity to play in the most prestigious events in the world. We thank the players, as always, for their support, and are already looking ahead to the next venture with partypoker.”
“We are delighted that the WPT World Online Championships has created so many success stories,” added partypoker Managing Director, Tom Waters. “The focus for the series was delivering quality, well-structured events that would give satellite players great opportunities to compete with the best players in the world and the results speak for themselves. We look forward to working with the WPT again and sticking to the values that we believe bring the best live poker events online.”
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About partypoker
partypoker.com is one of the oldest, most recognised and trusted online poker brands. Launched in August 2001, partypoker.com is one of the pioneers of the online poker industry. Every day, thousands of players take a seat at our tables to enjoy cash games, generous tournament prize pools and attractive promotions. Accessible online via web and download or on mobile with iOS and android apps, players can also experience real life partypoker events through their partnership with Dusk Till Dawn Casino, Nottingham, Playground poker club, Montreal or at other partner venues around the world.
partypoker is the leading poker brand of GVC Holding PLC (LSE: GVC), a global online gaming company. GVC Holdings PLC is a leading e-gaming operator in both b2c and b2b markets. GVC has four main product verticals and its core brands are Betboo, Sportingbet, bwin, partypoker, partycasino and Foxy Bingo. GVC acquired bwin.party digital entertainment plc on 1 February 2016. The Group is headquartered in the Isle of Man and has licenses in Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Denmark, Germany (Schleswig-Holstein), Spain, Malta, Denmark, UK, South Africa, and the Dutch Caribbean.
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