Online Poker -- George Danzer Wins WCOOP Bracelet

For the first time this year, PokerStars can now claim one of their own as a World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) winner. In one of the biggest events of the series, Team PokerStars Pro member George Danzer topped a stacked field of nearly a thousand to win event No. 19, a short-handed pot-limit Omaha rebuy tournament.

The victory allowed Danzer to bank $109,545, which is the biggest score of his young career. The German beat out a final table that included the likes of Shawn “buck21” Buchanan and Kevin “parksy1066” Parkes. On the final hand, Danzer flopped middle set and found himself in great shape against his opponent’s bottom set. The one-outer never came, and Danzer earned himself the bracelet.

Also making headlines was Aaron “GambleAB” Bartley, who final-tabled event No. 20, a 2-7 triple-draw event. This was the second lowball event of the series and coincidentally Bartley’s second lowball final table of the series, having finished seventh in event No. 4.

Read below to see the official results and video recaps.

Event No. 16 — No-Limit Hold’em ($500,000 Guarantee)

Buy-In: $1,000+$50
Prize Pool: $1,558,000
Entrants: 1,558
Places Paid: 234

Final Table Results:

1. Thiago “XTheDecanoX” Decano — $249,280
2. Adam “skilled_sox” Ewenstein — $186,960
3. Greg “DuckU” Hobson — $140,220
4. pedmend — $102,439
5. Joe “hoodini10” Udine — $74,005 (pictured right)
6. O0Brian0O — $57,646
7. Matt “Holla10” Christensen — $42,066
8. cabbie182 — $27,265
9. Michael “amrasaralond” Binger — $15,580

You can check out all of the final table action with the PokerStars WCOOP recap video below:

Watch WCOOP 2009: Event 16 – $1,050 NL Hold’em on PokerStars.tv

Event No. 17 — No-Limit Hold’em Triple Shootout ($500,000 Guarantee)

Buy-In: $500+$30
Prize Pool: $500,000
Entrants: 1,000
Places Paid: 100

Final Table Results:

1. iCeVeNoM — $91,250
2. dynamoM — $63,500
3. TabberNackle — $47,250
4. Mumtum23 — $35,250
5. 6060606060 — $24,750
6. Anh Van “Vandiesel” Nguyen — $20,000 (pictured right)
7. Bambelklis — $15,750
8. Jorge “twin-caracas” Arias — $12,500
9. Connor “blanconegro” Drinan — $9,500
10. bestwoman127 — $7,000

Event No. 18 — 8-Game ($300,000 Guarantee)

Buy-In: $300+$20
Prize Pool: $300,000
Entrants: 999
Places Paid: 144

Final Table Results:

1. Ryan “g0lfa” D’Angelo — $50,250
2. vui-qua-di — $37,500
3. JohnSmith — $28,500
4. Augskb — $19,500
5. Mark “The Omaholic” Roland — $12,870
6. johnny1430 — $9,000

Event No. 19 — Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha [1R, 1A] ($400,000 Guarantee)

Buy-In: $300+$20
Prize Pool: $654,000
Entrants: 976
Rebuys: 575
Add-Ons: 629
Places Paid: 1,620

Final Table Results:

1. George Danzer — $109,545 (pictured right)
2. kunkku — $81,750
3. Shawn “buck21” Buchanan — $62,130
4. TheTaker — $42,510
5. badbanker70 — $28,057
6. Kevin “parksy1066” Parkes — $19,620

Event No. 20 — 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball ($100,000 Guarantee)

Buy-In: $300+$20
Prize Pool: $140,400
Entrants: 468
Places Paid: 72

Final Table Results:

1. Timmy K — $26,676
2. Roc23rb — $19,656
3. Peter “Iteopepe88” Gelencser — $14,391
4. Tim “TurnRiva” Marsters — $9,828
5. Jerry “Donkaroo22” Van Strydonck — $7,020
6. Aaron “GambleAB” Bartley — $4,493 (pictured right)

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