Linus Loeliger, Tony G Kick Off Inaugural Cash Game World Championship On CoinPoker

Action at the rakeless high-stakes tables has been even crazier than you’d imagine in CoinPoker’s debut series.

Being ultra-aggro at the nosebleed stakes may not fit into the holiday spirit, but that’s exactly what the CoinPoker Cash Game World Championship (CGWC) is delivering all month.

The CGWC launched on Dec. 1 and runs 24 hours a day until shortly after Christmas. Ultimately, the overall winner will walk away with a ton of cash, a $50,000 Rolex, and perhaps more importantly, the bragging rights of being crowned CoinPoker’s Best Cash Game Player.

The stakes are $50-100 – $100-$200 with a 100 big blind minimum and no rake or ante, and all players must join one table with the “show hole cards” feature activated. It’s a railbird’s dream, and a throwback to the golden age of high-stakes Full Tilt cash games.

But unlike those games, you don’t have to randomly hang around the lobby praying for a big name to pop up at the tables.

CoinPoker is livestreaming the event with commentary from the likes of Kakitee and high-stakes reg Deki. It’s cards-down action, obviously, but the “show hole cards” feature gives viewers what they want.

Who’s Playing?

Ahead of the launch, a number of recognizable stars were confirmed to be taking part, including:

LLinusLL0ve – legendary Swiss pro Linus Loeliger is arguably the best online poker cash game player in the world (currently up USD $148,855.38)
SeaLlama – expect SeaLlama and Linus to face off a bunch, as they regularly duke it out while taking on the best regs
DavyJones – has had a great year so far and began among the favorites to win the CGWC title (currently down USD $35,309.00)
DKaladjurdjevic – a fearless player from Montenegro who recorded multiple seven-figure wins back to back. Has experience in the highest-stakes cash games
Brownballa – probably best-known for live play on the Hustler’s Casino streams, so plenty of experience playing at high stakes and with an audience watching (currently down USD $47,085.52)
FourSixFour – a six-max and heads-up expert, Darrell Goh is a respected reg at the $25-$50 levels and above over at PokerStars
KevinPaque – with more than $3 million in live tournament winnings, the Dutch pro can usually be found taking on the best regs heads up, regardless of the stakes (currently down USD $6,680.98)
Dudd1 – having amassed north of $4 million, German pro Tobias Duthweiler is a high-stakes reg to be feared
PR0DIGY – unafraid to take on different formats, British pro Owen Messere will be looking to leave an impact with his distinctive playing style (currently down USD $22,097.88)

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— CoinPoker (@CoinPoker_OFF) December 3, 2024

Tony G Quickly Gets Stacked

Within minutes of the first stream going live, poker legend Tony G was forced into his first $20k rebuy after his pocket sevens hit an inferior full house against the pocket nines of ‘AbsoluteTopUp,’ the head coach over at Poker With Riske.

This was all while the tech guys were still fiddling with the mics, with the commentary team missing most of the action. Beautiful chaos.

Swiss pro Linus Loeliger (‘LLinusLL0ve’), a man many believe is currently the best online player around, locked horns with friend Chris Nguyen (‘ChrisNguyen’) in a pot which typifies the kind of crazy action this event is attracting.

In a four-bet pot, the two got into a raising battle which saw Loeinger shove turn with queen-high and Nguyen call off with ace-high no draw on a super-wet board. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

Frequent Action

The action has been going pretty much non-stop, fueled by the increased viewership and CGWC rules (where else can you play high stakes with zero rake?). Loeliger won just over $20k against Owen Messere, playing as PR0DIGY, in a straight-over-straight pot. But he also lost a nearly identical amount with Q 10 against the A 10 of Doblou on a ten-high board.

Before long, ‘SeaLlama’ joined the action. The mysterious online crusher is assumed by many to be Keir Sullivan, a regular at the Bike who memorably hero-called with 7-2 against Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates for a pot of more than $83,000 back in July 2023, before dancing around the table. But to date, there’s still no full confirmation that it’s really him.

One thing’s for sure, though – he has a long-standing rivalry with Loeliger, and the two sitting down opposite each other in such an action-packed format had spectators salivating.

Current Leaders

It’s no surprise that Loeliger is currently in the lead, topping the leaderboard with nearly $150,000 in rake-free profit. That’s more than double that of second-place ‘SirLoseAlot9’, but there’s a hell of a lot of time left.

‘iWasOnly17’ will be hoping that’s true as well, as they’re currently propping up the leaderboard with a loss of more than $76,000.

Chris Nguyen and Linus Loeliger play a huge hand, Mario breaks it down.

After an UTG raise, 3bet and 4bet, we see a cbet, call, turn bet, shove and call… yet neither has a pair.

'There's a reason I'm not sitting at these tables' – @mariomosboeck pic.twitter.com/PRJpZr2xZ5

— CoinPoker (@CoinPoker_OFF) December 3, 2024

How To Watch

You can tune into CGWC action in several ways:

• Go to twitch.tv and follow CoinPokerOfficial for live CGWC streams
• Visit the official CoinPoker YouTube channel for full-length streams
• Log into CoinPoker and look for high-stakes tables labelled ‘NL ₮10,000 Cash Game World Champs’
• Check out recaps of the best hands, put together by CoinPoker and posted on their social media channels

If it’s your first time over at CoinPoker, you’ll see a non-standard currency symbol at the tables. This is for Tether (USDT), which has a 1:1 tie to the value of USD. So, if you see a ₮10,000 pot, it’s effectively a $10,000 pot.

Find out more about the Cash Game World Championship.

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