Labor day weekend kicked off a touch early at Pokerstars, one of the world’s best online poker sites when this seasons WCOOP events commenced on Thursday. Being the largest online poker series, online poker players flocked to the online poker site, entering satellite tournaments, and ponied up the buy-in fee for some very lucrative online poker tournaments.
Event number one began September 3rd, the tournament included a guaranteed prize pool of a quarter of a million dollars.
Quarter of a million, child’s play. 8, 538 online poker players entered, and the prize pool surpassed the million dollar mark, the winners of the event shared a prize pool of $1,707,600.
The first player to hit paydirt was Triple B2, winning 290.29 for his troubles in 1359th place. Shane147 who won the event last year also cashed this year, taking home a small chunk of sofa change in comparison to last years cash. A few of the PokerStars pro’s made the money, such as JC Alvardo who finished in the top 1200, Anton Allemann who finished in 876th place, and Lee Nelson who made it to 421st place in the huge-among-us online poker tournament.
Worth more than an honorable mention were Victor Ramdin and Dennis Phillips, both players landed themselves in the top 200. The last PokerStars, or shall I say IntelliPoker pro standing was George Danzer from Germany. He finally felted in 71st place.
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16 hours into the event, long after well known poker pro’s like Barry Greenstein, and PokerStars Supernova Elite Elky (Bertrand Grospellier) busted out onto the rail, the remaining online poker players made it to the final table.
World Championship of Online Poker Final Table Chip Counts:
Seat 1: LosChief (16714975 in chips)
Seat 2: ChopSueyyy (7669138 in chips)
Seat 3: JP OSU (3517313 in chips)
Seat 4: MMalipo (7736246 in chips)
Seat 5: shuriken555 (2624087 in chips)
Seat 6: Futuro (4428241 in chips)
The first hand of the final table was dealt and executed without to much to-do, however, things didn’t go so smoothly in the second hand. Entering the second hand of final table play, Futuro raised under the gun, and was re-raised by shuriken555.
Both players shoved their chips into the virtual middle of the table in a flurry of action where Futuro re-re-raises, and then shuriken555 bumps t up again, throwing another 431,587 into the pot, for an all in bet. Obviously, futuro makes the call.
:8h :5h :7d :Th :7c
:9h :9d At the showdown, Shuriken555 showed a pair of nines, making two pair, nines and sevens.
:Jd :Js Futuro showed hooks, for two bigger pair, jacks and sevens.
Futuro collected 5988174 in chips from the pot, and Shuriken hit the rail.
The next player to bust out of the first event of this years World Series of Online Poker was “JP OSUâ€Â, a solid player from, known in live poker games as Jason Potter. Jason’s pocket jacks didn’t fair as well as the one’s we’d seen previously from Futuro, JP OSU.
ChopSueyyy was in the big blind when JP OSU raised 122222. MMalipo, Futuro and LosCheif all folded, and we come back around to Chopsueyyy, who raises back into JP OSU. JP OSU responds by making the shove, pushing all his chips into the pot. ChopSueyyy makes the call, calling another 2214702 in online poker tournament chips.
At the end of the hand the board read something like this:
:Qh :6d :Th :2h :2c
Which helped absolutely no one in this hand.
ChopSueyyy: showed :Ac :Ad for two pair, Aces and 2’s.
“LosChiefâ€Â, who had been fairly quiet, was the next to go, busting in 4th place for a $68k payday:
Seat 1: LosChief (4270342 in chips)
Seat 2: ChopSueyyy (27162336 in chips)
Seat 4: MMalipo (5612360 in chips)
Seat 6: Futuro (5644962 in chips)
ChopSueyyy: posts small blind 80000
MMalipo: posts big blind 160000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Futuro: folds
LosChief: raises 240000 to 400000
ChopSueyyy: raises 712222 to 1112222
MMalipo: folds
LosChief: raises 3138120 to 4250342 and is all-in
ChopSueyyy: calls 3138120
*** FLOP *** [Ts Ks 6d]
*** TURN *** [Ts Ks 6d] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [Ts Ks 6d Qd] [3s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChopSueyyy: shows [As Kh] (a pair of Kings)
LosChief: shows [8s 8d] (a pair of Eights)
ChopSueyyy collected 8740684 from pot
The next major action hand was between LosChief and ChopSueyyy. At the start of the hand, LosChief had 4270342 in remaining chips, ChopSueyyy had 27162336 in online poker tournament chips.
ChopSueyyy sat in the small blind, Futuro folded under the gun, and LosChief raised from 240000 to 400000. ChopSueyyy re-raised to 1112222 and MMalipo got out of the way.
LosChief re-re-raised, shoving in his remaining 4250342 stake in the tournament.
ChopSueyyy made the call.
The cards dealt onto the table looked like this:
:Ts :Ks :6d :Qd :3s
The perfect flop for ChopSueyyy who got his money in with Big Slick off suit, ChopSueyyy showed his cards. :As :Kh.
The flop wasn’t so great however for LosChief who got in with a pair of 8’s. ChopSueyyy took 8740684 in chips from the pot, LosChief took home a win of $68,304.01.
The clock was then paused, the last three players wanted to talk about the possibility of a deal. Not to surprising, keeping in mind that these online poker players had been chugging along here for 17 and a half hours.
The discussed the possibility for 20 minutes, but in the end MMalipo said no dice. He was determined to play on, and the action commenced.
Nothing big happened for awhile, the chips were tossed around the table, small bets were the theme.
Until finally, MMalipo made his move, shoving his virtual chipstack into the middle. He doubled through ChopSueyyy, however, he remained the shortstack.
Things began to change though, as both MMalipo and ChopSueyyy began to chip away at Futuro’s stack. Futuro finally shoved all of his chips in, with :kh:7d.
MMalipo made the call, unseating Futuro from the tournament with his pocket nines. Futuro did pair when the flop came:
:7c :5s :6h
However the Deuce on the turn and ten on the river were no help to him. Futuro made his way to the virtual rail with a third place win of $119,542.
Heads up play began with ChopSueyyy in the lead. A few hands were played before another chop discussion ensued. Now 18 hours into the tournament.
A deal was struck. It was agreed that $25,000.00 would be put aside to play for, and that ChopSueyyy would take home a payday of $209,421.82, MMalipo, $183,940.20.
Seat 2: ChopSueyyy (31,555,342 in chips)
Seat 4: MMalipo (11,134,658 in chips)
Some 19 hours later, MMalipo losing a bit of ground shoved in with Queen Ten, against the Ace Eight of ChopSueyyy.
ChopSueyyy: posts small blind 150000
MMalipo: posts big blind 300000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
ChopSueyyy: raises 366666 to 666666
MMalipo: raises 5181625 to 5848291 and is all-in
ChopSueyyy: calls 5181625
*** FLOP *** [9h As 5c]
*** TURN *** [9h As 5c] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [9h As 5c 6c] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MMalipo: shows [Th Qc] (high card Ace)
ChopSueyyy: shows [Ac 8s] (a pair of Aces)
ChopSueyyy collected 11771582 from pot
MMalipo’s hand did not improve, irrelevantly, ChopSueyyy’s did. MMalipo took the second place prize of $183,940.20, as had been previously agreed.
ChopSueyyy took first place, and the title. The winner of the first event in the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP).
For his 19+ hours of play, ChopSueyyy takes home the prize pool of $234,421.82, in addition to a Gold PokerStars WCOOP bracelet.
2009 WCOOP Event 1 Final Standings:
1st place: ChopSueyyy ($234,421.82)*
2nd place: MMalipo ($183.940.20)*
3rd place: Futuro ($119,532.01)
4th place: LosChief ($68,304.01)
5th place: JP OSU ($34,152.01)
6th place: shuriken555 ($23,940.56)
*These numbers are based on a chop agreed on by the pokerstars online poker players.
JP OSU: showed his :Jh :Js also making two pair, Jacks and 2’s.
ChopSueyyy collected 5677684 from pot, JP OSU collected the $34,152.01 prize for 5th place.
LosChief lost his chiplead during all of the earlier action, however, the guys a grinder, he picked up some pots, and he grabbed his lead right back. Chopsueyyy, also no slouch at the poker table, took the lead back, also scooping up a few smaller pots, and the two tossed the chip lead between them for a bit.
Four players left at the table, and $50k standing between a third place finish and a fourth place finish, one of the two underdogs had some work to do. Futuro made a move, he doubled through LosChief.
“LosChiefâ€Â, who had been fairly quiet, was the next to go, busting in 4th place for a $68k payday:
Seat 1: LosChief (4270342 in chips)
Seat 2: ChopSueyyy (27162336 in chips)
Seat 4: MMalipo (5612360 in chips)
Seat 6: Futuro (5644962 in chips)
ChopSueyyy: posts small blind 80000
MMalipo: posts big blind 160000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Futuro: folds
LosChief: raises 240000 to 400000
ChopSueyyy: raises 712222 to 1112222
MMalipo: folds
LosChief: raises 3138120 to 4250342 and is all-in
ChopSueyyy: calls 3138120
*** FLOP *** [Ts Ks 6d]
*** TURN *** [Ts Ks 6d] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [Ts Ks 6d Qd] [3s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChopSueyyy: shows [As Kh] (a pair of Kings)
LosChief: shows [8s 8d] (a pair of Eights)
ChopSueyyy collected 8740684 from pot
The next major action hand was between LosChief and ChopSueyyy. At the start of the hand, LosChief had 4270342 in remaining chips, ChopSueyyy had 27162336 in online poker tournament chips.
ChopSueyyy sat in the small blind, Futuro folded under the gun, and LosChief raised from 240000 to 400000. ChopSueyyy re-raised to 1112222 and MMalipo got out of the way.
LosChief re-re-raised, shoving in his remaining 4250342 stake in the tournament.
ChopSueyyy made the call.
The cards dealt onto the table looked like this:
:Ts :Ks :6d :Qd :3s
The perfect flop for ChopSueyyy who got his money in with Big Slick off suit, ChopSueyyy showed his cards, revealing :As :Kh.
The flop wasn’t so great however for LosChief who got in with a pair of 8’s. ChopSueyyy took 8740684 in chips from the pot, LosChief took home a win of $68,304.01.
The clock was then paused, the last three players wanted to talk about the possibility of a deal. Not to surprising, keeping in mind that these online poker players had been chugging along here for 17 and a half hours.
The discussed the possibility for 20 minutes, but in the end MMalipo said no dice. He was determined to play on, and the action commenced.
Nothing big happened for awhile, the chips were tossed around the table, small bets were the theme.
Until finally, MMalipo made his move, shoving his virtual chipstack into the middle. He doubled through ChopSueyyy, however, he remained the shortstack.
Things began to change though, as both MMalipo and ChopSueyyy began to chip away at Futuro’s stack. Futuro finally shoved all of his chips in, with :kh:7d.
MMalipo made the call, unseating Futuro from the tournament with his pocket nines. Futuro did pair when the flop came:
:7c :5s :6h
However the Deuce on the turn and ten on the river were no help to him. Futuro made his way to the virtual rail with a third place win of $119,542.
Heads up play began with ChopSueyyy in the lead. A few hands were played before another chop discussion ensued. Now 18 hours into the tournament.
A deal was struck. It was agreed that $25,000.00 would be put aside to play for, and that ChopSueyyy would take home a payday of $209,421.82, MMalipo, $183,940.20.
Seat 2: ChopSueyyy (31,555,342 in chips)
Seat 4: MMalipo (11,134,658 in chips)
Some 19 hours later, MMalipo losing a bit of ground shoved in with Queen Ten, against the Ace Eight of ChopSueyyy.
ChopSueyyy: posts small blind 150000
MMalipo: posts big blind 300000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
ChopSueyyy: raises 366666 to 666666
MMalipo: raises 5181625 to 5848291 and is all-in
ChopSueyyy: calls 5181625
*** FLOP *** [9h As 5c]
*** TURN *** [9h As 5c] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [9h As 5c 6c] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MMalipo: shows [Th Qc] (high card Ace)
ChopSueyyy: shows [Ac 8s] (a pair of Aces)
ChopSueyyy collected 11771582 from pot
MMalipo’s hand did not improve, irrelevantly, ChopSueyyy’s did. MMalipo took the second place prize of $183,940.20, as had been previously agreed.
ChopSueyyy took first place, and the title. The winner of the first event in the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP).
For his 19+ hours of play, ChopSueyyy takes home the prize pool of $234,421.82, in addition to a Gold PokerStars WCOOP bracelet.
2009 WCOOP Event 1 Final Standings:
1st place: ChopSueyyy ($234,421.82)*
2nd place: MMalipo ($183.940.20)*
3rd place: Futuro ($119,532.01)
4th place: LosChief ($68,304.01)
5th place: JP OSU ($34,152.01)
6th place: shuriken555 ($23,940.56)
*These numbers are based on a chop agreed on by the pokerstars online poker players.
Seat 1: LosChief (4270342 in chips)
Seat 2: ChopSueyyy (27162336 in chips)
Seat 4: MMalipo (5612360 in chips)
Seat 6: Futuro (5644962 in chips)
ChopSueyyy: posts small blind 80000
MMalipo: posts big blind 160000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Futuro: folds
LosChief: raises 240000 to 400000
ChopSueyyy: raises 712222 to 1112222
MMalipo: folds
LosChief: raises 3138120 to 4250342 and is all-in
ChopSueyyy: calls 3138120
*** FLOP *** [Ts Ks 6d]
*** TURN *** [Ts Ks 6d] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [Ts Ks 6d Qd] [3s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChopSueyyy: shows [As Kh] (a pair of Kings)
LosChief: shows [8s 8d] (a pair of Eights)
ChopSueyyy collected 8740684 from pot
The next major action hand was between LosChief and ChopSueyyy. At the start of the hand, LosChief had 4270342 in remaining chips, ChopSueyyy had 27162336 in online poker tournament chips.
ChopSueyyy sat in the small blind, Futuro folded under the gun, and LosChief raised from 240000 to 400000. ChopSueyyy re-raised to 1112222 and MMalipo got out of the way.
LosChief re-re-raised, shoving in his remaining 4250342 stake in the tournament.
ChopSueyyy made the call.
The cards dealt onto the table looked like this:
:Ts :Ks :6d :Qd :3s
The perfect flop for ChopSueyyy who got his money in with Big Slick off suit, ChopSueyyy showed his cards, revealing :As :Kh.
The flop wasn’t so great however for LosChief who got in with a pair of 8’s. ChopSueyyy took 8740684 in chips from the pot, LosChief took home a win of $68,304.01.
The clock was then paused, the last three players wanted to talk about the possibility of a deal. Not to surprising, keeping in mind that these online poker players had been chugging along here for 17 and a half hours.
The discussed the possibility for 20 minutes, but in the end MMalipo said no dice. He was determined to play on, and the action commenced.
Nothing big happened for awhile, the chips were tossed around the table, small bets were the theme.
Until finally, MMalipo made his move, shoving his virtual chipstack into the middle. He doubled through ChopSueyyy, however, he remained the shortstack.
Things began to change though, as both MMalipo and ChopSueyyy began to chip away at Futuro’s stack. Futuro finally shoved all of his chips in, with :kh:7d.
MMalipo made the call, unseating Futuro from the tournament with his pocket nines. Futuro did pair when the flop came:
:7c :5s :6h
However the Deuce on the turn and ten on the river were no help to him. Futuro made his way to the virtual rail with a third place win of $119,542.
Heads up play began with ChopSueyyy in the lead. A few hands were played before another chop discussion ensued. Now 18 hours into the tournament.
A deal was struck. It was agreed that $25,000.00 would be put aside to play for, and that ChopSueyyy would take home a payday of $209,421.82, MMalipo, $183,940.20.
Seat 2: ChopSueyyy (31,555,342 in chips)
Seat 4: MMalipo (11,134,658 in chips)
Some 19 hours later, MMalipo losing a bit of ground shoved in with Queen Ten, against the Ace Eight of ChopSueyyy.
ChopSueyyy: posts small blind 150000
MMalipo: posts big blind 300000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
ChopSueyyy: raises 366666 to 666666
MMalipo: raises 5181625 to 5848291 and is all-in
ChopSueyyy: calls 5181625
*** FLOP *** [9h As 5c]
*** TURN *** [9h As 5c] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [9h As 5c 6c] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MMalipo: shows [Th Qc] (high card Ace)
ChopSueyyy: shows [Ac 8s] (a pair of Aces)
ChopSueyyy collected 11771582 from pot
MMalipo’s hand did not improve, irrelevantly, ChopSueyyy’s did. MMalipo took the second place prize of $183,940.20, as had been previously agreed.
ChopSueyyy took first place, and the title. The winner of the first event in the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP).
For his 19+ hours of play, ChopSueyyy takes home the prize pool of $234,421.82, in addition to a Gold PokerStars WCOOP bracelet.
2009 WCOOP Event 1 Final Standings:
1st place: ChopSueyyy ($234,421.82)*
2nd place: MMalipo ($183.940.20)*
3rd place: Futuro ($119,532.01)
4th place: LosChief ($68,304.01)
5th place: JP OSU ($34,152.01)
6th place: shuriken555 ($23,940.56)
*These numbers are based on a chop agreed on by the pokerstars online poker players.
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