Hectic Day 4 at PokerStars WCOOP

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September 8^th turned out to be a hectic day at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker as a busier-than-normal tournament schedule took place. In addition to the day’s three events, Event 9, the $1,050 No Limit Hold’em 2-day tournament wrapped up, keeping the world’s largest online poker room buzzing with excellent poker action.

Event 9 – “joiso” Out-runs Pros for Two-day Title

An impressive 1,612 players showed up on Tuesday for the two-day No Limit Hold’em event. The large turnout pushed the $1 million guarantee to a tantalizing $1,612,000 which would be shared by the top 180 players. While top pros like Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu, Joe Cada, “Akkari” and others would jump in, it was “joiso” who outlasted them all to take the victory, the bracelet and $269,284.60. The final table results and payouts were:

1.    Joiso $269,284.60

2.    7Be/\eC7 $196,664.00

3.    YanniYankiev $148,304.00

4.    China_White1 $109,616.00

5.    Horozic $78,988.00

6.    koncert888 $62,868.00

7.    rizz13 $46,748.00

8.    hwtd1 $30,628.00

9.    Bo$$playa425 $16,764.00

Event 10 – German Player “nilsef” Delivers Knockout in Omaha

Sounding more like a heavyweight fight than a poker tournament, “nilsef” delivered the winning knockout in Event 10, $265 Pot Limit Omaha Knockout. The German player outlasted a field of 1,493 in the $200K guaranteed showdown; with the large number of entries, the prize pool soared to an impressive $298,600 that was paid to 198 players, in addition to the $50 bounty that was placed on each player in the tournament.

While a handful of PokerStars pros joined the event, the big star for the online poker room was Jason Mercier; the well-known pro slugged his way to 5^th place. In the end, nilsef collected the final bounty on “IamBuddhaa” and took the championship. The final table results and payouts were:

1.    Nilsef $50,015.50

2.    IamBuddhaa $36,578.50

3.    F.Briatore $27,620.50

4.    Zenma $20,304.80

5.    Jason Mercier $14,631.40

6.    tirre_66 $11,645.40

7.    Pylusha $8,659.40

8.    Surrey Rock $5,673.40

9.    PieniFisu $3,075.58

Event 11 – PokerStars Pro Jacobs Meets “Flashdisastr”

After a number of near-misses by PokerStars pros in the previous events, Steve “stevesbets” Jacobs made a serious assault on Event 11, only to meet “flashdisastr” at the end. Jacobs recorded the best performance to date by a PokerStars pro, earning second place and over $66K, thanks to a three-way chop. In the end, flashdisastr proved to be just that to his opponents, taking the top spot on a final table that turned out:

1.    Flashdisastr $68,072.32

2.    Stevesbets $66,044.22

3.    Gaffel $64,463.11

4.    247cat $35,288.02

5.    Anakinso $25,493.25

6.    Foot1oose $19,857.90

7.    Elchwarrior $14,490.90

8.    TaLkHoUsE $9,392.25

9.    t soprano $5,367.00

Event 12 – Two-day Heads-up Event Gets Underway

After a staggering 24-hour marathon was needed by Eugene “MyRabbiFoo” Katchalov to win the same event last year, PokerStars decided to move to a two-day format this year. Wednesday was Day 1 of Event 12, the $215 No Limit Hold’em 2-day tournament; 2,307 players joined the tournament, with the $461,400 prize pool blowing away the $200K guarantee. 256 places are being paid, a number that was easily reached on Day 1, with only 64 players advancing to Day 2.

Team PokerStars had over 30 players in the event, with David Williams and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier both making it through to Day 2. Plenty of action remains, as the final players will do battle on Thursday for a top prize of $78,438.

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