Pokus, Day 7: moktavarium changes lead into gold – News

With a double achieved in the same evening, one of our most loyal regs proves once again that he has mastered the laws of poker alchemy.

Snag a victory during a festival is already an accomplishment in itself. Signing a double in the same fortnight on such massive fields is considered an achievement. So what can we say about two titles collected in the same evening? No superlative is strong enough to mark the sleight of hand performed by moktavarium during this Winamax Pokus evening. If you are curious to know how to transform lead into gold, we will reveal some secrets to you.

We know moktavarium since his time in the Top Shark Academy 2018. Member of the first draft of the Winamax Stream Gang, he ultimately prefers to stay in the shadows to work. He has been doing this for years, hanging his name on multiple Winamax Series titles. In recent months, he was still talking about winning two Sunday Battle Royales, including the huge one organized for Halloween. Yesterday evening, Rayane distinguished himself again by winning the title on Event 137, followed a few minutes later by the Unicorn 5-game at €10. The alchemists Nicolas Flamel and Basile Valentin searched for it for a long time, but it is clear that it was moktavarium who found the philosopher's stone allowing him to convert €210 into a nest egg of €9,200.

In 2023, Pablipoker10 for his part changed absolute nothingness into cash by registering his name in 4th place in the Super Freeroll. Yesterday, it was a new trick that he worked on since we found him at the top of the Magic Time KO poster, which, over two days, saw 10,413 players register. A choice performance which earned him a €3,800 ticket.

Marcass1Du69 needed a little material to get the gold on the €5 Talisman. After clever incantations, he made his 7 blinds, at the start of the final table, a magnificent victory accompanied by a check for €1,665.

Moktavarium transmute l’Alchemist

On the €200 Alchemist, there were a few who touched the purest of metals with their fingers. First of all, the winner of the WSOP-C Online last May CNLAU, but also ForMyDreams who had failed at the foot of the podium of the 3 Million Event scheduled during the Winamax Series in September.

Sitting at a table where the five biggest stacks are concentrated around forty blinds, Copper Chef79 sends his all-out with his 7 BBs in the first hand to return to the game… without success (#1). ForMyDreams then took the lead by winning a big flip against H.D.Sanders (#29), allowing him to accumulate more than half of the chips in circulation with 4 remaining players. In the shadows, with its 8 blinds, moktavarium begins his comeback by doubling (#47), then making a nice bluff (#59) while taking back a little mana from the chip leader (#74) before stealing almost everything from him (#76). From then on, nothing could hinder his race towards the title, which he acquired at the end of an 18-hand face-to-face against NJCPR. This magnificent victory earned him the tidy sum of €8,630.

Event #137 : ALCHEMIST – 6 Max – KO 200 € – 264 entries – Prize pool €48,576
Winner: moktavarium – €8,630 (bounties included)

The gift of ubiquity

Among the many talents of moktavariumwe include in particular the gift of ubiquity. This allows him to be in several places simultaneously. This is how we find it on the Unicorn €10 a few moments after his victory in Event 137. In his presentation sheet written for the Top Shark Academy, Rayane did not hide his taste for variants, specifying his penchant for the 2-7 and the razz.

So here he is, engaged on the final table of a 5-game which he approaches in the costume of chip leader. Sitting two notches to the right we recognize Baltazare22 already winner of a WS logo in mixed games. After leaving the trackepilocapy (#16), moktavarium unstitched with Pirolisou 3 (#16) before taking a nice lead in his two favorite variants. Powerless, gata cattana ends up surrendering (#56), quickly imitating Baltazare22 who bows head'up. moktavarium secures with this victory a second coronation, certainly less lucrative, but which brings to this evening an additional touch of prestige.

Event #144 : UNICORN – 5-Game – 6 Max 10 € – 298 entries – Prize pool €2,682
Winner: moktavarium €623

Sorcerer's Apprentices

Saturday evening corresponds to the usual low time that one can find during a festival. After six days of relentless grinding, many players take a moment to breathe before returning on Sunday, fresh as a roach to tear it all away. “When the cat is not there, the mice dance”, it is well known. Some nicknames therefore took the opportunity to get their very first logo. Bossko7 hits Event 135, AlwaysTheAs (who must have put a few) grabs the Amulet for €2 or even GoodPlayViet who corners the Pegasus €20 five days after failing a victory march on a Gryphon €10

Couscous1 Gandalf style

Once again the race to the top of the rankings is hotly contested. After seeing MAntonio21 make a return to grace, Couscous1 couldn't let this pass, and, like Gandalf, decides to block his way. A fifth place on the Magic Time Ko puts him back in control. Meanwhile the N. Barella disappears from the ranking to make way for LilyLouLie. However, the final stretch of these Winamax Pokus starts this evening, and there is no doubt that this ranking will be turned upside down again.

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