WCOOP Day 9: "Soterdelf", "Str8$$$Homey" and "Science" Lock Up Wins
The highlight of the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker on Day 9 was Event 21, a $215 no-limit Hold'em tournament with re-buys that took just shy of 18 hours to determine a winner. Big names Andy ��BKiCe�� Seth and Eric ��thanksB�� Froehlich made the final table, but in the end it was a Deutschland battle as the final three players all hailed from Germany. The heads-up duel between ��Horst Heftig�� and ��Soterdelf�� came to an end just before 8:30 a.m. on the East Coast when on a board of Q?2?6?3?, chip leader ��Soterdelf�� put in a reraise all-in with Q?J?. ��Horst Heftig�� called all-in with A?8? and came up short when the river card fell the 7?. ��Soterdelf�� collected $174,594.68 and the WCOOP bracelet for his efforts.
PokerStars WCOOP 21 - $215+R No-Limit Hold��em
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $1,396,800
Entrants: 2780
*1. Soterdelf - $174,594.68
*2. Horst Heftig - $148,088.50
*3. Igor ��lechuckpoker�� Kurganov - $178,768.05
4. Undreaming - $80,316.01
5. gavz101 - $60,760.81
6. Eric ��thanksB�� Froehlich - $46,792.81
7. Dieselek - $32,824.81
8. trucu2544 - $18,884.74
9. Andy ��BKiCe�� Seth - $11,872.81
* denotes three-way deal
Notable Finishes: Dan ��WiLDmAn75�� Buzgon (13th - $6,634.81), Ruben
��rubenrtv�� Visser (14th - $6,634.81), Jamie ��pokerjamers�� Armstrong
(17th - $4,539.61), Jonas ��Telefonkiosk�� Lindlof (28th - $3,352.33),
Mike ��WiscoMurray�� Murray (31st - $3,352.33), Corey ��Comandr_Cool��
Burbick (35th - $3,352.32).
��Science�� pulled off an impressive experiment at the final table of Event
22, the only fixed-limit Omaha Hi-Lo tournament on the WCOOP schedule. With three
players left, ��Science�� held just 5.6% of the chips in play, but he made a furious comeback and ruled all. On the final hand of play, the board read K?4?10?5?. Betting had been capped on the flop, and ��gudfaren�� was all in on the turn, holding K?10?9?4?, leading with kings and tens. ��Science�� showed A?Q?A?3? and had plenty of outs to a chop or scoop. It was the
J? that landed on the river, making "Science" a Broadway straight and scooping him the pot and the championship bracelet.
PokerStars WCOOP 22 - $530 Fixed-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo
Buy-in: $500+30
Prize Pool: $420,000
Entrants: 840
*1. Science - $54,139.58
*2. gudfaren - $42,758.60
*3. ~US&Co~ - $45,998.35
*4. Canuck - $40,969.09
*5. The1Messiah - $38,692.39
6. _unskiIIed_ - $16,800
7. David �� vui-qua-di�� Pham - $12,600
8. sheckwave - $8,400
9. Chris ��SLOPPYKLOD�� Klodnicki - $5,040
* denotes five-way deal
Notable Finishes: Art ��AJB444�� Beauchamp (11th - $4,200), Alexander
��berserk64�� Dovzhenko (15th - $3,360), George Danzer (18th - $2,520),
David ��WhooooKidd�� Baker (30th - $1,680), Eugene ��MyRabbiFoo��
Katchalov (38th - $1,470).
Event 23 had the latest start of the day but ended well before the
first two events with its short 10-minute levels. ��Moneyball16�� and
��Str8$$$Homey�� had the biggest stacks entering the final table and
later found themselves playing heads-up for the bracelet. ��Str8$$$Homey�� held the chip lead heads-up, mainly because of a key double-up with eight players remaining. ��Moneyball16�� three-bet all-in with A?Q? and ��Str8$$$Homey�� called all-in with A?K?. Big slick held up for ��Str8$$$Homey�� who went on to take down the tournament, earning over $125,000.
PokerStars WCOOP 23 - $320 No-Limit Hold'em (10-min levels)
Buy-in: $300+20
Prize Pool: $802,200
Entrants: 2,676
1. Str8$$$Homey - $126,441.01
2. Moneyball16 - $94,329.01
3. IntheRED X2 - $67,435.01
4. yayaya - $46,161.01
5. Beto77709 - $34,921.81
6. dhg77gg - $26,893.81
7. Raidan909 - $18,865.81
8. B-scrubs101 - $10,853.86
9. arioli - $6,823.81
Notable Finishes: Mike ��chapmoney�� Chappus (14th - $3,813.31), Jared
��SOXFAN83�� Mahoney (21st - $2,207.71), Andrew ��RunThisTable��
Lichtenberger (30th - $1,926.73), Evan ��PURPLE��K��99�� Parkes (31st -
$1,926.73), James ��Andy McLEOD�� Obst (38th - $1,685.88), Brandon
��BrandonPL�� Leeds (39th - $1,685.88).
Time is running out on the WCOOP, so sign up for a PokerStars account and win your bracelet today.
