CoinPoker Cash Game World Championship: ‘Pr0digy’ Takes The Lead

We’re at the halfway point of the Cash Game World Championship at CoinPoker, and ‘Pr0digy’ currently leads with a hefty $250k profit.

With one exception where he made a booked a modest loss of around $1.4k, ‘Pr0digy’ has finished with a profit every session since Day 10. At the end of Day 16, he had a $75k lead over second-place ‘MunEZStaRR’ who is up $175k. Swiss pro Linus Loeliger has also bounced back from a rough stretch and is currently up $139k to remain in contention.

In its continued effort to become one of the best online poker sites around, CoinPoker has been posting full-length recaps daily, which are well worth checking out if you have the time. You can also see the biggest hands from the week with commentary from both ‘SeaLlama’ and current leader ‘Pr0digy’ below:

Pocket aces against AK with a king-high flop may sound like a cooler instead of an interesting spot, but it was great to get insight from one of the players involved in the hand – especially when he bet a single big blind on the river. (It turns out it wasn’t a misclick, and was aimed to induce a raise.)

‘AbsoluteTopUp’ called a big overbet on the turn of a J1084 board holding 99, then bravely called when ‘riggedeck’ moved all in on the K river, flipping over 9 5 for a busted straight and flush draw. A well-earned $36k pot and evidence of why he’s held one of the top leaderboard spots throughout the contest.

KevinPaque Goes Bluff Crazy

‘DKaladjurdjevic’ was recently tipped as a potential CGWC winner, but was forced to make a massive (and costly) laydown with A10. The flop was a dream – 10103 – and he had no problems leading then calling the reraise from ‘KevinPaque.’ The turn was the 6, which he check-called.

The river came 4. ‘Kaladjurdjevic’ led with a protective bet of $1.6k into the $6.2k pot, and was met with an all in for his remaining $5.2k. He made an extremely disciplined laydown, then saw the bad news as ‘KevinPaque’ flipped over KJ for king high, no draw.

It wasn’t the only sick bluff from ‘KevinPaque,’ who currently sits in third on the overall leaderboard. In another hand, he jammed nearly $10k on the river with A2 on a 96279 board. ‘DaniiVasilev’ found the call with pocket eights. Then, in a three-way pot, he again tried the river bluff with pocket threes on the K62104 board – and this time, he got it through.

‘LLinusLL0ve’ was the outright favorite at the start of the CGWC, but faltered after a strong opening couple of days and was in the red for most of the first week. However, his fortunes have started to change. He enjoyed a +$37k swing on Day 15 which took him back to nearly +$32k overall, then added an extra $108,000 over the next 24 hours, launching him into the top four.

Of course, it helps when you flop a full house with pocket aces, and your opponent turns and rivers an inferior boat. That’s exactly what happened between ‘LLinusLL0ve’ and ‘BeppeBergomi,’ leading to an easy $21.5k pot for the high-stakes expert. But that was just one of many major pots which went Loeliger’s way.

‘KayhanMok,’ aka Kayhan Mokri, was in the hole for $71k at the end of Day 16, while ‘riggedeck’ was up by six figures. But that didn’t stop the back-to-back EPT Barcelona Super High Roller champion from pulling off an amazing call for nearly $25k.

Holding A9, ‘KayhanMok’ faced an overbet shove on the river for $10.3k into a $4k pot. The board was JJ844, leaving him with just an ace kicker to accompany the jacks and fours. Nonetheless, he accurately read his opponent and made the call, beating 76 to scoop the pot.

Latest CGWC Leaderboard

Here’s how the players ranked at the end of Day 16:

How to Watch

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Games at CoinPoker takes place using Tether (USDT), which has the same value as USD. That means, if you’re watching a ₮10,000 pot, it’s effectively a $10,000 pot.

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