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$750,000 guaranteed APAT World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP), the $55 buy-in
6-Max Knockout Championship.
A bumper crowd of 1,456 players bought into this freezeout event and Totuli outlasted them all. Half the $75,000 prize pool went onto the heads of each entrant with the remaining 50% shared between the top 221 finishers.
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Guillermo Gordo was the unfortunate soul who burst the money bubble after crashing out in 222nd place. Gordo collected $31.25 worth of bounties along the way so didnât leave empty-handed.
Nobody at the seven-handed final table walked away with less than $1,000 for their $55 investment. All seven seats were filled by players from different countries, showing amateur poker is massive around the world.