The World Championship of Online Poker’s Event 29 proved to be a huge success this past Friday. The 6-max, No-Limit Texas Hold’em rebuy event pulled 852 players for a total of 1,011 rebuys and 658 add-ons. With the buy-in at $530, the prize pool far exceeded the $400,000 guarantee. It hit a whopping $1,260,500. The top 132 players landed in the money, but only one was lucky enough to walk away with the bracelet. PiKappRaider, of the United States, claimed the victory and took $211,133.76 in winnings.
Many Team PokerStars Pros showed up for this event. Andre Akkari, Noah Boeken, Humberto Brenes, Chad Brown, Bill Chen, Vicky Coren, Alexandre Gomes, Gavin Griffin, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Joe Hachem, Hevad Khan, Alex Kravchenko, Tom McEvoy, Dario Minieri, Chris Moneymaker, Lee Nelson, Luca Pagano, Steve Paul-Ambrose, Raymond Rahme, Victor Ramdin, Greg Raymer, Vanessa Rousso, and Katja Thater all wanted a slice of the action. Only Boeken and ElkY made it to the money.
Here’s the starting line-up for the final table:
Seat 1: grunter321 1,247,525
Seat 2: AceOfSpade11 3,212,254
Seat 3: DuckU 3,000,127
Seat 4: PiKappRaider 2,442,144
Seat 5: isuckoutonu 1,305,742
Seat 6: Roothlus 1,508,208
The first one to hit the rail was Roothlus. PiKappRaider called Roothlus’s all-in move and it was pocket queens versus pocket jacks, respectively. With 7d-As-3d-4c-Ks on the board, Roothlus was out of luck and settled for sixth place. A half hour later, grunter321 was next. Again, pocket jacks couldn’t do the trick. AceOfSpade11 held pocket kings, and the board cards Tc-3d-2h-8d-Qh couldn’t save grunter321. He left Event 29 holding fifth place. The next battle was between isuckoutonu and short stack DuckU. Both players hit a pair of aces when the flop fell 3h-7c-2d-6c-Ac, but DuckU’s king was just a notch higher than isuckoutonu’s kicker. Isuckoutonu got fourth place and DuckU, the Event 5 second place finisher, moved on to the final three.
At this point, the clock was stopped to discuss a potential deal. DuckU, though still the short stack, kept insisting on receiving second place prize money or else he wouldn’t agree to a deal. Ultimately, no deal was made and the three continued.
PiKappRaider charged to the chip lead and made it clear that he was taking this tournament down. DuckU remained the weaker stack and when he landed pocket fives, he made his move and shoved all-in. He was up against chip leader PiKappRaider who had pocket eights. DuckU must have been praying for another five, but it didn’t show up. Instead the board showed Ad-6s-3c-Ks-Ts. DuckU finished in third place.
PiKappRaider and AceOfSpade11 entered heads-up play. PiKappRaider had 8,456,478 chips, nearly double of AceOfSpade11’s 4,259,522. AceOfSpade11 had to endure fifteen minutes of rough play before he was able to make a move. With Jh-Th in hand, AceOfSpade11 raised to 120,000 pre-flop and PiKappRaider called. The flop rolled out Jd-7c-9s. AceOfSpade11 then raised to 180,000, which PiKappRaider quickly check raised to 480,000. AceOfSpade11 then pushed all-in. PiKappRaider called and the cards were shown – Js-9h. PiKappRaider had hit two pair on the flop, putting him as the favorite. A turn of 5s and a river of As proved to be no help for AceOfSpade11. PiKappRaider took first place, the bracelet, and $211,133.76 in prize money. AceOfSpade11 took second place and a nice $157,562.51.
Here’s the final results of those who finished in the money:
1 PiKappRaider United States $211,133.76
2 AceOfSpade11 France $157,562.51
3 DuckU United States $119,747.51
4 isuckoutonu Canada $81,932.51
5 grunter321 Australia $56,722.51
6 Roothlus United States $37,815.01
7 THAY3R United States $22,689.01
8 Darinox Sweden $22,689.01
9 Talent06 Germany $22,689.01
10 PickyTooth Canada $15,882.31
11 Adamkosh Germany $15,882.31
12 rdcrsn Canada $15,882.31
13 TheActionKid United States $10,714.26
14 markkx Canada $10,714.26
15 ElkY United Kingdom $10,714.26
16 BKiCe United States $10,714.26
17 Draeger United States $10,714.26
18 YRWTHMELTHR Canada $10,714.26
19 BarFine600 United States $8,067.21
20 skilled_sox United States $8,067.21
21 chapmoney Canada $8,067.21
22 TBFB Netherlands $8,067.21
23 mcstuntz United Kingdom $8,067.21
24 WestMenlo92 United States $8,067.21
25 VerySexual United States $6,428.56
26 Arzzt Germany $6,428.56
27 wyven Australia $6,428.56
28 jusgivithere Canada $6,428.56
29 gboro780 United States $6,428.56
30 FU_15 United States $6,428.56
31 KvGalen Netherlands $5,420.16
32 Believer82 United States $5,420.16
33 markysals11 United States $5,420.16
34 Iftarii United States $5,420.16
35 T_Mac Canada $5,420.16
36 ostatepoke45 United States $5,420.16
37 plattsburgh United States $4,537.81
38 shaniac United States $4,537.81
39 AJKHoosier1 United States $4,537.81
40 300CE-24 Norway $4,537.80
41 ayaz United States $4,537.80
42 arbianight United States $4,537.80
43 PapaHarkin United States $4,033.60
44 bart spijker Netherlands $4,033.60
45 tibster United States $4,033.60
46 All_in_at420 United States $4,033.60
47 theNorfman Canada $4,033.60
48 BackDoorovic Sweden $4,033.60
49 maxypaxy Australia $3,781.50
50 vincera1 France $3,781.50
51 JOEYTHEB United States $3,781.50
52 iCeVeNoM United States $3,781.50
53 toweliestar Germany $3,781.50
54 The-Toilet 0 United States $3,781.50
55 michaelsc United States $3,592.42
56 PiMaster United States $3,592.42
57 HEMIpowerSWT United States $3,592.42
58 ilushan Russian Federation $3,592.42
59 elholandes1 Netherlands $3,592.42
60 freeroll55 United States $3,592.42
61 basebal1b United States $3,466.37
62 TheTownhouse United States $3,466.37
63 GeoffRas22 United States $3,466.37
64 plastikcards United States $3,466.37
65 Mr. Tim Caum United States $3,466.37
66 iownufish United States $3,466.37
67 DBL_J_22 United States $3,340.32
68 alchiani Italy $3,340.32
69 capinhabr Brazil $3,340.32
70 xxjondxx United States $3,340.32
71 ztesch United States $3,340.32
72 mcnallyville United States $3,340.32
73 bbbbb33 United States $3,214.27
74 tpir90036 United States $3,214.27
75 jrot1 United States $3,214.27
76 Paolo69 United Kingdom $3,214.27
77 T-Sport Canada $3,214.27
78 dbruun Denmark $3,214.27
79 nitbuster United States $3,088.22
80 Dolcetrix United States $3,088.22
81 supernova9 United States $3,088.22
82 Cap’nJackpot United States $3,088.22
83 Skämmes Sweden $3,088.22
84 cwmack United States $3,088.22
85 Bri-c United States $2,962.17
86 tcblade United States $2,962.17
87 ji-_-ge Sweden $2,962.17
88 LockdownTex United States $2,962.17
89 BigRiskky United States $2,962.17
90 Babooyah United States $2,962.17
91 acehighdro United States $2,836.12
92 LACRIMA71 Italy $2,836.12
93 C.K. Brazil $2,836.12
94 wwwBTHEREcom United States $2,836.12
95 AaronBeen United States $2,836.12
96 gcnmoo United States $2,836.12
97 nordlending Norway $2,710.07
98 Mr Zahmat Netherlands $2,710.07
99 usourcek United States $2,710.07
100 Zanjong Sweden $2,710.07
101 mjh0318 United States $2,710.07
102 LowKey24 Canada $2,710.07
103 Dr_Dave23 United States $2,584.02
104 MAVKIS Canada $2,584.02
105 el_klonkador Sweden $2,584.02
106 somewhrntime United States $2,584.02
107 Bounatirou Germany $2,584.02
108 Svend sværd France $2,584.02
109 luchador420 United States $2,457.97
110 koolkeith13 United States $2,457.97
111 <xllllll>< United States $2,457.97
112 Tmay420 United States $2,457.97
113 Waters81 United States $2,457.97
114 Balla-B13 United States $2,457.97
115 ShankingYou United States $2,331.92
116 cool0813 United States $2,331.92
117 sqmpork Sweden $2,331.92
118 The Liar United States $2,331.92
119 oldschool043 United States $2,331.92
120 PokerGodZeus United States $2,331.92
121 HundoFight United States $2,205.87
122 JP 5-time United Kingdom $2,205.87
123 TwistedEcho United Kingdom $2,205.87
124 domingo32 Italy $2,205.87
125 LosChief United Kingdom $2,205.87
126 agriffrod United States $2,205.87
127 sweetluvin7 United States $2,205.87
128 Spukz Germany $2,205.87
129 Exclusive Netherlands $2,205.87
130 M.O.P. Germany $2,205.87
131 tomgus456 Finland $2,205.87
132 tiffaniejoy United States $2,205.87