Live blog coverage of the WCOOP Main Event, $5,200 No-Limit Hold'em is brought to you by David Aydt, Stephen Bartley, Martin Harris, Jennifer Newell, and Dave Behr. Have a story? E-mail to blog@pokerstars.com. Click refresh to see the latest information. 5:08am--Day 1 of the Main Event is a wrap! Upon reaching the end of Level 22, play has been … [Read more...]
Shaun Deeb notches another big win in Event #25!
September 21, 2008 By
Some professional internet players have become famous enough that their screen names are widely known without introduction, like ElkY. If you sit down across the table from ElkY, you know you're facing Team PokerStars Pro Bertran Grospellier. Some players have achieved such heights of live success that their online anonymity is shot, like Greg "Fossilman" … [Read more...]
WCOOP Event #31: aasezz rises from the ashes to claim limit hold’em title
September 21, 2008 By
In WCOOP Event #31, the shove-and-pray strategy was unavailable. It was time for limit hold'em, giving the entrants an opportunity to bunker down and play a lot more hands at the six-handed tables. With a plethora of chips spread all over, players' hopes of grabbing the $107,300.00 first-place prize were unlikely to end with one bad hand. Two, three, … [Read more...]
WCOOP Event #32: DocHolatchya captures $10,300 HORSE bracelet
September 21, 2008 By
The last mixed game event of the 2008 World Championship of Online Poker sported an eye-popping $10,300 price tag for entering. And as we see during the $50K H.O.R.S.E. event at the World Series of Poker every summer, the combination of the challenging mixed game format and high entry fee meant a relatively small, but especially talented field of players. A … [Read more...]
Oops! I won another bracelet! Tom “luvgamble” Schneider takes down Event #24.
September 20, 2008 By
Event #24, No-limit 2-7 Single Draw (or Kansas City Lowball) is one of those games that not a lot of people play, and not a lot is written about. That's a bonus to this year's No Limit 2-7 Single Draw champion, Tom "luvgamble" Schneider. Schneider, who has had tremendous success in live tournaments with 2 World Series of Poker bracelets in 2007 and … [Read more...]
WCOOP Event 31 $1,050 Limit Hold’em Live Blog
September 20, 2008 By
Live blog coverage of WCOOP Event #31 $1,050 Limit Hold'em is brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Johnny Kampis, Jordan Raanan, and April Kyle. Have a story? E-mail to blog@pokerstars.com. Click refresh to see the latest information. 7:04am - drood out in 2nd, aasezz takes it down To win a heads-up match you have to be able to hit your opponent in … [Read more...]
WCOOP: Mark “weaktight” Gregorich brings home the bracelet in Event #21!
September 20, 2008 By
With a successful poker career that spans more than a decade of live play and includes multiple WSOP final tables, it's no surprise that Mark "weaktight" Gregorich mirrors his live success on the virtual felt. Our World Championship of Online Poker Event #21 champion spared some time to chat with the PokerStars blog shortly after winning his bracelet … [Read more...]
WCOOP: Raymer reflects on successful tourney series
September 20, 2008 By
by Greg Raymer So far the 2008 WCOOP has been a huge success, and I'm sure that won't change now that we're in the home stretch with only a few days to go. I can't wait for the 10K HORSE event Saturday, nor the $10M guaranteed Main Event on Sunday and (hopefully for me too) Monday. It's been a good year so far for Team PokerStars Pro, with us making … [Read more...]
WCOOP Event 30 $1,050 PLO Live Blog
September 19, 2008 By
Live blog coverage of WCOOP Event #30 $1,050 Pot-Limit Omaha is brought to you by Martin Harris, Jason Kirk, David Aydt, and Dave Behr. Have a story? E-mail to blog@pokerstars.com. Click refresh to see the latest information. 8:53pm--Running good Isabelle Mercier continues to run good on Table 51. The action folded to her in the small blind, where … [Read more...]
WCOOP Event 29 NLHE w/ Rebuys Live Blog
September 19, 2008 By
Live blog coverage of WCOOP Event #29 $530 NLHE with rebuys is brought to you by Johnny Kampis, April Kyle, Jennifer Newell, and Jordan Raanan. Have a story? E-mail to blog@pokerstars.com. Click refresh to see the latest information. 8:45pm - ElkY stumbles After losing a 67,812 pot to tpir90036 when ElkY's pocket Kings fell to tpir90036' rivered … [Read more...]