WCOOP Day 5: Hiren “hustla16” Patel Scores Close to $500,000 with Event 11 Win

September 08 2009, Mickey Doft

Day 5 was very busy for the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars. Three WCOOP bracelets and first-place prizes were awarded in the day's action, none bigger than Event #11, $530 No-Limit Hold'em. Recommencing with 214 players on Monday afternoon, Hiren “hustla16” Patel rose to the top en route to a $446,533.73 score.

Heading into the final table of Event #11, Daryl “aaaaaaaa” Jace held the chip lead and maintained a strong stack before running into disaster four-handed. After a series of pre-flop raises, Jace’s tournament life was on the line with pocket queens against now chip-leader Hiren “hustla16” Patel’s pocket kings. No help came for Jace and he was out in fourth place, leaving Patel with a huge lead with three players left. After a deal was reached, it did not take long for Patel to seal the deal and take down the tournament.

PokerStars WCOOP 11 - $530 No-Limit Hold’em (2-day)
Buy-in: $500+30
Prize Pool: $3,109,500
Entrants: 6219

*1. Hiren “hustla16” Patel - $446,533.73
*2. Juancesan - $270,000
*3. colonelkosta - $355,000
4. Daryl “aaaaaaaa” Jace - $171,022.51
5. fabstinho - $130,599.01
6. CONOW - $99,504.01
7. GypsieChris - $68,409.01
8. kidwhowon - $37,314.01
9. Shazmeister - $24,098.63

* denotes three-way deal

Notable finishes: Ben “SPEKTAH” LaBlond (10th - $17,413.21), Aaron “Aguskb” Gustavson (12th - $17,413.21), Joshua “theNorfman” Norris (13th - $13,059.91), Ben “ShankingYou” Palmer (26th – 7,276.24), Keith “DaMurdera3” Ferrera (41st - $5,876,96), Hevad “RaiNKhAN” Khan (50th - $5,410.54), Kyle “kwob20” Bowker (53rd - $5,410.54), Marco “NoraFlum” Johnson (58th - $4,944.11).

The four-handed event-12 final table finished in less than an hour as “lebordelaii” took out his three opponents in swift fashion. When it was down to heads-up play, "lebordelaii" was in cruise control and built up a stack that “Catafract80” would not be able to catch. On the final hand, "Catafract80" made a stand with but ran into "lebordelaii's" pocket queens. No ace would find the felt and "lebordelaii" cruised to victory.

PokerStars WCOOP 12 - $215 No-Limit Hold’em (4-max)
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $770,800
Entrants: 3,854

1. lebordelaii - $111,457.69
2. Catafract80 - $63,822.25
3. pejcao - $40,467.01
4. SebbyGI - $29,675.81

Notable Finishes: Michiel “utreg” Brummelhuis (7th - $11,562.01), Dylan “Pokerl)evil” Hortin (12th - $8,401.73), Neheer “NemoStars22” Banerji (13th - $6,860.13).

A deal was made between “yhcaep” and “Ronja211” during heads-up play of the $320 7-card Stud tournament as both were nearly even in chips. They split the remaining prize money evenly and the required remaining prize pool, $3,000 was left aside to be fought over. After a lengthy battle, "yhcaep" emerged victorious. On the final hand, the last of "Ronja211’s" chips were at stake on fifth street with () against "yhcaep’s" (). Neither had made their hands yet and both eventually made a pair on seventh street, but it was "yhcaep’s" kings that bested "Ronja211’s" fives.

PokerStars WCOOP 13 - $320 Stud
Buy-in: $300+20
Prize Pool: $200,400
Entrants: 668

*1. yhcaep - $33.814.50
*2. Ronja211 - $30,814.50
3. barrosa 50 - $20,040
4. DAVIDOXXX - $15,030
5. sonajero - $10,020
6. ez monney - $7,014
7. BIGtittitilt - $4,509
8. dolphin4 - $3,006

*denotes two-way deal

Notable Finishes: JP “JP 5-time” Kelly (17th - $1,442.88), James “jcamby33” Campbell (21st - $1,442.88), Joel Adam “2FLY2TILT” Gordon (31st - $1,052.10), Tim “Tmay420” West (33rd - $851.70).

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