The Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker (LEOCOP) kicked off over the weekend, the fourth time that the tournament series has been held. This time around, it boasts $500,000 in money added to the prize pools of 16 tournaments, culminating in a $250,000 added Main Event on November 9th which has a $1,100 buy-in.
The opening tournament came with a $165 price tag and kicked off on Sunday afternoon. The event doled out 2,000 starting chips to each player and $75 rebuys and add-ons were available. At the end of the day, Hefaistos emerged as the tournament’s champion, pocketing $34,937 in the process. Finishing as the runner up was AKOLAS, who cashed for $22,360. Other players that had big paydays were slim_boy (third place for $14,673), snowjoke (fourth place for $10,481), hitmandan (fifth place for $7,686), slikparky (sixth place for $6,288), 31337scl (seventh place for $4,891), ICEJOHNSON (eighth place for $3,493), liisak (ninth place for $2,445), and MisterVogt (tenth place for $1,746).
An affordable $50 rebuy on Monday kept the excitement surrounding the LEOCOP going, with MrHanky111 emerging victorious from the field. Also finding the top ten were chelsead (second place for $10,808), Wallyayay (third place for $7,092), davorsuker (fourth place for $5,066), jkhp (fifth place for $3,715), Roxity (sixth place for $3,039), CALLIFUDARE (seventh place for $2,364), Inoriisss (eighth place for $1,688), mugger (ninth place for $1,182), and Juicem (tenth place for $844.37). Added to the already healthy prize pool by Ladbrokes was $10,000 in cash.
On the LEOCOP’s attendance and upcoming schedule, Edward Ihre, MD of Ladbrokes Poker, stated in a press release, “The number of players from countries all over Europe playing in our festival is really gratifying. It’s been a great start to the 2008 LEOCOP IV and day three of the 15-day event brings us the Daddy. This is a favorite with Laddies regulars, with a deep-stack structure offering 5,000 starting chips and 20 minute blinds levels so the players can really get their teeth into it.”
On tap for Tuesday in the LEOCOP is a $330 buy-in No Limit Hold’em freezeout with $10,000 added to the prize pool, dubbed the “Daddy.” Here are the other remaining tournaments:
Wednesday, October 29th – LEOCOP Ladies Championship
$2,500 Added, $55 NLHE Freezeout
Wednesday, October 29th – LEOCOP Beat the Team
$10,000 Added, $22 NLHE Rebuy
Thursday, October 30th – LEOCOP Second Chance Plus
$10,000 Added, $220 NLHE Second Chance Plus
Friday, October 31st – LEOCOP Fixed Limit Championship
$10,000 Added, $275 Fixed Limit HE Freezeout
Saturday, November 1st – LEOCOP Omaha Hi/Lo Championship
$10,000 Added, $220 Pot Limit Omaha High-Low 2nd Chance
Sunday, November 2nd – LEOCOP Sunday Deep Stack
$10,000 Added, $110 NLHE Freezeout
Monday, November 3rd – LEOCOP Omaha Championship
$10,000 Added, $220 Pot Limit Omaha Rebuy
Tuesday, November 4th – LEOCOP DADDY 2
$10,000 Added, $330 NLHE Freezeout
Wednesday, November 5th – LEOCOP Pot Limit Championship
$10,000 Added, $220 Pot Limit HE 2nd Chance Plus
Thursday, November 6th – LEOCOP Second Chance Plus 2
$10,000 Added, $220 NLHE 2nd Chance Plus
Friday, November 7th – LEOCOP Short-Handed Championship
$15,000 Added, $550 NLHE Six-Handed Freezeout
Saturday, November 8th – LEOCOP Heads-Up Championship
$10,000 Added, $550 NLHE Freezeout
Sunday, November 9th – LEOCOP Main Event
$250,000 Added, $1,100 NLHE Freezeout
Saturday, November 22nd – LEOCOP IV Masters Event
$120,000 Added, Invite-Only NLHE Freezeout