Online Poker -- Eugene Katchalov Wins WCOOP HU Event

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) had a monster Friday and Saturday highlighted by an epic heads-up tournament won by Eugene “MyRabbiFoo” Katchalov.

The tournament was a grueling 11 rounds of poker. Due to the extremely deep stacks, most rounds took roughly 2 hours to complete. By the time Katchalov got heads-up with his opponent “JakusKhan,” over 21 hours had elapsed. Apparently, during a break in the action, “JakusKhan” fell asleep and awoke only to beg for the tournament to come to an end.

He got his wish a short time later when his 102 lost an all-in preflop with Katchalov’s K8. Katchalov flopped two pair and took the title.

Read below to see the official results and video recaps.

Event No. 21 — No-Limit Hold’em With Rebuys ($1,250,000 Guarantee)

Buy-In: $200+$15
Prize Pool: $1,396,800
Entrants: 2,780
Rebuys: 2,439
Add-Ons: 1,765
Places Paid: 396

Final Table Results:

1. Soterdelf — $174,594*
2. Horst Heftig — $148,088*
3. lechuckpoker — $178,768*
4. Undreaming — $80,316
5. gavz101 — $60,761
6. Eric “thanksB” Froehlich — $46,793 (pictured right)
7. Alex “Dieselek” Bolotin — $32,825
8. trucu2544 — $18,885
9. Andy “BKiCe” Seth — $11,873

*Based on a three-way deal made at the final table.

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

Watch WCOOP 2009: Event 21 – $215+R NL Hold’em on PokerStars.tv

Event No. 22 — Omaha Eight-Or-Better ($400,000 Guarantee)

Buy-In: $500+$30
Prize Pool: $420,000
Entrants: 840
Places Paid: 126

Final Table Results:

1. Science — $54,139*
2. gudfaren — $42,758*
3. _US&Co — $45,998*
4. Canuck — $40,969*
5. The1Messiah — $38,692*
6. unskilled — $16,800
7. vui-qua-di — $12,600
8. sheckwave — $8,400
9. Chris “SLOPPYKLOD” Klodnicki — $5,040 (pictured right)

*Based on the five-way deal made at the final table.

Event No. 23 — No-Limit Hold’em ($300,000 Guarantee)

Buy-In: $300+$20
Prize Pool: $802,800
Entrants: 2,676
Places Paid: 396

Final Table Results:

1. Str8$$$Homey — $126,441
2. Moneyball16 — $94,329
3. InTheRed — $67,435
4. yayaya — $46,161
5. Beto77709 — $34,922
6. dhg77gg — $26,894
7. Raidan909 — $18,866
8. B-scrubs101 — $10,854
9. arioli — $6,824

Event No. 24 — Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em ($1,000,000 Guarantee)

Buy-In: $500+$30
Prize Pool: $1,000,000
Entrants: 1,564
Places Paid: 256

Final Eight Results:

1. Eugene “MyRabbiFoo” Katchalov — $140,000* (pictured right)
2. JakusKhan — $120,000*
3. joe E scar — $55,000
3. imashokU — $55,000
5. William Thorson — $27,500
5. pilsuhng — $27,500
5. Leo “Pechorin” Wolpert — $27,500
5. Dokosoko — $27,500

*Based on a two-way deal made at the final table.

Event No. 25 — H.O.R.S.E. ($400,000 Guarantee)

Buy-In: $300+$20
Prize Pool: $400,000
Entrants: 1,180
Places Paid: 176

Final Table Results:

1. todch — $70,400
2. marked aces — $50,000
3. Gerald “viking47” Ringe — $38,000
4. ROXY24 — $28,000
5. Bradley “finsfan7” Ruben — $20,000
6. John “$30K” Racener — $12,000 (pictured right)
7. CitadelCap — $8,000
8. Aleph Omega — $4,000

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