"todaysfreak" wins Global Poker x PokerNews Cup GC Main Event (3,860,000 GC)
A field of 296 players came out Sunday to take their shot at the 20,000,000 GC guaranteed prizepool in the Global Poker x PokerNews Cup GC Main Event, and after just over six hours of exciting, fast-paced play, “todaysfreak” came out on top, claiming the 3,860,000 GC first prize.
Along with the bounty of gold coins on Global Poker and the winner's trophy, The champ also earned an exclusive invite into the 45-player Freeroll Finale on Global Poker next Sunday, July 7, which comes with a massive 100,000,000 GC prize pool.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize (GC) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "todaysfreak" | 3,860,000 |
| 2 | "2cOOp3" | 2,900,000 |
| 3 | "DigitalBlitzz" | 2,200,000 |
| 4 | "F4RTF4CE" | 1,650,000 |
| 5 | "aLLnutZ81" | 1,140,000 |
| 6 | "HwyL4U" | 880,000 |
| 7 | "Hoss" | 680,000 |
| 8 | "Lee1991" | 480,000 |
| 9 | "Poker Four Life Baby" | 360,000 |
“todaysfreak” entered the final table as one of the shorter stacks, while “DigitalBlitzz” held a sizable chip lead.
“DigitalBlitzz” extended that lead quickly, scoring a massive double elimination that rocketed them over two million chips with just six players left. That lead was further extended to over three million chips, covering the rest of the table with five left before “todaysfreak” made their comeback.
First, it was their elimination of “F4RTF4CE” in 4th place that put “todaysfreak” into contention, as they now covered “DigitalBlitzz” by just under a million chips.
Just a hand later, “DigitalBlitzz” moved about two million at 50,000/100,000/10,000 in from the small blind with king-seven and got called by “todaysfreak” who held pocket sevens.
The pair held up and “todaysfreak" had a massive chip lead over “2cOOp3” going into heads-up play.
“todaysfreak” would extend their lead to almost 10-1 heads up before “2cOOp3” chipped away and then doubled up to trim the lead to about 3-1.
It wasn’t long after though that their roughly 30-minute heads-up duel concluded when “todaysfreak” got their opponent’s final 6 big blinds with pocket kings versus “2cOOp3”’s ace-six.
The kings held and “todaysfreak” was crowned the champion.
The Global Poker x PokerNews Cup continues for another week with qualifiers into the Freeroll Finale on July 7.
Event champions including “todaysfreak” will join a select group of qualifiers next weekend in that thrilling conclusion to the series, and PokerNews will again have live reporting coverage.
Join us then and click here for the details of the remainder of the Global Poker x PokerNews Cup.