Another Online Poker Star is Born

Posted:November 2012

Not since online poker player Chris Moneymaker won the WSOP, after turning a few dollars into millions in what was one of the biggest stories of rags to riches ever seen in the game, have we seen such an uplifting poker story. But with the recent PokerStars WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker) tournament, the Main Event Winner has given us all something sensational to talk about, and even dream about. WCOOP 2012This player from Russia, known as “Maratik” made headlines when he took 40 Frequent Player Points, and converted them into a more than a $1 million online poker win – plus he won the illustrious WCOOP Main Event title.

Very little was known about player - Marat Sharafutdinov, he was certainly no “Isildur1”, a renound high stakes player. That said, he outlasted a field of 1,825 players to bag the WCOOP Main Event prize. He said that generally speaking he was just a low-stakes online poker fan, who frequents the micro-stakes tables. With the buy in for the Main Event at a shuddering $5,200, he out-pokered some of the biggest names in this game to pick up the win.

In an interview conducted with Maratik, he also mentioned that he had noticed it was possible to qualify for Frequent Player Points quite easily, all he needed was a little luck. So, he started to play more regularly to earn these. He used FPP’s to win seats into the one of the nightly $150 tourneys, as well as the $215 Sunday Million. Un-intimidated by playing against top poker pros, he just stayed and played for several large prize pots. He basically had the cards, called some regular big players bluff, and managed to reach the final table, but not only that managed to win.

It is this kind of rags to riches story that everyone loves. We get excited when an underdog wins, as it offers many people hope. His full story/interview can be read on the PokerStars blog , so, if you are looking for inspiration to play poker online – this is it!

If you are not familiar with PokerStars, when it comes to the biggest following, the biggest names and the biggest prize pools found anywhere online - it's a must visit for any aspiring poker player. Visit now for a $600 deposit bonus.

 
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