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WCOOP Day 14 – Koln4ever and twenty305 win
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2009-09-20 13:07
Day 14 of the PokersStars WCOOP was remarkable in the sense that it represented the last opportunity for players on lesser bankrolls to compete in the series. The 3figure buy-ins would wrap up on this day and only 4 figure ones would be available from that point on.
The first event of the day was a $215 NL Holdem one. Given the popularity and the accessibility of NL Holdem and the small buy-in, the event attracted a huge number of participants. No fewer than 3,650 players bellied up to the tables, combining for a pretty impressive, $750,000 prize-pool. That meant a certain 6-figure payday for the winner.
The final stage of the action saw Koln4ever, vara33 and PokerProGG strike a deal, after which the battle continued. Vara33 was ejected in 3rd place and thus it was up to Koln4ever and PokerProGG to decide the fate of the lone 6-figure top prize of the day.
The heads-up action began though with Koln4ever holding a commanding 8 to 1 chip lead against PokerProGG and the latter never managed to catch up. The final hand of the day saw the money go all-in with PokerProGG holding A,K against Koln4ever’s pocket 3s. The board gave none of the players anything, and thus Koln4ever prevailed, securing the $108,282.70 prize.
Other notable finishes in event #34 were those of Sherwin Ranjkesh, who finished 11th for $4,380, Eric Blair, who finished 16th and Robert Saltiel (53rd).
The other WCOOP event of the day was the $300+$20 PL Omaha Hi/Lo one. The fact that Omaha – like it or not – is less popular than Holdem and that that the buy-in was bigger too, meant that only about half as many players would register for this one as for event #34.
The 1,567 participants combined for a $500,000 prize-pool, which guaranteed the winner a very handsome payday indeed. Unfortunately though, we wouldn’t see the entire first prize money find its way to the winner as the top 4 finishers decided to strike a deal before playing down to the last man standing. Thus it happened that player twenty305, who eventually took the win, made less than lukaluka05, who finished 3rd, and drkamikaze1, who finished 2nd, made less than Mungy, who ended up in 4th. Deal making is a skill as important as any other poker skill, and event #35 was a prime example in that respect.
The bracelet however couldn’t be bargained away, so twenty305 had to defeat all the other players to get it. The heads-up battle between him and drkamikaze1 didn’t last long though. The final hand of the event saw twenty305’s A,7,6,5 go up against drkamikaze1’s A,9,8,4 on a board of 8,6,6,K. The J that came on the river busted drkamikaze1’s low draw to send him packing in second.
The first prize that twenty305 ended up pocketing was a $59,352 one. drkamikaze1 had a $47,494 payday.
Other notable finishes in the event were those of Dan Kelly (21st place), Robert Mizrachi (24th) and Ryan Nicholson (27th).
