


His latest very near miss came in the $215 buy-in hold’em event on Monday, when he was pipped to the top spot by Brazil’s Henrique “554477” Lessa. But he couldn’t find his way to the top spot throughout all of the recent WCOOP festival, and neither has he yet picked up a title in this year’s Bounty Builder series. Darwin2” Mattsson has spent large parts of his career as the No 1 ranked tournament player in online poker, according to industry tracker Pocket Fives. Russians won another two on Tuesday night, to take their total to 10 for the series so far. Russians on the move: Russia made a real surge during Monday’s tournaments, with Russian players winning five of the available 12 titles, including two of the three PLO events.

“patoevidal”‘s victory in Event #20 was worth $23,707.23, including bounties, but all came from a $15 satellite buy-in. New satellite champion: Argentina’s “ patoevidal” on Monday became the second player to book a win in the Bounty Builder Series after winning a seat in the event via a satellite. (Darie’s countryman “Ph4N” won earlier in the evening, then “TiberiusA” won Romania’s third of the night.) Daire prevailed from a final table also featuring Jon “luckyfish89” Clark, and a host of other familiar names, banking close to $45K for his troubles. Vlad “dariepoker” Darie: Leading the Romanian contingentĪnother Super Tuesday champ: The $530 Event #33 also brought out some of poker’s noted stars, with former SCOOP and Super Tuesday champ Vlad “dariepoker” Darie notching a second title of the week for Romania.
