PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) continued to attract massive fields this week as each event went above and beyond its guaranteed prize pool. Despite the enormous turnouts, a couple well-known professionals managed to win tournaments in the year’s biggest online poker series.
PokerStars Team Pro member George Danzer took down the $320 6-max Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #19) on Thursday, besting a final table that included Shawn “sbuck21” Buchanan. Danzer defeated “kunkuu” heads up to collect his first WCOOP bracelet and $109,545. “Kunkuu” received $81,750 while Buchanan took third place for $62,130. Danzer is tied with “iacog4” for first place on the WCOOP leaderboard through 20 events.
Raymond “raydavis77” Davis claimed victory in the $320 Badugi (Event #15). Davis, who has more than $1.5 million in live tournament earnings, received $19,912 after making a deal with “bobsmith166” after the two reached heads-up play. Other big names at the Event #15 final table were Danny “THE__D__RY” Ryan (5th), Billy “crocky” Argyros (7th), and Jason “JP OSU” Potter (6th), who has two final appearances at this year’s WCOOP.
The most lucrative tournament of the week was the $530 No Limit Hold’em two-day event, which concluded on Monday. More than 6,000 players participated to generate a prize pool of $3,109,500 with the top 900 earning money. After nearly 23 hours of play over the two days, Hiren “hustla16” Patel walked away with the title after negotiating a three-way chop with “Juancesan” and “colonelkosta.” Patel earned $446,533 for the victory.
Other winners at the WCOOP this week were Thiago “XtheDecanoX” Decano, Ryan “g0lfa” D’Angelo and high-stakes online tournament regular “iCeVeNoM.” Here’s a look at the results from WCOOP events 10 through 20:
WCOOP #11 – $530 No-Limit Hold’em (2-day)
Entrants: 6,219
1. Hiren “hustla16” Patel – $446,533 (three-way chop)
2. Juancesan – $270,000
3. colonelkosta – $355,000
4. Daryl “aaaaaaaa” Jace – $171,022
5. fabstinho – $130,599
6. CONOW – $99,504
7. GypsieChris – $68,409
8. kidwhowon – $37,314
9. Shazmeister – $24,098
WCOOP #12 – $215 No-Limit Hold’em (4-max)
Entrants: 3,854
1. lebordelaii – $111,457
2. Catafract80 – $63,822
3. pejcao – $40,467
4. SebbyGI – $29,675
WCOOP #13 – $320 Stud
Entrants: 668
1. yhcaep – $33.814.50 (heads-up chop)
2. Ronja211 – $30,814
3. barrosa 50 – $20,040
4. DAVIDOXXX – $15,030
5. sonajero – $10,020
6. ez monney – $7,014
7. BIGtittitilt – $4,509
8. dolphin4 – $3,006
WCOOP #14 – $320 Mixed Hold’em (6-max)
Entrants: 1,564
1. dangdokodang – $70,727 (heads-up chop)
2. yadio – $60,564
3. DonkCommited – $42,201
4. drgonzo10978 – $28,134
5. viti45 – $18,756
6. Tom “SBRounder” West – $11,066
PokerStars WCOOP 15 – $320 Badugi
Entrants: 376
1. Raymond “raydavis77” Davis – $19,912 (heads-up chop)
2. bobsmith166 – $17,312
3. goleafsgo41 – $11,844
4. Cordelia – $8,460
5. Danny “THE__D__RY” Ryan – $5,640
6. Jason “JP OSU” Potter – $3,948
7. Billy “crocky” Argyros – $2,820
8. MadisonAce29 – $2,256
WCOOP #16 – $1,050 No-Limit Hold’em
Entrants: 1,558
1. Thiago “XtheDecanoX” Decano – $249,280
2. Adam “skilled_sox” Ewenstein – $186,960
3. Greg “DuckU” Hobson – $140,220
4. pedmend – $102,438.50
5. Joe “hoodini10” Udine – $74,005
6. O0Brian0O – $57,646
7. Holla10 – $42,066
8. cabbie182 – $27,265
9. amrasaralond – $15,580
WCOOP #17 – $530 NLHE Triple Shootout (10-max)
Entrants: 1,000
1. iCeVeNoM – $91,250
2. dynamoM – $63,500
3. TabberNackle – $47,250
4. Mumtum23 – $35,250
5. 6060606060 – $24,750
6. Vandiesel – $20,000
7. Bambeklis – $15,750
8. Jorge “twin-caracas” Arias – $12,500
9. blanconegro – $9,500
10. bestwoman127 – $7,000
WCOOP #18 – $320 8-Game
Entrants: 999
1. Ryan “g0lfa” D’Angelo – $50,250
2. vui-qua-di – $37,500
3. JohnSmith – $28,500
4. Aguskb – $19,500
5. Mark “The Omaholic” Roland – $12,870
6. johnny1430 – $9,000
WCOOP #19 – $320 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-max, 1 Rebuy/1 Add-on)
Entrants: 976
1. George Danzer – $109,545
2. kunkku – $81,750
3. Shawn “buck21” Buchanan – $62,130
4. TheTaker – $42,510
5. badbanker70 – $28,056
6. parksy1066 – $19,620
WCOOP #20 – $320 Limit Triple Draw 2-7
Entrants: 468
1. Timmy K – $26,676
2. Roc23rb – $19,656
3. Iteopepe88 – $14,931
4. TurnRiva – $9,828
5. Donkaroo22 – $7,020
6. Aaron “GambleAB” Bartley – $4,492