It seemed like no one could stop Ivan "ILS007" Stokes during the past few days of the 2023 $10,300 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event. Every time the Brit sat down on the virtual tables on PokerStars, all of the big pots went his way.
And indeed, after capturing the chip lead midway through Day 2 and retaining it throughout Day 3, Stokes saw himself being crowned the WCOOP Main Event champion on Day 4, bagging a hefty sum of $1,047,257. The last hurdle on his way to victory was Sweden’s online regular "ShipitFTW911”, who started the heads up with a very large chip deficit and, despite mounting a small comeback at the very start, was quickly disposed of as well, leaving them with $765,389 as a consolation prize.