Sunday, September 16, 2007

WCOOP Off to a Roaring Start

PokerStars' sixth annual WCOOP --- that's short for the World Championship of Online Poker --- roared from the gates on Friday night with the first two of 23 events overall. With $15 million in guaranteed prize money available (the total pool will likely be about double that, when complete), the WCOOP remains by far the largest of the online series. US Players get to the WCOOP at PokerStars.com, Germany however see's Poker Stars.de.

Here's some of the early results:

WCOOP #1: NL Hold'em [6-max] ($215) - $400,000 Guaranteed

Place Player Country Payout
1 samh133 United States $155,560.73
2 WiLDmAn75 United States $96,351.73
3 LUFCBas United Kingdom $84,709.73
4 TiltHappens United States $36,880.00
5 bearbeer123 Sweden $18,901.00
6 toomanydonks United States $10,142.00
7 philivey6922 United States $6,454.00
8 Eye Tiger20 United States $6,454.00
9 Big_Dady_Coo Sweden $6,454.00
10 Jysky11 Finland $6,454.00

WCOOP #2: PL 5-Card Draw ($215) - $100,000 Guaranteed

1 spielraum.at Austria $26,265.54
2 jaygee1984 Germany $20,654.86
3 peseudos Spain $26,912.07
4 boro83 Ireland $17,609.42
5 BadgerPro United States $5,827.60
6 pairDboard21 United States $3,685.10
7 AUSSIE_JASE Australia $2,399.60
8 iCeVeNoM United States $2,399.60
9 CASHRUS United States $2,399.60
10 heybude United States $2,399.60


WCOOP #3: PL Omaha [6-max] ($215) - $200,000 Guaranteed

1 jalla79 Sweden $67,739.58
2 TomNordli Norway $49,739.58
3 ely_cash41 United States $27,379.08
4 madiso Estonia $16,434.72
5 smittymatt United States $9,162.72
6 lefty2506 United States $5,526.72
7 C.K. Brazil $3,199.68
8 Boosted J United States $3,199.68
9 pkrj041 Sweden $3,199.68
10 jeffdbusy United States $3,199.68


WCOOP #4: 2-7 Triple Draw ($215) - $100,000 Guaranteed

1 Donald Norway $32,450.00
2 pstarfish United States $18,821.00
3 omaha kid United States $12,006.50
4 GymZQuirk United States $7,788.00
5 polpolpol Cyprus $4,867.50
6 GodlikeRoy Australia $3,245.00
7 plplaya Lithuania $2,076.80
8 RaiNKhAN United States $2,076.80
9 Eleint Austria $2,076.80
10 ilushan Russian Federation $2,076.80

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