Marlon "sphinmx" Wilhelms moved all in for just over 10.5 million on the button and was called by "MrNorberto" in the small blind and Philipp "philbort" Gruissem in the big blind. The remaining two active players checked the flop and "MrNorberto" check-folded the turn when Gruissem bet 9,832,287.
Marlon "sphinmx" Wilhelms:
Philipp "philbort" Gruissem:
Wilhelms needed an ace or heart but the river ended his run in 7th place for $4,520 in bounties and $18,079 in cash.
The open shove by a short-stacked Andrey "Lucky_Jew_17" Parugaev for around 13 million was called by chip leader Vitor "Vitorbrasil" Moreira in the big blind to set up the following showdown.
Maksym "MAMOHT_T" Mamonov raised to 4.8 million with very few chips behind and was called by "MrNorberto" in the small blind. Philipp "philbort" Gruissem then moved all in from the big blind and that forced a fold from "MrNorberto", Mamonov called.
Maksym "MAMOHT_T" Mamonov:
Philipp "philbort" Gruissem:
The flop gave Gruissem a pair of tens and open-ender, and he remained in the lead throughout the turn and river. Mamonov, who had dominated the early stages of the final day, has been eliminated in 5th place for $13,399 in bounties and a cash prize of $35,580.
Tauan "kylix42" Naves had raise-folded to a three-bet by Philipp "philbort" Gruissem and was then in the big blind when Gruissem raised the button to 4.5 million, which he called.
On a flop, Naves check-shoved for just over 22 million and Gruissem reluctantly called.
Tauan "kylix42" Naves:
Philipp "philbort" Gruissem:
Both players were on a straight draw and it was Naves that missed entirely on the turn and river runout. He collects $1,561 in bounties and a cash prize of $49,913.
Out of the small blind, Vitor "Vitorbrasil" Moreira raised to 145 million and "MrNorberto" in the big blind called all-in for approximately 46.5 million in chips.
"MrNorberto":
Vitor "Vitorbrasil" Moreira:
On a board of , the five fell on the flop and that spelled the end for "MrNorberto" in third place, which comes with $6,831 in bounties and a cash prize of $70,021.
Philipp "philbort" Gruissem opened the action with another button raise to 5,625,000 and Vitor "Vitorbrasil" Moreira three-bet to 16,750,000 in the big blind, which Gruissem called.
Moreira opted for a check on the flop and Gruissem bet 8,537,500 to pick up a call before firing a second bet of 38,750,000 on the turn. Moreira check-called once more and also checked the on the river.
Gruissem emptied the clip with a shove for 106,186,774 and Moreira essentially beat him into the pot with a snap-called to reveal for a missed gutshot, as Moreira claimed the final knockout of the event with for trips fives.
The runner-up finish of Gruissem comes with $24,557 in bounties and a cash prize of $98,229 whereas Moreira keeps his own bounty of $72,433 and earned a cash prize of $137,803.
It was a speedy affair to crown a champion on the final day of WCOOP-48-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam] as barely four and a half hours passed to whittle down the 16 survivors out of a field of 3,856 entries to a winner. Vitor "Vitorbrasil" Moreira defeated German poker pro Philipp "philbort" Gruissem in heads-up to claim the lion's share of the $1,928,000 prize pool and earned his maiden WCOOP title, which came with a payday of $210,237.
It was already the 12th Brazilian victory in a medium tier of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) 2020 and the 25th title in total for the current festival as the final week of the series has all but kicked off.
Moreira, who represents the 4bet poker team on home soil in Brazil, has more than $106,000 in live cashes to his name and his first WCOOP title came with the biggest payday on the poker circuit thus far. Retaining his own bounty of $72,433 made all the difference as that was three times as much as Gruissem had collected.
The domination was furthermore highlighted by the fact that seven of the 16 finalists in this event were from Brazil and four of them reached the final table, on which Moreira dominated after taking the lead early on. Other notable finalists included Maksym "MAMOHT_T" Mamonov, Andrey "Lucky_Jew_17" Parugaev, and 2019 WCOOP PLO event winner "xnrobix" from Hungary.
Only a few minutes had passed when the first player hit the rail as Canada's "X-Factor777" lost a race with ace-king against pocket tens. Pedro "gusmaa" Gusma was next to fall when he failed to hold up with ace-king suited against ace-ten suited and soon after, "Stiffler8818" jammed kings for an overpair into the flopped set of tens of Maksim "MAMOHT_T" Viktorovich.
The action barely slowed down as the Lithuanian pros Tomas "dartazzzz" Jozonis and Matas "NoTilit" Cikinas next to bow out, the former with flush under flush and the latter by coming up short with king-jack versus ace-queen suited. Only ten players headed into the first break as Vinicius "viniperri" Perri became the next casualty, and once they returned to the seats it was Luis "Lui$starPRO$" Rocha that lost a flip with ace-king against the jacks of Vitor "Vitorbrasil" Moreira to set up the final table.
Early Big Pot for Moreira Sets the Pace
Despite a very deep-stacked final table with 15 blinds for the shortest stack and 116 for the chip leader, it didn't take long to lose another player as "bruna_bsb" had their queens cracked by ace-jack. Soon after, the second-biggest pot of the tournament to date vaulted Moreira into the top spot. The Brazilian would remain there until three-handed play and only suffered one major setback on road to victory.
As on shorter stack after the other succumbed, it was Moreira that kept winning big pots to become the runaway chip leader and he also claimed the bounties of "xnrobix" and Andrey "Lucky_Jew_17" Parugaev. Responsible for most of the other eliminations was Philipp "philbort" Gruissem, who then doubled into the lead in three-handed action when top pair held against an open-ended straight flush draw.
Moreira evened out the stacks for the heads-up play by knocking out "MrNorberto" and Gruissem declined a suggested deal by the Brazilian. The first few minutes of one-versus-one were dominated by the aggression of Gruissem but Moreira didn't need long to turn things around and finished it off when Gruissem bluffed with a busted gutshot into trips.
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