The record for biggest poker score ever streamed live on Twitch just keeps on growing - and it's mostly Doug "WCG|Rider" Polk to credit for it.
Polk did it again last night as he live streamed his deep run in the WCOOP NLHE 8-Max High Roller, finally making a deal three-handed before finishing as the runner-up for $455,000.
Polk also held the Twitch record at $162k before briefly ceding the crown to PokerStars player "SolidPenis," who won €250,000 in a €25 Spin 'N Go in July.
UK pro Phil "Grindation" McAllister continued his huge rise up the ranks this year by collecting the extra $71,200, the official WCOOP title and $584,415.23.
McAllister hit a royal flush in a huge hand and finished third in the PCA Main Event in January for $356,020.
€urop€an on a Roll
Finnish online pro €urop€an also continued his nice run of the past couple weeks with a third-place finish last night.
He made waves last week when he brokered a three-handed deal in the $1,575 Super Tuesday Special for $297,450. That deal gave him more than the original first-place money of $292,450.
Given his good fortune in that deal he was more generous in this one, conceding an extra percent to Polk to make the deal happen.
This time around he collected $459,529.71, making for a particularly impressive week. Subscribe to Polk's Twitch channel and you can watch the full replay of the final-table playdown.
Complete results and payouts for WCOOP-53:
WCOOP-53 ($10,300 NL Hold'em 8-Max, High-Roller) results
Total entries: 356 (278 entries, 78 re-entries)
Prize pool: $3,560,000.00
Places paid: 39
1. Phillip "Grindation" McAllister (Mexico) $584,415.23*
2. Doug "WCG|Rider" Polk (Australia) $455,000.00*
3. €urop€an (Finland) $459,529.71*
4. Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias (United Kingdom) $263,731.20
5. LLinusLLove (Switzerland) $194,561.47
6. ShefanHilaly (United Kingdom) $143,532.79
7. Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen (Costa Rica) $105,887.92
8. Keven "Stammdogg" Stammen (Canada) $78,116.36
*denotes a three-way deal
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