The weekend had 4 WCOOP events running, which paid out a cool $6.5 million.
Action started off with event 19, the $109 No Limit Hold’em tournament with 10 minute blind levels. With 11,085 players, PokerStars put up the additional $141,500 to meet the guaranteed prize pool of $1.25 million. The 10 minute blind levels created a shorter event than usual for a tournament like this ending in just over 9 hours. “DSchec” was the tournament winner taking home $175,000. The final table results were:
1st place – DSchec – $175,000
2nd place – dogsballs – $127,500
3rd place – hoodskier – $90,000
4th place – bagnus – $62,500
5th place – Cairns1987 – $50,000
6th place – Buzibar – $37,500
7th place – onceajun – $25,000
8th place – damaven – $12,500
9th place – pierreguay – $8,500
The second Saturday game, event 20, the $215 Limit Hold’em event had 1,238 players. PokerStars put up the additional $2,400 to meet the guaranteed prize pool of $250,000. Just over 12 hours saw the tournaments winner “spencerman3” take home $42,500. The final table results were:
1st place – spencerman3 – $42,500
2nd place – Grognard – $31,250
3rd place – highland – $23,725
4th place – AceFromSpace – $17,000
5th place – Jarcon – $12,375
6th place – Titanic27 – $9,875
7th place – ICor5_21 – $7,375
8th place – spence79 – $4,875
9th place – 1stAir – $2,700
Sunday’s first game was event 21, the $215 No Limit Hold’em, and it exceeded its guarantee of $1.5 million when10,492 players entered, creating over a $2 million prize pool. It took over 18 hours until the event was over with a 3-way deal made at the final table. The tournaments winner, “antoshka” won $280,000 with 2nd places “UndrAAge” winning $206,214 and 3rd place “vic_xcite” winning $190,000. The final table results were:
1st place – antoshka – $280,000
2nd place – UndrAAge – $206,214
3rd place – vic_xcite – $190,000
4th place – ganatodoAA – $104,920
5th place – buriedatsea – $83,936
6th place – ohnistun – $62,952
7th place – puicachamp – $41,968
8th place – Sircall – $23,082
9th place – XBraumeister – $14,688
The final game of the weekends WCOOP action was event 22, the $530 No Limit Hold’em event. PokerStars put up the additional $104,500 to meet the guaranteed prize pool of $3 million. The two day event was a true grind for players and was eventually ended up with a 3-way deal. Events winner “kevinnok” took home $340,698” 2nd place “PeoplsChamp1” won $372,761 and 3rd place “AlwaysFelted” won $352,830. The final table results were:
1st place – kevinnok – $340,698
2nd place – PeoplsChamp1 – $372,761
3rd place – AlwaysFelted – $352,830
4th place – skylarsash – $169,500
5th place – O-Totoro – $127,500
6th place – kendog39 – $97,500
7th place – totya0611 – $67,500
8th place – 7cardspoker – $37,500
9th place – MISHELA – $24,000.
Still 37 events to take place in this year WCOOP and Poker News Daily will be covering all the WCOOP and all the action as it takes place.