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WCOOP 2009 Main event bracelet goes to Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Posted by: James Carter. - Thu, 2009-09-24 09:16
The second day of the WCOOP 2009 Main Event spelt the end of the series as well as that of the Main Event itself. Yevgeniy Timoshenko, known online as “Jovial Gent” walked away with the title and the first prize of $1,715,200.
The massive two day event featured a buy-in of $5,200 and 2,144 registrants. The combination of those two factors created a prize-pool of $10,720,000 which explains why the event was widely considered the most prestigious online event of the year.
The final table of the Main Event saw Dan Kelly start with the chip lead. Only a night before, Kelly had won the high rollers’ HORSE event, so he was on fire. Yevgeniy Timoshenko would douse those flames though, as the final table whittled down to 4-handed action. The two players began raising and re-raising a hand preflop, until they eventually both shoved all-in. Kelly had pocket 10s as Timoshenko’s pocket Ks put “Jovial Gent” into a solid lead. Not only did Kelly not hit any miracle cards, instead Timoshenko flopped a third K to increase his lead and to eventually take down the pot. Kelly busted in 4th for $643,200. That was the hand that gave Timoshenko the momentum he needed to cruise all the way to first place. From that point on, he became unstoppable. He ejected player “reddevil” in third place to further increase his stack, and that gave him a 3-1 chip lead going into the heads-up stage against “Udon Wannit”.
That advantage proved crucial, as Timoshenko managed to blast through the heads-up stage in about 18 hands. The final hand of the event saw his Kd, 6d go up against Udon Wannit’s 6c,5c on a board of 6,K,8, after he made a stand in the BB against his opponent’s raise. The money went all in on the flop and no surprise cards fell on the turn or the river.
Udon Wannit picked up $1,286,400 for his second place. “reddevil” was third, picking up $933,712 for his efforts. Xaston finished 5th for 482,400, followed by Ben LeFew in 6th ($375,200), Mudvaynes in 7th ($268,000), Supa4real in 8th ($182,240) and Mer Brit in 9th ($96,480).
Clayton Mozdzen finished in 10th place, for $75,040, and Isaac Haxton finished 31st.
Timoshenko pocketed the prize and moved right on to Full Tilt’s $1k Monday to win that event too and to pocket a further $75k there. If anyone had any kind of doubts about whether poker was a skill game or not, Timoshenko’s streak should provide more than enough proof that it indeed is.
If you enjoyed the WCOOP and want to take another look at some of the final tables you can do it at PokerStars where they offer short clips of these relevant action segments, complete with commentary.
