While Thomas Eychenne was on his way to becoming the 2025 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona champion, and Guilherme Kleist was taking down the Spin & Go Championship Live, another online grinder produced one of the weekend’s biggest value scores: a $22 buy-in turned into $25,911 in the PokerStars MicroMillions Main Event.
The MicroMillions festival closed with its $22 Main Event, which carried a $400,000 guarantee. A total of 20,600 entries were paid before late registration closed, producing a $412,000 prize pool. Half of that prize pool was distributed as cash to the top 3,439 finishers, while the other 50% was allocated to progressive bounties placed on each entrant’s head.
In addition to the cash payouts, the top 1,500 finishers split $30,000 worth of WCOOP tickets. Those ticket awards included a $1,050 WCOOP Main Event seat for the top two finishers and a $109 WCOOP Main Event ticket for players who finished in the remaining final-table positions.
MicroMillions Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretinhouva | Brazil | $7,679 | $18,232 | $25,911 |
| 2 | Juustovakooja | Finland | $2,138 | $18,212 | $20,350 |
| 3 | Shyheim | Switzerland | $1,098 | $10,805 | $11,903 |
| 4 | johnnysouza11 | Brazil | $1,906 | $7,702 | $9,608 |
| 5 | Rice&Beaans | Brazil | $2,403 | $5,490 | $7,893 |
| 6 | GustavoWSOP | Brazil | $1,362 | $3,914 | $5,276 |
| 7 | cacimbs | Brazil | $404 | $2,790 | $3,194 |
| 8 | bg.TheProfie | Bulgaria | $1,969 | $1,988 | $3,957 |
| 9 | ArandomFish | Germany | $440 | $1,417 | $1,857 |
How the Final Table Unfolded
Germany’s “ArandomFish” was the first of the nine finalists to fall, exiting in ninth for $1,857 plus a $109 WCOOP Main Event ticket. Eighth place and $3,957 went to “bg.TheProfie” of Bulgaria. Brazil’s “cacimbs” bowed out in seventh for $3,194, and “GustavoWSOP” collected $5,276 for sixth place.
The Brazilian duo of “Rice&Beaans” and “johnnysouza11” finished fifth and fourth, respectively, pocketing $7,893 and $9,608. With those eliminations the tournament moved into the money-bubble that determined which two players would earn the $1,050 WCOOP Main Event seats.
Switzerland’s “Shyheim” burst that bubble in third place, taking $11,903. Heads-up play featured Brazil’s “pretinhouva” and Finland’s “Juustovakooja.” After a one-on-one duel, “pretinhouva” prevailed, converting a $22 entry into $25,911 and claiming MicroMillions Main Event champion honors. The runner-up secured $20,350 — a strong return after roughly 11 hours of play.
Looking Ahead: WCOOP 2025 Dates and Guarantee
With MicroMillions wrapped, attention turns to the World Championship of Online Poker. The 2025 WCOOP festival is scheduled to begin on September 7 and run through October 1, with a combined guarantee of over $65 million.
