WCOOP Event #9 may have been the most exciting of all the events so far. Rebuy events are known to have some crazy and aggressive play. Players often joke that the Swedes are the most aggressive players around, so it’s not too much of a surprise that a Swede ruthan took down the top prize of almost $200,000.
Many professionals entered the event. Online pro Randallin had the best showing of them, receiving 21st place for a nice score of almost $5,700. hockeystud94, a former Sunday million winner, was seen on the leaderboard for most of the tournament but ended up busting out in 28th place. It looked like samh133, the winner of Event #1 may be our first winner of two bracelets, but also ended up falling short in 68th place. SCtrojans, ranked the 4th best online tournament pro by pocketfives.com , received 50th place. High stakes cash game pro’s Stinger and Mesmerizeplz also had strong showings, but were unable to pull out a victory.
The fan favorite of the tournament had to be Humberto Brenes. The likable live tournament pro went deep into the tournament. The chat box at his table was filled with fans, all hoping Humberto could win a WCOOP bracelet. Humberto would often chat with his observers, maybe hoping the positive thinking of others would improve his luck. Unfortunately, Humberto busted out in 108th place for only about $2,000.
FTRer’s MuckingUrMom and busto_soon also entered the event, but neither was able to cash. Both of them had moderate chip stacks a couple of hours in, but whether it was dead cards or bad luck, neither found themselves in the money.
The final table was filled with unknowns. When there were 4 players left, the prize pooled was chopped, with each player receiving a 6 figure payout. The players were left with $66,000 on the table to battle it out. With most of the money already divided up, the play loosened up tremendously. When all the smoke cleared, amateur ruthan came out with the victory and nearly a $200,000 pay out. The rest of the payouts were as follows.
ruthan (Sweden) $198,126.00
2. LUHMAN (United States) $109,241.00
3. yojje (Sweden) $107,109.00
4. kiwid10 (Sweden) $144,539.00
5. Qcity1 (United States) $59,129.16
6. Blinda74 (Sweden) $44,578.36
7. OlliPolli (Finland) $31,350.36
8. 777NMC (Brazil) $19,445.16
9. puffinmypurp (United States) $11,640.64
Note: The country of Sweden felt a big boost in it’s economy as its countrymen brought home nearly a half million dollars.