{"id":84983,"date":"2020-05-11T10:05:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T10:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=84983"},"modified":"2020-05-11T10:05:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T10:05:07","slug":"wpt-online-series-niklas-astedt-wins-weekender-for-175k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-online-series-niklas-astedt-wins-weekender-for-175k.html","title":{"rendered":"WPT Online Series: Niklas Astedt Wins Weekender for $175K"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was plenty of action in the WPT Online Series over the weekend with some massive prizes won. The $5 million guaranteed WPT Online Series Championship<\/strong> also kicked off with the first of four starting flights.<\/p>\n

WPT #15 \u2013 Weekender Final Day: $500K Gtd<\/h2>\n

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The $1,050 Weekender\u2019s final day took place on May 10 and saw the 125 players who made it through from the start days fight it out for a slice of the $979,000 pie. Only 104 of those returning players banked some cash with Croatia\u2019s Ivan Zufic<\/strong> bursting the money bubble.<\/p>\n

The likes of Alex Foxen<\/strong><\/a>, Simon Mattsson<\/strong>, Sylvain Loosli<\/strong>, Toby Lewis<\/strong>, David Peters<\/strong>, and Team partypoker\u2019s Roberto Romanello<\/strong><\/a> made it into the money. As did Mark Radoja<\/strong>, Scott Margereson<\/strong>, Simon Deadman<\/strong>, Steven Van Zadelhoff<\/strong>, and Ankush Mandavia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Each of the eight finalists guaranteed themselves a $14,293 payday. This is the sum Javier Zarco<\/strong> banked when he fell in eighth place. Jens Lakemeier<\/strong>, Stefan Schillhabe<\/strong>, and Manig Loeser<\/strong> were the next casualties, the latter securing a $39,943 payday.<\/p>\n

Fourth-place and $56,586 went to Frederik Andersson<\/strong> before Morocco’s Sonny Franco<\/strong> saw his tournament end in third, a finish worth $83,508.<\/p>\n

Franco\u2019s exit set up a mouth-watering clash between Tyler Goatcher<\/strong> of the United Kingdom and Niklas Astedt<\/strong> of Sweden. Goatcher enjoyed a super-impressive POWERFEST by winning three titles. He couldn\u2019t quite get the job done this time against the world\u2019s number one online poker tournament player.<\/p>\n

Goatcher had to settle for the $124,333 second-place prize, which left Astedt to add another $174,751 to his lifetime winnings.<\/p>\n

WPT #15 \u2013 Mini Weekender Final Day: $200K Gtd<\/h2>\n

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The Mini Weekender was anything but mini with a $409,500 prize pool created despite the guarantee being $200,000.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s Matthew Wilkins<\/strong> was the main beneficiary of this massive pot as he was the last man standing. His rewards? $63,285 for his $109 investment. Wilkins secured this prize after busting Brazil\u2019s Julio Fantin<\/strong> heads-up. The Brazilian walked away with $44,348.<\/p>\n

This victory was made all the more sweeter for Wilkins as it avenged some demons from February. Wilkin made it all the way to third-place in the C$1,100 WPT Fallsview event and won C$105,262 but narrowly missed out on a WPT title. Now he has one to his name plus a decent chunk of cash to boot.<\/p>\n

WPT #21 \u2013 Mix-Max Turbo Bounty: $300K Gtd<\/h2>\n

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A star-studded final table was assembled in the WPT #21 \u2013 Mix-Max Turbo Bounty: $300K Gtd and Russia\u2019s Viktor Ustimov<\/strong> was the man who got his hands on the lion\u2019s share of the $326,000 prize pool.<\/p>\n

Ustimov won $26,909 for his first-place finish and an additional $35,195 worth of bounty payments. Ustimov defeated Swedish star Robin Berggren<\/strong> heads-up for the title. The Swedish runner-up won $28,751 with bounties included.<\/p>\n

Shoutouts to the British duo Simon Deadman<\/strong> and Luke Reeves<\/strong> who finished in fourth and third-place respectively. Deadman saw his bankroll swell by $15,669 with Reeves reeling in $24,404 in total.<\/p>\n

WPT #20 \u2013 WPT Online Championship Day 1A: $5M Gtd<\/h2>\n

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The WPT Online Championship kicked off with the first of four flights and saw 808 players exchange $3,200 for the chance to win this incredible event. This means $2,424,000 of the $5 million guarantee has already been collected.<\/p>\n

Netherlands\u2019 Abdelhakim Zoufri<\/strong> is the man to catch after the conclusion of Day 1A. He finished the night with 791,877 chips in front of him. Canada\u2019s Kevin Macdonald<\/strong> is second in chips right now thanks to his 668,081 stack.<\/p>\n

Plenty of well-known, household names punched their Day 2 tickets. Keep an eye out for such luminaries as Benny Glaser<\/strong> (548,623), Guillaume Nolet<\/strong> (443,152), Simon Higgins<\/strong> (436,550), and Timothy Adams<\/strong> (374,556) in the chip counts.<\/p>\n

Also through are David Kitai<\/strong> (330,311), Michael Addamo<\/strong> (288,534), and Artur Martiosian<\/strong> (254,734).<\/p>\n

Josip Simunic<\/strong><\/a> (258,040) built the biggest stack of the Team partypoker. The Austrian\u2019s team-mates Ludovic Geilich<\/strong><\/a>, Patrick Leonard<\/strong><\/a>, Jeff Gross<\/strong><\/a>, Roberto Romanello<\/strong><\/a>, Joni Jouhkimainen<\/strong><\/a>, Isaac Haxton<\/strong><\/a>, Jaime Staples<\/strong><\/a>, and Dzmitry Urbanovich<\/strong> will all need to fire another bullet if they\u2019re to win this massive event.<\/p>\n

Current WPT Online Series Leaderboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nPoints<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nRui Ferreira<\/td>\n293<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nPaul Hofer<\/td>\n243<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nLeo Fernandez<\/td>\n227<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nCharlie Carrel<\/td>\n224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nSam Greenwood<\/td>\n222<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nZachary Clark<\/td>\n213<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nDaniel Reijmer<\/td>\n194<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nKfir Ivgi<\/td>\n194<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nNorbert Szecsi<\/td>\n193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nAlberto Meran<\/td>\n187<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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There was plenty of action in the WPT Online Series over the weekend with some massive prizes won. The $5 million guaranteed WPT Online Series Championship also kicked off with the first of four starting flights. WPT #15 \u2013 Weekender Final Day: $500K Gtd The $1,050 Weekender\u2019s final day took place on May 10 and<\/p>\n

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