UBOC 5 Main Event Makes Perfect Ending for Premier Event at UB

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Capping of 12 days and 20 events of intense poker action, the UB.com Online Championship 5 (UBOC5) saw its run end with a bang, thanks to a great main event. A huge crowd came out to ensure the event exceeded the $1 million guaranteed prize pool, and leave people talking about the online poker played on UB and Absolute Poker.

Sunday night’s main event drew an impressive 1,032 players, each paying the $1,000+$50 buy-in to get a shot at their share of $1 million. Event 20, the Championship Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em. All totaled, 99 players finished in the money, with each player at the final table receiving at least $17,544. The top nine payouts (after a chop by the top 4) were:

1. Charlie “CHAZ_MAN_C” Combes            $136,178.00
2. TOOCURIOUSSO                                                $95,000.00
3. Pamela “VENUSIGNA” Quesada                        $152,000.00
4. WALLABAER                                                $145,000.00
5. Peter “APATHY123″ Jetten                        $56,244.00
6. WAMMERMOUTH                                                $45,924.00
7. MST_MORPHEUS                                                $35,604.00
8. Craig “1GENERAL_TAO” Bergeron            $25,284.00
9. Riccardo “DONRIKY” Cantafora                        $17,544.00

With its large prize pool, the tournament drew a large number of pros, hoping to cash in on the event. Hosted by UB’s own Phil Hellmuth, (who finished 716^th) Team UB.com players involved included Annie Duke (170^th), Trishelle Cannatella (954^th), Tiffany Michelle (887^th), “Hollywood Dave” Stann (752^nd), Hellmuth (716^th), Matt Graham (583^rd), Mark Seif (527^th), Mark “Poker Ho” Kroon (520^th), Joe Sebok (314^th), Scott Ian (286^th), Eric Baldwin (262^nd), Adam “Roothlus” Levy (202^nd) and Gary “DEBO 34” Debernardi. (170^th) Other well-known players in the mix included online pro Joshua “PBDRUNKS” Van Duyn, who hit the rail in 50^th place, and Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka, who made it all the way to 22^nd place.

After dominating early in the event, Billy “Patrolman35” Kopp experienced a heart-breaking bout of déjà-vu. The top-placing UB.com pro had a massive chip lead and seemed destined to make the final table, only to bust out in 12^th place. Kopp also had a devastating 12^th place finish last year, when he missed out on a birth at the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table, being knocked by runner-up Darvin Moon.

The UBOC 5 Main Event offered the perfect ending for a great tournament at UB.com. Many events exceeded their guarantees, meaning that the tournament offered not only great prizes, but great poker action as well.