Mexico’s woop_woop_ Victorious in ChampionChip Main Event as Brazilians Win Most Titles!

The 2023 ChampionChip Games online festival kicked off on October 22. The series featured tournaments based on sporting games wrapped up on the last day of October.

All told the 29-event series catered to over 22,000 combined players and awarded $525,036 in prize money.

• Brazilian players were far and away the most successful during the series, claiming an astounding 12 titles!
• Players from Germany, Belarus, and Ukraine each accounted for two titles.
• Single titles went to countries including Latvia, Romania, Thailand, Denmark, Croatia, Montenegro, Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.

Here are some of the bigger winners from the 2023 ChampionChip Games on 888poker.

Mexico’s woop_woop_ Victorious in ChampionChip Main Event

The $200,000 GTD Mystery Bounty Main Event began on October 24. For a week, players battled in $60 buy-in flights to make Monday’s Day 2 field. Only 519 players from a 2,868-entry field returned to play down to the final table.

A $20,000 top bounty was up for grabs, which wound up going to Lithuania’s “Laaimis21”, who finished in 93^rd place for $160. Along with $201.12 in other bounties, they walked away with a tournament-high $20,361.12 in prize money.

Ukraine’s “TitovSerj” finished the tournament in third place but still walked away with the second-most money. They earned $6,280 for the deep run plus $7,755.32 in bounties for a total payout of $14,035.32.

Others to cash the tournament were the following players:

• “sheeeeeeeeet” (171^st place for $130 + $6,000 in bounties)
• “GoodStoryDMG” (15^th place for $540 + $2,801.12 in bounties)
• “MapycR” (40^th place for $220 + $2,402.24 in bounties)

The final eight players went on an overnight hiatus, with Brazil’s “yujimatsui17” and their stack of 10,062,023 leading the pack. “OnlyBet” of Cyprus sat in second with 7,509,693, while Ukraine’s “TitovSerj” (5,634,515) and Brazil’s “faah13” (5,195,082) both sat over half a million.

From there, it was Brazil’s “SaoJorge2222” (4,995,773), Mexico’s “woop_woop_” (4,947,947), and Ukraine’s “Asya_xD” (3,427,012). While the United Kingdom’s “redkiteab” entered as the short stack with 1,199,946.

On Tuesday, the final table returned to play it live on 888pokerTV, and surprisingly, the big stacks fell pretty early.

Ultimately, Mexico’s “woop_woop_” defeated Brazil’s “SaoJorge2222” in heads-up play to win the tournament for $12,310.

Along with $1,252.52 in bounties, “woop_woop_” banked $13,562.52 in prize money.

2023 ChampionChip Games Main Event Final Table Results

1^st – “woop_woop_” (Mexico) … $12,310 + $1,252.52 in bounties = $13,562.52

2^nd – “SaoJorge2222” (Brazil) … $8,790 + $853.64 in bounties = $9,643.64

3^rd – “TitovSerj” (Ukraine) … $6,280 + $7,755.32 in bounties = $14,035.32

4^th – “redkiteab” (United Kingdom) … $4,490 + $150.82 in bounties = $4,640.84

5^th – “yujimatsui17” (Brazil) … $3,230 + $401.12 in bounties = $3,631.12

6^th – “Asya_xD” (Ukraine) … $2,350 + $703.92 in bounties = $3,053.92

7^th – “faah13” (Brazil) … $1,720 + $350.84 in bounties = $2,070.84

8^th – “OnlyBet” (Cyprus) … $1,260 + $451.40 in bounties = $1,711.40

Brazilians Dominate $10K Micro Main Event Mystery Bounty

On Sunday, October 29, the $11 buy-in, $10K GTD Event #25: Micro Main Event Mystery Bounty had 837 players rebuy 304 times. The 1,141-entry field surpassed the guarantee by generating a $11,410 prize pool, including a $1,000 top bounty.

That wound up going to Brazil’s “ParanoiaJJ”, who also won the tournament for $1,169.15. Along with $1,233.73 in bounties, they earned a big payday of $2,392.88.

Other players to claim bigger bounties were the following:

• United Kingdom’s “MiaTomDam” (18^th place for $32.05 + $330.29 in bounties)
• Romania’s “SetOff” (53^rd place for $18.58 + $355.15 in bounties)

In addition to the winner, four other Brazilian players were at the final table, including “dontbehero”, who placed eighth for $230.04. The other three made it all the way to the end, making it an all-Brazilian final four.

But one by one, the following fell by the wayside –

• “NJuninho” (4^th place for $480.75 + $24.86 in bounties)
• “hewer.roger” (3^rd place for $641 + $47.15 in bounties)
• “WaraKzeP” (2^nd place for $833.30 + $50.29 in bounties)

2023 ChampionChip Games Event #25 Final Table Results

1^st – “ParanoiaJJ” (Brazil) … $1,169.15 + $1,223.73 in bounties = $2,392.88

2^nd – “WaraKzeP” (Brazil) … $833.30 + $50.29 in bounties = $883.59

3^rd – “hewer.roger” (Brazil) … $641 + $47.15 in bounties = $688.15

4^th – “NJuninho” (Brazil) … $480.75 + $24.86 in bounties = $505.61

5^th – “Hangoover9” (Sweden) … $320.50 + $103.72 in bounties = $424.22

6^th – “LeSsWorm” (Denmark) … $214.73 + $30.95 in bounties = $245.68

7^th – “colonel_love” (United Kingdom) … $128.20 + $19.43 in bounties = $147.63

8^th – “dontbehero” (Brazil) … $84.61 + $145.43 in bounties = $230.04

9^th – “DjSlug” (United Kingdom) … $57.69 + $33.43 in bounties = $91.12

Croatia’s Recyclops10 Claims Victory in $10K Tennis Event

On Thursday, October 26, the $22 buy-in, $10K GTD Event #17: Tennis Turbo Deep attracted 326 players who rebought 140 times.

The 466-entry field meant the $10,000 prize pool went to the top 72 finishers, including the following:

• “Mr.Kantarell” (55^th place for $51)
• “ibarrossa” (37^th place for $52)
• “alwaysforme” (25^th place for $54)
• “The_Hoff_Man” (15^th place for $89)
• “chadMusKA” (8^th place for $21)
• “wacko90” (4^th place for $702)

After Brazil’s “Rafael.Alvar” bowed out in third place for $961, the title came down to Croatia’s “Recyclops10” and Brazil’s “V.F.A”.

After 6 hours and 19 minutes of play, the former prevailed to claim the ChampionChips title and a $1,829 first-place prize.

2023 ChampionChip Games Event #17 Final Table Results

1^st – “Recyclops10” (Croatia) … $1,829

2^nd – “V.F.A” (Brazil) … $1,326

3^rd – “Rafael.Alvar” (Brazil) … $961

4^th – “wacko90” (United Kingdom) … $702

5^th – “handemover” (Canada) … $517

6^th – “1jon1” (Romania) … $380

7^th – “steal777god” (Ukraine) … $281

8^th – “chadMusKA” (Brazil) … $211

9^th – “Fakeday” (Brazil) … $154

Brazil’s cbetoulevou Binks $15,000 Weightlifting Event

On Tuesday, October 31, the $55 buy-in, $15K GTD Event #9: Weightlifting had 181 players rebuy 88 times. That resulted in a 269-entry field, with the $15,000 prize pool reserved for the top 48 finishers.

Among those to get a piece of it were the following:

• “StorValle” (38^th place for $106.50)
• “SouTheMan” (30^th place for $109.50)
• “KellerA” (21^st place for $111)
• “huntingnuts” (15^th place for $133.50)
• “Eye_Sea_Emm” (10^th place for $178.50)
• “Hxs87” (5^th place for $838.50)
• “leon_dies10” (3^rd place for $1,597.50)

After 7 hours and 40 minutes of play, Brazil’s “cbetoulevou” bested Lithuania’s “DRK240” to win the tournament outright for $3,040.50.

2023 ChampionChip Games Event #9 Final Table Results

1^st – “cbetoulevou” (Brazil) … $3,040.50

2^nd – “DRK240” (Lithuania) … $2,197.50

3^rd – “leon_dies10” (Argentina) … $1,597.50

4^th – “Zindane” (Cyprus) … $1,156.50

5^th – “Hxs87” (Romania) … $838.50

6^th – “SaoJorge2222” (Brazil) … $612

7^th – “MickeyMous43” (Ireland) … $447

8^th – “Jore007” (Finland) … $328.50

9^th – “alanchi” (Montenegro) … $241.50

2023 ChampionChip Games Winners