Online Poker: Calvin32 Wins WCOOP $500 Two-Day Event

Three PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) events concluded last night. Read on for more details, and be sure to check out the WCOOP schedule and results page on CardPlayer.com.


WCOOP Event No. 6: $500 No-Limit Hold’em (two-day event)

The first two-day event of the 2008 PokerStars WCOOP began on Sunday night and came to a close lasts night with a spectacularly long heads-up battle. The event kicked off on Sunday with 7,351 entrants, which produced a prize pool of $3,675,500, well above the $3 million guarantee. After 22 levels of play, 72 players remained, and those players went to bed to prepare to fight again the next day for the $452,000 first-place prize.

The event restarted yesterday at 4:30 p.m. ET, and once 70 players had dropped out of the running, just Calvin32 and Solovka were left gunning for the top prize. Calvin32 began heads-up play as the short stack, and a deal was suggested. Solovka declined, and over the two hours of the marathon match, Calvin32 pulled into the chip lead. He again offered to look at chop numbers, but Solovka again declined. Calvin32 then accumulated an even more dominating chip lead before the final hand. Solovka pushed all in with K-J, and Calvin32 called with Q-9. A nine came on the flop to give Calvin32 the lead, and that was all he needed to take down the event, earn a WCOOP title, and snag the $452,000 first-place prize.

The final results were:

1. Calvin32 — $452,087
2. Solovka — $306,169
3. Roland_NL — $205,828
4. adonislee — $169,073
5. cassie13 — $132,318
6. DUBBZZ — $95,563
7. randomcrayon — $64,321
8. Yo Burger — $42,268
9. Papio Papio — $25,729

WCOOP Event No. 7: $200 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha

Along with the restarting no-limit hold’em event, two other WCOOP events started last night, and they both played to conclusion. The first was a $200 six-handed pot-limit Omaha event, which sported a $300,000 guarantee. That guarantee was trounced when 2,457 entrants bought in, building a prize pool of $491,400. Online poker notables to make it deep in the event included Lex “RaSZi” Veldhuis (10th, pictured at right), Danny “THE__D__RY” Ryan (29th), and Brock “t soprano” Parker (32nd). Rkruok made his third WCOOP cash in the four days the WCOOP has been running when he made the final table of the event, eventually finishing in fifth place ($21,130).

With $77,000 first-place payday looming, the final three players, Mary 717, mddgfc, and kev19, got ready to take a shot at eliminating their last few competitors. The three decided to strike a deal based on chip counts, with Mary 717 guaranteeing herself the lion’s share ($65,730) as the chip leader. The other two players locked in about $50,000 apiece, and $6,000 remained on the line for the eventual winner. Just five minutes later, Mary 717 became that winner, snagging the WCOOP bracelet and the additional $6,000, putting her total winnings at $71,730.

The final results were:

1. Mary 717 — $71,730*
2. mddgfc — $50,301*
3. Kevin “kev19” Tanner — $49,861*
4. HORERogHALM — $30,221
5. rkruok — $21,130
6. bearbeer123 — $12,482

* Payout reflects a three-way deal made at the final table, with $6,000 left on the table for the eventual winner.


WCOOP Event No. 8: $300 Eight-Game Mix

The final WCOOP event of the night was a $300 buy-in eight-game mix. Each round of the tournament featured a different game, including deuce-to-seven triple-draw, limit hold’em, Omaha eight-or-better, razz, seven-card stud, seven-card stud eight-or-better, no-limit hold’em, and pot-limit Omaha. That made for one of the most varied poker tournaments in poker history, and the winner of the event would earn quite a bit of respect for having mastered the entire slate of poker variants. Such a complex tournament would usually see a small turnout, especially for $300, but this event lured 1,128 entrants to go well beyond the $200,000 guarantee to $338,400.

That prize pool left $56,000 for the first-place finisher, but when 1,128 became two, the final duo decided to make a deal for some of the money. Ulett_23 and Sietz333 eventually agreed on an even-money chop of $46,797 with $4,000 left on the line for the eventual winner, per the PokerStars chopping rules. The final hand was dealt during a deuce-to-seven triple-draw round. Ulett_23 eventually made an 8-low to defeat Seitz333’s 10-low, scoring the WCOOP bracelet and the extra $4,000. Ulett_23 left the table with a total of $50,797 for his trouble.

The final results were:

1. Ulett_23 — $50,797*
2. Seitz333 — $46,797*
3. Booster_JJ — $30,456
4. osten — $23,688
5. SC72A — $17,766
6. Andrejkovics — $11,844

* Payout reflects an even-money chop heads up with $4,000 left for the eventual winner.


There are two WCOOP events slated to be played out today. The first, which starts at 2:30 p.m. ET, is a four-handed no-limit hold’em event with a $200 buy-in and a $400,000 guarantee. The second event is a $100,000-guaranteed $200 razz event, which starts at 4:30 p.m. ET.

Check out the entire WCOOP schedule and results on CardPlayer.com’s WCOOP landing page.

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