Oops, he did it again: Niklas 'Lena900' Astedt is showing why he's one of the most feared online players there's ever been.
Fresh from a victory in Wednesday night's $1K PLO event in PokerStars' WCOOP, the Swede added another notch to his belt last night with a $103K win in the $5K Thursday Thrill.
Astedt is now tied for 2nd with Denis Strebkov on the all-time WCOOP winners' list with 14 titles, and fast closing in on Benny Glaser's record (16). Full story below.
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Uh oh, did someone make him mad? Online poker end boss Niklas 'Lena900' Astedt came close to winning the 20th anniversary Sunday Million at PokerStars this week, but in the end he had to take the L.
Did it slow him down? Not one bit. He just picked up the 13th WCOOP title of his incredible career in the $1K PLO event, for almost $21K.
Astedt is now tied with Patrick Leonard, Joao Vieira and Tobias Leknes on 13 WCOOP wins, just 3 behind all-time leader Benny Glaser.
