For the third time this year Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson finished a PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker event as the last player standing. And this time he beat a “god” to do it.

Mike Watson entered Saturday holding the chip lead in two PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker events. He won one event to become just the 10th player with five SCOOP titles and finished runner-up in the other to miss out on becoming the third player with six titles.

As the 2018 World Championship of Online Poker heads into its final weekend of action, the action continued on Thursday with Linus ‘LLinusLLove’ Loeliger taking down one of the biggest buy-in tournaments for nearly $588,000. Other highlights of the day included Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira, Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson and Arseniy ‘josef_shvejk’ Karmatskiy each picking up titles.… Continue reading WCOOP: Linus ‘LLinusLLove’ Loeliger Wins $25K High Roller for $588K

There was a four-way final table chop in the PokerStars Sunday Million, as ‘G A W‘ finished in first place for a cash score of $120,685 followed by ‘beginner27‘ in the runner-up position for $118,653. Eckardt ‘vanselow’ Vanselow of Costa Rica placed third and collected $69,651 and ‘Ottodif‘ walked away with $84,661 in fourth place.

We’re at the stage of the 2016 World Championship of Online Poker where the time remaining can reasonably be measured in hours, not day. With the end of the online series nearing, Mike Watson went to work on Sunday in adding another WCOOP title to his credit.

Brian Stinger885Hastings (pictured) came into the 2015 World Series of Poker making bet after bet on Twitter. A week ago, he won his second career gold bracelet in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship and collected more in bracelet bets than he won for first. On Saturday, he one-upped himself, winning another one and becoming… Continue reading Brian Hastings Becomes First Multi-Bracelet Winner of 2015 WSOP

The month of May is shaping up to be a solid one for Canadian grinder Mike SirWattsWatson (pictured). After finishing second in the EPT Grand Final Monte Carlo, the tournament specialist has captured not one, but two first place prizes in the ongoing PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker.