English highstakes player Owen “Pr0digy” Messere was crowned Cash Game World Champion last night after outlasting a stacked field on CoinPoker. Messere was up more than $680,000 after playing over 40,000 hands.
The unique competition kicked off on December 1st with players facing a format that included a 100bb buy-in, auto-reload, no ante, and… zero rake!
To keep the action flowing, they also had to play at least one of the special tables with the “Tony G Rule” – every winning hand is automatically shown regardless of street or size to spice up the action!
At stake was not only a huge chunk of cash to be won (or lost!) but the title of Best Cash Game Player in the world and a stunning $50,000 engraved Rolex Daytona Ghost watch.
Swiss online poker crusher Linus “LLinusLL0ve” Loeliger was among the pre-tournament favourites, along with Dejan “DKaladjurdjevic” Kaladjurdjevic and Kevin Paque.
The latter pulled off some notable bluffs among his record-setting 72,251 hands played during the challenge.
“DKaladjurdjevic”: A♦ 10♦
“KevinPaque”: K♣ J♦
Flop: 10♥ 10♠ 3♥
Bet, raise, reraise set the scene for a big pot…
Turn: 6♠
A check-call brought us to the river…
River: 4♠
The Montenegro pro led with a $1.6k bet into $6.2k and faced a shove from Paque. His laydown was met by a reveal of Paque’s king-high bluff, far from the only one from the Dutch pro.
Fans of the format were treated to regular streams and updates courtesy of CoinPoker and a host of guest commentators.
By the midway stage of the CGWC, “Pr0digy” – the young English highstakes cash game pro, Owen Messere – held a sizeable lead over his nearest rivals.
But with just a week to go, he lost his lead after an unusual losing session, combined with second-placed “riggedeck” having a super session – a $100k swing!
Riggedeck storms into first place with an incredible $72k upswing🥇
While PR0DIGY slips to second after a tough $27k loss and Linus holds steady in third, keeping the pressure on.
The race is really heating up🔥 can PR0DIGY bounce back and reclaim the top spot? Stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/fsKIYsxIUc
— CoinPoker (@CoinPoker_OFF) January 6, 2025
With the lead only $500 at one point, it was day 33 before Messere retook the lead, eventually surging to victory over the last three days as “riggedeck” ran into a badly-timed downswing. The final tally saw the Englishman win by a country mile…
Final Leaderboard Results (20k Minimum hands)
Name | Leaderboard | Actual Winnings | Total Hands |
PR0DIGY | $590,912.23 | $680,978.55 | 43,529 |
riggedeck | $302,494.63 | $229,959.38 | 69,799 |
LLinusLL0ve | $257,901.13 | $194,193.55 | 32,978 |
asianflushie | $241,568.67 | $330,097.31 | 32,682 |
KevinPaque | $194,271.18 | $246,907.66 | 72,251 |
AbsoluteTopUp | $72,762.10 | $19,077.47 | 35,218 |
MunEZStaRR | $57,115.81 | $74,532.92 | 41,977 |
DKaladjurdjevic | $28,105.83 | $58,013.88 | 21,204 |
iWasOnly17 | -$93,794.19 | -$158,112.31 | 38,356 |
PetrKnopp | -$118,154.12 | -$90,723.66 | 20,248 |
SeaLlama | -$255,158.61 | -$224,567.92 | 25,014 |
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