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WCOOP 13-19 Results
By Simon Hopper
15th September 2008
We take a look at the latest results from the WCOOP 2008, as the $25,000 Heads-Up game concludes...
WCOOP Event 13 – NLH Re-Buy, $1,000,000 GTD
Buy In: $200 $15
Prizepool: $1,278,600
Runners: 2,234
Paid: 324
Lasted: 17 hours 36 minutes
Winner: lrdvoldemort, $207,772
Runner Up: moe32746, $153,432
The $1million guarantee was easily covered by 2,234 runners for the NLH Re-Buy Event that drew a seriously stacked field. Swedish player ‘lrdvoldemort’ (named after the evil Harry Potter character) walked away with the $207,772 first prize to follow up on his runner-up finish in the Sunday Warm-Up 2 weeks ago (for $95,000). He credits fellow Swede and Deuces Cracked coach ‘MDMA’ for his success so the tutor can expect plenty more students after this result.
Others to go deep include Josh ‘nitbuster’ Arieh, who came in 3rd for $110,215. Josh final tabled last year’s controversial Main Event so clearly the WCOOP brings out the best in him. Also going deep were internet legends Kevin ‘BeLOWaBOVe’ Saul (6th, $48,586) & JohnnyBax (20th; $2,685).
WCOOP Event 14 – Limit Stud, $100,000 GTD
Buy In: $300 $20
Prizepool: $188,100
Runners: 627
Paid: 96
Lasted: 14 hours 20 minutes
Winner: Mildred53, $33,387
Runner Up: tiffaniejoy, $20,220
Vegas veterans worried that Seven-Card Stud was dying out need look no further than this WCOOP Event to see that their fears are unfounded. The biggest stars of the online and live game turned out for the $100,000 guaranteed event, though not many of them managed to make the money. The likes of Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu & Isabelle Mercier all participated but all went out early; it was left to ‘Mildred53’ & ‘tiffaniejoy’ to scoop the biggest prizes of their careers. Big hitters that did make a small profit include ‘Telefonkiosk’ (10th, $2,915), ‘thorladen’ (17th, $1,881), with Kevin Saul (49th, $846) & Jon Turner (67th, $685) both making it 2 cashes apiece for the series.
WCOOP Event 15 – NLH Heads-Up, $500,000 GTD
Buy In: $300 $20
Prizepool: $614,400
Runners: 2,048
Paid: 256
Lasted: 15 hours 11 minutes
Winner: Huxfluxen, $104,448
Runner Up: pandaCHAN12, $55,296
Sorel 54th, Empire2000 71st, Panda Chan Irish
Of the two new WCOOP Heads-Up Events, the more affordable Event #15 was always going to attract more interest from the rank & file Hold’Em brigade and so it proved. Over 2,000 players participated and unsurprisingly two relative unknowns took the first two places (pandaCHAN12 is Irish so perhaps we will hear more from him on these shores soon). Most of the big names were more interested in the high roller tournament two days later but Sorel Mizzi did play and came in 54th for $1,843 while MTT regular ‘Empire2000’ finished 71st for $1,228.
WCOOP Event 16 – PLO (1R, 1A), $300,000 GTD
Buy In: $200 $15
Prizepool: $546,000
Runners: 1,223
Paid: 180
Lasted: 15 hours 7 minutes
Winner: Andy McLEOD, $98,280
Runner Up: westmenloAA, $70,980
With the explosion of Pot Limit Omaha over the last few years it was perhaps not surprising to see the most stacked final table of the WCOOP to date in Event #16. Railbirds were treated to the cream of internet poker all at one table with the likes of Andy McLeod, Isaac Baron & Chris Moorman in attendance; as well as 2003 WSOP Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker. In the end it was the previously underage McLeod who emerged victorious for $98,280 with Baron following him home. ‘Money800’ finished 5th for $28,665 with Moorman coming 7th for $17,745.
WCOOP Event 17 – PLH (6-Max), $400,000 GTD
Buy In: $500 $30
Prizepool: $480,000
Runners: 960
Paid: 144
Lasted: 14 hours 39 minutes
Winner: poker1O1, $80,400
Runner Up: YanniYankiev, $60,000
Event #17 drew nearly 1,000 runners which is actually slightly down on last year: maybe the credit crunch made the $530 buy-in unfeasible to some. Either way, poker1O1 rode his luck to secure the $80,400 first prize after a tournament which saw the chip lead swing so many times you would have thought it was a No Limit game. Stevie Devlin, aka ‘allinstevie’, made a tidy $3,024 on his 23rd place finish with Russell ‘rdcrsn’ Carson claiming $2,400 for 26th. Newly crowned EPT Player of the Year Luca Pagano celebrated by going deep here, but only managed 33rd – the $2,016 pay-out probably just enough to top up the champagne glasses of celebration.
WCOOP Event 18 – H.O.R.S.E, $300,000 GTD
Buy In: $200 $15
Prizepool: $418,200
Runners: 2,091
Paid: 304
Lasted: 16 hours 45 minutes
Winner: Sensor, $67,330
Runner Up: LittleRedElf, $37,888
It seems people just cant get enough of H.O.R.S.E. nowadays. Over 2,000 runners turned up for the increasingly popular form of the game and ‘Sensor’ significantly increased his Stars ROI with victory. Barry Greenstein again showed his all-round prowess by finishing 9th for $3,972 while ‘VietCutie’ impressed and surprised in equal measure with a 14th place finish (for $3,136). Former WSOP Razz Champion Katja Thater also made the money, but way further down in 48th (still good for $1,212).
WCOOP Event 19 – NLH Heads-Up, $1.6million GTD
Buy In: $25,000 $500
Prizepool: $1.6 million
Runners: 64
Paid: 8
Lasted: 9 hours 48 minutes
Winner: stevesbets, $560,000
Runner Up: ElkY, $320,000
This was the one all the railers were waiting for – the NLH Heads-Up game for big dogs only. Practically everyone who entered was a poker name in their own right but only one would see a $560,000 return on their $25,000 investment. That player was the controversial Steven ‘stevesbets’ Jacobs, who will have further fuel to his ego by taking this one down against so many of the players he loathes. The short-handed specialist defeated ElkY heads-up but the likes of Gavin Griffin, Vanessa Rousso & Victor Ramdin also made the money. Chris ‘Genius28’ Lee was a very expensive bubble boy; squeaking into the top 8 would have earned him $100,000.
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