2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Day 2 Report
Two more events took place on Sunday in the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). It was a day for traditional poker games, prior to Sunday's double helping of no-limit hold'em tourneys, and both Saturday events easily eclipsed their pre-event guarantees.
WCOOP Event #3: $215 Limit Hold'em $300,000 Guaranteed
The first fixed-limit event of this years WCOOP saw 2,258 participants for a total prize pool of $451,600. Notable showings included Soren Kongsgaard in 69th place and Matt "MattSuspect" Molinari in 66th place.
The tournament came to a close nearly 18 hours after it began when cwp394 got the best of Peter "#1PEN" Neff in the heads-up battle. Neff took home $54,192 while cwp394 left with a first-place prize of $73,385.
The final results were:
1. cwp394 - $73,385.00
2. Peter "#1PEN" Neff - $54,192.00
3. Teacher G - $38,927.92
4. Luke "BdBeatslayer" Vrabel - $26,192.80
5. edwinv070 - $21,676.80
6. skizer - $17,160.80
7. Perumov - $12,644.80
8. BadCardsAA - $8,128.80
9. lucky_aces08 - $5,012.76
Event #4 $215 2-7 Triple Draw $100K Guaranteed
734 players entered this year's deuce-to-seven lowball tourney to create a prize pool of $146,800. Among the top showings were Thayer Rasmussen in 52nd place, Mike Sowers in 50th place, "Rabscuttle" in 29th place, and "BrandonPL" in 13th place.
After twelve and a half hours the final six players duked it out to
decide the first-place prize of $24,809.20. In the heads-up battle,
playitsafe bested mardene to win the bracelet.
The final results were:
1. playitsafe - $24,809.20
2. mardene - $18,555.52
3. thevoice72 - $13,579.00
4. jordan999 - $11,010.00
5. Mills23 - $8,074.00
6. gudfaren - $5,505.00
7. GymZQuirk - $3,009.40
8. SgtKyle - $3,009.40
9. thetinkerman - $3,009.40
