WSOP Online International: Igor Zemtsov wins COLOSSUS for $630K

Posted on: September 20, 2024 08:34 PDT

Serbian online pro Igor Zemtsov has taken down one of the largest payouts to date in the ongoing WSOP Online International Series on GGPoker, which is three-quarters complete to date. Zemtsov, playing as 'zemapoker' from Russia, claimed his first career World Series of Poker gold bracelet and a $630,836.91 winner's prize in Event #22, $400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em. The massive event pulled in 13,147 total entries, which in turn produced a prize pool approaching the $5 million mark ($4,943,272).

Zemtsov's largest recorded career win came at the expense of Japan's Ka Ho 'Jayden' Cheung, who busted to Zemtsov during heads-up play. Cheung earned $486,373.76 for second, while Italy's Candid Cappiello, playing from Austria as 'GENGAARR', finished in third for $375,051.49.

Event #22: $400 'COLOSSUS' NLH final-table results:

Igor 'zemapoker' Zemtsov (Russia) - $630,836.91
Ka Ho (Jayden) Cheung (Hong Kong) - $486,373.76
Candido Gabriele 'GENGAARR' Cappiello (Austria) - $375,051.49
Manuel 'JugadorN12' Pochat (Argentina) - $289,210.32
Eduardo Amaral 'srjtdyfgukh' Silva (Brazil) - $223,018.00
Raphael Marquez 'breakEV' Fajardo (Mexico) - $171,976.44
Dmitrijs 'Doktor Freyd' Kozlovskis (Latvia) - $132,617.86
Narcis Gabriel 'Narcisus90' Nedelcu (Romania) - $102,268.62
Alexander Zubov (Russia) - $78,866.15

Japan's Batillem claims PLOSSUS gold

In Event #23, $400 PLOSSUS Pot-limit Omaha, Japan's Jetomo Sarah Batillem snared the bracelet in the PLO version of the COLOSSUS event, which was also run as a bounty tourney. Batillem's first-ever bracelet win was worth $145,228.78 in combined prize payout and bounties, with most of that total - $80,984.49 - coming from accumulated bounties during the event.

Israel's Uri Melzer claimed a combined total of $68,303.89 as the runner-up, while third-place finisher Pawel Babicz, of Poland, collected a combined $60,012.75. The PLOSSUS bounty tourney attracted 3,875 total entries and offered $1,457,000 in prize money.

Event #23: $400 'PLOSSUS' Bounty PLO final-table results:
Amount shown = combined payout (prize + cumulative bounties)

Jetomo Sarah 'sokdaemir' Batillem (Japan) - $145,228.78 ($64,244.29 + $80,984.49)
Uri 'Kili_Manjaro' Melzer (Israel) - $68,303.89 ($64,230.45 + $4,073.44)
Pawel 'PawelLegend@' Babicz (Poland) - $60,012.75 ($48,688.53 + $11,324.22)
Arunas 'Loose is Goose' Sapitavicius (Cyprus) - $61,074.81 ($36,909.96 + $24,164.85)
Iisaaki 'I Ullakonoja' Ullakonoja (Finland) - $40,731.92 ($27,983.48 + $12,748.44)
Frank 'Tism' Brannan (Mexico) - $36,915.31 ($21,218.44 + $15,696.87)
Nadav 'goldlaac' Goldshtein (Israel) - $17,882.11 ($16,091.49 + $1,790.62)
'P Gregorio' (Slovenia) - $14,800.21 ($9,637.72 + $5,162.49)

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Yacov wins PLO Championship for second career bracelet

While Events #22 and #23 were affordably priced, massive-field offerings, Event #24 was anything but, being the series' $10,000 PLO Championship event. As expected, this event drew a field of elite pros and PLO specialists which resulted in a loaded final table, and Israel's Amit Ben Yacov earned the second bracelet of his career along with a $317,941.30 payday.

Dominik Nitsche came close to bracelet number five.

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German pro Dominik Nitsche, a four-time bracelet winner himself, just missed out on number five in this tourney while playing from Thailand. Nitsche still claimed $235,860.33 for the deep run. Hungary's Andras Nemeth finished third for $174,969.74 while playing from Austria, and Finnish PLO specialist Eelis Parssinen ended up fourth for $129.798.98.

Event #24: $10,000 Pot-limit Omaha Championship final-table results: