Germany’s Moritz Dietrich bagged the biggest online poker tournament prize in history last night when he took down the GGPoker WSOP Online Main Event – his reward a record $4,021,012 prize.
Moritz DietrichThe $5,000 buy-in Main Event attracted 6,146 entries, creating a monster $29,193,500 prizepool – topping last year’s record of $28,609,250.
The final table saw the likes of Benjamin ‘bencb’ Rolle, Isaac Baron, Rui ‘RuiNF’ Ferreira and Ilya Anatski all battling for six 7-figure prizes, with $½million locked up for making the final nine.
The livestreamed battle for top honours at this year’s international WSOP Online saw commentators Jeff Gross and Phil Laak calling the action.
First to crash out was Lithuania’s Audrius Stakelis, running his AK into Baron’s queens, who then found a call after Rolle squeezed pre-flop from the small blind…
Rolle: A♠ Q♦
Baron: 9♠ 9♣
The window brought bad news for Rolle…
Flop: 9♥ 6♠ 8♣
Turn: 6♥
River: A♠
…who departed in 8th spot for $651,921.
China’s Hai Pan followed the German to the rail when his last 10 bigs went to Dietrich who spiked top pair on the flop and faded one of the 8s that could have save Pan.
Six-handed meant a $million+ payout for all, more than Russia’s Evgenii Akimov’s entire GGPoker winnings to date and taking Portuguese phenom Ferreira’s through the $10million milestone.
Back at the table, and a super-short Anatski pinned his hopes on a suited AJ, but when Baron hit trip deuces on the turn it was game over for the Belarus player.
It took two more hours for the next bustout clash, Diogo Coelho’s title dreams hanging by a thread when his big blind shove was called by
Ferreira…
Coelho: K♣ 10♣
Ferreira: 10♠ 10♥
Flop: J♣ 7♦ 7♠
Turn: 3♠
The slow reveal of the river gave him hope, but it was the wrong gender of paint card…
River: Q♣
…meaning 5th place and $1,421,478 for Coelho.
Baron’s exit in 4th place was a huge talking point, the worst bad beat in living memory at such high stakes…
Akimov’s next trick was almost identical, again wielding his big stack and using 64o to fell Ferreira’s big slick, the Portuguese pro out in 3rd with $2,390,418 as compensation.
Heads-up begam with Akimov holding a 5:1 chip lead, but that’s where his fun ended. Half an hour later he was staring down the barrel of defeat, his hopes resting on 9 or 7 on the river…
Dietrich: 8♥ 2♠
Akimov: 9♣ 5♦
Flop: 6♠ K♣ 8♣
Turn: 3♥
Shoving a pot-sized stack, he had seven outs, but it wasn’t to be…
River: 3♦
…and that gave Moritz Dietrich from Germany the trophy and a record-breaking $4,021,012 cash, with Akimov doing none too badly with $3,099,896 for second.
$5,000 WSOP Online Main Event Final Table Results
PlacePlayerNationalityPrize (USD)1Moritz DietrichAustria$4,021,0122Evgenii AkimovRussia$3,099,8963Rui FerreiraPortugal$2,390,4184Isaac BaronUSA$1,843,3375Diogo CoelhoPortugal$1,421,4786Ilya AnatskiBelarus$1,096,1807Hai PanChina$845,3428Benjamin RolleGermany$651,9219Audrius StakelisLithuania$502,771Get the best rakeback dealsSee the best poker promotionsView the latest poker newsGet the best No Deposit Poker BonusesBenefit from the biggest poker bonusCalculate your rakeback with the rakeback calculatorTerms and conditions apply. New customer offer and 18+ only. Should you require help regarding your betting pattern, please visit www.begambleaware.org.
