Russia’s victory at WSOP Online was not long in coming – our player Sergey Kolyakov, playing under the nickname Meruemu, won his third tournament.
This significant event took place in the $2,100 Bounty NLH Championship. The tournament was attended by 677 high-limit players, the prize pool was $1,354,000; ITM was well represented by Russian-speaking players; PokerOK Ambassador Anatoly Filatov took 23rd place, receiving a prize of $15,900.
Dmitry Grinenko, who competed under the flag of Kazakhstan, took 10th place with a prize of $18,600. However, in addition to Kolyakov, several other poker players made it to the final table. Ilya Streltsov ($30,131 + $10,742), flying under the Argentina flag, took fifth place, and Artem Sadovsky (nicknamed TritonTriDan) finished in fourth place, receiving $37,826 + $22,265.
Sergey Kolyakov and Hong Kong player Tsang Diki met heads-up at the Bounty Championship. The one-on-one match ended in victory for the poker player, who replenished his bankroll by $158,000 ($59,681 + $98,664) and won the first gold bracelet in his career, as well as the debut bracelet for Russia this year.
