Paul Phua won $864 000 in CoinPoker tournament

​Poker room CoinPoker that accepts cryptocurrency continues to hold expensive tournaments. This time, wealthy people decided to play in $100 000 event.

This tournament collected 14 participants and three of them reached ITM zone. In total, the event lasted nearly two hours and Paul Phua became the main star.

On the bubble, “omaha4rollz” left the game, as he had only 8BB in stack, so there was little chance of winning. Paul Phua hit a pair of queens and eliminated the fan of Omaha from the tournament.

Then, he eliminated another player “amr1diab” who moved all-in with Q-J. However, Phua outplayed him with Q-K.

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In heads-up, Paul’s things didn't go as smoothly as before. At one point, the player's stack consisted of 10 BB, but this didn’t stop him from becoming a champion.

Tournament payouts

• Paul Phua – $864 000
• "NammosMykonos" – $518 000
• "amr1diab" – $346 000