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WSOPE Main Event - £10,000 NL Holdem - 362 entrants

Attendance a little down from last year’s main event, but still a very attractive 1st prize to aim for of around 1.7 million US dollars

Prizes

1 £ 868,800  
2 £ 533,950  
3 £ 334,850  
4 £ 271,500  
5 £ 217,200  
6 £ 171,950  
7 £ 135,750   
8 £ 108,600  
9 £ 81,450 
10-12 £ 54,300   
13-15 £ 45,250 
16-18 £ 36,200   
19-27 £ 28,960   
28-36 £ 25,340

Chip Leaders Day 2

Justin “BoostedJ” Smith   158925   
Daniel Negreanu   154050   
Jamie Rosen   139225   
Scott Montgomery  131500  49850 
Eric Sagstrom   113000  14250 
Chris “Moorman1″ Moorman   105000 
Jean Thorel   98675   
Thomas Bentham   93000 
Yuval Bronshtein   85675   
Roland de Wolfe 84000   
Jan Schwarz   82275   
Erik Seidel  79000   
Johnny Lodden   76000  
Ivan Demidov   73625   
Brandon Adams   72475   
John Juanda  72000   
Brian “sbrugby” Townsend  71950   
Scott Fischman   70650   
Florian Langmann   64425   
Josh Arieh   63000 

WSOPE - Event 3 - £5000 PL Omaha

165 entrants.   Final table finishes for Full Tilt Pros Max Pescatori and Chris “Jesus” Ferguson.   Betfair sponsored pro, and legend of online Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi, was pipped to the bracelet by Theo Jorgensen

1 £ 218,626 Theo Jorgensen  
2 £ 132,000 Sorel Mizzi  
3 £ 84,562 Eric Dalby  
4 £ 66,000 Erik Friberg  
5 £ 51,562 Max Pescatori
6 £ 41,250 David Penly  
7 £ 33,000 Chris Ferguson 
8 £ 26,812 Jason Mercier  
9 £ 22,688 Tomi Nyback  
10 £ 18,562 llkka Koskinen  
11 £ 18,562 Neil Channing  
12 £ 18,562 Joe Beevers
13 £ 16,500 Padraig Parkinson  
14 £ 16,500 Justin Smith  
15 £ 16,500 Chris Bjorin  
16 £ 14,438 Allen Cunningham
17 £ 14,438 Stephen Kjaerstad  
18 £ 14,438 Jolyne Thompson

WSOPE - Event 2 - £2500 HORSE

110 runners in this event.  A very high class field of predominantly big name pros.  Final table finishes for Full Tilt pros Howard Lederer and Phil Ivey

1 £ 76,999 Sherkhan Farnood  
2 £ 48,125 Ivo Donev  
3 £ 30,250 Howard Lederer
4 £ 22,000 Jeff Duvall  
5 £ 17,188 Mark Gregorich  
6 £ 13,750 Phil Ivey 
7 £ 11,000 Jeff Lisandro  
8 £ 8,938 Spencer Lawrence  
9 £ 6,875 Erik Albinsson  
10 £ 6,875 Yuval Bronshtein  
11 £ 6,188 Raul Paez  
12 £ 6,188 Phil Hellmuth  
13 £ 5,500 Isaac Haxton  
14 £ 5,500 Daniel Negreanu  
15 £ 4,812 Marc Goodwin  
16 £ 4,812 David Williams

Notable finishes also for Haxton, Hellmuth and Negreanu, all making the money

PokerStars WCOOP Main Event - $5200 NLHE - 2185 Entrants

1st: ckingusc - $1,265,432
2nd: liberace -  $1,375,249
3rd: AJKHoosier1 - $782,542
4th: Markush13 -  $961,718
5th: ShoesRDurrty - $801,153
6th: Sumpas - $415,150
7th: klslcz - $305,900
8th: BOLLPOKER - $196,650
9th: kovi99 - $121,267.50

There was a 5-way chop

Final Hand

PokerStars Game #20620614273: Tournament #200800033, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit - Level XXXIII (125000/250000) - 2008/09/22 22:28:07 ET
Table ‘200800033 105′ 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 3: ckingusc (39992242 in chips)
Seat 4: liberace (14632758 in chips)
ckingusc: posts the ante 25000
liberace: posts the ante 25000
ckingusc: posts small blind 125000
liberace: posts big blind 250000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
ckingusc: raises 350000 to 600000
liberace: raises 900000 to 1500000
ckingusc: raises 38467242 to 39967242 and is all-in
liberace: calls 13107758 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (25359484) returned to ckingusc
*** FLOP *** [As Kc Th]
*** TURN *** [As Kc Th] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [As Kc Th 4c] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
liberace: shows [Kd Jd] (a pair of Kings)
ckingusc: shows [8c Ac] (a pair of Aces)
ckingusc collected 29265516 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 29265516 | Rake 0
Board [As Kc Th 4c 9d]
Seat 3: ckingusc (button) (small blind) showed [8c Ac] and won (29265516) with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: liberace (big blind) showed [Kd Jd] and lost with a pair of Kings

Jesper Hougaard won his 2nd WSOP bracelet of his career in Event 1 in London.  He won the first bracelet only a few months ago in Las Vegas in a $1500 NLHE event

WSOPE Event 1 - £1500 NLHE - 410 entrants

1 £ 144,218 Jesper Hougaard  
2 £ 89,175 Fuad Serhan  
3 £ 55,350 Yevgeniy Timoshenko  
4 £ 44,588 Neil Channing  
5 £ 36,285 John Dwyer  
6 £ 28,598 Adam Junglen  
7 £ 22,448 Linda Lee  
8 £ 17,835 Ian Woodley  
9 £ 13,222 Daniel Nutt  
10 £ 8,610 Christoph Bommes  
11 £ 8,610 Costas Artemi  
12 £ 8,610 Joseph El-Shater  
13 £ 7,072 Tim Pennington  
14 £ 7,072 John Kabbaj  
15 £ 7,072 Andy Bloch  
16 £ 5,535 Warren Woodall  
17 £ 5,535 Matt Novak  
18 £ 5,535 Willie Tann  
19 £ 4,305 Michael Bepper  
20 £ 4,305 Soheil Zamanian  
21 £ 4,305 Amir Englund  
22 £ 4,305 Nathan Lee  
23 £ 4,305 Jason Gray  
24 £ 4,305 Daniel Negreanu  
25 £ 4,305 Arkadi Kilman  
26 £ 4,305 Demis Hassabis  
27 £ 4,305 Brandon Cantu  
28 £ 3,075 John Buttifant  
29 £ 3,075 Salim Ghozali  
30 £ 3,075 Terry Cook  
31 £ 3,075 Xavier Laszcz  
32 £ 3,075 William Martin  
33 £ 3,075 Ken Corkery  
34 £ 3,075 Carlos Tejado  
35 £ 3,075 Sid Harris  
36 £ 3,075 Dahe Liu  
37 £ 3,075 Gary Pearce  
38 £ 3,075 Ilkka Koskinen  
39 £ 3,075 James Akenhead  
40 £ 3,075 David La Ronde  
41 £ 3,075 Oystein Stai  
42 £ 3,075 Darren Fuller  
43 £ 3,075 Thomas Marchese  
44 £ 3,075 Surinder Sunar  
45 £ 3,075 Ben Grundy

PokerStars WCOOP Event 26 - $320 NL Holdem (6-max)

1 rubenrtv Netherlands $135,687.64
2 MCLegend United States $84,500.00
3 HT-Max Germany $92,000.00
4 tRaMp$d0PrAy United States $84,500.00
5 dorinvandy United States $31,499.36
6 BB_ShiNing Singapore $17,183.26
7 xPeepx Estonia $10,800.91
8 Sowerss United States $10,800.91
9 bmwmcoupe Canada $10,800.91
10 MangosPapa United States $8,346.16
11 McNugent United States $8,346.16
12 tunafish919 Australia $8,346.16
13 toweliestar Germany $6,382.36
14 ender555 United States $6,382.36
15 BongBob Germany $6,382.36
16 chubb10 United Kingdom $6,382.36
17 rimmer27 United States $6,382.36
18 alleykat United States $6,382.36

PokerStars WCOOP Event 27 - $530 NL Holdem Triple Shootout

1 TheActionKid United States $76,545.00
2 SgtKyle United States $51,030.00
3 Rip_Cheese France $36,450.00
4 Jorj95 United States $27,337.50
5 ElkY United Kingdom $20,047.50
6 lipster99 United States $14,580.00
7 porcelet Canada $10,206.00
8 WiscoMurray United States $6,561.00
9 tictac France $3,645.00

PokerStars WCOOP Event 28 - $530 Omaha Hi-Lo

1 Big10 Canada $69,801.88
2 lolovitch France $61,801.87
3 flk&nit United States $41,450.00
4 Bonitaines United States $31,087.50
5 hazardous88 United States $21,761.25
6 cpfactor United States $17,616.25
7 fabsoul France $13,471.25
8 DrParkinson Russian Federation $9,326.25
9 porcelet Canada $5,803.00
10 kleberAA Brazil $4,145.00
11 m3tph United States $4,145.00
12 The Cooker Canada $4,145.00
13 UHave_3_Outs United States $3,316.00
14 updog United States $3,316.00
15 Raize It Up United States $3,316.00
16 bib1 United States $2,569.90
17 marcol1969 Italy $2,569.90
18 Sidorenko Netherlands $2,569.90

PokerStars WCOOP Event 29 - $530 NL Holdem (6-max) w/rebuys

1 PiKappRaider United States $211,133.76
2 AceOfSpade11 France $157,562.51
3 DuckU United States $119,747.51
4 isuckoutonu Canada $81,932.51
5 grunter321 Australia $56,722.51
6 Roothlus United States $37,815.01
7 THAY3R United States $22,689.01
8 Darinox Sweden $22,689.01
9 Talent06 Germany $22,689.01
10 PickyTooth Canada $15,882.31
11 Adamkosh Germany $15,882.31
12 rdcrsn Canada $15,882.31
13 TheActionKid United States $10,714.26
14 markkx Canada $10,714.26
15 ElkY United Kingdom $10,714.26
16 BKiCe United States $10,714.26
17 Draeger United States $10,714.26
18 YRWTHMELTHR Canada $10,714.26

PokerStars WCOOP Event 30 - $1050 PLO

1 salamandra24 Israel $97,291.28
2 u_dirty_dog Australia $110,000.00
3 iggymcfly United States $106,203.72
4 potstabber10 United States $55,650.00
5 phatman United States $38,955.00
6 Tmay420 United States $31,535.00
7 DAVIDOXXX France $24,115.00
8 Skjervøy Norway $16,695.00
9 styroben33 France $10,462.20
10 GRinDer444 United States $7,791.00
11 dr ket Belgium $7,791.00
12 Sasuke234 Sweden $7,791.00
13 gaffel Norway $6,307.00
14 jay7777777 United Kingdom $6,307.00
15 DCal Zone United States $6,307.00
16 EnoBaLL United States $4,823.00
17 Stullenjack Germany $4,823.00
18 tatta United States $4,823.00

PokerStars WCOOP Event 31 - $1050 Limit Holdem (6-max)

1. aasezz $107,300.00
2. drood $80,040.00
3. LadyMaverick  $59,450.00
4. brendol $40,600.00
5. juuuiice $29,000.00
6. Zak0707 $17,400.00

PokerStars WCOOP Event 32 - $10,300 HORSE

1. DocHolatchya $287,500
2. aakkari $200,000
3. crazyjanie $150,000
4. pycb $112,500
5. pumped4good $75,000
6. djk123 $59,375
7. 7CardRyon $46,875
8. gipsy74 $38,750

PokerStars WCOOP Event 20 - $1050 NL Holdem

1 NYC P.I.M.P United States $257,953.38
2 QuasiFiction United States $340,000.00
3 CamoJr United States $230,388.83
4 C.K. Brazil $226,965.07
5 Mary 717 Denmark $288,155.22
6 JSchnett United States $107,477.00
7 henri72 Estonia $72,807.00
8 VuaXi`Tô’ United States $45,071.00
9 Sumar07 Croatia (Hrvatska) $31,203.00
10 Numbass United States $20,802.00
11 tpreston Canada $20,802.00
12 JT3013 United States $20,802.00
13 LAPINKY United States $14,561.40
14 ElkY United Kingdom $14,561.40
15 kidzero United States $14,561.40
16 Humberto B. Costa Rica $8,667.50
17 tmmy2win Netherlands $8,667.50
18 ElMastermind United States $8,667.50

PokerStars WCOOP Event 21 - $530 Stud Hi-Lo

1 weaktight United States $42,735.78
2 aldenpogi Philippines $34,439.22
3 sagwise United States $19,687.50
4 Bad Beat Oz United States $14,437.50
5 CR00K United States $9,187.50
6 The_Drow United States $7,875.00
7 Andy McLEOD Australia $6,562.50
8 7CardRyon United States $5,250.00
9 BluffYou31 United States $4,331.25
10 JCastle United States $4,331.25
11 Cabbagehead United States $4,331.25
12 mstrminding United Kingdom $4,331.25
13 dragon8lady United States $3,412.50
14 emptyseat88 United States $3,412.50
15 crazy169 Bolivia $3,412.50
16 ChadBrownPRO United States $3,412.50

PokerStars WCOOP Event 22 - $530 Omaha Hi-Lo Mixed (PL & Limit)

1 BUCKIZ6 United States $55,800.00
2 jamie2000 United States $41,850.00
3 PieOhMy United States $31,000.00
4 lovesimi United States $21,700.00
5 iamaction Canada $15,500.00
6 Londolozi Australia $9,300.00
7 desgrippes Netherlands $6,324.00
8 jonspencer United States $6,324.00
9 geirto Norway $6,324.00
10 BigRiskky United States $4,030.00
11 Mr_win United States $4,030.00
12 Cordelia United States $4,030.00
13 thegrizz1111 United States $2,790.00
14 VictorRamdin United States $2,790.00
15 a_zuzolo United States $2,790.00
16 mddgfc United Kingdom $2,790.00
17 Mildred53 United States $2,790.00
18 grindnitout United States $2,790.00

PokerStars WCOOP Event 23 - $530 NL Holdem 1 rebuy 1 add-on

1 ddrufnek United States $192,902.00
2 luckyuli Germany $182,902.00
3 imeasy2read United States $166,805.00
4 ILAN17 Belgium $166,805.00
5 MPetes United States $76,650.00
6 dinkel Sweden $62,050.00
7 MaxHam Sweden $47,450.00
8 1bigbluffer1 Netherlands $32,850.00
9 MT456 Sweden $20,440.00
10 smellmuth Canada $13,870.00
11 mindgamer Austria $13,870.00
12 thechemist83 United States $13,870.00
13 Break-Necks Canada $10,950.00
14 marzello Uruguay $10,950.00
15 ElkY United Kingdom $10,950.00
16 koolkeith13 United States $8,030.00
17 GPSMAN United States $8,030.00
18 eBo226 United States $8,030.00

PokerStars WCOOP Event 24 - $530 NL 2-7 Single Draw

1 luvgamble United States $42,000.00
2 SirWatts Canada $30,000.00
3 newhizzle United States $21,000.00
4 Blute Sweden $13,000.00
5 Aftret Norway $9,000.00
6 thevoice72 Germany $7,000.00
7 borisbäck Sweden $5,000.00
8 Mills23 Netherlands $3,800.00
9 Raidan909 United States $3,800.00
10 Bill Chen United States $3,800.00
11 NDGrinder59 United States $2,800.00
12 lucky karma United States $2,800.00
13 bbbbb33 United States $2,800.00
14 ramco United Kingdom $2,800.00
15 Jorj95 United States $2,000.00
16 david_abl United States $2,000.00
17 GavinGriffin United States $2,000.00
18 KidPoker United States $2,000.00
19 DazzleO United States $2,000.00
20 My Brim Low United States $2,000.00
21 wedlowjones United States $2,000.00

PokerStars WCOOP Event 25 - $320 PLO w/rebuys

1 shaundeeb United States $144,112.50
2 TheNew United States $103,761.00
3 MiniKipDK Denmark $76,860.00
4 Canuck Canada $57,645.00
5 kAmIkAdZeEe Poland $40,351.50
6 Miraclos Denmark $32,665.50
7 caprioli Brazil $24,979.50
8 ely_cash41 United States $17,293.50
9 JohnnyBax United States $10,837.26
10 Jenka Sweden $8,070.30
11 Pwnasaurus United States $8,070.30
12 ElkY United Kingdom $8,070.30
13 tyr55 Denmark $6,533.10
14 rujobo United States $6,533.10
15 YRWTHMELTHR Canada $6,533.10
16 omalos Sweden $4,995.90
17 justjoo Finland $4,995.90
18 kwob20 United States $4,995.90

PokerStars WCOOP Event 18 - $215 HORSE

1 Sensor United States $57,421.66
2 LittleRedElf United States $47,797.46
3 troyomac Canada $25,928.40
4 BabyJeebus99 Canada $16,728.00
5 Obender United States $8,573.10
6 tennisklause Germany $7,318.50
7 Rabscuttle United States $6,063.90
8 BackdoorNutz United States $4,809.30
9 barryg1 United States $3,972.90
10 102976 United States $3,972.90
11 1hugeidiot United States $3,972.90
12 dave118 United States $3,972.90
13 hoorah United States $3,136.50
14 VietCutie United States $3,136.50
15 Ghamayun United States $3,136.50
16 dobieatwar United States $3,136.50

PokerStars WCOOP Event 17 - $530 PL Holdem (6-max)

1 poker1O1 United States $80,400.00
2 YanniYankiev Canada $60,000.00
3 QUEEN KAZU Canada $45,600.00
4 mikek15 United States $31,200.00
5 Str8$$$Homey Canada $20,592.00
6 s00tedj0kers United States $14,400.00
7 x-13 Argentina $8,400.00
8 hervios France $8,400.00
9 youg171 United States $8,400.00
10 rosseg United States $6,000.00
11 beastmode315 United States $6,000.00
12 SJMags Canada $6,000.00
13 The Rounderr United States $4,032.00
14 Waters81 United States $4,032.00
15 cdbr3799 United States $4,032.00
16 matjouz United Kingdom $4,032.00
17 Manta_Rays Sweden $4,032.00
18 Zefa United States $4,032.00

PokerStars WCOOP Event 16 - $215 PLO with 1 rebuy and 1 add-on

1 Andy McLEOD Australia $98,280.00
2 westmenloAA United States $70,980.00
3 Svend sværd France $54,600.00
4 Ravinesh Canada $40,950.00
5 Money800 United States $28,665.00
6 cuthbertt United States $23,205.00
7 Moorman1 United Kingdom $17,745.00
8 Bounatirou Germany $12,285.00
9 nolimitsuckz Norway $7,644.00
10 grabskia France $5,187.00
11 steamraise United States $5,187.00
12 Donald Norway $5,187.00
13 Try__An__Hit Australia $4,095.00
14 pAAuletta Norway $4,095.00
15 jhepp United States $4,095.00
16 JOE FRASER Canada $3,003.00
17 Zanjong Sweden $3,003.00
18 gillete Canada $3,003.00

PokerStars WCOOP Event 15 - $320 NLHE Heads-up

1 Huxfluxen Sweden $89,744.00
2 pandaCHAN12 Ireland $70,000.00
3 Benba United States $33,792.00
4 IFiNishfish Finland $33,792.00
5 Lucarelli Israel $16,896.00
6 pokerjamers United States $16,896.00
7 sqmpork Sweden $16,896.00
8 evilly United Kingdom $16,896.00
9 donflun United States $5,529.60
10 SpaceyFCB Belgium $5,529.60
11 phiIter Norway $5,529.60
12 cpfactor United States $5,529.60
13 DATZWUSSUP United States $5,529.60
14 sw23 United States $5,529.60
15 lennart Sweden $5,529.60
16 troppa Norway $5,529.60

PokerStars WCOOP Event 14 - $320 Stud

1 Mildred53 United States $28,608.50
2 tiffaniejoy United States $25,000.00
3 adsonvonmelk Switzerland $13,637.25
4 fly high989 United States $9,405.00
5 yhcaep United States $5,643.00
6 SanibelSanta United States $4,702.50
7 AGame18 United States $3,762.00
8 lilletrold Denmark $3,291.75
9 Gunslinger3 United States $2,915.55
10 Telefonkiosk Sweden $2,915.55
11 fsh! Germany $2,915.55
12 ILoveClOCKS United States $2,915.55
13 BobbyFi United States $2,351.25
14 Rabscuttle United States $2,351.25
15 thetinkerman United Kingdom $2,351.25
16 xthesteinx United States $2,351.25

PokerStars WCOOP Event 13 - $215 NL Holdem with rebuys

1. lrdvoldemort $207,772.50
2. moe32746 $153,432.00
3. nitbuster $110,215.32
4. omalos $74,158.80
5. imcastleman $61,372.80
6. BeL0WaB0Ve $48,586.80
7. Sykoen $35,800.80
8. TheKaas $23,014.80
9. ACESEDAI $14,192.46

After many chip swings in the final, stevesbet finally emerged as the winner.  He collects a first prize of $560,000 for his troubles.

Here is the final hand

PokerStars Game #20418957089: Tournament #200800019, $25000+$500 Hold’em No Limit - Match Round VI, Level VI (3200/6400) - 2008/09/15 1:18:27 ET
Table ‘200800019 1′ 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: stevesbets (398080 in chips)
Seat 2: ElkY (241920 in chips)
stevesbets: posts small blind 3200
ElkY: posts big blind 6400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
stevesbets: raises 12800 to 19200
ElkY: raises 217600 to 236800
stevesbets: raises 161280 to 398080 and is all-in
ElkY: calls 5120 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (156160) returned to stevesbets
*** FLOP *** [Kh 5c 2c]
*** TURN *** [Kh 5c 2c] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 5c 2c 7s] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ElkY: shows [3h 3c] (a pair of Threes)
stevesbets: shows [8s 8d] (a pair of Eights)
ElkY said, “hgg”
stevesbets collected 483840 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 483840 | Rake 0
Board [Kh 5c 2c 7s 6s]
Seat 1: stevesbets (button) (small blind) showed [8s 8d] and won (483840) with a pair of Eights
Seat 2: ElkY (big blind) showed [3h 3c] and lost with a pair of Threes

stevesbets was looking to have a slight edge over Elky in the final of the WCOOP 25K Heads-up.   However when leading 377K to 262K in chips stevesbet overbet the pot by a huge margin.  It looked a likely misclick, and indeed that’s what stevesbet himself typed in the chat.   Here is the potentially crucial hand

 PokerStars Game #20418196886: Tournament #200800019, $25000+$500 Hold’em No Limit - Match Round VI, Level III (800/1600) - 2008/09/15 0:26:11 ET
Table ‘200800019 1′ 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: stevesbets (377040 in chips)
Seat 2: ElkY (262960 in chips)
ElkY: posts small blind 800
stevesbets: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
ElkY: raises 1600 to 3200
stevesbets: calls 1600
*** FLOP *** [3c Qs 8h]
stevesbets: checks
ElkY: checks
*** TURN *** [3c Qs 8h] [7d]
stevesbets: bets 4800
ElkY: calls 4800
*** RIVER *** [3c Qs 8h 7d] [5c]
stevesbets: bets 121600
ElkY: calls 121600
*** SHOW DOWN ***
stevesbets: shows [Ah Qh] (a pair of Queens)
ElkY: shows [3h 7h] (two pair, Sevens and Threes)
ElkY collected 259200 from pot
stevesbets said, “wow”
stevesbets said, “misclick”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 259200 | Rake 0
Board [3c Qs 8h 7d 5c]
Seat 1: stevesbets (big blind) showed [Ah Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: ElkY (button) (small blind) showed [3h 7h] and won (259200) with two pair, Sevens and Threes

stevesbets is good enough to recover, but a mistake such as this is easy to fester elements of tilt into even the most solid player’s game