The fourth Ultimate Bet Online Championship (UBOC) rolled on after kicking off on Wednesday. Four online poker tournaments have been played so far, with two more set to pan out on Saturday on the virtual felts of UB.com.
Event #3 of UBOC 4 was a $320 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Four-Max tournament. A field of 476 players turned out, creating a total prize pool of $142,800. The top 52 players finished in the money, led by KUNKLES27, who earned $37,000. KUNKLES27 is a seasoned veteran of the poker scene, having already made two final table appearances in the high-stakes PokerStars Sunday Million. According to PocketFives.com, the Michigan native was a force to be reckoned with on PartyPoker before the popular site departed the U.S. market.
Heads-up in Event #3 of the fourth UBOC series, KUNKLES27 defeated PURPLEPILS99; the runner-up earned $22,000. PURPLEPILS99’s past claims to fame include a fifth place showing in the flagship Full Tilt Poker $1 Million Guaranteed for $55,000 and a final table appearance in the PokerStars Super Tuesday in December for $33,000. He also finished 14th in the Two-Day event of November’s Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS). In the final hand, KUNKLES27’s A-7 outlasted PURPLEPILS99’s Q-9 after the two got it in pre-flop. The board ran out 5-J-8-K-2 and that was all she wrote for PURPLEPILS99.
Also appearing at the No Limit Hold’em Four-Max final table were BRBLONDE2020 and DONKMAGNET55, who took third and fourth place, respectively. Here were the final table results:
1. KUNKLES27 – $37,485
2. PURPLEPILS99 – $22,491
3. BRBLONDE2020 – $14,637
4. DONKMAGNET55 – $11,067
The fourth event of the ongoing UBOC was a $130 buy-in Sniper tournament with a $30,000 guaranteed purse. 721 players tossed their hats into the ring, which meant that the actual prize pool of $86,000 nearly tripled the guarantee. When the smoke cleared, the top 72 players finished in the money, led by SUPERPROP123, who scooped a $16,000 first place prize.
Heads-up, he defeated ILUVBECKYARF, who earned a $10,000 consolation prize. On the final hand of the tournament, ILUVBECKYARF committed his chips with K-8 on a board of 3-8-9-3 for two pair, eights and threes. SUPERPROP123 flipped up 8-9 for top two pair, which held for the win. Coming in sixth place for $3,200 was THISTLE66, who in the last three months has won the PokerStars $11 rebuy, Full Tilt Poker $75,000 Super Turbo Guaranteed, and the Full Tilt $34,000 Guaranteed for a combined $42,000. Here is how the final table shook out in UBOC Event #4:
1. SUPERPROP123 – $16,763
2. ILUVBECKYARF – $10,274
3. LOLA2425 – $6,850
4. HOYAZO – $4,759
5. BEATDOWNCOMIN – $3,966
6. THISTLE66 – $3,245
7. JOEUGLY – $2,524
8. DONKIMAN – $1,803
9. J_HASTHENUTS – $1,262
UBOC 4 continues with two more events on Saturday afternoon for players to compete for a combined $228,000 in guaranteed prize money. A $1,050 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up tournament kicks off at 1:00pm ET, with $128,000 guaranteed. CardPlayer Player of the Year Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin, a member of Team UB, will serve as the tournament’s host.
One hour later on the felts of the CEREUS Network site is Event #6, a $162 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Triple Chance tournament with at least $100,000 up for grabs. On January 31st, look for the start of the UBOC 4 Championship Event, which is a $1,050 buy-in tournament with at least $1 million on the line.
Visit UB.com for more details.