As the 2018 World Championship of Online Poker heads into its final weekend of action, the action continued on Thursday with Linus ‘LLinusLLove’ Loeliger taking down one of the biggest buy-in tournaments for nearly $588,000. Other highlights of the day included Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira, Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson and Arseniy ‘josef_shvejk’ Karmatskiy each picking up titles.

Loeliger beat out the 103 other players in Event #43 High ($25,000 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em High Roller) including a final table that included two former #1-ranked players, Chris ‘Big Huni’ Hunichen and Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard, as well as Michael ‘mczhang’ Chi Zhang, Rachid ‘SkaiWalkurrr’ Ben Cherif and eventual runner-up Henrik ‘hhecklen’ Hecklen. The outright victory earned Loeliger $587,747.32 while Hecklen had to settle for $451,251.38.

The Medium version of that event attracted 662 runners with Ognjen ‘psjebemvas’ Sekularac taking home $228,348.36 for the win. ‘AS Leshly‘ and ‘ReadngSouls‘ chopped the Low version for $131,349.41 and $112,902.97 respectively.

Vieira topped Event #42 High ($2,100 Triple Draw Duece to Seven) to win $49,595. The final table included Luke Schwartz, Daniel Cates, and Harley Thrower. Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson won the Medium buy-in event for $15,325.20 while ‘pokerqmaster‘ took down the Low for $4,915.91.

One of the hottest players on the planet, Arseniy ‘josef_shvejk’ Karmatskiy continued his solid run, beating out 149 other players to win Event #44 High ($2,100 Six Max No Limit Hold’em Shootout) for $66,000. His victory denied Watson a second WCOOP title of the day. The Canadian finished runner-up for $46,050 while NLZWERVERNL finished third for $34,500.

Ben ‘jenbizzle’ Jones added $31,425.08 to his bankroll thanks to his victory in the Medium buy-in event and Robert ‘Little Kraut’ Deppe scored $12,014.08 for winning the Low.

Event #42 (High): $2,100 Triple Draw Duece to Seven
Entries: 91
Prize pool: $182,000

1. Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira – $49,595
2. Luke ‘lb6121’ Schwartz – $33,125
3. WD89lol<3 – $25,480
4. Daniel ‘w00ki3z’ Cates – $17,290
5. Harley ‘Harleyy30040’ Thrower- $12,740
6. fr0zZy – $9,555

Event #42 (Medium): $215 Triple Draw Duece to Seven
Entries: 396
Prize pool: $79,200

1. Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson – $15,325.20
2. Denis XXX007 – $11,365.20
3. Lance84 – $8,514
4. Chillolini – $5,860.80
5. pantri – $4,197.60
6. 9cream4 – $2,692.80

Event #42 (Low): $22 Triple Draw Duece to Seven
Entries: 1,536
Prize pool: $30,720

1. pokerqmaster – $4,915.91
2. Murilo ‘Muka82’ Figueiredo – $3,686.40
3. schu_81 – $2,764.80
4. Donald – $1,843.20
5. thefish01x – $1,228.80
6. dAASSSmayer – $724.99

Event #43 (High): $25,000 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em High Roller
Entries: 104
Prize pool: $2,550,600

1. Linus ‘LLinusLLove’ Loeliger – $587,747.32
2. Henrik ‘hhecklen’ Hecklen – $451,251.38
3. fr0zZy – $346,454.88
4. Michael ‘mczhang’ Chi Zhang – $265,995.69
5. Chris ‘Big Huni’ Hunichen – $204,221.95
6. Rachid ‘SkaiWalkurrr’ Ben Cherif – $156,794.30
7. bartek901 – $120,391.17
8. Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard – $92,424.30

Event #43 (Medium): $2,100 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em High Roller
Entries: 662
Prize pool: $1,324,000

1. Ognjen ‘psjebemvas’ Sekularac – $228,348.36
2. Killer_00000 – $162,774.01
3. etxnl01 – $116,030.85
4. Liv Boeree – $82,710.80
5. kurzatwarz – $58,959.17
6. NukeTheFish! – $42,028.12
7. NEWFlat – $29,959.07
8. Picasso 2 – $21,255.85

Event #43 (Low): $215 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em High Roller
Entries: 5,010
Prize pool: $1,002,000

1. AS Leshly – $131,349.41
2. ReadngSouls – $112,902.97*
3. samoooth – $72,459.22
4. Schamane22 – $51,651.39
5. Hciappolino – $36,818.79
6. baaadshaaa – $26,245.68
7. Little Kraut – $18,708
8. s3c3_1978 – $13,336.21

Event #44 (High): $2,100 Six Max No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Entries: 150
Prize pool: $300,000

1. Arseniy ‘josef_shvejk’ Karmatskiy – $66,000
2. Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson – $46,050
3. NLZWERVERNL – $34,500
4. Michael ‘imluckbox’ Addamo – $24,000
5. ja.sam.gale – $18,000
6. hotmark777 – $12,000

Event #44 (Medium): $215 Six Max No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Entries: 982
Prize pool: $196,400

1. Ben ‘jenbizzle’ Jones – $31,425.08
2. com 157 – $23,568
3. FshnIsMyPrfn – $17,676
4. FiatEruditio – $11,784
5. M_Acevedo – $7,856
6. Speedyy1986 – $4,870.72

Event #44 (Low): $22 Six Max No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Entries: 4,619
Prize pool: $92,380

1. Robert ‘Little Kraut’ Deppe – $12,014.08
2. lsp pest – $8,776.10
3. andreyayo9 – $6,466.60
4. sharkkings23 – $4,157.10
5. Grimeyyyy – $2,309.50
6. bencb789 – $1,293.32