Cash Game World Championship: Pr0digy And riggedeck Battle For Title In Final WeekSunday VIP Game Sees riggedeck Move To The Top |
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Following a one-week break for some well-deserved tamales and eggnog, the Cash Game World Championship at CoinPoker has returned – and action at the top of the leaderboard couldn’t be tighter.
The CGWC will wrap up this weekend, leaving players with just under one week to fight for the top spot. The winner will receive a $50,000 engraved Rolex Daytona Ghost and become the inaugural champion in this debut event.
Before Christmas, British high-stakes player Pr0digy was firmly atop the leaderboard, and that almost remained the case until a recent surge from riggedeck.
Let’s recap some of the biggest swings and hands from week 4.
Pr0digy Dominance
Before the festive break, riggedeck was third. But, towards the end of week 4, he’d closed the gap to less than $40,000. However, this only seemed to spur Pr0digy on, who then boosted his profit to $420,000 and reclaimed a commanding lead.
Part of that run up included a huge win against JMBigJoe. At $50-$100 blinds, Pr0digy made it $240 on the button with Q
J and JMBigJoe three-bet to $950. Pr0digy called.
The flop was gorgeous for Pr0digy coming down 10
85. JMBigJoe bet small – $600 into $2,000 – and Pr0digy elected to just call with the flush draw, gutshot straight draw, and two overs.
The brick 2 on the turn changed little, but JMBigJoe suddenly overbet for $4,800. Again, Pr0digy called.
The 9 on the river completed the flush and, when JMBigJoe bet quarter pot, Pr0digy moved all in. It was a crying call from JMBigJoe, who flipped over pocket eights for a flopped set which was now no good. A massive $57,300 pot.
Then, everything changed on Sunday night. Not only did riggedeck make massive strides, going from $424,000 to $496,000, but Pr0digy suffered a rare losing session, dropping from $466,000 to $439,000 in earnings. Suddenly, riggedeck finds himself with a $57,000 lead.
VIP Game Causes Chaos
On Sunday, CoinPoker opened up a Nik Airball VIP table. The deep-stacked live cash game lineup included iWasOnly17, riggedeck, AbsoluteTopUp, DKaladjurdjevic, and lolvoidaments, as well as ‘NikAirball’ himself.
With Airball (real name Nikhil Arcot) being known for his loose-aggressive and entertaining style, and a gentleman’s agreement made that players would constantly top up to make sure they were at least 200 big blinds deep, the stage was set for some massive swings – with riggedeck coming out on top.
KevinPaque Out Of Contention?
Meanwhile, KevinPaque dropped $95,000 and fell to fourth. Just like at the end of week 3, he’s played the most hands of any CGWC player. He’ll be disappointed to have fallen at one of the final hurdles, but is still well up $170,000 as a consolation prize.
One hand he’ll certainly regret was a $30,000 pot against MunEZStaRR. KevinPaque limped blind on blind at $50-$100 and MunEZStaRR popped it up to $350, at which point KevinPaque made it $1,800 holding just K2. He then bet every street (half pot, half pot, all in) on the J6
6
J4 board, only for his opponent to flip over pocket aces.
The only other player with a realistic shot of upsetting the current top two is the pre-event favorite, Linus Loeliger, who plays under the name LLinusLL0ve. The Swiss pro is in third with a quarter of a million in profit, but he’ll need double that to take the number one slot as things stand, which makes it unlikely. But if anyone can, it’s him.
How To Watch
The CGWC ends at 23:59 (CET) on Sunday Jan. 12. If you want to catch the last week of action, here’s how to do it:
If it’s your first time at CoinPoker, you’ll see they use Tether (USDT) as the standard currency. It’s a crypto stablecoin with a fixed value, pegged to USD. That means that a ₮10,000 pot is the same as a $10,000 pot.
Find out more about the Cash Game World Championship.
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